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To: Mayor Butler, Orono Council Members From: Duane N. Nall, 1860 Shadywood, Orono Date: April 10, 1986 Subject: g 1010 Sub Division and Variance Planning Commision Meeting - March 17, 1986 REVIEW OF FINDINGS AND COMMISSION ACTION Data presented by the Orono staff and the myself indicate the proposed subdivision and resulting variances ARE NOT EXCESSIVE. o '"he Mabutsh March 11 memo states that 66% of the Shadywood Add'n lots are 60 to 75 foot or less in width. The lots I propose by sub- division are 65 and 70 feet in width. o The sane memo states that 69% of the Shadywood Add'n lots are 18,000 aq ft or less. I have proposed a sub -division that produces two lots that are well over 18,000 sq ft in area. o The Mabutsh memo considers only 41 lots in the Shadywood Add'n. I presented findings showing: In the one half mile nort' anA south of my property, 60% of the lots are 60' or less in width. Within a mile each way of my property 66% of the 91 lots are 60 foot or less in width. 79% of the lots in ■y area are sub --standard in width. 88x are less than one --half acre in area. In fact, THE VARIANCES I PROPOSE ARE MINIMAL. Each lot is almost one- half acre in area (larger than two-thirds of the lotti in my neighbor hood); each is wider than two-thirds of the lots in the area. Lot A is 5% over the hardcover permitted but this is only because a•v property has lc:.e on both sides and by prior Council action, "Lakeshore on two sides of the property creates a hardship" .. "conditions existing that are peculiar and do not apply generally to this zoning district" (Reference Res. g 1655). Lot B conforms to the hardcover standards. There are no setback variance& requested. The March 11 memo cites the 195H Ordinance 7 Amendment as evidence -hat the City p licy was to impose large lots on areas where small lots existed. Please note Exhibit ail f.4-t..s forth two policies: (1) large lots only for the promotion o► health, welfare, sanitation -- solving problems involving sewage, cess pools, etc. WE NOW HAVE SBMBR IN MY AREA. Policy •2: "all lots conform in ARkA to the existing lots in general area of pro►,xmed subdivision." MY PROPOSED LCTN CONFOW 'N AREA.