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COUNCIL MEETING To: Orono Council Members MAY 2 81985 From: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Admin C)ITYa OF ORONO Date: May 23, 1985 Subject: #921 Van Eeckhout Building Corporation, 2135 Salem Court Variance Zoning District - RR-1B Application - Variance to side lot line setback for a new residence (under construction) Required SEtback: 30' Proposed Setback: 11' Variance: 19' or 63% List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application and Letter of Request Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - List of Property Owners Exhibit D - Proposed Site Plan Exhibit E - Original Site Plan Exhibit F - Possible Lot Line Rearrangement - Staff Sketch This application is the result of a construction error in which house was placed incorrectly by the applicant's footing contractor and ended up too close to the lot line. Apparently, the footing excavation had been done for ' s house portion only, not the garage, and the contractor had starteu to pour footings prior to inspection. When the inspector arrived midway th -ough the pour, he had the contractor expose portions of the poured area to verify the soil base, and he noted that the setbacks appeared to be OK. Some days later, presumably when the garage footings were excavated, it became obvious that the footing contractor had actually made a mistake and had located the house so that the garage would end up 11' from the pro- perty line. At this point, some work had been started on the block foundation walls, but the foundation was not complete, according to the building inspector. At this point the applicant came to the City to discuss the problem, and suggested that rather than start over, because he had sizable investment in the work done so far, that he would prefer either a lot line rearrangement with the adja.•..!nt lot (which he owns), or would request a setback variance. Staff advised applicant that he would b,� proceeding at his own risk in continuing work on the house portion; that he under no circumstances would be allowed to pour the garage footings until the problem was resolved; and that there was no guarantee that a variance or lot line rearrangement would be granted under the circumstances.