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• #2 <br />TO;Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />' F <br />FROM: Paul Weinberger, Zoning Adminisuator <br />DATE:April 10,2002 <br />SUBJECT;M02~2n2 John and Donna Crotteau <br />1405 Sixth Avenue North <br />Variances <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />F <br />G <br />H <br />I <br />J <br />Application <br />Addendum A <br />Addendum B <br />Site Plan/Surveys <br />Hardcover Calculation Worksheet <br />Building Plans <br />Floor Plans <br />City Engineer Comments (April 11,2002) <br />MCWD Comments (April 9,2002) <br />Property Owners Notification List <br />Application <br />The applicants have requested variances to permit construction of 1) a 16’ X 19’ addition within a <br />defined bluff area, 2) a living space addition and porch, and 3) a garage addition within the 30’ top of <br />bluff setback. <br />The application also requires a variance to permit the garage addition 20.5’ from the side lot line <br />where a 30’ setback is required. <br />Analysis <br />The original construction of the house was in 1984, prior to the adoption of the Shoreland Ordinance <br />in 1992. The Shoreland Ordinance also regulates areas defined as a “bluff’. Nearly the entire 10.4 <br />acre property is defined as either a wetland or is protected bluff area, including all the land in which <br />the existing house is located. The house is located well above the 930’ wetland elevation. The <br />actual house elevation is approximately 987 ’. The dramatic increase in elevation is due to the large <br />bluff area that is located along the north side of Long Lake. , <br />To be considered a bluff the feature must have all the following characteristics: <br />Part or all of the feature is located in a shoreland area; <br />B. The slope rises at least 25' above the Ordinary High Water Level of the water body; <br />-------------------