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I i TO: FROM: DATE: Chair Lindquist and Orono Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administration Michael P. Gaf&on, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator June 3,1997 SUBJECT: #2249 U.S. Marshal, 2245 French Lake Road - Variance - Public Hearing Zoning District: RR-IB, Single Family Rural Residential, 2 acres, unsewered. Application: Request for lakeshore setback variance for on-site sewage treatment system. Pertinent Code Section: 10.56, Subd. 16 (C): Required on-site sewage treatment system setback fiom Natural Environment lake is 150'. Proposed setback = 97’. French Lake was designated as a Natural Environment lake in 1992 per Ordinance No. 101,2nd Series. The septic system setback which would have been adhered to prior to 1992 was 75'. Lbt of Exhibits A - Application B - Plat Map C - Property Owners List D - Survey E - Site Plan F - Topographic Survey G - Excerpts from System Design Approval Discussion This property was identified in 1994 as having a non-conforming septic system due to lack of separation from a seasonal water table. A site evaluation was completed in April 1997, indicating that the only feasible site for replacement of the existing system is 97' from the OHW of French Lake. The 1992 Sfr.reland Ordinance defines French Lake as a Natural Environment lake, requiring a 150' setback for sewage treatment systems. There are no feasible alternative locations for a septic system on the property, hence there is a significant and obvious hardship. The only reasonable alternative to variance approval is to grant approval for use of a holding tank, which is not advisable due to pumpout enforcement difficulties and the extremely high cost to the property owner. The proposed syster. has been designed to meet all other pertinent State standards. It should be noted that while the 150' lake setback is a zoning standard requiring the normal variance process. ^ ■ > , f I ■