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r t) <br />Ms. JMn Mabusth <br />October 6, 1992 <br />Pag* 3 <br />Hr. Mllandar haa baan abla to locata othar pra^stora picturaa <br />ahowiiig tha fully coaplatad gasabo. Nr. Hollandar has also <br />discovarad a photograph approxiaataly 10 yaars old shoaing his with <br />his infant son on tha dack. This pictura is datad approxinataly <br />19S3. Affidavits of Haltar Klainstaubar, %fho workad on tha 1907 <br />raconstruction and statas that tha dack was thara at that tiaa, and <br />John Cardwall, a faaily friand who racalls socialising on tha dack <br />in tha aarly 19t0's also su|^rt tha i^otographic avidancs. <br />Tha stataaants of tha parson vho halpad build tha dack ara tha aost <br />CMtelusiva avidanca of tha data of its construction. Warran <br />Mathason appaarad at tha Nay IS Planning Conission Mating and has <br />suppliad an Affidavit ragarding tha construction of tha dack. Ha <br />spaclfically racalls building tha dack in 1974, batvaen tha garaga <br />raaoval, rafarrad to abova, and a Dacasbar, 1974, broksn ankla. <br />Tha dack and gasabo ara grandfathsrad undar Orono City Coda 110.03, <br />Subd. 9: Non-Confoniing Usas. <br />Any land or building «diich %»ara actually and lagally davotad <br />to a non*confoniing usa on January 1, 1975, nay ba continuad <br />in said non^conforning um pursuant to conditional usa pamit <br />grantad as harainaftar spacifiad. <br />Tha lakashora satback ordinanca in affact in 1974, Coda 110.03, <br />Subd. 6(d)(1), affactiva Fabruary 14, 1974, Oi.iy rastrictad <br />principla buildings fron baing locatad closar than 75 faat to tha <br />natural ordinary highvatar Mrk of lakashora proparty. Accassory <br />construction satback rastrictions flO.22, Subd. 1(b), was not <br />affactiva until April 1, 1984. Hardcovar rastrictions vara also <br />passad in 1984, flO.22, Subd. 2. At tha tlM tha dack and gasabo <br />vara built 18 yaars ago, thay did not violata Orono's lakashora <br />satback or hardcovar rastrictions. <br />A varianca for tha dack and gazabo ara not substantial daviations <br />from Orono policy bacausa of tha uniqua natura of this lot. As <br />rafarrad to abova, tha house itself violates tha currant 75 foot <br />lakashora satback and hardcovar raquiraMnts, although thay vara <br />not in affact at tha tiM tha building vas constructed. <br />Landscaping efforts, vhich add to tha hardcover calculations vara <br />designed and constructed to slov erosion and restrict runoff into <br />the lake, a najor purpose for which the hardcover ordinanca vas <br />adopted. The retaining walls, boulder wall and sortar stone <br />"vaterfall'* served to level the ground, slov runoff, and allow <br />percolation of groundwater. construction drawings subnittad as <br />Exhibit K in the original staff packet show a reduced slope, <br />additional drainage, and a sand, gravel and rock footing under the