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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, August 21, 2017 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />pre-existing nonconforming structure ignores all the potential that exists. Dampier commented not all the <br />houses will be here 100 years from now or even 20 years from now and at some point the houses will be <br />replaced. Dampier stated what won't be replaced is that sightline, and if a house is set at the 75 -foot line <br />and everybody else on Ivy Place is at 120 and 130 feet from the shoreline, that precludes him from using <br />his property to the same degree that is being granted to the Lupients. <br />Barnhart stated he does not know how the rules were applied when Mr. Dampier got his building permit <br />but that he is basing the average lakeshore setback on the current regulations. <br />Dampier stated he was forced to give up a significant portion of his house because of that 130 -foot <br />setback. Dampier stated his neighbors were also told that as well as the two new houses on Ivy Place. In <br />all of those situations the City ignored the pre-existing nonconforming structure, but yet the City is using <br />the pre-existing nonconforming structure as the basis for creating the 75 -foot setback in this case, and it is <br />not right. <br />Curtis noted the interpretation and the actual language in the average lakeshore code have changed and is <br />not written the way it was when Mr. Dampier was working on his home. <br />Dampier asked if he can move closer to the lake. <br />Curtis stated if the homes on either side of him are more lakeward and there is still room within the 75 - <br />foot setback, he can, but that hardcover and structural coverage would also come into play. <br />Landgraver stated the rules were probably changed because of that situation. <br />Thiesse stated if he has not already closed the public hearing, he will do so now. <br />The public hearing was reclosed at 8:20 p.m. <br />Landgraver asked if snow just gets pushed down Ivy Place into the lake. Landgraver stated in his view <br />this is an opportunity to maybe put in a little more protection for the lake. <br />Page 14 of 19 <br />