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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,February 19,2002 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#12) #02-2751 MARK WELCH,3625 NORTH SHORE DRIVE,VARIANCES, <br /> 11:11 p.m.—11:29 p.m. <br /> Linda Welch, Sister, appeared on behalf of Mark Welch. <br /> The Certificate of Mailing and Affidavit of Publication were noted. <br /> Weinberger stated the Applicant is requesting variances that would permit removal of an existing house <br /> and construction of a new house on the property. Weinberger stated the property is located in the <br /> LR-1C zoning district and consists of 6,615 square feet. Access to this property and five others is via a <br /> private, shared driveway that accesses North Shore Drive. The private driveway is located across the <br /> back of the individual lots. The driveway is required because the public road is located at a much higher <br /> elevation than the properties below. <br /> Weinberger stated the existing house consists of 599 square feet, with the Applicant proposing to <br /> construct a two-bedroom/two bathroom home with a one-stall"tuck-under"garage. The new house <br /> would allow the property owners to have additional living space and one garage stall. Currently the <br /> property does not have a garage and was constructed in 1920. The proposed house would be located the <br /> same distance from the driveway as the current house. <br /> A number of variances are required for the new residence due to the small size of the lot,the driveway <br /> location, and elevation change. The Applicant is requesting variances to lot area and lot width to permit <br /> construction of a new residence. The defined lot area,minus the private driveway area, consists of <br /> 5,462 square feet. The defined lot width is approximately 50' at the lakeshore,with the requirement <br /> being 100' width at the lakeshore. <br /> Weinberger stated the proposed house would be located approximately 53' from the lakeshore,which <br /> exceeds the existing setback of the neighboring two houses. Weinberger noted a 75' setback is required. <br /> Weinberger stated the proposed building pad is located between the driveway and the 50' setback. The <br /> Applicants are also requesting a variance to allow the house to be constructed five feet from the west <br /> property line where a 10' setback is required. The 5' side setback has been requested to provide one <br /> additional parking space on the property. The City's zoning code requires residential properties have <br /> two off-street parking spaces. Weinberger noted no parking is available on the opposite side of the <br /> shared driveway due to the topography of the land. <br /> A variance is also needed to allow the house to be built within 75' of the lakeshore and a variance to <br /> permit greater than 25 percent hardcover in the 75-250' of the lakeshore. The Applicants are proposing <br /> 16.4 percent hardcover where currently 17.6 percent exists in the 0-75' setback area and 51.6 percent <br /> hardcover in the 75-250' setback area where 54.4 percent currently exists. The proposed house would <br /> consist of 1,176 square feet and would not contain a basement due to the high water level in this area. <br /> Weinberger stated a variance is also required to permit one off-street parking stall to be located three <br /> feet from an interior side property line where off-street parking is required to be located ten feet from a <br /> side property line. <br /> Weinberger noted the Applicant has submitted a statement of hardship. Weinberger stated the well <br /> would need to be relocated if the house is rebuilt in this area. <br /> PAGE 30 <br />