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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />.IA ·i: 0 '1}1 NO. Lez_ Jl. -~,Ji . ~ <br />1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2361. <br />2. In 1983 the City rezoned Big Island from LR-lA-1 Single Family Lakeshore <br />Residential Subdistrict to RS, Seasonal Recreational District. The subject <br />properties are located in the RS District. The 1983 rezoning included <br />establishment of comprehensive standards for development and use of the island, <br />which standards are codified as Orono Zoning Code Section 10.31. <br />3. A key element of the 1983 rezoning was designation of individual lots or groups <br />of commonly-owned lots, as "Record Lots", based on historic ownership and use <br />patterns. Each Record Lot was numbered and categorized as "Subdividable", <br />11 Conf01ming 11 <br />, "Substandard" or "Substandard Unbuildable", based on acreage and <br />on whether the site was currently developed. A total of 69 "Record Lots" were <br />so designated, and 'automatic lot area variances' were authorized for those that <br />were considered as buildable Record Lots. <br />4. Lots 64-65, Morse Island Park and Lots 8-9-10-11, Morse Island Park Second <br />Addition, were designated as Record Lot #15, by virtue of their common <br />ownership by Roy Ahern as of November 9, 1981. Record Lot #15 was <br />categorized as "Substandard -Buildable" with a combined acreage of 2.5 acres. <br />Ahern protested the Record Lot designation in 1983 and subsequently sold his <br />six separate tax parcels to six different persons. Each of the six parcels since <br />1983 have been considered as individually unbuildable per the RS District <br />ordinance. <br />5. Lots 8-9-10-11 are separated from Lots 64-65 by a dedicated roadway. Lots 64- <br />65 abut the lakeshore, while lots 8-9-10-11 do not abut the lakeshore. <br />6. Tha applicants constructed a cabin on Lot 64 in 1997 to replace a cabin that <br />previously existed on the site. No building permits were applied for nor issued, <br />and the cabin was constructed at a location not meeting the required 75' <br />lakeshore setback and comprising illegal hardcover on the 0-75' lakeshore setback <br />zone. <br />Page 2 of 6