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To: Mary Butler, Mayor <br />Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator <br />Orono Council Members <br />Orono Planning Commission Me. )ers <br />From: Michael P. Gaffron, <br />Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />Date: October 15, 1986 <br />Subject: #1085 Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Brown, 1245 Sixth Avenue North <br />Variance - Public Hearing <br />Zoning District - LR-lA <br />Application - Variance to construct lakeshore stairways (exceeds <br />normal straight-line stain:iay downhill) <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit <br />A <br />- Application <br />Exhibit <br />B <br />- Plat Map <br />Exhibit <br />C <br />- Property Owners List <br />Exhibit <br />D <br />- Survey <br />Exhibit <br />E <br />- Hardcover Calculations <br />Exhibit <br />F <br />- Photos <br />Exhibit <br />G <br />- Stairway Proposal <br />Pertinent Facts: <br />1. Hardcover: <br />- Existing 0-75' Hardcover: 0.5% <br />- Proposed 0-75' Hardcover: 2.6% <br />2. Slope: <br />- Length of Slope = 60' approximately <br />- Height of Slope = 33' approximately <br />- Slope Percentage = 33/60 x 100 = 55% <br />3. Hardships: <br />- Unusually steep, long slope down to lake <br />- Location of existing trees and clearing <br />- "Bumpy" topography on slope (would require excavation to <br />provide a straight -down stairway) <br />- Straight -down stairway would provide little or no safety <br />protection if someone was to fall (they would fall all the <br />way to the bottom' <br />