Project Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:30 o'clock p.m. (#12) #02-2751 MARK WELCH, 3625 NORTH SHORE DRIVE, VARIANCES, 11:11 p.m. -11:29 p.m. Linda Welch, Sister, appeared on behalf of Mark Welch. The Certificate of Mailing and Affidavit of Publication were noted. Weinberger stated the Applicant is requesting variances that would permit removal of an existing house and construction of a new house on the property. Weinberger stated the property is located in the LR-IC zoning district and consists of 6,615 square feet. Access to this property and five others is via a private, shared driveway that accesses North Shore Drive. The private driveway is located across the back of the individual lots. The driveway is required because the public road is located at a much higher elevation than the properties below. Weinberger stated the existing house consists of 599 square feet, with the Applicant proposing to construct a two-bedroom/two bathroom home with a one-stall "tuck-under" garage. The new house would allow the property owners to have additional living space and one garage stall. Currently the property does not have a garage and was constructed in 1920. The proposed house would be located the same distance from the driveway as the current house. A number of variances are required for the new residence due to the small size of the lot, the driveway location, and elevation change. The Applicant is requesting variances to lot area and lot width to permit construction of a new residence. The defined lot area, minus the private driveway area, consists of 5,462 square feet. The defined lot width is approximately 50' at the lakeshore, with the requirement being 100' width at the lakeshore. Weinberger stated the proposed house would be located approximately 53' from the lakeshore, which exceeds the existing setback of the neighboring two houses. Weinberger noted a 75' setback is required. Weinberger stated the proposed building pad is located between the driveway and the 50' setback. The Applicants are also requesting a variance to allow the house to be constructed five feet from the west property line where a 10' setback is required. The 5' side setback has been requested to provide one additional parking space on the property. The City's zoning code requires residential properties have two off-street parking spaces. Weinberger noted no parking is available on the opposite side of the shared driveway due to the topography of the land. A variance is also needed to allow the house to be built within 7 5' of the lakeshore and a variance to permit greater than 25 percent hardcover in the 75-250' of the lakeshore. The Applicants are proposing 16.4 percent hardcover where currently 17 .6 percent exists in the 0-75' setback area and 51.6 percent hardcover in the 75-250' setback area where 54.4 percent currently exists. The proposed house would consist of 1,176 square feet and would not contain a basement due to the high water level in this area. Weinberger stated a variance is also required to permit one off-street parking stall to be located three feet from an interior side property line where off-street parking is required to be located ten feet from a side property line. Weinberger noted the Applicant has submitted a statement of hardship. Weinberger stated the well would need to be relocated if the house is rebuilt in this area. PAGE30