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TO: Orono City Council Members 6:)04, Al <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning 'Aministrator <br />DATE: March 3, 1986 <br />SUBJ: #990 Ward Ferrell, 3405-3411-3415 Watertown Road - Variances <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A - Applications for variances on 2 vacant lots J , <br />B - Plat Map - <br />C - Property Owners List <br />D - Notice to Applicant 2/20/86 <br />E - Composite Site Plan <br />F - Survey, Soils Report, Site Plan for exis-:-g house, east lot <br />G - Survey, Soils Repo: t, Site Plan for cei.te r lot <br />H - Survey, Soils Report, Site Plan for west lot <br />I - Staff memos 11/1?/85, 2/6/86 <br />J - Minutes: Planning Commission 4/15/85; Council 5/28/85; <br />Planning Commission 12/18/85; Planning Commission 2/18/86 <br />K - Tax History, 1974 - 1985 <br />L - Council Minutes September 22, 1958 <br />M - Pertinent Ordinances Dating to 1950 <br />N - 1981 Draft Denial Resolution - Alden Anderson property, 1900 <br />Shoreline Dr. (similar case) <br />Council originally reviewed this application in May, 19z'5 as a zoning <br />appeal, at which time Council gave applicant general directi:n that perhaps <br />1 additional. building site would be considered, but that 2 additional <br />building sites would not be looked upon favorably. Please review Exhibit <br />D, the composite site plan for this 2.9 acre group of parcels. Applicant <br />is requesting permission to build houses on each of the two vacant lot-4 <br />ad-acent to his home. The lots are substandard in area and width based on <br />the current 2-acre, 200 foot width standards. <br />.'o briefly review the code standards that previous y and currently affect <br />this property: <br />1950 Zoning Ordinance - (Pri-i to division of this property into <br />separate parcels) - Property zoned 1-acre min. lot sizf <br />1955 - Original Platting Code <br />1958 - Ferrell builds house at :;a05 Watertown Road, requests to build <br />a second house on property pc- minutes of 9/22/58, Ferrell presumably <br />told by Herb Ross, r4ayor, that in order to build a second houses woulc: <br />require a subdivisi.un, since 1950 zoning ordinance al lowed oniy mane <br />residence per lot. <br />19ry - Ferrell F, —umably completed subdivision. 10/12/59 - Adoption <br />of Ordinance #22 -- a) requ� -d �,inimum lot area of I acre, mir. lot <br />width of 140', which Ferrell 1 )ts would meet or nearly meet. b) also <br />allowed Council to approve building permits for: suhs'..andarri lots held <br />in single separate ownership, inferred that s_.standa-d commcn- <br />