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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, June 8, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />15. LA19-000031 – DALE GUSTAFSON, 2927 CASCO POINT ROAD, VARIANCES <br /> <br />Staff presented a summary of packet information. <br /> <br />Johnson said he was at the site, and the stairs are exceptionally steep. To him, it is a reasonable request to <br />find a reasonable route down to the shore. He is not sure if the shed was ever a lawful shed in the first <br />place and is not in favor of allowing the moving of the shed. <br /> <br />Walsh noted there is the replace-in-kind issue, but it has to be where it is and the owner is kind of stuck <br />with it. Normally, the owner couldn’t get anything. Otherwise, people would be moving things all over <br />the place. <br /> <br />Don Adams, 2927 Casco Point Road, thanked Staff for her help, having never done an application before. <br />He said they recently bought the house and their goal is to create a shoreline that is appealing. The white <br />stairs are horrible, dangerous, and rotting. Most of the plants are buckthorn and poison ivy, and they have <br />torn out a lot of garbage. Their goal is to beautify the area, but the most important goal is to find a way to <br />go down to the shoreline safely, which is the reason they are proposing the stairs. They tried to pick the <br />elevation that has the least amount of buildup to make the stairs because their north shoreline is super <br />steep. With picking the best spot to bring it down, it goes into the existing shed. He noted the survey was <br />not done correctly the first time. With the survey displayed, he indicated the wall around the existing <br />shed, which was not on the original survey, and said that's basically where the stairs would come into <br />play. They would propose to remove the wall and eliminate some of the existing hardcover. They are also <br />considering removing 176 square feet of hardcover, which would be almost 70%. <br />Walsh asked what hardcover the homeowner was referring to. <br />Mr. Adams said all the pavers are hardcover. <br /> <br />Walsh noted he was not supposed to have pavers to begin with. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams stated he thinks he gets grandfathered in, if he is not mistaken, with anything there. The goal <br />with the project is to remove the pavers and move the shed to an area that already has hardcover. He said <br />he does not have a huge lot and the shed is placed directly in the middle of his lot. His hope is to be able <br />to move it and utilize the shoreline better and remove 175 square feet of existing hardcover. <br /> <br />Printup noted it is good to get rid of the buckthorn. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams said he has had poison ivy twice and it is not fun. The shoreline is a mess and he knows that is <br />why his neighbors are in favor of his plan. <br /> <br />Crosby asked if Mr. Adams was going to keep the existing shed. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams stated he would love to keep the existing shed. He would not make it bigger. It is a weird- <br />shaped roof, and he is trying to align it with the level of quality that his house is. He is trying to design it <br />in a way that fits. He said they would rip out the current staircase and then hope they could get approval <br />on the stairs as well as moving the shed. <br /> <br />Crosby asked where Mr. Adams would be looking to move the shed from, noting it was in the middle.