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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday, March 9,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Mr. Gamble said he has read through hundreds of pages and listened to the City Council, and although it <br /> is complex,there is usually a path if it makes sense. He asked what the path would be if there was one. <br /> Walsh stated the path would be to give variances for all of the densities and change the zoning which is <br /> something the City Council is not interested in doing. There is no rule that this situation fits in without <br /> having to change all of the rules. <br /> Mr. Gamble asked if this was a highly unique situation. <br /> Johnson said there have been some very bizarre situations, which is why he knew hardcover could be <br /> used regardless of where it is,because people take advantage of the hardcover as a whole. They apply it <br /> to their area,the City does not allow them to subdivide it, and then a nonconforming situation is created. <br /> Mr. Gamble noted if one of the issues with the south lots is that they are not a full acre, if he could add the <br /> hardcover from the north land,then the only nonconforming part is the width. <br /> Barnhart said that regardless of where you cut the line,the lots south of the inlet are not conforming due <br /> to size and for one of them it is both size and width. <br /> Crosby stated the 75-foot setback from the shoreline is also an issue. <br /> Walsh indicated there are people on 3 acres in a 2-acre zone, every house is on '/a of an acre and they want <br /> to split them up. The City won't let them because it has to be conforming. <br /> Mr. Gamble said one of the owners had a question about 2470 and 2490. <br /> Mr. Richard Edwards, 2474 Carman Street, said his neighbors to the west had three lots, combined the <br /> three lots and redrew the lot lines to create two lots, and two new buildings were put on them in the past <br /> two years. Both lots are not wide enough and are about .5-.6 acres. He asked why that was approved when <br /> it is a bigger change. <br /> Walsh said you have a right to build on a nonconforming lot; it is a question of what you have a right to <br /> build on it. <br /> Mr. Edwards noted there were three lots, now there are two, and there was a change; it wasn't simply that <br /> it was the same lot and a new house was put on it. <br /> Councilmembers explained that the situation was made better. <br /> Johnson commented if the owner wanted to take two lots and make them into one, a conversation could <br /> be had with the City Council. <br /> Page 15 of 18 <br />