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� MINUTES OF TI-IE � ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,Dece�nber 12, 2005 7:00 o'clock p.tn. (6. #OS-3131 STEVE BOHL OF BOHLAND DEI�ELOPMENT, INC., 190 WILLOW DRIVE NORTHAND 177 GLENDALE DRIVE, Coriti�tarerl) Gaffron stated the area is guided in the Orono 2000-2020 Community Management Plan far single-family residential housing at a density of 2-3 units per acre. Because this property has never Ueen rezoned to match the CMP-guided density, the cutYenl application includes a request for rezoning to RPUD, Reside�ztial Planned Unit Development. Gaffron stated this subdivision was first reviewed on July 18`�' as a proposed plat for nine new lots. Pursuant to Planning Commission comments at the July 18°i and September 19`�'meetings, the applicant has submitted a revised eight-lot plan that was reviewed Uy the Planning Com�nission on October 17`�'. I�Z response to that review, fiu-ther minor revisions were then suUmitted and were reviewed by the Planning Commission on November 21st. The Plamling Commission voted 6-0 on November 21 to recontinend that Council grant general concept plan approval and preliminary plat approval subject to the following: 1. Defer to Park Commission and/or City Council for recommendation on whether n-ails should Ue installed by applicant and who should pay far the installation. 2. Applicant shall agree to and incoiporate into plans all of the recon-►mendations of A�S regarding conservation design, etc. 3. Applicant shall provide a landscape plan per AES recommendations and per prior Planning Commission discussions. 4. Applicant to provide evidence of MCWD approval for filling wetland in Lot 8. Gaffron reviewed the RPUD standards,noting the following: - 15,000 square feet minimum dry buildable lot area is required. The Plamiing Commission had indicated that 14,000 square feet would be acceptable. -90-foot minimum lot depth. Gaffi-on noted all eight new lots meet this using a 30-foot street setback. - 125-foot miniinum lot depth. Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 are just short of this standard,but these de�ths are a result of significant tweaking to date, and each lot contains a usable building site with acceptaUle rear yard. - 10-foot side yard on interior lot lines. Gaffi-on stated all lots confoizn to the 10-foot setback. - 15-foot side yard at exterior of RPUD. Gaffron stated the east line of Lot 5 proposed at 10 feet should be revised to 15 feet; the north yard of Lot 3 should increase to 15 feet; and the west yard of Lot 6 should be increased to 15 feet. Gaffron statied the southwesterly portion of the property contains wetlands that will be protected by a Conservation and Plowage Easeinent except for a portion of a sinall area extending into Lot 8. The applicant has proposed to fill a 2000 square foot portion of this area, the deminimus amount of fill allowed by WCA regulations witllout requiring mitigation. Because of this filling, Lots 7 and 8 would not require variances for the wetland buffer setback established in the City's new wetland ordinance. The a�plicant is also requesting that MCWD approve the revised wetland delineation that reclassi�es portions of the ditch wetland along Willow Drive as "incidental" and acceptaUle to fill for roadway and fithu-e h�ail purposes. Gaffron stated one of the key elements that the Planning Commission wanted addressed was the consetvation desi�i goals. Parcel Group 3 is one of the areas reviewed as part of the Rural Oasis visioning study. The applicant engaged the services of a consulting ecologist, Applied�cological PAG� 5 of 20