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Date Application Received: 04-20-05 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 05-04-05 <br />60-Day Review Period Expires: 07-04-05 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Melanie Curtis µv <br />Title: City Planner <br />Item Description: <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Administrator Approval: <br />05-3110 -Tom & Sheila Browne -760 Brown Rd S Variances <br />Date: May 31, 2005 <br />Item No. <br />Agenda Section: <br />Zoning District: RR-lB, One Family Rural Residential, 2-acres/200' <br />Lot Area: 39,500 s.f. (0.9 acre) above the 929.4' <br />Lot Width: 355.8' <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A. Applicants' Revised Request <br />B. PC Memo & Exhibits of May 11, 2005 <br />C. PC Action Notice dated May 17, 2005 <br />D. Draft PC Minutes -May 2005 <br />Application Summary: <br />The applicants' property is located on Tanager Lake. Tanager Lake is classified by the DNR as a <br />Recreational Development Lake; within the Shoreland Management section of Orono's Zoning Code <br />it is stipulated that a Recreational Development Lake requires a 100' structure setback for properties <br />with on-site septic systems. The applicants would like to construct a window dormer for added space <br />and safety in an existing 2nd story bathroom. As the entire home is located within the 100' structure <br />setback, any building envelope expansion requires a lake setback variance. Additionally, the <br />applicants would like to construct a small garage addition to the north of their attached garage. <br />At the recommendation of two Planning Commission members the applicants have reduced the size of <br />the proposed garage and proposed additional hardcover removals. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />On May 16, 2005, Planning Commission voted 4 -2 to recommend approval of the lake setback <br />variance in order to construct a 2nd story dormer but recommended denial of the lake setback and <br />hardcover variances in order to construct the garage addition. The dissenting Commissioners stated <br />they would be in favor of a smaller garage addition with additional hardcover removals.