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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 8, 2021 6:03 p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 26 19. LA20-000048 - TIMOTHY WHITTEN O/B/O I. JACOBS/A. JACOBS REVOCABLE TRUST, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE, PRELIMINARY PLAT - RESOLUTION – Continued Barnhart asked if he is referring to Lot 5. Johnson replied for the entire property. For example, it is a completely blank lot and someone wants to put a single family home on this property. Where would the City’s setback be from the Tanager side. Barnhart clarified this is a vacant lot at 1700 Shoreline, the 20 acre parcel noted on-screen in blue. As a setback from Tanager, three things will come into play: the 75 foot lake lot setback, some bluffs and other things within the lot that will provide additional setback. Barnhart said this is his estimation of what the ALS is: the neighboring lake lot to the west is Lot 3 of Tanager estates and that is not improved so that is a vacant lot. Therefore the average lakeshore setback for this lot is based on the distance between the improved lot to the east which is 1100 Millston and that is the 398 foot setback. He said that is roughly what the red line on-screen is. Barnhart stated it is not perfect and he looks for engineers and surveyors to give a better number, but based on his measurement tool that is what he was able to estimate. Johnson said under the City’s code they would not be drawing a line between the property to the east and the property that does exist to the west. They would be using a distance from Tanager, from the ordinary high water mark based on the property to the east only. Barnhart replied yes. Walsh stated it is because there is no other house on the other lot yet. Once there is a home, they will have the measurement between the two if it is there before anything gets built. Johnson noted the one that exists to the east is not relevant. Crosby said the one to the east is relevant. Johnson apologized and clarified to the west. They have the one to the east but there is a property to the west existing. Barnhart replied yes, but it is a lot over. The City only looks at the neighboring lots; the lot to the west is currently vacant, which is Lot 3 of Tanager Estates. When the house is built, they will then draw that line between the two. Johnson asked if they come around the corner on the west side of the property, is that a different lot right there. Barnhart stated that is a different lot, yes. Johnson said that is a different lot but they are not considering that lot. Barnhart said that is a lake lot only on Smith Bay and it is not a lake lot on Tanager Lake. That is where the line comes in. To his estimation it is the closest point to this house to Smith Bay and the closest point of the neighboring lot to the east and that is where the line comes in.