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/.A <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorsc, City Administrator <br />Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator <br />March 13,2002 <br />SUBJECT: #02-2763 Cla>l and Julie Tabor <br />960 North Brown Road <br />Sketch Plan Review <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A Application <br />B Plat Map <br />C Land Use Map <br />D Existing Zoning Map <br />E Memo From Mike GafTron Regarding Histoty of 960 North Brown Road <br />F Copy of Registered Land SuiA cy No. 926 <br />G ca. 1980 Plat Map <br />H Current Plat Map <br />1 Neighborhood Petition <br />Application <br />Property owners are requesting a Sketch Plan Review’ to split two lots previously combined. 1 he lots <br />were combined in 1984. <br />Minimum Lot Standards <br />Zoning District: LR-IA <br />Minimum Lot Size: 2 acres <br />Minimum Lot VV’idth: 200’ <br />In I *^84 the property consisted of three tax parcels that were combined into one lot. The individual <br />lot was platted at Tracts A and B. RLS 926. A copy of the RLS is attached as Exhibit F. <br />The property totals only 3.66 acres. Rased on the property ha\ ing only 3.66 acres it is not possible to <br />subdivide the property without granting a lot area variance for one of the properties fora lot less than <br />2 acres. If the properties would be split aloisy the old property line a lot width variance would be <br />required because the lot would have frontage along the street of less than 200'. <br />Mike Gaffron, Orono Planning Director, has prepared a memo that provides a background history of <br />the 960 North Brown Road property. The memo is attached as Exhibit E. <br />Cit>' Policy Relating to Combined Parcels <br />The City of Orono has encouraged parcels held in common ownership to be combined when <br />properties do not meet minimum requirements for lot area and/or w idth. Properties being combined <br />require City approval. 1 he City of Orono’s approval assumes the property becomes one individual