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// �u�LIL INtETIMG To: Mayor Butler MAR 111935 Orono Council Members Q OF CROW From: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator Nf Date: March 5, 1985 Subject: #884 Richard & Patrice Eller, 2655 Shadywood Road - Variance Zoning District - LR-1B Application - Variances to Section 10.60, Subdivision 13 a) Boat greater than 20 feet in length stored on residence lot. b) Boat stored in side/street yard less than 10' from side property line. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Property Owners List Exhibit C - Plat Map Exhibit D - Applicants Formal Request Exhibit E - Staff Survey Exhibit F - Survey Exhibit G - Eller's Letter of 2/8/85 Exhibit H - Petition of Pheasant Lawn Neighbors Exhibit I - Messer's Letter of 2/4/85 Mr. Eller seeks variances to the residential exterior storage section of the code. He requests a variance to the size standard because he claims that at least two of his immediate neighbors have boats over 20 feet in length stored in their yards. (Note areas designated as 2 & 7 on staff survey - Exhibit E.) In addition, he calls attention to the "numerous boats stored on private property throughout the City of Orono". The applicants consider staff's ac- tions highly discriminatory in singling them out for actions deemed appropriate, natural and completely acceptable on other neighbors' lots and in other neighborhoods throughout the City. A second variance to the exterior storage section is sought by applicant claiming there is no other area on the property to store the boat because of the sloping topography. The boat is stored less than 35' from Pleasant Road and possibly less then 10' from the side property line - survey does not confirm setbacks. The ordinance allows a boat of less than 20 feet in length stored in a rear yard 10 feet from property lines. Council agreed that a boat in excess of 20 feet can be stored on a lakeshore lot if it is adquately screened or stored in a building --- and if neighbors have no sight problems. Per Section 10.02 Item 79 - Yard, Rear. -- On a lakeshore lot, the rear yard shall be the yard which fronts on the street lying between the streetline of the lot and the required rear yard setback line. A boat less than 20 feet in length could be stored in the rear yard. Our applicant has 2 street yards - rear/street and side/street yards. The applicant's boat is stored in what effectively is the extended