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• ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 24, 1998 ( #2390 David Rahn, Continued) which would reduce it by 38 square feet, or remove it altogether. Kelley moved, Goetten seconded, to approve Application #2390,1385 Rest Point Road, to allow construction of a 22'x 22' garage with walkway, driveway, and apron. VOTE: Ayes 2, Nays 3, Goetten, Jabbour, and Flint opposed. Mayor Jabbour moved, Kelley seconded, to approve Application #2390,1385 Rest Point Road, to allow construction of a 20' x 20' garage, one foot apron, 215 feet of driveway, and 282 square feet of sidewalk for a total of 769 square feet of additional hardcover. NO VOTE TAKEN. Van Zomeren stated in order to comply with the 25 percent, 105 square feet still needs to be reduced. Moorse stated the driveway could be narrowed to 20 feet wide. Rahn asked the City Council for clarification. Mayor Jabbour stated he could construct a 20'x 20' garage, a 20' wide driveway, one foot apron, and the sidewalk as drawn in the application. Mayor Jabbour moved, Kelley seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 4144 approving • Application #2390, 1385 Rest Point Road, to allow construction of a 20' x 20' garage, 20' wide driveway, one foot apron, and sidewalk as drawn in the application. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 2, Goetten and Flint opposed. ( #6) #2391 EVAN ANDERSON, 1260 SPRUCE PLACE - VARIANCE - RESOLUTION NO. 4145 Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were present. Weinberger stated this application is requesting an after - the -fact variance for hardcover to allow a patio to remain in the 0 -75' distance from the lake. The patio is replacing a deck that was removed in the same location. Variances to hardcover are also needed in the 75' -250' lakeshore setback to allow for the patio and the reconstruction of an old garage. This property is located in the LR -1 B zoning district and consists of .27 acre. Planning Commission recommended approval of after - the -fact variances to allow 18.5 percent hardcover in the 0 -75' lakeshore setback and the 75' -250' setback to remain at 55.3% hardcover, construction of a 22' by 22' garage which would increase structural coverage to 17.3 percent, and approval of a side yard adjacent to street setback to allow construction of a garage five feet from the lot line, and approval of a CUP to allow the replacement of retaining walls after - the -fact. Mrs. Anderson stated the drawing is inaccurate in that one retaining wall is actually a sidewalk. Mr. Anderson stated the retaining wafts were reconstructed out of concrete, noting what currently exists is less than what was there previously. Mrs. Anderson commented part of the reason for the design of the driveway was to allow the water • runoff to run down Lake Street, noting their property is the main watershed area for the whole Page 7