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* -05/17/00 WED 12:07 FAX <br />ITY OF ORONO <br />@012 <br />04/15/wv 11 ;?w ; i«t/c I nw.cnu <br />|-«aerin9 the cUy to adopt . epeolfic ehared dock propoaal. We <br />rAveraa• <br />FACT0 <br />• •* <br />tn eepteaber reepondenta Richard stodola and Herrlt <br />setaraon bought a lot in the City of Orono from Ewald ouatafaon for <br />the purpoee of building a dock, but not a reeidence, on the <br />property, olen Tillotaon owned an adjoining lot that had a houae <br />on it. At the time of the purohaae, there waa an exiatlng dock <br />that bad been con.trueted in 1960. The exlating dock waa believed <br />to.be on Tillotaon'a property, but it wee later diacovered it waa <br />Oft reepondenta* property. <br />in a letter dated July 30, 1987, Guetafaon'a attorney wrote <br />peterflon: <br />Thia ie to inform you that Mr. Ouatafaon told by <br />^ ^ of til© ciaty of Ofono it is <br />S^eeSary to own a homo noatby in order to place a dock neceseii^ nrooerty in Orono. We \mderetend that you <br />Svt SiS ySS/o^ invertlgrtlon and are willing to take <br />in convincing the city of orono to grant you <br />a vari^e. eo be on record aa not having made any <br />rmAranteee In regard to the uee of this property. Would <br />Si kiSly elgn • e»py ^hia letter ao that we may have <br />it in our fileo. <br />Petereon signed the letter snd dated it September 24, 1987. <br />Hcspondenta built a now dock in the spring of 1988. Shortly <br />after’they built it, the city ■red-tagged" the dock, indicating <br />that it was an illegal dock. The city wrote to Peterson to inform <br />him that ths dock was illegal. <br />C <br />After meetinga with city offieiala, reepondenta filed a <br />variance eppllcatlon, aeeklhg "eithorlty to conetruet boat dock on <br />. <br />-2- <br />L