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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 19,2018 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> have kept this very simple, but they were trying to accommodate the Huelers. As a result, they combined <br /> the lot and moved the house back. <br /> Vogstrom stated their proposal does not obstruct the Huelers' view from their front yard or from their <br /> master bedroom and that he is hoping to do what is right. <br /> Vogstrom asked what the spirit is of an average lakeshore setback variance and why is it in place. <br /> Thiesse stated it is in place to protect the neighbors' view shed and that the proposed house is ahead of the <br /> line that has been described as the view shed. <br /> Vogstrom asked which view is being protected. <br /> Thiesse stated the City has decided on a line and the proposed house is in front of it. <br /> Libby noted there is an envelope to build a house. Libby asked whether there is some type of <br /> architectural or design deficiency of building within the envelope. <br /> Vogstrom stated it is the odd shape of the lot and that it bottlenecks up between the two properties. <br /> Vogstrom indicated they are trying to avoid doing a detached garage so they do not have another structure <br /> in the hopes that would make the Huelers happy. Vogstrom stated the line of sight should be looked at <br /> from all sides of the home and that the average setback line has been depicted wrong and interpreted <br /> differently. Vogstrom stated in his view this average lakeshore setback is protecting all sides and that he <br /> respected their view with this design. <br /> Eric Vogstrom stated when they came back on June 18,that is when they thought the line of sight was <br /> established. When they came back again on September 17,the setback line was still there. On October 8 <br /> at the City Council meeting,that is the first time they found out the line got screwed up. Vogstrom stated <br /> the old line was there from June until October, and then right before the Council meeting, it got moved <br /> back an extra seven feet. Vogstrom stated in their view the curved lot creates a practical difficulty. <br /> Libby asked if Mr. Gronberg was referring to the meander of the lakeshore and how it is not always a <br /> consistent straight line. <br /> Gronberg stated it is not a straight line and that it juts out on this lot and goes way back on the Dunkley <br /> lot. <br /> Landgraver asked whether the shape of the shoreline has anything to do with the average lakeshore <br /> setback line. <br /> Curtis stated it does not and that the Dunkley home that the western point is measured from is <br /> nonconforming. The code reads: The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting <br /> the most lakeward protrusions of the residents' buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots, <br /> which is what the code reads today and has read in the past. <br /> Thiesse asked if that is what the line indicates. <br /> Page 5 of 13 <br />