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To: Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members City Administrator Bernhardson From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asbu t^lanning & Zoning Administrator Date: September 17, 1990 Subject: 4Jr'1579 Garry & Marie Everson, 4755 North Shore Drive - After-the-Fact Variance Zoning District - LR-IB, Single family lakeshore residential, 1 acre, sewered Application - Request for after-the-fact hardcover and average setback variances for decks constructed without a permit. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Planning Commission Action Notice 8/24/90 Exhibit B - Applicants Letter to Council 9/17/90 Exhibit C - Memo & Exhibits of 8/17/90 Discussion Please review the memo and exhibits of August 17, 1990^ and the applicants letter of September 17, 1990. Briefly, the applicants are requesting after-the-fact approval for a hardcover variance and average lakeshore setback variance for decks which were constructed without a permit in 1988. The August 17th memo details the history of this application. Applicants have submitted a chronology from their point of view. The pre-existing deck on the property was 230 s.f. The currently existing deck is 502 s.f. Pre-existing 75-250' *'‘^rdcjver was 54.7% (5638 s.f.). Currently existing 75-250' ^cover is 57.3% (5910 s.f.). If the crushed rock without •ic is excluded per applicants letter, existing and current )* hardcover is 4974 s.f. (48.2%) and 5246 s.f. (50.9%) 1 -ively. PX. 9 Commission Recommendation The Planning Commission reviewed the application on August 20, 1990 and voted 4 to 1 to recommend denial for the followin* reasons: 1. No hardship was found to justify the excessive hardcover associated with the deck additions. 2. No reasonable justification presented for granting a side setback variance, noting that the deck as constructed is ov' the property line into the neighbor's property.