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• • • i 1 MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 8, 2008 7:00 o'clock p.m. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT *3. #08 -3350 J. SVEN GUSTAFSON FREDERICK C. PETERS, 3127 CASCO Rahn moved, Bremer seconded, to adopt R] Variances to Municipal Zoning Code Sectio 3127 Casco Circle. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. STONEWOOD, LLC, ON BEHALF OF ,E — VARIANCES — RESOLUTION NO. 5765 ELUTION NO: 5765, a Resolution Granting 78 -1288 and 78 -1404, for the property located at 4. #08 -3370 BARB AND KEVIN DULIN WITH J. SVEN GUSTAFSON OF STONEWOOD, LLC, 1785 CONCORDIA STREET — VARIANCES AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Barb and Kevin Dulin, Applicants; J. Sven Gustafson, Stonewood, LLC; and Kathi Alexander, . Designer, were present. I ,Turner stated the applicants are requesting a harp structure on the site. The applicants are requesti 75 -250 foot zone. They are also requesting a co: floodplain on the property. A good portion of tl proposing to fill some areas and excavate others The location of the building site is proposed to b The Planning Commission reviewed this appI making some revisions to their proposal. The approximately 34 percent, which has been dec recommended denial of both the hardcover va ;over variance to enable them to replace the existing hardcover in the amount of 29.41 percent in the litional use permit to rearrange the location of the property consists of floodplain and the applicants are i order to maintain the same flood storage capacity. properly elevated. on two separate occasions, with the applicants ants originally were requesting hardcover of to 29.41 percent. The Planning Commission and the conditional use permit. Planning Staff would recommend denial of the hardcover variance but approval of the conditional use permit once the site plan is revised to eliminate the hardcover variance and address the City Engineer's concerns. Kevin Dulin addressed the City Council regardir will fix all of the nonconformities currently on tl of the house lies within the 0 -75 foot zone, whic] that zone. Gustafson noted that there is 12.5 percent Dulin stated a variance to add an addition to the this project would eliminate that variance to the Currently at the closest point the garage is locate to relocate the garage to make it conform to the In addition, the property. is located in the floodpl property whenever they receive over one inch of floodplain encroachment and also address the dr; his application, noting that what they are proposing site except for one. The first issue is that 12 percent would be eliminated by relocating the house out of in the 0 -75 foot setback. sidence was granted to the property in 1988 and that ce setback. The third issue is the garage side setback. 3.3 feet from the property line and they are proposing le setback requirements. Dulin indicated they experience flooding on the , They are proposing to eliminate the basement ;e on the property. PAGE 3 of 12 1