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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Monday, August 17, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 3 of 7 <br /> <br />would be based on the distance of this principal structure from the home which happens to be vacant, or <br />Lot 6, which happens to be vacant, so they wouldn’t really have an average lakeshore setback. <br /> <br />Ms. Burwell noted she owns 1075 Millston Road as well which is a little structure that is a house. <br /> <br />Mr. Barnhart stated they only care about the principal structure for determining the average lakeshore <br />setback, noting that the distance he previously mentioned would be the average lakeshore setback without <br />any other imaginary configuration and that would be the distance for Lot 6. <br /> <br />Ms. Burwell said she is confused because they are all individual and separate. <br /> <br />Mr. Barnhart said they are all separate and regardless that she owns several of the lots, it doesn’t matter. <br />He said he’d be happy to visit with her and go through the details. <br /> <br />Ms. Burwell said she just wants to understand from a big future picture, she doesn’t want to belabor it but <br />it is important to her. Her second question in regards to Millston Road is that it is a constant pullover area <br />for all kinds of vehicles and making a left hand turn into her driveway is very difficult. She noted <br />numerous occasions where people have run into that ribbon fence, as it’s not a very friendly road and it’s <br />difficult. She asked what the County is saying about the traffic pattern going into that road, noting it’s a <br />dangerous turn. <br /> <br />Barnhart said the County provided some comment and at this stage, he will have to check, but originally <br />the County proposed turn lanes for both approaches and they have since retracted one of those and <br />currently are looking for a turn lane for only one of those approaches, he does not recall which one. He <br />noted that is the only proposal from a County perspective. <br />Ressler made an observation that the Commission is reviewing text all the time, earlier they talked about <br />motorcycles versus automobiles and whether they are the same and lakeshore setback is similar. He said <br />a few months ago they had a deliberation on how they were going to define lakeshore setback, and for <br />good or for bad it may change by the time they get to that point of development. He stated Mr. Barnhart <br />and Staff are good people to bounce ideas off of to find out what fits and they’ve been very helpful. <br /> <br />Michael Kuhlman, 1760 Shoreline Drive, asked the developer if there’s been any consideration regarding <br />the power lines that run and where the utilities will be accessed from for the new structure. <br /> <br />Mr. Gronberg answered they usually don’t get involved with the small utilities until they are farther along <br />in the process and he noted they most likely run underground up into the subdivision, but he doubts that <br />they’d want to bury utilities out on Shoreline Drive. <br /> <br />Ressler noted it sounds like it’s still undecided. <br /> <br />Mr. Gronberg answered yes, they would know more this winter when the process is farther along. <br /> <br />Mr. Kuhlman followed up and asked if they’re going to tear up the road to do the new approaches, would <br />there be any consideration to bury the power lines that are there to support the property. <br /> <br />Ressler said it sounds like they are inconclusive regarding the part that runs along County Road 15 but <br />noted they appreciate Mr. Kuhlman’s feedback and that could be a discussion when they get further into