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rl' • •1 TO:Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Memhers Ron Moorse, City Administrator . -V • RROM:/; Paul Weinbeiger, Assistant Zoning Administrator.. .... . .• • . • . **• * . • • , *• . ‘ • ‘ •• • . . •. . ' •• •*. *1* • *•* • • • * •*•'•* *•’ .• -.•••• • * • ... DATE: Mavin 1000 •May 10,1999 SUB3ECT: #2492 Rick and Gan Luzaich • • 2490 Old Beach Road After die Fact Variances and Conditional Use Pennit-Public Hearing Zoning District: LR>1B One FanulyLakeshore Residential District (1 Acre) Lot Area:55,215 . •square feet (1.27 acre) Application: ‘ ’ The applicants request variance and conditional use permit approvals for lakeshore land alteradoii including grading and construction of retai ning walls within 75 of &e lakeshore and within a bluff impact zone^ and lurtiier request after-tiie-fact approval, includiiig approval of a restoration plan, for intensive vegetation removal within 75' of the shoreline and witiain a bluff impact zorie. . • • .* *’ . * '*••* * •• . ***•**•. , ^ ■ In early ^ring the property owners removed about twenty mature trees'vdthinbo^'fiie 75 lakwhore setback, where no vegetation removal is allowed, and vdthin the bluff impact mne. The applicants have provided a restoration plan that includes a series of retaining walls that will protect the bluff from erosion and provide planting areas^ A number of perenmal plantings and small trees are proposed in tiie plan which will be located on the hillside between tiie retmning walls. Most of the vegetation located on tiie interior of the lot will be shrubs. The property edges will be lined wiih a series of Techny Arborvitcas. The landscaping plan has not addressed the restoration of the type of trees removed or the restoration of trees on tiie interior of the property. The type of restoratiou proposed is not conastent with the surrounding properties nor is it consistent with what had existed on the property prior to remov . Basswoods, maples and oaks make up the ^oreline and bluff re^ons along ^s portion of the 1 e. The applicant's landscape plan does not propose any natural tree replacement. The Comprehensive Plan addresses the issue of maintianing a natural appearance ^ong lakeshore properties. The Plan states minimum green belts will be provided with prohibitations agamst clearcutting or excessive thinning of vegetation. Natural vegetation will be preserved on ReUdning walls will be discouraged except when absolutely necessary to prevent erosion, m w c case they wll be screened with natural vegetation. §2492 Rlek and Ceil Ltneleh 2490 Otd Bioeh Reed dfttrikt Feet Yartateu end CendldonaWst Permit 3/17/99 Fasti