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e <br /> � � c�t o� oR,oNo <br /> • <br /> � <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> • NO. �:��� <br /> • � • • <br /> A RESOLUTION APPRUVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br /> AND VARIANCE FOR LOUIS & BEVERLY SMERLING <br /> WHEREAS , the Planning Commission and Council have reviewed <br /> at length an application by Louis & Beverly Smerling to install certain <br /> retaining walls and accomplish certain grading on propert•y located at <br /> 2683 Casco Point Road; and <br /> ��vHEREAS, said proposal entaiis site �iteraLicn on an empankmert <br /> witnin 75 ft. of Lake Minneton:�a, which work requir�s a variance to <br /> Section 31. 830 et. seq. of the Flood P1ain Management Section of the <br /> Orono P�Iunicioal Code ; and ' <br /> t�7HEP.EAS, said proposal entails site gra�ing and retaining <br /> wall construction not a part o= a normal buildinq permit, which work <br /> requires a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 31. 700 of the <br /> Orono Municipal Code; and <br /> • WHE REAS , some of the above work was undertaken prior to <br /> application �or tne r2quired permit and/or varia,.ce ar.d has been <br /> suspended oe:?ding the ourcome oi this application, <br /> NObv, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED, thar based upon Planning <br /> Co��unission and City Staf� research and tn? in`ormatior. supplied by <br /> t:�e applicant, the City Council hereby makes `ne `o1lo�aing findings <br /> of fact: <br /> l . The �merlir.g property su�fered a Tajor mud slide in <br /> 1973 where a 32 ft. X 40 �t. section of the lakeshore bank <br /> slid into tne 1a:c� . <br /> 2 . The area oi tne slide lies en}�re1y within 75 ' of tne <br /> larie , below the level of the lakaside la,an ana at an angla <br /> of about 60 degrees. � <br /> 3 . Because of the actual loss of soil and vege'tation and <br /> the steepness of the bank, a mechanical soil r�cention s,�ste�^ <br /> i� necessary to s`abiliza t��e bank and �re:-1���� �ur��e� erosion <br /> and siltation or tne iake . <br /> 4 . The apolicant originally proposed cons�ruction of an <br /> enti�°ly C0:1Ccd�2'a, llI1C°_��?r0�1f1C1 grid S,�S�2t'l iOr 5011 rer�ntion. <br /> Sin�.e this system: would not be a visible structure within 75 ft . <br /> �� =he lake , the original ar��lica�ion was only �or a conditional <br /> � u�e pe�it per Section 31 . 700 . No site grade alteration was <br /> �roUOSed. <br /> PAGE�OF� <br />