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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 23,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT 12. #17-3968 SHARRATT DESIGN AND COMPANY ON BEHALF OF FREDERICK AND PATRICIA JOHNSON, 1565 ORCHARD BEACH PLACE (PID 07-117-23-0026)—RESOLUTION NO. 6801 & RESOLUTION NO. 6802 Curtis noted the City Council directed Staff at its last meeting to draft a resolution denying the request for a rear yard setback variance and to draft a resolution approving the request for an average lakeshore setback variance, lot area and lot width variances. Tonight the applicant is asking the City Council to reconsider the rear yard setback variance. The applicant has provided revised house and site plans showing an example of the home footprint. The designed home is within the approved building footprint and intended to conform to all applicable zoning code requirements, including height. The applicant has also provided a revised site plan and house plan to illustrate their amended rear yard setback request to permit a 20-foot rear yard setback, which would allow for additional width to accommodate a 2-car garage. Michael Sharratt, Sharratt Design, stated they listened to the concerns expressed by the City Council at the last meeting and they have revised their plans to address the rear yard setback. Sharratt stated they are not suggesting this is a resolved concept and that it may need more scrutiny but that it was the best they could do within the last few days. Sharratt stated their other plan reacts to the requirement for a two-car garage. If a variance is not requested and there is just a one-car garage, there is only one place to obtain a two-car width and that is toward the rear property line. Sharratt stated they increased the setback request to ten feet and decreased the width of the garage. Sharratt noted the minimum is typically 20 ar 22 feet. Sharratt stated if that is not possible, then the variance for the one-car garage has to be applied for. Sharratt noted there is only 8.3 feet on the east property line and that they have shrunk the building footprint to 416 square feet. The upper levels are cantilevered over that are. As a result, Plan A shows hardcover at 10.3 percent where 25 percent is allowed, and it meets the right, lake side setback. Plan B has 15 percent hardcover or 50 percent of what is allowed for structural coverage Crosby asked if they are meeting the rear setback. Walsh stated the plans are showing what could be built with a 20-foot rear yard setback instead of 30 feet. Mayor Walsh asked if there is any public comment regarding this application. Shawn McDermott, 1530 Orchard Beach Place, requested the City Council apply the City ordinances as they stand right now. McDermott noted the applicant is looking for four variances on this property and that the neighbors are looking at the negative impact this project would have on their property values. McDermott stated he would appeal to the City Council to consider the common benefit of the City and the people who live in the neighborhood and not the benefit of one landowner. There were no further public comments. Page 6 of 11