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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 20,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> yard variance. The home also currently sits 1.4 feet from the east side property line where a 7.5-foot side <br /> yard setback is required. The second story addition to the home will increase the massing of the structure <br /> within the setback and requires a side yard variance. <br /> There is also a 75-foot lake yard setback on this lot,with the home currently sitting 50.9 feet from the <br /> lake. The setback will remain at 50.9 feet with the addition of the second story,thus creating the need for <br /> a lake yard variance. <br /> The applicants are proposing to remove existing hardcover within the 75-foot lake yard but will be adding <br /> a new 16-foot wide driveway for access to the home. A new proposed walkway will also be within the <br /> lake yard setback. There is currently 48.4 percent hardcover on the property,but with the elimination of <br /> the existing driveway and parking pad and the addition of the new driveway,the hardcover will be <br /> reduced to 47.3 percent. <br /> Finally,the applicant is also proposing a new front porch forward of the existing home footprint at 54 feet <br /> from the lake,but it will be set back behind the deck, which is 50.9 feet from the lake,and does not <br /> encroach into the average lakeshore setback. An existing deck will be widened as part of the project <br /> which will increase the massing in the lake yard. <br /> Staff finds that the setback limitations on the property create practical difficulties in identifying viable <br /> expansion opportunities. The applicant has provided a relatively low impact solution to the stated living <br /> space challenges,which does not result in an expansion of structural coverage of hardcover. The affected <br /> neighbor's views of the lake are not currently impacted by the applicant's property because it is set back <br /> behind the neighbors' homes. The applicant also has very few options for expansion or addition to the <br /> home. Staff,however, does not feel there are practical difficulties for the expanded deck and the average <br /> lakeshore setback variance. <br /> No public comments have been received on this application. <br /> Landgraver asked if other homes in the area have been built up similar to what is being proposed. <br /> Oakden indicated the addition would match the characteristics of the neighborhood. <br /> Thiesse asked if this neighborhood is expanding. <br /> Oakden stated it is and that this neighborhood consists of fairly small lots. <br /> Todd Olson,Applicant, stated the setbacks are a practical difficulty for adding anything onto the home <br /> and that the only reason why they want to widen the deck is to have a two-car garage and not a single-car <br /> garage. Olson stated one of the main reasons for the remodel and addition is to have a two-car garage and <br /> that most of the neighbors have a similar design to what they are proposing. <br /> Lemke asked if the heights of the buildings on either side are the same. <br /> Olson indicated one neighbor is slightly higher than what they are proposing but the other neighbor's <br /> house is the same height. <br /> Olson displayed a picture of the neighbor's house. <br /> Page 9 of 21 <br />