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Right Side Setback 30' Lake Setback {Natural Environment Lake) 150' FILE #16-3812 March 16, 2016 Page 2 of 5 31.3' 225' Average Lakeshore Setback No Encroachment 57' Encroachment Allowed Structural CoveraRe: Total Lot Area Total Structural Coverage 82,461 s.f.,:t {1.89 acre) Allowed: 15.0% {12,369 s.f.) Existing: 3.8% {3,118 s.f.) Proposed: 7.0% (5,735 s.f.) Hardcover Calculations: Stormwater Total Area Overlay District in Tier Allowed Hardcover Existing Hardcover Tier Tier 1 82,461 s.f. 20,615 s.f. {25 %) 10,674 s.f. {12.9 %) APPLICABLE REGULATIONS 78-420: RR-lB lot Standards & Setback Regulations. 78-1279(6): Average lakeshore Setback Proposed Hardcover 14,266 s.f. {17.3 %) (6) Average lakeshore setback. No principal or accessory structure shall be located closer to the lakeshore than the average distance from the shoreline of existing residence buildings on adjacent lots; except that this does not apply to patios and other accessory structures less than 42 inches above existing grade, stairways, lifts, landings, lockboxes, flagpoles, and pump houses. Further, the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply to tributaries. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most lakeward protrusions of the residence buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. a. In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or right-of- way, the average lake shore setback shall be equivalent to the setback of the most lakeward protrusion of the residence building on the immediately adjacent improved lakeshore lot. Governing Regulations: Variance (Sec. 78-123). In reviewing applications for variance, the Planning Commission shall consider the effect of the proposed variance upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values of property in the surrounding area. The Planning Commission shall consider recommending approval for variances from the literal provisions of the Zoning Code in instances where their strict enforcement would cause practical difficulties because of circumstances unique to the individual property under consideration, and shall recommend approval only when it is demonstrated that such actions will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Orono Zoning Code. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in