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This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2361. 3. In 1983 the City rezoned Big Island from LR-lA-1 Single Family Lakeshore Residential Subdistrict to RS, Seasonal Recreational District. The subject properties are located in the RS District. The 1983 rezoning included establishment of comprehensive standards for development and use of the island, which standards are codified as Orono Zoning Code Section 10.31. A key element of the 1983 rezoning was designation of individual lots or groups of commonly-owTied lots, as "Record Lots", based on historic ownership and use patterns. Each Record Lot was numbered and categorized as "Subdividable", "Conforming", "Substandard" or "Substandard Unbuildable", based on acreage and on whether the site was currently developed. A total of 69 "Record Lots" were so designated, and 'automatic lot area variances' were authorized for those that were considered as buildable Record Lots. 4.Lots 64-65, Morse Island Park and Lots 8-9-10-11, Morse Island Park Second Addition, were designated as Record Lot #15, by virtue of their common ownership by Roy Ahem as of November 9, 1981. Record Lot #15 was categorized as "Substandard - Buildable" with a combined acreage of 2.5 acres. Ahem protested the Record Lot designation in 1983 and subsequently sold his six separate tax parcels to six different persons. Each of the six parcels since 1983 have been considered as individually unbuildable per the RS District ordinance. 5.Lots 8-9-10-11 are separated from Lots 64-65 by a dedicated roadway. Lots 64- 65 abut the lakeshore, while lots 8-9-10-11 do not abut the lakeshore. 6.Tha applicants constmcted a cabin on Lot 64 in 1997 to replace a cabin that previously existed on the site. No building permits were applied for nor issued, and the cabin was constmcted at a location not meeting the required 75' lakeshore setback and comprising illegal hardcover on the 0-75' lakeshore setback zone. Page 2 of 6