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• -- 8 7 To: Orono Council Members From: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator Date: April 30, 1985 Subject: #903 Ward P. Ferrell, 3405 Watertown Road - Zoning Code Interpretation List of Exhibits j3 S 28-`35 RC;ru== Exhibit A - Application App`1,,�'r �puG.L No'f Exhibit B - Property Owners List Exhibit C - Plat Map g Exhibit D - Survey Exhibit E - Proposed Site Plan Exhibit F - Staff Sketch of Lot Areas Exhibit H - Staff Letter. to Applicant 2/27/85 Exhibit I - Draft Resolution From Alden Anderson (Application #635) Exhibit J - Tax History .xhibit K - Minutes From Planning Commission Meeting 4/15/85 Exhibit L - Staff Memo to Planning (7ommission 4/8/85 The applicant owns four adjacent tax parcels in the RR-lB zoning district totaling 2.90 acres. The existing house, well, and septic system are contained within the iwo easterly parcels totaling 1.01 acres. The two westerly parce..s are 1.04 and 0.85 acres respectively. The applicant wishes to obtain a building permit for the 1.04 acre lot. In staff's preliminary review of this request by the appli- cant, it was clear that the application was nearly i;�.,entical to the request of Alden Anderson on Shoreline Drive in 1981, which was effectively denied before it was withdrawn. Ba 3ed on the Alden Anderson denial, staff felt Council would likely not grant a variance for the Ferrell application. Rather than force the applicant to spend extreme amounts of money for the full variance application, soil testing, survey work, etc. only to be denied, staff felt obligated to advise the applicant to submit a zoning appeal application with $100.00 fee Please review my memo to Planning Commissior: of 4/8/85 and the Planning Commission minutes, and the exhibits. Note that the informal consensus of the Planning Commission was that at most the applicant might be allowed one building site by combining Lots 7 and 8 for a total of 1.89 acres, leaving the existing house on 1.01 acres. Please advise the applicant whether or not you will consider granting a variance to the rural common ownership section of the code.