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CITY of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO 9 4.The plat of "Scnn Orono Addition" was approved two years before adoption of Orono ’s Shorcland Ordinance and one year pnor to enactment of the WCA. Neither lot has ever been built on, and the driveway approved in 1990 was likewise never constructed. Applicants are proposing 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 i t potential house locations. The new plat is subject to ‘front lol/ljack lot' area and setback standards which were also not in etfect in 1990. 5 6. The proposed re-plat consists of two residential lots each meeting the minimum 2.0 acres contiguous dry ' aildable lot area requirement of the RR-IB Zoning Distnet. Proposed Lot 2 meets the 200' width requirement. Proposed Lot 1 requires a vanance to the minimum 200' lot width requirement as measured at the rear of the defined front vard The basis for the width variance is as follows; A pnmary issue for development of Lot I is access The proposed access along the easterly boundary of Lot 2 has impacts on the shape and development potential of Lot 2. The cunent proposal correctly assumes that variances would not be granted to allow the driveway to parallel the creek within the required 75' hardcover/giading .setback from the creek bank. Assuming that a wetland creek crossing within Lot I would ultimately be approved, then the proposed 30' corridor along the cast boundary of Lot 2 and skirling the hillside in the south half of Lot 1, is a reasonable driveway location because it avoids the 75' creek protection /one e.xcept at the point of actual creek crossing. However, in order for the driveway to skirt the hill and not encroach into Lot 2, Outlet A is shoitcned and Lot I extends southward pa.st the base of the hill. This is the hardship that supports the lot width variance tor Lot 1. '1 he 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 I meeting the more restnctive 'back lot ’ setback requirements. 7.Tuch lot will be served by private wells and individual onsite sewage treatment systems. Septic system site evaluation and design information has been submitted coiifinning that each lot contains suitable primary and alternate drainfield sites to serve the proposed residences. The elevation of the sites in Lot I 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