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Zoning Application #1617 <br />January 16, 1991 <br />Page 2 <br />4. Applicant proposes to create three new building sites in <br />addition to the residence. The layout of the proposed <br />division is a result of working closely with their septic <br />site evaluator, in order to define available drainfield <br />sites before drawing lot lines. The proposed division <br />yields primary and alternate drainfield sites for each of <br />the four lots, and indicates potential house sites which do <br />not conflict with drainfield sites. <br />Road and Access Issues - <br />Please review Exhibit C, a sketch indicating the locations <br />of public roads, private roads and driveways serving existing <br />residences in the area. Note the following: <br />A. The City maintains only the first 600' of Lyman Avenue, <br />the remaining 1,275' being unpaved and privately maintained. <br />Starting at Orono Orchard Road, the Smith Avenue/Lyman <br />Avenue dead-end road system is 2,800' ir length or just over <br />% mile, with no alternative access, currently serving 19 <br />residences. <br />B. The easterly 900' of Lyman Avenue is merely an easement <br />road, not within a dedicated public or private road <br />corridor. Two-thirds of a cul-de-sac have been dedicated <br />at the easterly terminus during various zoning/subdivision <br />applications in the 1980s. That cul-de-sac has not been <br />constructed. <br />The applicants are proposing that Lots 1 and 2 be served by <br />a 30' wide driveway outlot extending westward from the existing <br />easement road. The portion of the easement road within <br />applicants' property is proposed to be retained within a private <br />road outlot 25' either side of the existing center line. <br />Applicants propose that the existing house maintain its current <br />driveway access to the easement road through the neighboring <br />property to the east. Lot 4 is proposed to access directly to <br />Lyman Avenue. With this layout, applicants intend to avoid <br />construction of an interior full-width private road and cul-de- <br />sac for their subdivision. This brings up the following issues: <br />1. Given the City's history of requiring all lots to be <br />served by interior roads, is the nature of Lyman Avenue so <br />minor that direct access to it causes no circulation <br />problems? If that is the case, is the proposed driveway <br />outlot acceptable?