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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,October 20,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> leading up from the street to the flatter area near the house as well as some stepping stones around the <br /> house. <br /> The proposed stall has been configured and sized to be equivalent to the existing amount of hard surface <br /> associated with the existing driveway. The stall will be required to be paved. Hardcover with the <br /> proposed configuration will not be increased. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the revisions. <br /> Lemke asked what the surface will be on the parking area. <br /> Gaffron stated the parking area will be required to be paved. <br /> Angela Ciliberto noted Staffs report states the walls would be boulder walls. Ciliberto asked if they <br /> would be allowed to use any steel as part of the retaining wall or whether they would need to submit a <br /> new request. Ciliberto indicated they are attempting to make it appear as natural looking as possible. <br /> Gaffron asked if she is speaking of steel pilings. <br /> Ciliberto indicated it would be a solid sheet similar to a wall with some reinforcement. <br /> Gaffron stated Staff would like to see some type of drawing or engineering design. Gaffron noted the <br /> wall would be four feet high, and if boulders are not going to be used, it likely will have a different <br /> appearance than what is before the Planning Commission tonight. <br /> Thiesse asked if the Planning Commission could request an engineered plan if the wall is under four feet. <br /> Gaffron stated if the wall is less than four feet high,the City does not require it to be engineered,but since <br /> the work is in the 0-75 foot zone and is facing the zone,there may be other issues that should be <br /> addressed. <br /> McGrann asked if the original application called for the wall to stay. <br /> Gaffron stated if the walls stay the way they are depicted in the picture,the new walls would have had to <br /> be engineered. <br /> McGrann indicated he was referring to the stones around the walk and asked whether that area is going to <br /> stay the same. <br /> Gaffron pointed out that area that is to be changed. <br /> McGrann asked whether another notification would need to be sent out given the changes. <br /> Gaffron stated notification was sent out within the required notification area and that no word was heard <br /> from any of the neighbors. <br /> Leskinen asked if the horizontal walls around the sidewalk will be put back. Leskinen noted they have <br /> been removed. <br /> Page 2 of 28 <br />