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NIINUTES OF THE ' <br /> � ORONO PLANNING COMIVIISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,September 17,2012 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Curtis noted the applicants will not be able to get to 25 percent unless they remove the entire pool and °°' <br /> patio in order to offset what they are adding in the garage. <br /> Thiesse asked if the applicants could get to the 25 percent hardco�ver.limit.�f�they remove the pool and the . <br /> patia � �'.-.� � _ <br /> Curtis indicated they,could. <br /> � � rv.. . <br /> , Thiesse commented he does not want to say that the"have ��remov t'he pool and pa 'o <br /> � <br /> Schoenzeit noted the proposed hardcover reductions are ot on.the survey and tha ose should be <br /> incorporated into the survey. <br /> . " �� � <br /> Gorman stated to her recollection the reductions amounted to appro ' ately 4;000 square feet <br /> �� � � <br /> ,. <br /> �Curtis stated if they remove 1,400 square feet,,they will get very close to the�owed Tier 1 level. �`�j` <br /> �' �'� -:.. <br /> Schwingler noted the applicant is off on her hardcover numbers and at it would not be 4,000 square feet. <br /> Landgraver stated as it relates to practical d icn'lty,�e appli�ts`hay�ted storage needs. Landgraver <br /> asked whether Chair Schoenzeit is r�uesting furth�r ela�oration o�that. <br /> P,� � ����� � , � :�' <br /> � Schoenzeit stated if the goal is to.have additional sto age�ing a two-car garage would not gain <br /> them anything. ��'� �� <br /> � Thiesse stated thexe.is,n�opractic 1�w,ay to add,�a third stall to the existing garage and that living on the <br /> lake does de'mand additional„storage''space. If one of the garage stalls is being used for lake equipment, <br /> . that is�practica��culty. Thie��sse inclica�fed he.do�es not know if it is enough of a practical difficulty to <br /> warrant a three-car garage and the convert the e,�'x�stmg two-car garage into living space. , <br /> � �" � �. <br /> Garman oted they presently r�ent a starage unit to store a lot of their outside items. � <br /> � ` : �. � <br /> Sc�o��enzeit a�ted the Planning�ommi"sion needs a practical difficulty to justify the uniqueness of the <br /> appIic,�ation to d'emonstrate that�tk�e pro�perty deserves an overage over the newly expanded rules. <br /> Schoenze t stated`tfie first step�is to see a refined plan. <br /> � � <br /> Lemke stated he ould 1"�.ke the pphcants to give it their best shot with the hardcover. <br /> �:�_. �� <br /> Gorman commented d�e t,�o fhe shape of the lot,they do not gain much froin the new hardcover <br /> regulations. <br /> Levang asked how the Planning Commission feels about the practical di�culty. <br /> Thiesse stated he sees a practical di�culty in that a three-car garage is not an unusual thing to ask for and <br /> that the existing garage cannot be added on to,but that someone will have to explain the practical <br /> difficulty for the room up above the garage. <br /> Page <br /> 14 <br />