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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:30 o'clock p.m. 7 -11. #10-3448 CITY OF ORONO ON BEHALF OF LANI S. PENNINGTON, ET AL, 130 BIG ISLAND, VARIANCE, 8:23 P.M. -8:31 P.M. Turner stated the City of Orono is requesting lot area variances for the following five Big Island properties: 1. 130 Big Island (Record Lot 10), Lani S. Pennington 2. 750 Big Island (Record Lot 62), Christine Deggendorf 3. 350 Big Island (Record Lot 61), V.C. McClellan and C.A.H. Clancy 4. 470 Big Island (Record Lot 22), Christopher Johnson Bollis 5. 240/250 Big Island (Record Lot 63 and Record Lot 67), Fred A. Bruntjen The required notification of Big Island property owners was done in 1983. However, the lead staff person left the City's employ that fall. In 1986 a second notification was done. About a year ago Staff began to update the records of Big Island properties. Unprocessed applications for the "automatic lot area variance" were found in the files of 130, 750, 350, and 460 Big Island. With the applications for 130 and 750 there was also an application for a conditional use permit to allow the cabin to be used more than 180 days a year. That is no longer the situation. There appear to have been some issues with the septic system for 350. It was replaced in 2009. 460 and 470 Big Island were involved in a lot line rearrangement that was not approved until 1992. 130, 750, and 350 have always been one tax parcel each so no combinations are required. 470 was originally four tax parcels. At the time of the lot line rearrangement, three of the four were combined. The fourth is in a different school district and cannot be combined with the others. A special lot combination will be required. 460 Big Island was included in the public hearing notice but subsequently the owner asked that the property not be considered for a lot area variance at this time. 240/250 Big Island qualifies for a lot area variance under 78-568(8). There are only two sets of lots that would qualify under this provision. The other set is not in common ownership. Combined, these two record lots total 0.56 acre. The property is still three tax parcels so a tax parcel combination is required. Planning Staff recommends approval of the lot area variances: 1. With no conditions: a. #10-3448, 130 Big Island (Record Lot 10) b. #10-3449, 750 Big Island (Record Lot 62) c. #10-3450, 350 Big Island (Record Lot 61) 2. Conditioned on the owner signing a special lot combination a. #10-3451, 470 Big Island (Record Lot 22) 3. Conditioned on filing of a tax parcel combination a. #10-3452, 240/250 Big Island (Record Lot 63 and Record Lot 67) ---~--------------Page 17