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TO: Mayor Callahan and Orono Councilmembers Ron Moorse, City Administrator FROM: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator DATE: October 4, 1993 SUBJECT: James and Joann Jundt, 1400 Brackett's Point Road A. #1866 Conditional Use Permit -Resolution B. #1867 Variances -Resolution C. #1868 Conditional Use Permit -Resolution Brief Review of Applications: Please review the enclosed Planning Commission packet for more detail on the issues and ordinances pertinent to the review of the three applications. The following is merely a brief review of the comprehensive application and deals only with the highlights of the reviews. A. #1866 -The first application involves a conditional use permit to allow the second floor area to remain for the dwelling use of employees of the owner. Originally the second floor level was designed in separate dormitory type units. Current owner now proposes an apartment for the caretaker. Primary access will be via an interior hallway that connects directly to the residence and a secondary access via a staircase leading directly from lower level garage. Planning Commission members questioned the need to install the second staircase as there was already an existing staircase that lead from the garage to the kitchen area that eventually lead to the second floor. Applicants' architect advised that although the staircase appears to be mostly located at the upper level that at the lower level there was a great deal of distance between the two and it would be more convenient to allow access from the new staircase to the caretaker area. The applicants were advised of the directives of the code where interior access to the unit had to be the primary access because of the fear that some day the residential unit may be offered for rental use. Applicants quickly explained that there was never any rental use proposed that this unit was designed specifically for a full time caretaker who would reside at the property. Planning Commission Recommendation -The Planning Commission recommended unanimous approval of the conditional use permit for the caretaker apartment within the second floor of the principal residence on the property located at 1400 Bracketts Point Road subject to the condition that the second residential unit may never be used for rental purposes. It shall continue to be used by employees or nonpaying guests or members of family. The enclosed resolution has been drafted per the Planning Commission's recommendation.