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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, July 26,2004 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />Mayor Petcr»on and Murphy. Sanseverc asked for more diKussion. <br />Sansevere questioned why staff did not concur with the Planning Commission’s position that there <br />was adequate hardship to support the application. <br />Gundlach stated that the existing side yard setbacks had been granted a variance to within 14.4 ’ of <br />the side yard which staff would be opposed to increasing. <br />Moorse reminded the Council that a 50’ setback is normally required and that this request would be <br />going beyond the original allowance for hardship and increasing the nonconformuncy. <br />McMillan pointed out that the whole property provides linie buildable area, while adequate <br />turnaround room to provide safe access to Watertown Road at this blind intersection is justified. <br />Sansevere asked whether staff could support a compromise of a 12’ side yard setback to allow a <br />22’ garage. <br />Gundlach reiterated staffs position that the garage remain at 20’. <br />Fritzlcr stated that he would have found that to be an acceptable alternative. <br />Murphy stated that allowing the applicant a 20’X24’ garage is not a hardship, since he will still <br />have the same amount of square footage. <br />Mayor Peterson moved, Murphy seconded, to approve the existing 14.4' setback as originally <br />approved. <br />McMillan asked if the motion could be amended to allow the 12’ setback. Mayor Peterson denied <br />the request. <br />VOTE: Ayes, Mayor Peterson and Murphy; Nays, McMillan. White, and Sansevere, <br />PAGE n of 14