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17J MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 o'clock p.m. *9. #08 -3354 KERN HOPPE;1150 WYNDMERE ROAD — RENEWAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT — RESOLUTION N6.5743 Bremer moved, Rahn seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5743, a Resolution Extending the Preliminary Approval of a Class H Subdivision for Property Located at 1150 Wyndmere Road. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. it 10. '#08-3350 J SVEN GUSTAFSON FOR FREDERICK PETERS, 3127 CASCO CIRCLE — VARIANCES J. Sven Gustafson, Stonewood, LLC, and Frederick Peters, Property Owner, were present. Gustafson stated they are proposing to construct la tennis court larger than 1,000 square feet in the street yard of a replacement residence and are requesting a variance to allow them to locate the tennis court between the house and the street; a side setback variance to place the tennis court 22 feet from the northerly property line, and a hardcover variance to have 37 percent hardcover in the 250 to 500 foot zone. I The owner is proposing to remove the existing 1 tennis court. The new house would be located i The new tennis court would be located between and the street. The net result of the proposal we topography of the site is steep and is a challengi • with Orono's codes. Gustafson indicated the to location given the various setbacks that would r do se and tennis court and construct a new house and .re the rear portion of the existing tennis court is. birch trees in the island in the existing driveway I result in a reduction in the hardcover. The lot to locate the house in a location that conforms .on of the residence is pretty limited.to the proposed I to be complied with. Rahn asked whether it would make sense for the +City to have city -owned tennis courts rather than have individual property owners construct tennis, courts on their lots. Gustafson stated if the applicant is unable to residence and leave the tennis court as is. Murphy asked whether the drainage issues have Kellogg noted there was an easement granted to be done on this site. Turner stated the present drainage does not is fine with the location of the house. Gustafson stated basically the street side of the the overhead and that they would like to pitch i away from the neighbor's easement and help d: Kellogg pointed out the orientation of the garage area. Kellogg noted they would be visiting the pi that it is likely the applicant would need to submi plan showing how they would handle the runoff. the tennis court, he would likely remodel the resolved. neighboring property owner that restricts what can adequately and that the neighbor has indicated he )perty drains to the area that is delineated in red on driveway to the south more to help drain the water ;t the runoff across the property. Iso restricts the ability to construct a swale in that perty tomorrow to review the drainage situation and some drainage calculations and a revised drainage PAGE 9 of 13