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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 1/4 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 />