06-17-2019 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday,June 17,2019 6:30 o'clock p.m. ROLL CALL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Chair Jon Ressler, Commissioners Chris Bollis, Mark Doepke, Bob Erickson, Dennis Libby, Mark McCutcheon, and John Thiesse. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, City Planners Melanie Curtis and Laura Oakden, and Recorder Jackie Young. Mayor Dennis Walsh was present. Chair Ressler called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 13,2019 Libby moved,Thiesse seconded,to approve the minutes of the Orono Planning Commission meeting of May 13,2019, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 7,Nays 0. NEW BUSINESS 1. LA19-000032 JOHN ADAMS,ON BEHALF OF GREGG AND DENISE STEINHAFEL, 2265 NORTH SHORE DRIVE,WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT/REZONING,6:31 P.M.— 6:45 P.M. John Adams,Applicant, was present. Curtis stated the applicant is requesting approval of a wetland alteration and rezoning approval in order to remove a wetland from the City's Wetland Overlay District. The property owners are contemplating creating a building pad for a sport court approximately 300 feet northeast of the existing home on the subject property. The desired location of the building pad/sport court conflicts with an existing 958 square foot Type 1 seasonally flooded wetland. The applicants are proposing to mitigate this wetland with the purchase of wetland bank credits out of the City. To impact or fill a wetland,the Watershed District must approve the Sequencing and Replacement Plan and the City must approve a rezoning and issue a wetland alteration permit. According to the homeowners,this is the most practical location on the property for the improvement. Rezoning is necessary so the wetland is no longer subject to the standards of the Wetland Overlay District. The original land disturbance proposed was approximately 14,000 square feet of cut and fill to create the building pad but has been reduced to 11,000 square feet. The details of the MCWD review and Sequencing and Replacement Plan are outlined in Staff report. If the Planning Commission or a member of the public would like to review the details, Staff can go into further detail. Planning Staff observes that the removal of the wetland and the subsequent grading will likely not impact adjacent properties or the lake. Staff recommends approval of the request. Doepke asked how many residents are within the area that have been notified of the proposal. Curtis indicated she received one telephone call from an adjacent property owner who had a question about which wetland was at issue and Staff helped walk her through that. Page 1 of 24