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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, September 14, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 8 of 26 <br /> <br /> <br />Johnson asked if Lot 4 is a lake lot. <br /> <br />Barnhart replied it is not, and Lots 1, 2 and 3 are lake lots and that is where it gets really interesting. He <br />noted the red line at the top of the screen is the average lakeshore setback. <br /> <br />Seals asked where the house is as it sits right now. <br /> <br />Barnhart pointed out a spot on the on screen map. <br /> <br />Johnson asked to pull up the property on the County map. <br /> <br />Barnhart pointed out the gray structure to the North on the aerial map and said that is the existing <br />principal structure and the average lakeshore setback for this lot as it impacts Smith Bay are the properties <br />on either side, which are the house to the West (1760 Shoreline) and the house to the East (1125 <br />Millston). He said that is where the red line on the previous exhibit comes from and cuts through the <br />property. That line makes it impossible to build on Lots 2 and 3 in particular because everything would <br />be in front of that line. What impacts the average lakeshore setback is what is next door, giving the <br />example that if the lot next door to you is vacant, you’d use the lot on the other side and use that distance <br />from the lake. He asked, what happens if both lots are vacant, and said to keep in mind that the new road <br />accessing the new subdivision is now a road rather than a driveway and is part of the right-of-way <br />question. If a lot is adjacent to the right-of-way, they must use the distance of the next door neighbor <br />from the lake, so they wouldn’t even consider 1125 Millston anymore. Going back to the exhibit, he <br />proposed a Line C which would use 1125 Millston as a starting point and come across to an arbitrary <br />point on 1760 Shoreline with the goal of minimizing or making efficient use of Lots 1, 2 and 3 and <br />minimizing the impact on 1760 Shoreline. Without a manufactured new average lakeshore setback, lots 2 <br />and 3 will require variances to build on. Staff is proposing this to address the average lakeshore setback, <br />at least for the initial construction on those lots…after that initial construction, then the normal average <br />lakeshore setback issue would apply. <br /> <br />Printup asked to be shown again why Lots 2 and 3 would be looking at variances. <br /> <br />Barnhart answered the way they’re proposing it they wouldn’t need variances, however, if they didn’t <br />create Line C on the map, the average lakeshore setback puts the Lots in front of the setback. <br /> <br />Printup said he understands. <br /> <br />Barnhart noted there was already a comment made about protecting the vegetation on the West property <br />line and that lot is quite a bit higher and they will try to mitigate as much as possible the impact on the <br />view. <br /> <br />Crosby said if the Council sticks to their guns, they’d use the top Line A, but it doesn’t seem quite <br />reasonable. <br /> <br />Mayor Walsh said at almost every other Council meeting they’re seeing houses that are far back and <br />others that are really close to the lake and is it a hardship. <br /> <br />Johnson asked how many acres are above the pre-development line.