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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 8, 2010 ItemNo. ~-8 Department Approval: Agenda Section: Planning Department Rep01t Name: Evelyn Turner Title: City Planner Item Description: #10-3448 City of Orono on Behalf of Lani S. Pennington et al. 130 Big Island (Record Lot 10) # 10-3449 City of Orono on behalf of Christine Deggendorf 750 Big Island (Record Lot 62) # 10-3450 City of Orono on behalf of V . C. McClellan and C.A.H. Clancy 350 Big Island (Record Lot 61) #10-3451 City of Orono on behalf of Christopher Johnson Bollis 4 70 Big Island (Record Lot 22) #10-3452 Fred A. Bruntjen 240/250 Big Island (Record Lot 63 and Record Lot 67) Lot Area Variances -Resolutions Zoning District: Seasonal Recreation (RS) Minimum Lot Area: 5 acre List of Exhibits: A. Draft Resolutions B. PC Memo & Draft Minutes of February 16, 2010 Application Summary Lot area variances are requested for five Big Island prope1ties. Background In 1983 the minimum lot size on Big Island was increased from two acres to five acres. As pait of the process Record Lots were established based on ownership and use. Lots less than five acres in size were designated buildable or unbuildable. To maintain the buildable status prope1ty owners were offered the opportunity to apply for a lot area variance. About a year ago Staff began to review the files on Big Island properties as the first step toward updating the Seasonal Recreational zoning district regulations. Five unprocessed applications for the lot area variance were found. One, for 340, was approved in January in conjunction with the vacation ofMassassoit Avenue . Mr. Bruntjen applied after he was informed of the elgibility of his combined prope1ties. Planning Commission Recommendation On February 16, 2010, Planning Commission voted 5 to Oto recommend approval of the variances. Planning Staff Recommendation Approval of the variances per the attached Resolutions.