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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Monday, September 21, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Chair Ressler shared there had been discussion on variances for driveways for different reasons, he <br />doesn’t really have a problem with the driveway as proposed, but he’s not thrilled about the other three. <br />He noted he thinks there are ways to make the project still conform. <br /> <br />Libby noted there was conversation about adjacent and surrounding properties and some standards that <br />were set by that. He said they need to be very careful because they really don’t have any empirical data <br />about those setbacks and aren’t working with real dimensions, noting it’s really opinion, hearsay and <br />conjecture and they can’t advise Council based on those standards. He said that’s another reason he has <br />compunction to support this. <br /> <br />Chair Ressler said, that is not a Practical Difficulty, and one thing the Commission considers is does it <br />conform to the spirit and the scope of the neighborhood; he noted it is up for debate but doesn’t think it’s <br />part of their discussion. <br /> <br />Libby moved, Kirchner seconded, to deny LA20-000057, 1985 Fagerness Point Road Variances. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />