Enforcement Case EC 2005002

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Enforcement Case EC 2005-002

• Respondent Andrew T. Patterson
• Site Location Moosehead Lake,Town of Beaver
  Cove, Piscataquis County

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Location Map
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Background Information

• Prior Development Pre-commission nonconforming
  camp 17 feet from the lake and a pre-commission
  combination camp/boathouse within 4 feet of the
  lake and a shed. Other development on the lot
  include a garage, set back 95 feet from the lake,
  constructed in the early 1980s. The two
  structures are served by an existing combined
  sewage disposal system installed in 1999.

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Approved Activities

• November 2003 BP 12231 authorized the removal of
  the shed and the replacement of the 16 foot by 33
  foot camp with a proposed 26 foot by 36 foot
  permanent home on a full foundation and a
  proposed deck (8 ft. by 10 ft.). The proposed
  home, with attached deck, was to be set back 52
  feet from the normal high water mark of Moosehead
  Lake.

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Summary of Violations

• January 2005 Commission staff conducted a site
  inspection and observed the permanent home with
  an attached deck with a full foundation had been
  constructed within 40 feet of the normal high
  water mark of Moosehead Lake, instead of the
  proposed and approved setback of 52 feet.

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Site Plan
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Photo- Front of Camp
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Photo- Back of Camp
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Settlement Conditions

• Pay a civil penalty of 4,000.
• By August 30, 2005 establish and maintain a
  buffer of screening vegetation between the
  permanent home and the normal high water mark of
  the lake.
• Development of the lot is limited to the existing
  structures in their existing location.
• The property may not be sold without disclosure
  and within 30 days of signature by all parties,
  this agreement shall be recorded in the Registry
  of Deeds.

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Request for Ratification

• Andrew Patterson has signed the settlement and
  agreed to the terms and conditions of the
  settlement agreement, including payment of the
  civil penalty.
• Staff believe the agreement is fair and
  consistent with the Compliance and Enforcement
  Policy and request that you ratify the agreement.