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•• <br />.t <br />r"COUNCIL MATING <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION AUG 222005 <br />Date: AufBrPf.QOONO <br />Item No 5 <br />Departomit Approval: <br />NaoK: Michael P. Gaflron <br />Title: Planning Director <br />Adminlitrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />IteM Dcacripi i: City of Orono: Proposed Ordinance Amendment: Wetland Protection <br />- Fn^tosal Z0mti$g Code SecHtMU 78~I60t thru 78-1614 <br />- Amend Seedomt 78-1; 78-213(13) et at; 78-S63(c)(6); 78-568; <br />78-570(2)(8); 78-1211; 78-1286(e) <br />LiattrfEihlbHs <br />A - Draft Ordinance - Includes all recent revisions thru August 17,200S <br />B-PC Memo and Exhibits of 8/9/OS <br />C - Comments from MCWD 8/15/05 <br />D - Comments from John Winston 8/12/05 <br />Background <br />Please review the Planning Commission Memo dated August 9,2005, attached as Exhibit B. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />The Planning Conunission held a public hearing on August 15 and reviewed the proposed <br />ordinance, which has been revised a number of times over the past few months Planning <br />Commission recommended adoption subject to: <br />1.Revise language to be consistent with the recommendations of the MCWD letter dated <br />8/15/05 (See Exhibit C). <br />2. Revise Section 78-1607(aXl) to allow "boardwalks or docks exceeding 4’ in width” as a <br />conditional use within wetlands and buffer areas, subject to consistency with other <br />agency requirements [as noted in 78-1607(b)]. <br />All changes have been incoiporated into the revised draft attached as Exhibit A; most recent <br />revisions are in hoU Italic ateikeomt/umderUMe format. <br />t