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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Thursday, August 24, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 6 of 13 <br /> <br />conforming and if someone else came with a non-conforming and said they meet everything, but – <br />Johnson said the “but” is what holds it up. <br /> <br />Walsh said they had some recently were there was a non-conforming line and someone wanted to change <br />the line to make it an even worse non-conforming and the Council said they do not do that, noting one can <br />make it better, but not make it worse. <br /> <br />Crosby stated they make it more conforming, not less conforming. <br /> <br />Johnson said that is why it’s a hard thing for him to ever get behind approving something that is already <br />non-conforming. <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble stated that is exactly right, it is non-conforming the way it sits, and there is nothing that will <br />make each lot conforming. The subdividing of the property is not worsening it at all that he sees, it’s just <br />providing another buildable site on a piece of land and gives it some purpose. Otherwise, like they’ve <br />mentioned, it’s like the island at Fletcher’s. In this case, he said it’s even a separate code and at some <br />point, the City Council said this is different and at some point, the group looked at zoning and zoned this <br />separately from the peninsula houses. <br /> <br />Walsh noted that was before their time. <br /> <br />Johnson stated the North side is zoned differently. <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble said it is zoned half-acre, so it’s a different zoning entirely. <br /> <br />Walsh said part of the catch is that they are not trying to create more lots just to create more lots, and <br />noted the Council has been pretty hard on following the rules and if it’s stuck, it’s stuck. He said they <br />have tried to solve some problems. <br /> <br />Printup said to Johnson’s point, the Applicant can still use that calculation to benefit the other side of the <br />lagoon. <br /> <br />Barnhart replied and said, except that there is the 0-75’ zone that will impact what they can do on that <br />lower portion, so they may allow for more of a calculation of hardcover or they may be constrained by <br />their proximity to the lake. <br /> <br />Johnson noted the entire property is in variance. <br /> <br />Barnhart said yes, the whole property is in variance. <br /> <br />Printup noted they are used to it. <br /> <br />Walsh said he doesn’t think that is the inhibitor, it’s just that they’re in the starting block that there is a <br />non-conforming property. <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble said that is not unusual in the sense that the Council has moved property lines and done <br />things with non-conforming lots to improve both lots, not creating a new one to do that, and this isn’t