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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Tuesday, February 21, 2017 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />Chair Thiesse closed the public hearing at 7:27 p.m. <br />Thiesse commented the application is pretty straight forward. <br />Schoenzeit moved, Lemke seconded, to recommend approval of Application No. 17-3901, Michael <br />Demenge, 4380 Sixth Avenue North, granting of a variance. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. <br />6. #17-3904 MARTHA MYERS HEAD, 2090 SHORELINE DRIVE, VARIANCE AND <br />.. ........ <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, 7:28 P.M. — 7:37 P.M "I . .... <br />............ <br />Martha Myers Head, Applicant, was present. <br />Curtis stated the applicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit for the guest house use in <br />order to reconstruct the existing guest house cabin with a different footprint; a conditional use permit to <br />reconstruct the guest house elevated out of the floodplain on helical piers; an average lakeshore setback <br />variance for the guest house location; and a lake setback variance and hardcover variance to permit a <br />northern entry stoop to be placed within the 75 -foot setback. <br />M <br />The original home and guest cabin on the property was constructed in the mid -1920s. A portion of the lot <br />is below the one percent flood elevation but the existing home has been elevated above the flood <br />elevation. The existing cabin, however, sits lower on the property and has not been elevated above the <br />flood elevation. The cabin was damaged by the 2014 flood waters and the applicant would like to <br />reconstruct and elevate the building. Because the construction and elevation will be done using helical <br />piers rather than fill material, a conditional use permit is required. <br />The construction of the guest cabin will require an average lakeshore setback variance as well as a lake <br />setback variance for the northern stoop to be located approximately 67 feet from the ordinary high water <br />level. The cabin will be at a conforming setback of 75 feet. In addition, a guest house conditional use <br />permit is required as one has not been issued and the guest house cabin is being reconstructed in a <br />different, expanded footprint and is in a nonconforming location. <br />Page IS of 48 <br />