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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Monday,June 15,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Bollis said if it will only apply on a lake lot,he believed it should be specific to that. He asked why it <br /> would be a problem if he wants to access 20 or 50 acres that are not on the lake and have 18 feet of width <br /> to do it. <br /> Barnhart asked Bollis what his minimum width would be. <br /> Bollis stated if there was a triangular-shaped lot, it could be 16-18 feet at the street and 50 feet wide at the <br /> setback, and he thinks the City is creating an issue. <br /> Barnhart said Bollis is certainly welcome to his comment,but he thinks the City is solving a problem for <br /> at least a minimum to get access without encroaching from a setback standpoint or encroaching on the <br /> neighboring properties. He said he would include Bollis' comment, but he thinks it is a good section that <br /> should be included in the ordinance as a minimum level of requirement. <br /> Ressler asked if it would be redundant to ask for 18 feet due to setback restrictions and minimum road <br /> widths, using the example of eight-foot driveway/five-foot setbacks. He asked whether that would trigger <br /> a variance application if it did not meet those. <br /> Curtis stated there is not a current standard. City Staff provided feedback for that application based on <br /> those pieces. She said Barnhart is suggesting to create a standard and it may be bigger than 18 feet. <br /> Oakden added that if someone wants to create a new lot and it is a lake lot and asks how wide they need <br /> to be at the road,right now they don't know because there is not a standard. <br /> Bollis asked, if this was only going to apply for the lake lots, could there be exempt zoning district areas, <br /> where 18 feet could be the right width for the lots. <br /> Barnhart stated that could be the language; however,he would not feel comfortable with that other than <br /> for the RS zoning district because there is no road. He would apply it to all zoning districts where there is <br /> a road situation. <br /> Curtis said that on a lakeshore lot the City does not allow flag lots, so she does not know how the City <br /> would get there, creating a new lot that has the narrow corridor on the road, if that is the only access <br /> point. <br /> Bollis noted it could have a pie shape of 10-16 feet. <br /> Barnhart stated City Staff would recommend to not approve that. That would likely require some waiver <br /> because,to get to the setback, it would be an irregular pie-shaped lot. <br /> Bollis said it would be a standard pie-shaped lot that fell under the 18 feet. <br /> Barnhart stated, from a Staff perspective, 18 feet is the minimum. <br /> Bollis noted it is currently allowed. <br /> Barnhart agreed that it is currently allowed and that is why they want to put a regulation in place. <br /> Page 17 of 19 <br />