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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Monday,August 19,2019 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Option 1 is based on the sight line and reads that the average lakeshore setback shall be a line drawn <br /> connecting the most adjacent lake side corners of the principal structures on the immediately adjacent <br /> lakeshore lots. In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or right-of- <br /> way,the average lakeshore setback shall be equivalent to the setback of the most lakeward protrusion of <br /> the residence building on the immediately adjacent improved lakeshore lot. For lots with lakeshore on <br /> two opposing sides,the average lakeshore shall only apply to the side opposite the street. <br /> Option 2 is based on the true average, and reads as follows: No principal or accessory building shall be <br /> located closer to the lakeshore than the average lakeshore setback,a setback distance established by the <br /> average of the distance between the most lakeward protrusion of the principal structures and the OHWL <br /> on the two immediately adjacent improved residential lakeshore lots. This averaged distance shall be <br /> measured from the lakeshore. <br /> In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or right-of-way,the average <br /> lakeshore setback shall be equivalent to the setback of the most lakeward protrusion of the residence <br /> building on the immediately adjacent improved lakeshore lot. <br /> Option 3 has an exception with a second line, and is as follows: No principal or accessory building shall <br /> be located closer to the lakeshore than the average distance from the shoreline of existing residence <br /> buildings on adjacent lots; except that this does not apply to patios and other accessory structures less <br /> than 42 inches above existing grade, stairways, lifts, landings, lockboxes, flagpoles and pump houses. <br /> Further,the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply to <br /> tributaries. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most lakeward <br /> protrusions of the residence buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. <br /> Staff supports Option 1. <br /> Gettman asked if there is any benefit to establishing a minimum number. <br /> Barnhart stated the only city he is aware of having just a number was Victoria and they had incorporated a <br /> 100-or 150-foot setback to the lake. Most of the cities used something similar to Option 1 and that in his <br /> view there is no real benefit to doing an additional minimum beyond the 75-foot setback. There was <br /> some discussion at the Staff level about adding a maximum number. The proposed changes do not <br /> address the flag lot situations and the City Council recognized that those will likely require variances. <br /> Chair Ressler opened the public hearing at 8:32 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments relating to this application. <br /> Chair Ressler closed the public hearing at 8:32 p.m. <br /> Libby stated each of the options have static elements that do not quite make the cut and that a solution is <br /> perplexing at this stage. Libby commented at this point he does not feel like he can comment from an <br /> approval standpoint. The ideas are there, but perhaps continuing the conversation would be in order. <br /> Page 15 of 19 <br />