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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 22, 2001 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />Applicant is proposing to remove the existing residence and construct a new residence. Because the lot <br />is located at the end of the Baldur Park peninsula, 79 percent of the lot is located within 75 feet of the <br />lakeshore. <br />Variances are required to allow the new building to encroach within 48 feet of the lakeshore, which is <br />approximately the same setback as the existing structure, and to allow hardcover within 75 feet of the <br />lakeshore. A variance to lot area is also required. This property consists of 0.495 acre, with the <br />minimum lot area being 0.5 acre. <br />The Planning Commission had recommended apprqyal of this application by a vote of 7 to O for the <br />variances subject to the condition that the property owner verify either conforming septic sites or <br />connection to City sewer be completed. The lot is not immediately adjacentto City sewer and the <br />property owner would be required to extend the sewer line to his property as well as obtain an easement <br />from the adjoining property owner. <br />The Applicant did hire Koch's Soil Testing to complete soil testing and design for a septic system. The <br />tests·and design work show that the property can support a maximum three bedroom system. The <br />proposed house was proposed to be a five bedroom home. Matt Bolterman, On-site Systems Manager, <br />has approved the design, but for a house with three bedrooms or less. State Code requires that the <br />number of bedrooms in a single family residence be used to detennine the required system capacity. <br />Weinberger stated back in 1970, the lots adjacent to Mr. Puzak's property were commonly owned up <br />until the early 1970s. The City at that time required that the lots be connected to City sewer. The <br />property owner did not agree to connect the house or to provide sewer connections to any of the vacant <br />lots. Eventually the property sold, with Lot 30 being sold to Mr. Puzak and the other remaining lots <br />being purchased by Mr. Franklin. <br />PAGE23