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TO: Chair Peterson and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />DATE: August 14, 1996 <br />SUBJECT: #2159 James and Joann Jundt, 1400 Bracketts Point Road -Variances - <br />Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: LR-IA, Single Family Lakeshore Residential, 2 acres, unsewered. <br />Application: Request for lakeshore setback variance and 0-75' hardcover variances for restoration <br />of existing boat house, grotto and lakeshore stairway system. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A -Application <br />B -Plat Map <br />C -Property Owners List <br />D -Survey/Site Plan <br />E -Site Plan Enlargement <br />F -Construction Plans <br />G -Hardcover Calculations <br />H-Photos <br />I -Floodplain and Wetlands Management codes re: nonconformities <br />Summary of Request <br />Directly east of the residence and at the shoreline of this property exist the following amenities: <br />Limestone rock stairway leading down the lakeshore bank; a second, narrower <br />stairway also exists approximately 100' north. <br />Circa 1930 "boat house", approximately 12'x12' used for storage only <br />Retaining wall and underground "grotto" room, approximately 12'x16' plus <br />5'x6' entry. <br />Applicants propose to do restoration work on the two stairways, interior cosmetic remodeling of the <br />grotto, repair of the adjacent retaining wall and major renovation of the boat house. <br />Discussion <br />The stairway directly east of the house is one of four stairway systems that prov1de access to the east <br />shoreline of the property, which is approximately 650' in length. The other stairway systems include <br />a stairway to the dock at the southeast comer of the property ; a short segment of stairs centrally <br />1