HomeMy WebLinkAbout Project PacketTo: Planning Commission Chairman Kelley
Orono Planning Commission Members
City Administrator Bernhardson
From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator
Date: July 15, 1988
Subject: #1308 Robert Owens, 1700 Bohns Point Road - Variance
Public Hearing
Application - Replace existing deck with similar deck of approximately same
square footage. Variance required is for hardcover in 75-250' zone.
Zoning District - LR-lB, Single Family, 1-acre
List of Exhibits
Exhibit A - Application
Exhibit B - Plat Map
Exhibit C - Property Owners List
Exhibit D - Survey with Staff Notations
Exhibit E - Letter of Request from Applicant
Exhibit F - Neighboring Property Owners Notificaticn
Exhibit G - Hardcover Calculations
Exhibit H - Proposed Deck Plan
Exhibit I - Applicant's Deck Plan with Notes Showing Relation to
Originally Existing Deck
Pertinent Facts
1. Hardcover in the 75-250' zone is currently at 36%. This is not a
change from what was pre-existing. In the 0-75' zone, which includes a
patio and a stairway, hardcover is at about 3.2%. The applicant sustained
severe damage to his property dLring the 1987 "super storm", and is in the
final stages of completing restoration.
2. As part of the restoration, applicant had to remove the stairway from
the existing deck in order for equipment to move past the south side of the
house. As his letter indicates, removal of the stairway revealed that the
deck had been infested by carpenter ants and was structurally becoming
unsafe. To that end, the existing deck was removed and it was replaced
with a similar deck in essentially the same location and of the same square
footage, but skewed slightly to give it some character and to blend in with
the contours. It was at this stage, where *' deck is complete but the
stairways and railings have not been constructed, that staff became aware
of this deck replacement and advised the applicant that such replacement
technically requires a variance because the property exceeds the 25%
hardcover limit in the 75-250' zone.
3. Exhibit I submitted by the applicant indicates the location of the
previously existing deck and the new deck, and shows the location of the
stairways associated with those decks. Note that the new deck extends 4'
closer to the lake, but is still more than 90' from the shoreline. The new
deck itself is 10' from the side property line, with the stairway
ROBERT H. OWENS 1700 BOHNS POINT RD.