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CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE
Zoning Board of Appeals

Zoning Board of Appeals Committee

DATE: 6/17/2010
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: 389 Congress Street
Room 209
AGENDA

1. New Business
A.Practical Difficulty Variance Appeal: 70-76 Roaring Brook Road, Peter & Jean Scanlon, owners, Tax Map 397, Block A, Lot 016, R-2 Residential Zone: The appellants applied for a building permit to build a twelve foot by sixteen foot deck at the rear of their house. Section 14-80(e) gives the maximum allowable lot coverage as twenty percent. Presently, the permitted structure on the lot covers 22.71% of the lot. The appellants are requesting a variance to increase the lot coverage from 22.71% to 24.63%. Representing the appeal are the owners.
BPractical Difficulty Variance Appeal: 395 -397 Spring Street, Vilean Taggersell & Robert Levine, owners, Tax Map 061, Block A, Lot 001, R-4 Residential Zone: The applicants are proposing to add a twenty-two foot by twelve foot porch with a seven foot by thirteen foot mudroom to the rear of their house. Section 14-105(e) gives the maximum allowable lot coverage as thirty percent. Presently, the permitted structure on the lot covers 40.83% of the lot. The appellants are requesting a variance to increase the lot coverage to 43.85%. Representing the appeal are the owners.