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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,January 21,2020 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Barnhart said this would impact all grading and land alteration activities in the City. The goal is not <br /> necessarily to change the regulation but to better reorganize it and, in certain areas,propose change. He <br /> referenced Exhibit B which illustrates an existing regulation and also a proposed table attempting to <br /> demonstrate the same regulation. <br /> Barnhart stated they are proposing to remove the grading and land alteration portion of the shoreline <br /> regulations,which includes building height and hardcover and RPUD requirements,and put that in the <br /> existing grading and land alteration chapter.That change takes up about 15 pages of a 25-page document. <br /> Libby asked if the ultimate adoption would encompass City parks within Orono. <br /> Barnhart answered that it would apply to all property within the City. <br /> Barnhart stated he would be happy to meet with any of the Commissioners off-line if they have questions <br /> in advance of the workshop but thought a workshop is appropriate for this type of application. <br /> Erickson noted there is a new added definition regarding stockpiling,which is defined as ten cubic yards <br /> or more of soil/aggregate in a concentrated state. He said ten cubic yards is a small number. If you have a <br /> 3x3 foot square of floor space,that is barely enough for a desk chair,which is nine square feet. If it's one <br /> foot high of dirt,that's nine cubic yards. When he was a kid, he had a sandbox;that amount is not even a <br /> decent sandbox. <br /> Libby said 13 cubic yards would be close to a standard dump truck. <br /> McCutcheon stated Erickson's example is cubic feet and the amount is three times larger than what <br /> Erickson was talking about.He agreed it is relatively small. He asked if that was in line with what the <br /> DNR recommends with other communities. <br /> Barnhart said the document indicates official stockpiling will require a permit,whether it's a City permit <br /> or a Council permit.Anything less than that amount will not require a permit. Staff looked at it from a <br /> potential impact. If you have a dump truck that comes in and dumps a load of black dirt on a side property <br /> line,the City does not want it sitting there forever and wants a mechanism to keep it moving along. <br /> Barnhart said whether it was too small was an appropriate question and the Planning Commission will <br /> have that question on a lot of Staffs thresholds which is what he hopes to discuss at the workshop. <br /> Gettman asked Staff to bring to the meeting some real examples and how they would apply both to the <br /> existing and proposed language and some of the IUPs the Planning Commission has already dealt with. <br /> Then Staff could say under the new rule it would or would not work and what the impact would be. <br /> McCutcheon referenced a house being built this year and said the huge pile of black dirt was driving him <br /> nuts when he drove past it. He noted that would impede someone's shore view and if that was there more <br /> than 90 days, it would be frustrating. <br /> Barnhart said that is why he is introducing it. He is not comfortable with the current stockpiling <br /> regulation. <br /> Barnhart asked the Planning Commission to table the action until February 18. <br /> Page 13 of 14 <br />