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) • <br />r. -..A’ <br />2. <br />3. <br />5. <br />This property is located in the LR-IC Zoning District, where 1/2 acre is the minimum <br />lot area. The property consists of 4,901 s.f. <br />The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on August 24,2000 and <br />recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0. <br />4. The Planning Commission made the following findings of fact: <br />A.The property has been developed for many years. The property owners have <br />stated the existing residence is in need of major repairs and would prefer to <br />construct a new house rather than remodel and add to the existing house. The <br />variances are required due to the small size of tb.e i<:.t. The lot size is .11 acre <br />in a Vi acre (.5) zoning district. <br />B. The house would meet the 10' side setback requirements. <br />C.It is not possible to meet a rear setback of 30' and maintain an adequate <br />setback to the lake or Crystal Bay Road, kioposed is an 8' setback to the rear <br />property line. <br />D.The lot is only 4,901 s.f which was plaited and developed prior to the <br />adoption of the zoning ordinance. It would not be possible to purchase <br />additional land from the adjacent residential properties as they are similar in <br />size to the subject lot. <br />E.To establish an adequate setback to the lakeshore and Crystal Bay Road, an <br />8' setback to the rear property line is appropriate. The property to the rear is <br />a 100' railroad right-of-way, not residential property. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to <br />it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting <br />the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air, nor pose a fire <br />hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship <br />or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; <br />Page 2 of 6