Project Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

# ""' ( (", To: Jeanne Mabusth, Planning Commission and Council of Orono Regarding: Hardship/description of unusual property conditions for new home construction at 1436 Baldur Park Road 1436 Baldur Park Road is a small and substandard SO-foot lakeshore lot, platted before current zoning standards . On this lot is a deteriorat i ng cabin that is currently boarded up and has no salvage value. This structure will have to be removed from the lot--an event that is happening one-by-one on Baldur Park Road, as old substandard cabins are replaced with small but modern year-round homes. However, the existing structure, despite its condition, is nicely aligned with every other nearby house on Baldur Park Road , forming a smooth crescent of homes that wrap around the northeast side of the small peninsula that juts into North Arm. The small size and narrowness of the lot , plus our desire to preserve the existing tress , will likely lead us to ask for three variances: 1. We will need to keep the "front: position as the existing structure. virtually identical to that of all our lake than what is there now. (lake side) of our new home in the same This will require a lakeshore variance neighbors, and certainly no closer to the 2 . We do not need a side set back variance for the foot print of the home but are requesting one for the garage and turn around area, to keep from having a "tunnel" of hardcover. The garages of both adjacent properties are 5 feet from the property along on opposite sides of our requested side set back. Therefore, this would create larger grass areas between all three garages. Also an attached garage and turn around creates a safer access to the street . 3. We have put most of our effort and design time into minimizing hardcover. However, we still need a hardcover variance . Here are our ideas so far : -We will build a small home, appropriate for the lot. -Lot coverage within the lake setback will be virtually no greater than what is there now , -Home will be a two-story, so we can keep a small footprint. To keep the footprint as small as possible, we have creatively designed living area in and above a portion of the attached garage footprint. -Our current plan could get b y with a single driveway for part of its length, minimizing hardcov er in the t y pical "tunnel" of driveway-garage-house. We are trying to obey the rules as best as we can but would appreciate your creative input as we continue this process .