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Dear Council, <br /> We currently own and reside at 2665 Casco Point Road. We are hoping to demolish our existing home <br /> and rebuild a new home on this site. Our current hardcover percentage is 40.88%. if we were allowed <br /> to move forward with this project our new hardcover percentage would be 26.33%. While this is <br /> significantly lower than our current hardcover we recognize that this is still exceeding the standard 25% <br /> allowed in the city code. <br /> We have designed a house and site plan that would keep us at or below 25%hardcover if we did not <br /> need to rectify current erosion issues to our property. <br /> About 2 years ago the neighbor adjacent to us on the south,2677 Casco Point Rd,had significant re- <br /> grading done to the lakeside portion of their yard. This project was approved by the city. The result of <br /> this regrading is that we now have much more significant storm water runoff spilling into our property <br /> from their property. This run-off has eroded the root system of at least one of our trees at the base of <br /> the hill. This run-off has also caused a great amount of silt build-up at the base of our hill as well. Some <br /> of this silt has and will continue to spill into the lake. Additionally, because of the erosion it is no longer <br /> safe to walk down the hill. <br /> Due to this issue,we would request a variance for the purpose of eliminating the erosion and protecting <br /> our land and the lake quality. The best method for achieving this result is a retaining wall system and <br /> added steps that accompany the retaining wall system. This adds 2 hardships for us-a greatly increased <br /> expense and extra hardcover that we would have preferred to avoid. <br /> We are asking for a variance approval at a much greater cost to us in order to ensure better water <br /> quality and to rectify the issues caused by the landscaping previously done at 2677 Casco Point Road. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> David& Lynn Gutermuth <br /> RECEIVED <br /> AUG 232017 <br /> 396 CITY OF ORONO <br />