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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 23, 2003 7:00 o'clock p.m. • *8. #03 -2899 TIMOTHY PELLIZER, 520 NORTH ARM DRIVE — VARIANCE — RESOLUTION NO. 4999 Murphy moved, Sansevere seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 4999, a Resolution granting an average lakeshore setback variance to allow construction of a 1,228 s.f. attached garage addition encroaching 68' into the average lakeshore setback for the property located at 520 North Arm Drive. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. *9. #03 -2900 WM. YALE SMILEY HI AND TIMOTHY J. MAHONEY, 2730 AND 2760 PHEASANT ROAD — REARRANGEMENT OF COMMON PROPERTY LINE — RESOLUTION NO. 5000 and 5001 Murphy moved, Sansevere seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5000, a Resolution approving a lot line rearrangement between the two developed residential lots located at 2730/2760 Pheasant Road; and to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5001, a Resolution approving the vacation of a dedicated drainage and utility easement within Lot 2, Block 1, Yale Smiley Addition. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. 10. #03 -2901 DENALI CUSTOM HOMES, INC. ON BEHALF OF MELINDA LEE AND THOMAS DEVEAU, 680 TONKAWA ROAD — VARIANCES — RESOLUTION NO. 5002 Gaffron reported that the applicants have proposed to remove the existing house and construct a new home on the property and are requesting variances to permit new construction on an undersized lot (.54 acre where 1 acre is required) having a lot width of 64' where 140' is required. Gaffron indicated that the applicants had provided a revised plan, proposing 75 -250' hardcover at 3,249 s.f. or 28.6 %, slightly less than the original proposal, and a revised grading plan that had not been reviewed as of yet. Generally, Gaffron noted that the Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation regarding hardships that support the hardcover variance. He acknowledged that, after visiting the site, the neighbor has significantly impacted the applicants' lake views. Gaffron stated that the revised proposal suggests that hardships supporting the 75 -250' zone hardcover of 28.6% could be quantified as follows: - 80 s.f. credit for boulder walls needed to support steep slopes in the 75 -250' zone - 127 s.f. credit for stairways needed to traverse steep slopes in 75 -250' zone - 192 s.f. of driveway needed in 75 -250' zone due to inability to move house closer to road in order to preserve lake views due to neighboring house location allowed by variance The total credit is 399 s.f. which equates to 3,249 — 399 = 2,850 s.f. /11,360 s.f. = 25% With regard to staff recommendations, Gaffron noted that while the City has rarely ever attempted to quantify credit that should be granted for a specific site factor that is considered a hardship, the method used here seemed reasonable. A method that might be, cautiously, applied to the City's advantage in future applications. Despite the fact that staff originally recommended denial of the application, Gaffron pointed out that the variance request as presented, appears to be supported by a hardship. He stated that the resolution approves the lot area, lot width, and 75 -250' variance • PAGE 10 of 15