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To: Mayor Butler Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator Orono Council Members Orono Planning Commission Members From: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator Date: September 9, 1986 Subject: #1067 Herbert T. Olson, 3640 Bayside Road - Variance - Public Hearing Zoning District - LR-lA, 2-acre Application - Side setback variance to construct a room addition List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Survey Exhibit E - Topography and Layout of Nearby Lots Exhibit F - Hardcover Calculations Exhibit G - Septic Layout Pertinent Facts: Left Side Setback: Lot Size: 2.0 Acres Required = 30' Proposed = 19.9' Variance = 10.1' or 34% Discussion: The applicants are requesting a side setback variance in order to construct an addition to their existing home. They note that steep grades uphill and downhill from the house, the location of existing trees, drainage, and well location are factors that present hardships resulting in the location of the proposed addition. The addition is for a new kitchen. Note that applicants installed a new septic system in 1981 which is working well. The impact of the variance on the only property affected, immediately west of the house, appears to be very minimal. The neighboring lot is vacant, and based on the topography the likely place for a house on it would be centrally located, hence no significant encroachment on sunlight or air is apparent. Nor would the addition have any effect on the development on the vacant lot. This house was constructed many years prior to the plat of "Riedel's Stubbs Bay Addition" in 1975, which created a conforming setback but did not anticipate future additions.