Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 7/25/1988

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1� April 29, 1988 To: 'Orono Planning Commission Chair person Kelly From: Gene and Catheriae Scanlon 2315 Casco Pt. Rd. Subject: Variance request for deck and secure s orage facility and rebuilding of steps lost in July 23, 1987, storm On July 23, 1981, we sustained heavy loses to our property from the devastating downpour. The retaining walls, a deck, a locked storage blockhouse, stairs and portions of our dock became a heap of rubble. None of this loss was covered by insurance. We went to the Orono City Offices because we had been told, erroneously, that local municipalit-es would be the administrators for the flood relief for damages from,, the storm. At that time we'issued permits to clear away the debris, rip -rap our shore and rebuild the retaining walls to prevent further erosion of the hill and lake front. We were grateful for the relief the council provided by waiving fees for those permits and thank them. At that time, we were informed that a variance request would have to be made to restore the deck and storage facility. Tie thought that the rebuilding of the stairway was included in the permits granting the restoration of the bank and the rip -rap. We have not put in a stairway because the design is dependent on the granting of the variance request. The work of clearing the debris, rip -rapping the .:nd re -building the bank has been completed and inspected. Now the re Lion of the deck and a secure, adequate storage facility acid the stairs remain to be completed. In asking you to grant the variance request, we wish you to consider these pertinant facts: 1.) A variance request was granted in August in 1978 for the construction of a deck where no previous deck had existed. The ordinace under wnich our request is being considered (Ordinance 10-22, Subdivision land 2)was in effect at that time. The bank had been washed away by a huge storm. The petitioner did not hardship or loss, but only a desire to make the lakefr( ore usable and pleasant. 2.) There is no way th a terraces provided can even remotely be compared to a deck. No children could use them, they cannot be fenced. No one could sit on them 1•rith furniture to enjoy the lake. It is our intent to replant and landscape them. The construction we did was necessitated by the massive hole created and was never intended to be used as a deck. The configuration of the retaining walls was necessitated for the same reason.