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TO: Council <br />COUNCIL MEETING <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant. Zoning Administr tto13 1985 <br />DATE: April 26, 1985 CITY OF ORONO <br />SUBJECT: #883 Gary & Linda Printup, 1261 Briar Street - Variance <br />Application - Side Setback Variance for an addition to principal <br />structure <br />Zoning District - RR-1B - Rural Residential - 2 acre <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - Application <br />Exhibit B - Plat Map <br />Exhibit C - Property Owners List <br />Exhibit D - Survey <br />Exhibit E - Staff Sketch on Survey <br />Existing Lot = 75' x 140' = 10,500 sf or 0.24 acre <br />Existing Proposed Required <br />Side Setback = 28.7' 10.7' 30' <br />Variance <br />19.3' or 64% <br />This is a request for a side setback variance to allow applicant to <br />construct an addition to his house to within 10.7' of the side lot line. <br />Since this is located in a currently non-sewered area within the two <br />acre zone, the septic system has been reviewed. Staff notes that the <br />existing septic system is located in the front yard and extends into the <br />right-of-way, then north to near the property line, with one <br />drainfield line extending back along the north lot line. <br />The applicant has been advised that the expansion of the house to the <br />extent proposed would not be allowed based on the encroachment near the <br />drainf ield and the fact that the additional living space would create a <br />potential for additional water usage with little or no way to expand the <br />septic system. Applicant requested that thi s application be reviewed <br />based on the city sewer being installed concurrently with his <br />addition. <br />This application certainly brings to light the inconsistency of the <br />current two acre zoning with the historically dense Crystal Bay <br />neighborhood. In a half acre or even a one acre zone, the proposed <br />addition would not require a variance; yet in the Crystal Bay area, 60 <br />of 79 existing houses, or 76%, are on lots of half acre or less. we will <br />likely be reviewing variance applications in this neighborhood as long <br />as the two acre standards continue to apply. <br />Note that no hardcover limitations apply. <br />