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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, March 21, 2016 6:30 o'clock p.m. Council Exhibit C 4. #16-3812 GREG REITAN AND SALLY NEUBAUER, 925 BROWN ROAD NORTH, VARIANCES, 6:57 P.M. -7:07 P.M. Greg Reitan, Applicant, was present. Gaffron stated the applicant is requesting an average lakeshore setback variance in order to construct a new residence on the property. The property is situated on Brown Road and Dickey Lake. Because the existing residence structure on the adjacent lakeshore lot to the south is very near Brown Road, the applicants' existing home and proposed addition are lakeward of the defined average lakeshore setback line. The property is nearly two acres in area, and both the existing home and proposed additions meet all other setback, hardcover, and structural coverage requirements, including the required 150-foot setback from the ordinary high water level of Dickey Lake. Gaffron displayed an aerial photograph of the area. Gaffron noted both the lot to the north and the lot to the south are lakeshore lots. The location of the applicants' existing residence is conforming to the zoning standards of the RR-1 B Rural Residential District. However, the Shoreland Overlay District regulations regarding average lakeshore setback are impossible to meet for constructing an addition to the applicants' home. The adjacent residence structure on the lakeshore lot to the immediate south is located less than 15 feet from the Brown Road right-of-way where a 50-foot setback would normally be required. If that residence was set back the minimum 150 feet from the OHWL of Dickey Lake, the applicants would not require an average setback variance. Staff believes there will be no negative visual impacts to the neighboring homes. Staff recommends approval of the average setback variance. Lemke stated the property at 2015 appears to come to a point. Lemke asked whether that is considered lake shore. Pa ge 8 of 31