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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 • 5. #01 -2661 Thomas and Ingrid Anderson, 3550 North Shore Drive— Variances- Resolution No. 4618 Sansevere stated he would have placed item 5 on the Consent Agenda, but for one question. He asked if the change in the side setback from 10 feet to 9.5 feet was a misprint. Weinberger stated that the Resolution does require a 10 foot setback. The applicant stated that the 9.5 foot setback was a misprint and was changed to 10 feet, but the surveyor must have delivered the wrong drawing. Sansevere moved, and Nygard seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 4618 granting variances to Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.22, Subdivision 2 and Section 10.56, Subdivision 16(L)(2) to permit 4,551 s.f. (41 %) hardcover in the 75 – 250' lakeshore setback where 4,687 s.f. (42 %) currently exists and 2,775 s.f. (25 %) is allowed; and Section 10.56, Subdivision 16(C)(6) and Section 10.22, Subdivision 1(B) to permit an encroachment into the average lakeshore setback on the north side of the house to construct a new fence exceeding 3 Y2 feet in height. Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. *6. #2656 Surface Water Management Plan — Update The Mayor /Council and Public Service Director's Reports appear after item 9. • 9. Coffee Channel Snowmobile Access Moorse stated that the property owners at 1998 and 2000 Shadywood Road were concerned with the number of snowmobiles using the lake access between their houses. Since the ice through Coffee Channel became unsafe, use of the lake access has increased dramatically. Chief of Police Stephany Good stated that the main issues facing the homeowners were noise, safety, quality of life, and continued use and ownership of the properties. The issue facing the snowmobiling population was safe access between the bays. The public safety issues were the safety of snowmobilers, and safety and noise concerns regarding the homeowners. She stated that the Coffee Channel seldom freezes over and some snowmobilers try to skip water to cross the channel, and sheriff's deputies pull about 10 snowmobiles out of the channel each year. Chief Good suggested several solutions. 1) The City could post signs saying that the access is for emergency use only, which would likely cause more snowmobilers to attempt crossing the channel, or it would divert traffic to other access points to the north and south of the access in question. Signs that restrict use could draw attention to the fact that the access is a City road and result in more use of the access point year round. The police find it difficult to enforce snowmobile regulations because they do not have a chase vehicle. She stated snowmobile use is restricted between the hours of 11:00 p.m. • 5