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■t 4. 5. 6. 7. The plat of *‘Senn Orono Addition” was approved two years before adoption of Orono’s Shoreland Ordinance and one year prior to enactment of the WCA. Neither lot has ever been built on, and the driveway approved in 1990 was likewise never constructed. Applicants are prop sing a complete lot line rearrangement and re-plat of the property to allow relocation of the proposed driveway, which today would not be approved in its 1990 configuration due to Shoreland restrictions, and to allow for slight revisions in potential house locations. The new plat is subject to 'front lot/back lot’ area and setback standards which were also not in effect in 1990. The proposed re-plat consists of two residential lots each meeting the minimum 2.0 acres contiguous dry buildable lot area requirement of the RR-IB Zoning District. Proposed Lot 2 meets the 200' width requirement. Proposed Lot 1 requires a variance to the minimum 200' lot width requirement as measured at the rear of the defined front yard. The basis for the width variance is as follows: A primary issue for development of Lot 1 is access. The proposed access along the easterly boundary of Lot 2 has impacts on the shape and development potential of Lot 2. The current proposal correctly assumes that variances would not be granted to allow the driveway to parallel the creek within the required 75' hardcover/grading setback from the creek bank. Assuming that a wetland/creek crossing within Lot 1 would ultimately be approved, then the proposed 30' corridor along the east boundary of Lot 2 and skirting the hillside in the south half of Lot 1, is a reasonable driveway location because it avoids the 75' creek protection zone except at the point of actual creek crossing. However, in order for the driveway to skirt the hill and not encroach into Lot 2, Outlot A is shortened and Lot 1 extends southward p ist the base of the hill. This is the hardship that supports the lot width variance for Lot 1. The proposed re-plat meets the “front lot/back lot” standards of the Zoning Code with regards to lot areas and with regards to placement of a residence structure on proposed Lot 1 meeting the more restrictive ‘back lot’ setback requirements. Each lot will be served by private wells and individual onsite sewage treatment systems. Septic system site evaluation and design information has been submitted confirming that each lot coi.tains suitable primary and alternate drainfreld sites to serve the proposed residences. The elevation of the sites in Ix)t 1 is generally at least 1.5' or more above the 100 year flood elevation, and 3.5' above the delineated wetland elevation. Page 2 of 9 L-.