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ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 ZONING FILE #1334- REBERS CONTINUED Goetten said, "The Planning Commission has not had an • opportunity to comment on this. That doesn't mean that some might feel it was appropriate, it may be that most of them wouldn't. I believe that is the role of the Planning Commission. They spent a great deal of time reviewing the pros and cons of this application. I think it is only fair that they see this before Council votes on it." Mabusth stated that it would be appropriate to have the applicant's representative give their opinion of this matter. Mr. Robert Kost, a representative for Rebers Construction, said, "We would like this issue decided this evening. However, we would respect Council's opinion to have this matter referred back to Planning Commission." Callahan asked whether the applicant has reviewed this proposal prior to this evening. Mr. Kost replied, "We did receive this proposal a couple of weeks ago. However, we have spoken directly with staff about our opinion. After reading the resolution, we have no major problems with this. There are elements of prior solutions that we had worked with staff to achieve, but were rejected by the Planning Commission. Just the same., it is lacking other elements that Planning Commission felt were not in keeping with the spirit of . the original resolution. There is some give and take in the resolution. As we understand it we would still need to work with staff through the building permit process and discuss the pros and cons of the building site and unique characteristics that would allow us to provide the turn - around in the front yard setback area. If we didn't agree with the staff's findings, it would be necessary to appear before the Planning Commission. Given the history of the subdivision and unique characteristics, I believe that we will be back before the City anyway. There are some sites on corners that are heavily wooded and have a large amount of frontage that, for safety reasons, people will probably want a loop driveway. Given the nature of the price bracket and the size of the homes and. some of the properties, some people may want cul -de -sac driveways. It may be more appropriate, given the placement of trees and unique characteristics, to have such driveways in the front yard setback area rather than the building pad. It seems that the three options proposed by the City will work." Mayor Grabek said, "If I understand this correctly, you are asking for the ability to install a driveway that meets the needs of the house and considers the trees and other characteristics of the lot, as well as the restrictions. You are asking for this flexibility to eliminate the need to come before the City every time one of these cases arise." - 10 - is