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- But if it is considered as redevelopment, we would not be able to establish a fee without comparing the old hardcover numbers from the old house with those of the new house. Then, absent that data, we would establish that it's adding more than 2,000 s.f. and it would be charged ($3,780 x 1 acre) _ $3,780. Example 3: A property owner wants to add 1,200 s.f. of garage and storage space to his 4-acre lot. He has three options: 1) add on to the existing house; or 2) add on to the existing detached garage; or 3) construct a new separate detached storage building. Under the option of adding on to the house, this would be considered a 1200 s.f. enlargement of an existing structure, which would trigger a SW&DT fee of ($2,690 x 4 acres) _ $10,760. The same fee would apply if he adds on to the existing detached garage. Under the detached new separate building option, he is not removing and replacing existing structures or enlarging existing structures. - If this is considered as new development, then he pays a SW&DT fee of ($3,780 x 4 acres) _ $15,120. - But, if this is considered as neither new development nor redevelopment, then he pays $0. Example 4: A property owner has a home on a 1/4 acre lakeshore lot on Casco Point. He wants to add a 500 s.f. room addition. He will have 24.9% hardcover after the addition is built, and he won't have to remove anything to do so. His SW&DT fee would be ($1,350 x 1/4 acre) _ $338. His next-door neighbor has the identical home on a 3/4 acre lot. He wants to add a 500 s.f. room addition. He will have only 15% hardcover after the addition is built, and he won't have to remove anything to do so. His SW&DT fee would be ($1,350 x 3/4 acre) _ $1,013 - even though he has significantly more area for stormwater infiltration because of his bigger lot. Example 5: A similar example would apply for teardown/rebuilds on the lakeshore. Two adjacent lots - one 1/4 acre, the other 3/4 acre - could pay vastly different SW&DT fees based on 1) the increase from the pre-existing hardcover level, and 2) the lot size. It's conceivable that the larger lot was previously underbuilt and is adding more than 2,000 s.f. of hardcover but ends up at only 15% hardcover - it triggers the maximum fee ($3,780 x 3/4 acre) _ $2835. At the same time the smaller lot is actually reducing hardcover from a previously overbuilt condition to get from 45% to 30% (variance still needed) and would pay $0 SW&DT fee because there is no impervious surFace expansion. The owner with a larger lot and no variance may feel penalized when his neighbor with the small lot gets a variance to be over the hardcover limit and yet has to pay no fee. Page 6 of 9