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TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commissioners <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Kris Jenson, Assistant Zoning Administrator/Planner <br />August 9,1999 <br />#2513 Connie Piepho, 540 North Arm Drive <br />Variances-Public Hearing <br />Zoning:LR-1 A, One Family Lakeshore Residential, 2 Acres <br />Application: To permit construction of an inground swimming pool. <br />STAFF SUMMARY <br />This application is for an average lakeshore setback to permit construction of an inground <br />pool at 540 North Arm Drive. For swimming pools, the setback is measured from the water basin <br />to the property line. The size of the setback is set by the size of the basin, which in this case is 830 <br />sq. ft., large enough to classify it as an oversized structure, requiring 15' from the property line. The <br />pool itself (the water area) is currently proposed at 13* from the side property line, where 15' is <br />required. Staff does not support a variance for the side yard setback. The area surrounding the pool <br />is allowed to encroach into the sideyard setback provid^ it is not at a height greater than that of the <br />main floor of the home. No part of the pool would be allowed to encroach into the 5* Drainage and <br />Utility Easement which runs along the side property line. The survey shows boulders to be located <br />within the easement, which is not permitted. <br />As Staff was researching information for this variance, it discovered that the secondary septic <br />site is located between the home and the current septic system site. The Septic Code requires all <br />structures to be located at least 20* from the septic site. Therefore, the pool cannot be located in the <br />proposed area. If the applicant wants to proceed with the application as is, it will require approval <br />from Chris Pence, City of Orono Septic Inspector. Staff would not be in favor of a reduced setback <br />and feels it is highly unlikely that it would be granted. However, there is another option. Staff <br />suggests that the applicant contact S-P Testing Inc., who did the original septic work on the site. If <br />they could identify an acceptable secondary septic site that meets the required setbacks elsewhere <br />on the lot, then an area would be cleared for the pool. A sketch of the drainfleld sites has been <br />included with this report. The outline of the house is slightly different, as it's labeled "proposed <br />house", but the scale is the same as the survey included with this memo. By comparing this to the <br />included survey, it shows the edge of the proposed pool area in the same area as the comer of the <br />drainfield, and that is before the pool is shifted to meet the side yard setbacks. <br />1125 1 3 Conni€ Piepho, 540 Sorth Arm Drive <br />Variances <br />August?. 1999 <br />pagt-l