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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:30 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 3 8. LA18-000095 CHUCK ALCON ON BEHALF OF ERIC AND ANDREA LARSON, 690 BROWN ROAD NORTH, SKETCH PLAN, 8:22 P.M. – 8:42 P.M. Chuck Alcon, Applicant, and Michael Stedman, Developer, were present. Barnhart stated the applicants are proposing a sketch plan for a 7-lot single-family residential development on the 24.37-acre parcel. Each of the lots meets the required 2-acre dry buildable requirement for the zoning district. Rezoning is not being proposed. Plat improvements would include extension of the road to serve the seven lots. The property is located in the MUSA and the ordinance requires it to be served by sanitary sewer. The main question for the Planning commission is two of the lots do not meet the lot width requirement. As noted in the staff report, the width of Lot 3 is based on the distance at the building setback line adjacent to the right-of-way. In this situation it is an arc 50 feet back, which is approximately 143 feet of width by definition. That would be within a 75-foot creek setback. The house, however, will actually be built back further into the property and will be approximately 200 feet back. The strict reading of the rule requires it to be measured at the building setback line. While the lot is large, it does not meet the strict requirements for width. Lot 6 is a lake lot. In this case width is measured at two locations. One is where the lines intersect at the ordinary high water mark and then the other is 75 feet back from there. That distance for Lot 6 is 185 feet. The actual main footage is 209 feet but it does not meet the strict reading of the lot width requirement. The width at the 75-foot line is conforming. Barnhart stated there really is no opportunity to adjust the side property lines to achieve the 200 feet and the applicant is requesting some flexibility to the lot widths. The applicant is proposing vegetation and buffering along the north and south property lines as well as along the road. The land use and proposed density are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan guidance for the property. The property currently contains one house located on the south side. This house will be retained on what will be Lot 6. The existing driveway off of Brown Road serving this house will be removed. Access to the subdivision will be a new private road off of Brown Road. This private road will terminate in a cul-de-sac. The new road appears to line up with the exit drive out of the Sugarwood development to the west. The 50-foot right-of-way is consistent with Orono Code. The paved width is not defined but is required to be 28 feet for this number of lots. The length of the cul-de-sac is approximately 927 feet, which is less than the 1,000-foot maximum. There is an existing trail on the west side of Brown Road North. The plans do not suggest any interior sidewalks or trails through the development. The plans also do not show any proposed park land dedication. The Comprehensive Plan does not identify the need for additional park land. At this stage the applicant is looking for feedback from the Planning Commission prior to submitting a formal application. Thiesse asked if everything else is compliant except for those two lots.