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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 3 C -, 1 `> <br />'. The property is located in the LR -1C. Single Family Lakeshore Residential <br />Zonins District. <br />3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on August 21, 1995, <br />and recommended approval of certain requested variances and denial of other <br />requested variances based upon the following findinas: <br />A. The lot area and lot �. id.ta variances should ire granted since a resid.mce <br />already exists on cfe ^ roperry and no additional land is available for <br />purchase by the applicant to make the lot area and width more <br />conforming. <br />B. The proposed variance to allow construction of a deck in the 0-75' <br />lakeshore setback zone should be denied because no adequate hardship has <br />been justified to support such a variance. The removal of the existing <br />residence and deck area affords every opportunity and ability to construct <br />a residence and deck meeting the required 75' Lakeshore setback, and the <br />relative location and current use of the residence structure on the adjacent <br />property do not provide sufficient hardship to justify the granting of the <br />requested lakeshore setback variance. <br />C. The average lakeshore setback variance is justified based on the location <br />of the adjacent house to the north which is extremely distant from the lake <br />and therefore c.eates an average setback line which would force <br />applicant's proposed residence to be similarly distant from the lakeshore. <br />resultin(2 in not one but two residences out of character with the general <br />residential development in the neighborhood. <br />D. The applicant has proposed to remove the existing detached garage which <br />is 0.1' from the south side line and move that garage to a location meeting <br />all setback requirements. <br />E. The requested variances to allow a side setback of 9.5' on both the north <br />and south side lot lines where a 1C' side setback is normally required, are <br />justified by the elimination of the existing 1.6' south side setback by <br />replacing that structure with a new structure meeting 95% of the required <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />