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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 20,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Landgraver stated given the project manager's willingness to comply with Staffs recommendations,he <br /> believes this is a good use of a difficult lot. Landgraver noted the applicants are pulling the house back, <br /> which reduces the massing near the lake even with the pool,and that he tends to be supportive of the <br /> application. <br /> Lemke commented he sees it as a reasonable request. <br /> Leskinen stated it is a reasonable request and complies with what the City requires. Leskinen noted the <br /> City has standards that the Planning Commission has to meet in order to either deny or grant a variance. <br /> Leskinen stated if someone comes in and can show the practical difficulties of a particular property and <br /> meets the criteria and intent of the code,the Planning Commission cannot arbitrarily deny it. Leskinen <br /> stated in her view it is reasonable and well presented. <br /> Lemke moved,Leskinen seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 17-3917,James and <br /> Vicki Splinter,4005 North Shore Drive,granting of side street and average lakeshore setback <br /> variances,subject to Staff recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 12. 17-3919 AMIR AND ASHLEY MEHBOD,2625 NORTH SHORE DRIVE,VARIANCE, <br /> 9:24 P.M.—9:30 P.M. <br /> Andy Anderson and Kareem Radom were present on behalf of the applicants. <br /> Curtis stated the applicant's home was initially constructed in the 1920s and has been remodeled over the <br /> years. The existing home is located 30 feet from the lake. The applicants are requesting a lake setback <br /> variance in order to construct a small 8' x 29.5' addition to the home 64 feet from the ordinary high water <br /> level. It would add 93.2 square feet of hardcover in the 0-75 foot zone. The hardcover property <br /> calculation is below 25 percent. The majority of the home is within the 75-foot setback accounting for <br /> 3,700 square feet or 4.3 percent of the site's hardcover. <br /> Both of the adjacent neighbors are aware of the request and the property owner to the east has provided <br /> additional supportive comments that were included in the Planning Commission's packet. <br /> Staff finds the practical difficulties inherent to the existing home's location and its current proximity to <br /> the lake support the requested variances. Planning Staff recommends approval of the requested variances <br /> for the proposed addition with the condition that the Planning Commission should consider <br /> recommending plantings to screen the addition from the lake. <br /> Thiesse asked how old the survey is. <br /> Kareem Radom stated to his recollection the survey was done in 2015. <br /> Andy Anderson,Builder,stated the property owners are currently out of town. Anderson indicated they <br /> wanted the addition to look authentic instead of a little knob off of the side. In order to do that,the <br /> addition ended up encroaching into the lakeside slightly. Anderson noted the addition is not very visible <br /> from the lake,but in order to keep the addition consistent with the original roofline,it had to be situated <br /> this way. <br /> Thiesse noted one of Staffs recommendations was screening and asked if that is reasonable. <br /> Page 31 of 43 <br />