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To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Jeanne Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Mayor Callahan and Orono Councilmembers <br />Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />June 16, 1993 <br />#1825 Thomas L. McCarthy. 2490 Old Beach Road - <br />Background on: <br />1. Flag lots/width measurement <br />2.Hardcover zone balancing <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Sketches Regarding Lot Width Issue <br />B - Sketches Regarding Hardcover Issue <br />1. Lot Width Measurement. <br />Before the Shoreland Ordinance was in effect, lot width tor a lakeshore lot was <br />measured (as a matter of policy) at the 75’ setback and the street setback StMC <br />the definition of lot width relied on having a front yard, and lakeshore lots by definition <br />did not have a front yard, this resulted in the need for staff to develop a policy, which <br />we did. <br />During the Shoreland Ordinance review, the Lake Use Commit-.-, icrc'd with <br />that lakeshore lot widths should be measured at the shoreline and at me required <br />lakeshore setback line (7571007150 ’ depending on GD/RD/NE classification), while <br />non-lakeshore lots would continue to have lot width measured at the street setback Ime. <br />Perhaps one of the first cases in which the new definition came into effect was <br />the Boyke subdivision on Lydiard Lake. Because the easterly lot with the house did not <br />abut the shoreline, its width was measured at the street setback line from the driveway <br />outlot The width of the newly created lakeshore lot to the west was mwsurec^ as <br />straight line from the side lot lines at the shoreline and at the 150 ’ setback. <br />this lot had a lengthy narrow "nagpole" section, that met the width standards as does the <br />McCarthy proposal. <br />pnckground <br />Note that for non-lakeshore situations and for lakeshore situations prior to the <br />Shoreland Ordinance, the City has historically seen three options for gaming access to <br />a back lot. These include an easement through the front lot; a flagpole to create a Bag <br />lot; or creation of an outlot over die narrow flagpole portion.