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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 18,2013 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Landgraver stated in his view the applicant is responsible but that the Planning Commission is not certain <br /> what the Watershed District will require for the buffer. <br /> Curtis indicated the Watershed District's trigger for administering their buffer ordinance is if the property <br /> owner is redeveloping an existing site and it results in more hardcover than is currently on the property. <br /> If that is the case,the Watershed District will implement their 25-foot buffer. Curtis indicated she is not <br /> sure how the Watershed District would deal with an encroachment and mitigate that. <br /> Landgraver stated that is a risk factor for the applicant but that the Planning Commission needs to act on <br /> what is before them. <br /> Leskinen stated she would be comfortable with Commissioner Thiesse's suggestion of the building <br /> footprint versus the building envelope. <br /> McGrann asked whether the City Council would also only be approving the pad. <br /> Curtis stated if that is what the Planning Commission recommends approval on,then that is what the City <br /> Council would review. Curtis stated the Planning Commission would be approving the variances and <br /> giving the applicant the go ahead to design the house within that building pad and other City <br /> requirements. <br /> Thiesse moved,Landgraver seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 13-3643,John <br /> Brunello,825 Willow Drive South,granting of lot area, side setback, and wetland setback <br /> variances, and to approve the actual footprint of the house and not the building pad, subject to <br /> Staff recommendations,with the second story meeting the 10-foot side yard setback and subject to <br /> the requirements of the Watershed District. <br /> Leskinen asked whether the Planning Commission should strike the portion of Staff's recommendations <br /> that require the footprint be up to the 50-foot front yard setback. <br /> Thiesse indicated he is fine with striking that and that he does not care one way or the other. <br /> Thiesse amended his motion,Landgraver seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 13- <br /> 3643,John Brunello,825 Willow Drive South, granting of lot area,side setback, and wetland <br /> setback variances, and to approve the actual footprint of the house and not the building pad, <br /> subject to Staff recommendations,with the second story meeting the 10-foot side yard setback and <br /> subject to the requirements of the Watershed District, and to eliminate the requirement that the <br /> footprint be up to the 50-foot front yard setback. <br /> Curtis stated if the Planning Commission is approving the building footprint, she would like the motion to <br /> be very specific. Curtis noted if the home is moved to the north, it would be a conforming change to the <br /> plan. <br /> Brunello asked whether he is being limited to what is shown today or whether he can make some minor <br /> changes to his plan. Brunello stated he might move a wall 10 feet but that he would stay within the <br /> orange area. <br /> Thiesse stated if the wall can be stretched 10 feet,then the applicant could push the house 10 feet back. <br /> Page 28 of 35 <br />