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1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />FINDINGS <br />This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2135. <br />The property is located in the LR-IA, Single Family Lakeshore Residential <br />Zoning District. <br />The Orono Planning Commission originally reviewed this application on May 20, <br />1996 and reviewed revisions to the application on July 15, 1996, and on i vote <br />of 5 to I recommended approval of the proposal as revised based upon the <br />following findings: <br />A. <br />B. <br />C. <br />D. <br />E. <br />Factors which make this a difficult lot in terms of development include <br />steep topography, shallow lot depth between street and lake leaving <br />virtually no conforming building envelope, and the location of the <br />existing house almost entirely within the 0-75' lakeshore setback zone. <br />Replacement of the existing detached garage which encroaches 0.2' into <br />the right-of-way, with an attached garage located 8' from the right-of- <br />way, is a positive improvement to the neighborhood. <br />The proposed location of the main portions of the house approximately <br />30' from the street lot line is not inconsistent with other houses in the <br />neighborhood on the lake side of Long Lake Boulevard. The location of <br />the existing house and the undesirability of constructing additions on the <br />south side of the house, justifies granting of the variance for additions on <br />the north side of the house away from the lake. <br />The proposed second story additions and attached garage addition are <br />modest in scope and do not yield a residence structure that is out of <br />character for this lot in this neighborhood. <br />Neither adjacent lakeshore lot will have existing lake views encroached <br />upon by the proposed additions, hence the average lakeshore setback <br />variance will have no impact on those properties. <br />Page 2 of 9