Laserfiche WebLink
2. The property is located in the LR-IC, One Family Lakeshorc Residential Zoning <br />District where '/i acre is the minimum lot size and 100' is the minimum lot <br />width. <br />3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on May 20,2002 and <br />recommended approval on a vote of 7 to 0 for the variances based upon the <br />following findings: <br />A. The Council adopted Resolution No. 4264 appro ’ .<ig variances to permit <br />an expansion of the existing house on April 12, 1999. <br />D. fhe approvals granted within Resolution No. 4264 expired one year from <br />the date of adoption (April 12, 2000). <br />C. The property owners hired a contractor to replace and repair the existing <br />roof of the structure. While repairing the roof the existing roofline was <br />expanded within the average lakeshore setback and within 75' of the <br />lakeshore. Since the expansion occurred an after-the-fact renewal was <br />required to permit the property owners to proceed with the project. <br />D. Staff informed the Planning Commission the City of Orono would have <br />issued a building permit for this project if the expansion had occurred <br />within one year of the variance approval. Normally will issue a permit <br />to do a project that has been modified when it is found the proposed <br />building plan is of less impact than the approved plan. <br />E. The expansion of the dormers will not raise the roof level of the house. <br />The 1999 approved plans raised the roof level approxiniately 6.5' <br />F. The property conditions have not changed and there have been no code <br />revisions since the adoption of the variances in 1999. <br />4. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar <br />to it and do not apply gene.mlly to other property in this zoning district; that <br />granting the variances would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor <br />Page 2 of 5