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Prepared By: LLO Reviewed By: Approved By: <br /> <br /> <br /> CITY OF ORONO MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: August 14, 2023 <br />TO: City Council Members <br />FROM: Laura Oakden <br />RE: Average Lakeshore Setback Discussion <br /> <br />1. Purpose Review the current Average Lakeshore Setback (ALS) regulations. <br /> <br />Background. The Council directed staff to bring the average lakeshore setback regulations to a <br />work session to explore if any amendments to the City Code are necessary. The ALS is a setback <br />applied to protect neighboring views of the lake across property lines. The city implements a 75’ <br />lakeshore setback that is measured as a set distance from the Ordinary High Water Line <br />(OHWL). Both with 75’ lakeshore and the ALS apply to lakeshore properties. The more <br />restrictive setback is applied to a subject parcel. <br /> <br />City Code Section 78-1279 (6) Average lakeshore setback. No principal or accessory building <br />shall be located closer to the Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL) than the average distance from <br />the shoreline of existing principal buildings on adjacent lots; This does not apply to patios and <br />other accessory structures less than 42 inches above existing grade, and/or stairways, lifts, <br />landings, lockboxes, flagpoles and pump houses. Further, the average lakeshore setback shall <br />apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply to tributaries. The average lakeshore setback <br />line shall be a straight line connecting the most lakeward protrusions of the principal buildings <br />on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. <br />a) In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or right-of- <br />way, the average lake shore setback shall be equivalent to the setback of the most <br />lakeward protrusion of the principal building on the immediately adjacent improved <br />lakeshore lot. <br />b) In situations where the average lake shore setback line bisects the principal building <br />located on either adjacent lot, the next most adjacent lake side point of the bisected <br />principal building shall be used for determining the average lakeshore setback. If the line <br />continues to bisect the principal building, the next most lakeside point is to be used until <br />the setback line does not bisect the principal building on an adjacent lot. <br /> Figure 1: ALS as applied to Lot B