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g-OAO <br /> To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members <br /> Dustin Rief, City Administrator /-• <br /> <6 <br /> I�kES <br /> From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br /> Date: September 16, 2019 <br /> Subject: #LA19-000062, City of Orono,Text Amendment related to Oversized Accessory <br /> Building size <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The draft ordinance would increase the maximum size for a single <br /> oversized accessory building to correlate to the maximum amount of oversized accessory <br /> building for a given parcel size. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the ordinance as <br /> drafted. <br /> Background <br /> Included in the City Code regulations related to oversized accessory buildings (OAB, defined as <br /> any accessory building larger than 1,000 sq ft), is a table that prescribes a maximum amount of <br /> accessory building footprint and the maximum amount of footprint for a single building, based <br /> on the size of the lot. This table is found at Section 78-1434. The City Council directed staff to <br /> prepare an ordinance to remove the maximum individual OAB footprint area on August 12th <br /> This change was initiated based on the review of a recent variance for an addition to an <br /> accessory building that would have allowed the building to exceed the maximum allowed for a <br /> single building, but would have fallen within the guidelines for total square footage on the lot. <br /> The variance was denied because the applicant was unable to satisfy practical difficulty <br /> standards. <br /> The City Council observed that two large buildings would have more of an impact to massing <br /> that a single large building. <br /> Analysis <br /> Staff has prepared a draft ordinance that amends the table, removing the column establishing a <br /> maximum for a single building. While only one oversized accessory buildings are permitted on a <br /> lot; by default, this single accessory building could be built equal to the maximum allowed for <br /> that lot, based on the table in Section 78-1434. <br /> During the development of this ordinance, Staff noted that the maximum allowable square <br /> footage for accessory buildings in any lot larger than 13 acres is 8,000 sq ft. The Planning <br /> Commission could comment on whether lots larger than 13 acres could have accessory building <br /> footprints as a function of a percentage of the lot size, rather than a hard cap. Staff's draft <br /> includes a percentage based on the current regulation,shown in the last line of the table. <br />