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7 TO;Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator FROM: Paul Weinberger, Assistant Zoning Administrator DATE:March 3,1999 SUBJECT: #2462 David Lovelace 220 Big Island Variance-Public Hearing Zoning District:Seasonal Recreational (5 acre) Lot Area:4.3 acres Application: The applicant is requesting a lot area variance to create a buildable lot on Big Island. The existing lot is 4.3 acres where 5 acres is the minimum lot size for building. The applicant has purchased the lot and plans to construct a seasonal residence in the near future. Most lots on Big Island were granted automatic lot area variances in 1983 when the island was rezoned to RS (5 acre). Property owners were given the opportunity to file a short application form on their individual lots to the City. All property owners returning forms to the City were granted variances by Resolution. The resolutions state each lot is a RECORD LOT and may used for one- family seasonal recreational use without a structure; or a single new seasonal dwelling may be built; or an existing seasonal dwelling may be used, improved, added-onto or replaced; all without requiring further City Council review of lot size. The variances were granted on developed and undeveloped lots, and the one year expiration time period was waived. A previous property owner was given the opportunity to apply for the automatic variance several times in the 1980s, but never responded to the offers. In 1986 the automatic variance at no cost to the property owner had expired. This application requires the following variance: 1.Section 10.31, Subdivision 6 requires 5.0 dry acres for a lot to be buildable. The applicant's lot is under S.O acres and did not file for an automatic variance in the 1980s and requests to do so now. U2462 David Lavitac^ 220 Big Island Varianct 3/13/99 Page 1