Laserfiche WebLink
TO: Orono City Council Members EAN. IV <br />4000� <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator S"19-87 <br />DATE: March 3, 1986 <br />SOBJ: #990 Ward Ferrell, 3405-341_-j415 Watertown Road - Variances <br />List of Exhibits: � `� " t"% " e°"'' ^ ' - <br />A - Applications for variances on 2 vacant lots <br />B - Plat Map <br />�r <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 existing house, east lot <br />G - Survey, Soils Report, Site Plan for center lot <br />H - Survey, Soils Report, Site Plan for west lot <br />I - Staff memos 11/13/85, 2/6/86 <br />J - Minutes: Planning Commission 4/15/85; Council 5/28/85; <br />Planning Commission 11/18/85; 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, 1985 as a zoning <br />appeal, at which time Council gave applicant general direction 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 lots <br />adjacent to his home. The lots are substandard in area and width based on <br />the current 2-acre, 200 foot width standards. <br />To briefly review the code standards that previously and currently affect <br />this property: <br />1950 Zoning Ordinance - (Prior to division of this property into <br />separate parcels) - Property zoned 1-acre min. lot size. <br />1955 - Original Platting Code <br />1958 - Ferrell builds house at 3405 Watertown Road, requests to build <br />a second house on property per minutes of 9,,22/58. Ferrell presumably <br />told by Herb Ross, Mayor, that in order to build a second house wou l:' <br />require a subdivision, since 1950 zoning ordinance allowed only o <br />residence per lot. <br />1959 - Ferrell presumably completed subdivision. 10/12/59 - Adoption <br />of Ordinance #22 - a) required minimum lot area of 1 acre, min. lot <br />width of 140', which Ferrell lots would meet or nearly meet. b) also <br />allowed Council to approve buildinq permits for substandard lots held <br />in single separate ownership, interred that substandard common- <br />