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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 8, 2018 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 12 of 18 <br /> <br />7. Fill in the floodplain. Based on preliminary plans, it appears that the house pads will require fill <br /> to elevate above the flood elevation. This may be resolved with more detail being provided <br /> and/or shifting the house pads further to the north. <br /> <br />The Council is asked to provide non-binding feedback on the issues presented. <br /> <br />Walsh asked if the applicant would be permitted to build a house on each one of the small lots. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated technically they could not but since there is no existing home, they could combine the lots <br />to get as close to the requirement as possible. There is enough land to meet the one-acre minimum. <br /> <br />Printup noted on Maple Place those were platted lots and they were able to build on them. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated it might be that those lots meet the 66 percent requirement of the DNR. If a lot exceeds <br />66 percent of the DNR’s requirements for lot size, they can be developed. The lots on Baldur Park do not <br />meet that requirement. Barnhart noted there is a clause in the code that says when they own contiguous <br />lakeshore properties, they can combine them to get as close as possible to the lot size requirement, and in <br />this case they have enough to meet the one-acre requirement. <br /> <br />City Attorney Mattick stated if the lots are nonconforming but meet certain minimum requirements, such <br />as the 66 percent, they are allowed to build. If they do not meet that requirement, the statute says if the <br />lots are under common ownership, they have to combine them to get it to the minimum conforming size <br />and not the 66 percent. <br /> <br />Printup asked what is being proposed for the other lots at the point. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated part of Staff’s recommendation is to include a plan for those five lots since that would <br />impact the width of the road and emergency services. <br /> <br />Printup asked if the City should plan for five future lots. <br /> <br />Walsh stated the plan could change the next day and that the City has to plan for the worst possible <br />scenario. <br /> <br />Printup asked if there is an easement over the property. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated to his knowledge there is an easement but nothing was platted for access. In the past the <br />City vacated a portion of the road because it was in the water. <br /> <br />Printup asked if those easements can be cleaned up as part of this plat. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated from a planning perspective, they are open to not having it be a public street beyond a <br />certain point. Baldur Park Road could terminate in a cul-de-sac, with a private road or a shared driveway <br />beyond the cul-de-sac. <br /> <br />Walsh stated a private road can only serve so many homes. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated the road could serve a number of homes and that they are within the allowable range.