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To: <br />Orono <br />Council Members <br />From: <br />Michael <br />P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning <br />Administrator <br />Date: <br />April <br />30, 1985 <br />Subject: #903 <br />Ward P. Ferrell, 3405 Watertown <br />Road - <br />Zoning <br />Code Interpretation <br />List <br />of Exhibits <br />P, <br />Exhibit A - <br />Application <br />Exhibit B - <br />Property Owners List <br />r �- <br />Exhibit <br />C <br />- Plat Map <br />Exhibit <br />D <br />- Survey <br />Exhibit <br />E <br />- Proposed Site <br />Plan <br />Exhibit <br />F - <br />Staff Sketch <br />of Lot Areas <br />Exhibit <br />H - <br />Staff Letter <br />to Applicant 2/27/85 <br />Exhibit <br />I - <br />Draft Resolution <br />From Alden Anderson <br />(Application <br />#635) <br />Exhibit <br />J - <br />Tax History <br />Exhibit <br />K - <br />Minutes From <br />Panning Commission Meeting 4/15/85 <br />Exhibit <br />L - <br />Staff Memo to <br />Planning Commission 4/8/85 <br />The applicant owns four adjacent tax parcels in the RR-lB <br />zoning district totaling 2.90 acres. The existing house, well, <br />and septic system are contained within the two easterly parcels <br />totaling 1.01 acres. The two westerly parcels are 1.04 and 0.85 <br />acres respectively. The applicant wishes to obtain a building <br />permit for the 1.0.1 acre lot. <br />In staff's preliminary review of this request by the appli- <br />cant, it was clear that the application was nearly indentical to <br />the request of Alden Anderson on Shoreline Drive in 1981, which <br />was effectively denied before it was withdrawn. Based on the <br />Alden Anderson denial, staff felt Council would likely not <br />grant a variance for the Ferrell application. Rather than force <br />the applicant to spend extreme amounts of money for the full <br />variance application, soil testing, survey work, etc. only to be <br />denied, staff felt obligated to advise the applicant to submit a <br />zoning appeal application with $100.00 fee. <br />Please review my memo to Planning Commission of 4/8/85 and <br />the Planning Commission minutes, and the exhibits. Note that the <br />informal consensus of the Planning Commission was that at most <br />the applicant might be allowed one building site by combining <br />Lots 7 and 8 for a total of 1.89 acres, leaving the existing <br />house on 1.01 acres. <br />Please advise the applicant whether or not you will consider <br />granting a variance to the rural common ownership section of the <br />code. <br />