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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Thursday, August 24, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 7 of 8 <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble said that is part of the South lot, rather than the North lot. <br /> <br />Barnhart agreed that it is, but it’s also lake-frontage and that’s where the minimum width would come in. <br />He said this lot has four frontages, which they do not see a lot of. <br /> <br />Crosby asked to clarify that Lot 2474 is non-conforming and Lot 2480 is conforming. <br /> <br />Barnhart answered yes. <br /> <br />Johnson noted to make the split it becomes non-conforming because the “finger” goes up the side and <br />does not meet the lake width. <br /> <br />Crosby asked if the Council has ever done this in the past, noting that right now for conformity, they are <br />calculating the land North of the lagoon. <br /> <br />Barnhart answered yes, they are including some of the land North of the lagoon for both lots. <br /> <br />Crosby asked if it’s a possibility to combine them into one lot, although that obviously wouldn’t be a <br />lakeshore lot. <br /> <br />Walsh stated you just can’t get four lots out of it. <br /> <br />Crosby agreed. <br /> <br />Barnhart said he thinks the challenge with this parcel is where the boundary line is for Lot 2474 south of <br />the lagoon. He noted they are limited by that amount of land and they cannot create or add more land to <br />make it wide enough and that is ultimately the issue. He said if they had another 20 feet perhaps, there <br />would be space for four lots. <br /> <br />Seals noted she thinks the Council is in agreement that they do not see four lots, but are trying to help the <br />Applicant find three lots. <br /> <br />Crosby noted on the map if they drew a line across the top lots, could the top half possibly be a lot off of <br />shoreline, it would not be a lakeshore lot, if it’s big enough to be conforming. Then they would be talking <br />about a total of three lots rather than four. <br /> <br />Walsh said they’re trying to give guidance but the Council doesn’t need to design it. <br />Crosby said he understands that and he’s asking if that is a possibility to basically put the two half lots <br />together to make one lot off of shoreline. <br /> <br />Barnhart said that is similar to what was proposed in March and the issue is not the area North of the <br />lagoon, the issue is that the amount of land on the peninsula and the amount of land where the boundary <br />line is constrains the subdivision of this lot because there is not enough buildable acreage South of the <br />lagoon with the required width. Earlier, Staff had identified a potential of combining both of those lots to <br />create one conforming lot, and then they’d have two lots on the North for a total of three. He said that’s <br />the best way they can do it, but looking at it, there are two separate property owners and they’d have to <br />work together on getting to that point, or acquire additional land from the private residence to the West to