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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: March 8, 2010 <br />Item No. 5--8 <br />Department Approval: Agenda Section: Planning Department Report <br />Name: Evelyn Turner <br />Title: City Planner <br />Item Description: <br />#10-3448 City of Orono on Behalf of Lani S. Pennington et al. <br />130 Big Island (Record Lot 10) <br /># 10-3449 City of Orono on behalf of Christine Deggendorf <br />750 Big Island (Record Lot 62) <br />#10-3450 City of Orono on behalf ofV.C. McClellan and C.A.H. Clancy <br />350 Big Island (Record Lot 61) <br />#10-3451 City of Orono on behalf of Christopher Johnson Bollis <br />470 Big Island (Record Lot 22) <br />#10-345 2' Fred A. Brnntjen <br />240/250 Big Island (Record Lot 63 and Record Lot 67) <br />Lot Area Variances -Resolutions <br />Zoning District: Seasonal Recreation (RS) <br />Minimum Lot Area: 5 acre <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A. Draft Resolutions <br />B. PC Memo & Draft Minutes ofFebrnary 16, 2010 <br />Application Summary <br />Lot area variances are requested for five Big Island properties. <br />Background <br />In 1983 the minimum lot size on Big Island was increased from two acres to five acres. As paii of the <br />process Record Lots were established based on ownership and use. Lots less than five acres in size <br />were designated buildable or unbuildable. To maintain the buildable status prope1iy owners were <br />offered the opportunity to apply for a lot area variance. About a year ago Staff began to review the <br />files on Big Island prope1iies as the first step toward updating the Seasonal Recreational zoning <br />district regulations. Five unprocessed applications for the lot area variance were found . One, for 340, <br />was approved in January in conjunction with the vacation ofMassassoit Avenue. Mr. Bruntjen <br />applied after he was informed of the elgibility of his combined properties. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />On Febrnary 16, 2010, Planning Commission voted 5 to Oto recommend approval of the variances. <br />Planning Staff Recommendation <br />Approval of the variances per the attached Resolutions.