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u <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION <br />JOINT WORK SESSION <br />Monday, March 26, 2012 • <br />5:00 o'clock p.m. <br />would be ignored. Tiers 1 and 2 provide clarification to the reader of the new ordinance as to how <br />hardcover regulations will differ from lot -to -lot within the City. <br />Gozola stated the matrix compares the three different options that have been provided tonight against the <br />various goals given to Staff at the beginning of this project.. The do nothing column in red depicts <br />basically no changes to the current regulations. The prescriptive option meets approximately half of the <br />goals and simplifies the regulations, with the parcels being coordinated into one hardcover district. The <br />prescriptive option also fills in the gaps that exist in coverage where appropriate via the overlay district <br />map and provides a direct link between all hardcover goals contained in the Comprehensive Plan. The <br />prescriptive option meets approximately five of the City's goals. <br />The performance option meets all 12 of the different goals that were set out to be accomplished. It allows <br />new technologies, provides multiple avenues to comply with goals, and shifts the focus to accomplishing <br />good water quality instead of an overall hardcover number, provides an avenue for maintenance and <br />enforcement through a voluntary storm water management -program, and provides incentives to eliminate <br />legal nonconforming hardcover. <br />Bremer asked how Staff feels about the various options. <br />Gaffron indicated he has not had enough time to digest all of the information. <br />Gozola indicated he did spend some time selecting various lots of different sizes and configurations to • <br />illustrate how the options would work. Parcel one is a small, skinny lakeshore lot that consists of <br />approximately 250 to 283 feet in depth from OWHL, is 57 feet wide and .36 acres in size or 15,500 <br />square feet. Under the current ordinance, the parcel will be divided into three zones given its depth. The <br />first zone is in red and is the 0 -75 foot area. The land in this area does not count towards the allowed <br />hardcover on the remaining lot. The second zone under the current ordinance would be allowed 2,521 <br />square feet of hardcover based on a 25 percent maximum hardcover limit. The final zone shown in green <br />consists of approximately 1,000 square feet in size and allows for approximately 3,000 square feet of <br />hardcover. The potential total hardcover for this lot is 2,823 square feet. <br />Analyzing that parcel under the new prescriptive ordinance, there still would be no hardcover allowed in <br />the 0 -75 foot area. The second zone is also identical to the current ordinance. Under the prescriptive <br />option, the third zone would not be regulated. This accomplishes two things: The property owner in this <br />case has a 12 -foot wide driveway located in this area because it was the safest portion of the street to <br />provide access. Technically they would be allowed 300 square feet of hardcover in this area, but the <br />distance between the two lines is 35 feet. If you divide 35 by 12, that would technically put you over the <br />hardcover limit. Gozola commented that regulation likely has probably never been enforced and that <br />technicality could be eliminated. The second item by keeping this area unregulated would be to build in <br />an encouragement to push lakeshore construction a significant distance from the lakeshore, which has <br />historically been important to the city. <br />If you analyze this parcel under the new performance option, it would also include the prohibition on <br />hardcover within the 0 -75, but that area is now factored into how much overall hardcover the property <br />owner would be allowed. The area above the OWHL consists of 15,681 square feet. In this situation, the • <br />landowner could propose 15 percent or less hardcover without any further review. They could also <br />propose hardcover between 15 to 25 percent, which is 3,920 square feet and go through the administrative <br />review process or they could pursue a conditional use permit for 5,488 square feet or 35 percent. The <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />