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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCILMEETING Monday, September 10, 2018 7:00 o'clock p.m. 12. LA18-000069 — GORDON JAMES CONSTRUCTION ON BEHALF OF JASON PITTS, 225 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD SOUTH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (GRADING) PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION NO. 6898 Mayor Walsh noted a motion is required with a unanimous vote to bypass the public hearing at the Planning Commission. This issue came up before the City Council because approximately $30,000 of free dirt is available to the contractor and there is not a lot of time to solve the problem. Curtis stated this is an application for a conditional use permit to allow the import of material in excess of 500 cubic years in conjunction with the construction of a new home. The net import of fill will be 2,114 cubic yards, which exceeds what is customary for a new building. The resulting grades do not seem to be excessive or out of character for the neighborhood. During discussions with the builder, Staff became aware of the quantities and the need for the conditional use permit. The property is just under two acres. The Planning Commission has not reviewed this application. The need for the conditional use permit was not realized until the builder requested a building permit. Due to timing of the discovery of the grading conditional use permit and the minimal impact to the surrounding neighborhood, the applicant is requesting that the City Council hold the public hearing. The City Council may waive Planning Commission review upon motion. The legal notice was published to allow for a public hearing at tonight's meeting. If the Council votes to waive the Planning Commission's review and holds the public hearing, Staff has prepared an approval resolution for the conditional use permit. The Council should first consider a motion to waive the Planning Commission's public hearing and hold the public hearing tonight. Following an affirmative vote to hold the public hearing, the Council should open the public hearing and receive comments, after which the Council should consider a motion to adopt or amend the approval resolution as drafted. To date, no comments from the public were received regarding this application. Dankey asked if the applicant just recently realized the need for the fill. Curtis indicated Staff was working with the builder in the process of examining the grading plan but did not calculate the amount of fill required. The builder then proceeded with the building permit because all the other building requirements had been met. Typically the Planning Commission would go over the amount of material required. Seals moved, Dankey seconded, to waived review by the Planning Commission for Application No. 6898 LA18-000069, Gordon James Construction on behalf of Jason Pitts, 225 Old Crystal Bay Road South. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. Mayor Walsh opened the public hearing at 7:28 p.m. There were no public comments relating to this application. Mayor Walsh closed the public hearing at 7:28 p.m. Page 5 of 9