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City of Orono - Variance ApplicaHon <br />720 North Arm Drive <br />JelTaod Cara Ziebarth owners and applicants <br />May 21,2003 <br />L.._ <br />Hardship/Description of Unusual Property Condilions <br />We are requesting variances of the setback requirements for the side-yard, front-yard <br />(lakeside), and the hardcover ordinance for the property. <br />Exbting Conditioiis <br />The existing lot is SO feet wide at the lakcfront and 40 feet wide at the rear and <br />approximately 180 feet deep (approximately .18 acres), suggesting this is an unusually <br />narrow lot (less thu the minimum for LR-IB Lakeshore Zoning of one acre). The <br />existing home was constructed in violation of the current side-yard and lakeside setbacks. <br />The existing property also has a garage that was also constructed in violation of front- <br />yard (roadside) setback and in 1993 was granted a variance to reconstruct a new garage <br />on the existing foundation. The current hardcover is also in violation of the required <br />hardcover percentages. This hard cover violation also received a variance in 1993 when <br />the existing garage was rebuilt. The current conditions of the house and lot size will not <br />allow a one level expansion of the home to be in compliance with hardcover <br />requirements. The current conditions of the house and lot will allow minimal expansion <br />of a second story to fall within setback requiremeols (this would allow an approximate <br />addition of 600 square feet including a stairway rendering less than 500 usable square <br />footage). <br />Proposed Changes <br />We are proposing a second story addition to the existing home structure, to increase the <br />livable square footage of the home by approximately 1300 square fccL The following <br />summarizes the proposed property change details. <br />a Remove the existing two-stall garage structure (currently in violation of <br />roadside setback) <br />♦ Removal of the existing concrete apron in front of the existing garage <br />♦ Remove existing sidewalk leading to the house from the garage <br />♦ Reduce the amount of driveway cunently on the property, while still <br />maintaining a shared driveway access for the nei^bor to the north <br />♦ Construct a new attached two-stall garage (with living space above) <br />♦ Removal of the c.xisting roof and porch (structural coverage) on the w est <br />portion of the existing home (approximately 90 square feet) <br />♦ Reduction of the existing deck size on the lakeside of the home by 25% <br />♦ Addition of new walkway from new garage to the new front entry <br />♦ Proposed New 1 lome - 2400 square feet above grade and 800 square feet <br />finished walkout basement area <br />Additional Information <br />We will have a completed survey for review by the Planning Commission Meeting date <br />of June 16.2003. This survey wilt document cunent and proposed hardcover and <br />itnicture properly line setbacks. We will also provide descri^on of existing foundation <br />conditions. . • •• ^ <br />O <br />-lie of fly «-■ <br />05 <br />=14: