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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 6 596 6. The original owner has recently sold the Property and the Owner is requesting that approval be granted to allow future additions and/or home reconstruction to not be subject to the back lot setback standards. Approval of the request would allow future principal structure side setbacks of 30' as per the LR -IA standards, rather than the 45' side setback required under the back lot standards. While no plans for specific proposed additions or reconstruction have been submitted, the Owner wishes to establish the standards under which a design process can be commenced. 7. The definition of Back Lot is as follows: "Lot, back, means a lot typically separated from a public or private road by another lot and which gains access to the public or private road via a narrow corridor. Such a separated lot is considered to be a back lot when the corridor is platted as an outlot. A separated lot is considered to be a flag lot when the corridor is platted as part of the lot. When the corridor is merely an easement over another lot, the separated lot is considered to be an easement back lot." 8. The definition of Front Lot is as follows: "Lot, front, means a lot abutting a public or private road, across which an outlot has been platted for access to a back lot." 9. The rationale for higher standards for front/back lot divisions resulting in the existing back lot ordinance was documented during 1993 Planning Commission and City Council discussions and hearings preceding adoption of the ordinance. Those points include the following: a. With such divisions there is created a potential conflict in front yards abutting rear yards, with the resulting incompatible typical uses of such yards. b. Driveway outlots which abut adjacent residentially -used side and rear yards can have a negative impact on those adjacent properties. C. Creation of additional driveway cuts within a given length of roadway that would normally serve one residence, may cause safety problems in some cases. d. The potential use conflicts and negative impacts noted in a. and b. above can be reduced or eliminated by requiring higher standards for buffering, either by screening or by increased separation of uses. 10. The front-lot/back-lot relationship established by application of the zoning code during the 1995 re -plat has technical flaws. Lot 1 is not physically separated from North Shore Drive by Lot 2 (2445 North Shore Drive). Lots 1 and 2 are functionally parallel to each other, and absent the existing outlot corridor extending from North Shore Drive to Lot 1, each lot would extend from North Shore Drive to the lakeshore. The only reason for the outlot Page 3 of 5