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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday,October 8,2018 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />Walsh stated the City also has philosophically said that they do not want to increase density anywhere <br />except for a portion along the Highway 112 corridor to help with the City's density calculation. The City <br />Council would like to keep a large portion of Orono rural. <br />Walsh indicated he does not have any problem with vacating the easements as long as the easement to <br />Saga Hill remains and that he can see some hardship given the slope. Walsh stated they will have to <br />figure out how to get one acre of dry buildable with the wetland included. <br />Crosby asked what the benefit to the City would be with the lakeshore access. <br />Barnhart indicated it would maintain some access for the public to the lake in that area. <br />Rief noted that access is currently not maintained. <br />Printup indicated he is in agreement with Mayor Walsh but that he would like to hold off on the lake <br />access until he has more information on it. <br />Seals stated she has a problem with the width of the lots and that it seems the City has issues when the <br />lots are not wide enough, especially when the development is a blank sheet. <br />Crosby asked what the width is on the east side. <br />Koch indicated the east lots are 140 feet and the western lots are 200 feet. Koch stated if they were to <br />eliminate a lot,they have looked at eliminating Lot 8,which could provide some additional frontage, but <br />there might be one lot that is in one zoning district overlapping the other zoning district. Koch stated that <br />could be considered a practical difficulty. In addition,the configuration of the road could possibly <br />change. Koch asked whether having a lot that overlaps from one zoning district to the other would be <br />allowed. <br />Walsh stated he would refer that back to Staff,but that he would encourage them to do whatever makes <br />sense and meets the code. <br />Barnhart stated frontage for lake lots is measured at the lake, so Lot 7 would probably need to be <br />eliminated. Some flexibility could possibly be given for Lot 6 on the width. The rest of the lots are <br />measured at the building setback line. Staff would support a modification to the zoning ordinance so one <br />lot does not have two zoning districts. <br />Rief asked how that would impact the MUSA. <br />Barnhart stated a modification might need to be made but that it would be rather marginal. <br />Walsh stated if the developer can figure out how to make it work with the road,he would encourage him <br />to pursue that. <br />Crosby, Dankey, and Seals indicated they would be in favor of city sewer for the western lots. <br />The City Council took no formal action on this item. <br />Page 10 of 18