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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,August 15,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Thiesse stated he cannot attach it to the house but he can go up. Thiesse asked if the screened-in porch is <br /> on posts. <br /> Bluth indicated it is and that it is a deck with a screened-in sunroom. <br /> Thiesse asked how the front line is defined. <br /> Curtis indicated it would be the narrower of the two street frontages. <br /> Thiesse noted there is no way he would ever be able to construct a driveway in that area. Thiesse asked if <br /> anything would change if it was defined otherwise. <br /> Curtis stated with respect to the requests he is making today, he would still need to meet the 30-foot <br /> setbacks. <br /> Chair Thiesse opened the public hearing at 7:23 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this application. <br /> Chair Thiesse closed the public hearing at 7:23 p.m. <br /> Thiesse noted for discussion purposes that the porch is a clean slate and that it should be in conformance <br /> if at all possible. Thiesse asked if the one foot relates to the fire code. <br /> Curtis indicated it relates to the massing and that they do meet the fire code required separation. <br /> Schwingler stated in his view it is a great addition. <br /> Leskinen moved, Schoenzeit seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 16-3851,Peter <br /> Bluth,2413 Carman Street,granting of side and rear setback variances and a structure-to- <br /> structure setback variance,subject to Staff recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 4,Nays 0. <br /> 4. #16-3853 MATT AND JENNIFER NYQUIST, 1125 PINE VIEW DRIVE,VACATION, <br /> 7:25 P.M.—7:31 P.M. <br /> Jennifer Nyquist,Applicant, was present. <br /> Curtis stated in 2003, with the plat of Pine View,the City received a Grant of Permanent Flowage and <br /> Conservation Easement and restrictive Covenant for Wetland and Wetland Buffer over the property <br /> located at 1125 Pine View Drive. The applicants wish to install an in-ground swimming pool in the rear <br /> yard of their property. The grading plan for the pool improvement will change the drainage by creating a <br /> swale to move storm water to the storm water pond on the property. The area previously needed for the <br /> easement will change. As a result,the applicants wish to amend the easement to cover only the necessary <br /> drainage areas. <br /> Staff finds that there is limited to no public interest in maintaining the portion of the easement proposed <br /> to be vacated. Based on the planning improvements, re-grading, and other factors, the existing easement <br /> is no longer necessary. <br /> Page 4 of 21 <br />