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Request for Council Action continued <br /> page 2 of 3 <br /> March 8, 1995 <br /> Sewer Connection - Maeser <br /> Additional Information <br /> • Exhibit B defines the City's stated position on this matter based on code <br /> requirements, past City actions, and past actions by the current and previous <br /> property owners. <br /> • Three of the four options proposed by staff for resolving the issue require City <br /> Council approval. <br /> • Additional exhibits have been provided as further background on this issue. <br /> • While the cabins are not falling down, staff has been called on by tenants in the <br /> past to deal with substandard electrical wiring in the cabins, which was repaired. <br /> • Staff has concluded that the nonconforming use sections of the code technically <br /> could apply to these cabins, and that their nonconforming use for rental purposes <br /> could have been required to cease as early as 1978. <br /> • The current owner purchased this property in 1985. <br /> Staff Recommendation <br /> Given that this 2-acre property in a 2-acre zone is too small to subdivide, and given the property <br /> owner's understandable reluctance to spend nearly $28,000 to connect the cabins to sewer, staff <br /> would recommend that Option 4 of Exhibit B be conceptually approved via execution of an <br /> agreement to be drafted by the applicant's attorney and approved by the City Attorney, <br /> containing as a minimum, the following conditions: <br /> 1. The principal residence shall be connected to municipal sewer within 90 days. <br /> 2. The two cabins shall be connected to the municipal sewer within 90 days. Such <br /> connection shall be a separate connection from the principal residence connection. <br /> 3. Connection of the cabins to municipal sewer is considered temporary, and such <br /> connection is allowed for a period of years. At the end of years, the <br /> property owner shall remove said connection, remove plumbing from the cabins, <br /> and discontinue rental use of the cabins. The cabins then shall either be removed <br /> from the property or moved to a location on the property that conforms with all <br /> provisions of the Orono Zoning Code governing the location and use of accessory <br /> storage structures. <br />