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■■■1 <br />k <br />P <br />FILEi05-3107 <br />12 July 2005 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />construct a new home on the property. The conditional use permit and hardcover <br />variance approvals continued through the approval process and now the lot width <br />variance will be formally reviewed. <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORSHEET <br />Lot AreaAVidth: <br />LR-IB <br />Required <br />Actual <br />Lot Area <br />43,560 s.f. (I acre) <br />56,553 s.f. (1.3 acre) <br />Lot Width <br />140 ’ <br />106’ @ shore <br />139’@75 ’setback <br />Hardcover Calculations; <br />Hardcover <br />Zone <br />Total Area <br />ia Zone <br />Allowed <br />Hardcover Existing Hardcover Approved Hardcover <br />(May 2005) <br />: <br />0-75 9,090 s.f.0s.f <br />(0%) <br />420.5 s.f.* <br />(4.6 %) <br />409 s.f. <br />(4.5 %) <br />Accounting for the <br />existing stairs A walls stairs, and boulder <br />walls. <br />After exclusion of fabric or pla.itic-lined landscape beds <br />Hardship Analysia <br />In censUertHt appllcuHons for variance, the Planning Commhshn shall consider the effect of the <br />proposed variance upon the health, safety and welfare of the comntunlty, existing and anticipated traffic <br />conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the pubUr safety, and the effect on values of property In <br />the surrounding area. The Planning Conunlsslon shall consider reconunendlng approval for variances <br />frim the Meral provbhns of the Zoning Code In Instances where their strict enforcement would cause <br />undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the Individual property under consideration, and <br />shall recommend approval only when It Is demonstrated that such actions will be In keeping with the <br />spirit and bitent of the Orono Zoning Code. <br />Required lot width for the LR-IB District is 140’, and an existing lot of record in R <br />districts of one acre or less meeting 80% of the lot area and width standards is allowed to <br />be residentially developed. The 80% of width standard for a lakeshore lot must be met at <br />the OHWL and at the 75 ’ setback line. In this case, the lot exceeds 140’ in width for <br />most of its length, as well as at the building location, bu< narrows to 106’ defined width at <br />the shoreline, not meeting the 80% standard (106/140 => 76%). <br />This lot has been vacant since 1995, and although the current property owner has made a <br />number of inquiries in the past months about aspects of building on the lot, the lot width <br />issue was not discovered until the end of the CUP and hardcover variance review in May <br />2005. The lot can be developed to meet all other City requirements, and no additional <br />land is available to make the lot width conforming.