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TOj Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse. City Administrator <br />FROM: Wendy Bottenberg. Zoning Administrator/Planncr <br />DATE: March 12.2003 <br />SUBJECT: #03-2874 Richard Kail <br />3753 Casco Avenue <br />Vacation of Lake Street — Public Hearing <br />District: LR-IC Single Family Lakeshi re Residential District, .5 Acre, sew-ered. <br />ExMbits <br />A Application <br />B Site Plaa^ Surxey <br />C Plat Map <br />D Property Owner’s List <br />E Planning Director’s Comments <br />Pertinent Ordinance: Section 10.12 <br />Application Summary : The applicant is seeking approval to vacate T of that portion of the <br />unimproved dedicated alley adjacent to his property. The alley was originally dedicated in the plat <br />of Casco Heights in 1911. The alley is 14* is width and 317.8’in length. The applicant is proposing <br />to vacate only. ic port; adjacent to his property. Not the entire distance between Casco Avenue <br />and Casco Point Road. Half of the alley (7) w^uld go to the .ipplicant and the other 7* would go to <br />the neighbor to the east, 3721 Casco Avenue. <br />History* of application: <br />The applicant. Mr. Kail, has another ioning application pending, applicatio.-i «03-2863. This <br />application was heard by the Planning Commission at its February 19.2003 raveling. The applicant <br />is proposing to construct a new single family residence on the property located at 3753 Casco <br />.Avenue. Application #03-2863 Is for two variances, lot area and lot coverage bv structures The <br />proposed structure wa.s above the allowed 15^ o lot coverage bv structures for new construction. The <br />Planning Commission approved the lot area variance, but denied the lot coverage by structures <br />variance <br />The application was then heard by the City Council at its Februarv .24. 2003 meeting The Cit> <br />Council discussed i.v. options to increase the size of the property ir. ord:r for the proposed structure <br />to meet the 15*/o lot coverage ordinance: vacating the adjacent alley or purchasing city owned land <br />adjacent to the property. Vacating the adjacent alley is the direction the applicant wished to pursue. <br />Application r=02-2863 was ubled in order for the vacation application to oc acted on. <br />•02 ‘2S'"4 RicharJ Kail <br />3"SS Casco A\e»M <br />iaraiion <br />3 I2 V3 <br />Page I of 2