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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday. November 17,2003 <br />6:00 o'clock p.m. <br />with the necessary p^)erworic they required. Gross stated that, unbeknownst to them, the <br />deadlines were missed, after which he placed repeated phone calls to his representatives to <br />provide the necessary papers. <br />Mr. Gross believed the proposed alternate location would place the sport court on the blind <br />side of the home and cause the removal of eight large spruce trees. Instead, Gross <br />proposed they plant signiflcant landscaping to improve the existing situation. <br />Acting Chair Mabusth recogm'zed that the applicants had been put in a difficult situation. <br />Ms. Gross indicated that, typically, all of the contractors they’d ever dealt with had always <br />pulled the permits for them, and it was not apparent to them that it was their responsibility. <br />Gross questioned if the Code had been changed recently to reflect a 30’ rather than 10’ <br />setback. <br />Gaffion indicated that the oversize structure Code dates back 10 years. <br />Paul Tichy, 2615 Countryside Drive, stated that, as the adjoining property owner, he <br />wished for fiirther clarity and definition of what the codes exist for it not to protect the <br />integrity and values of property owners. He pointed out that, while it is their preference to <br />preserve the natural state of their property, they did not wish for bad things to happen for <br />the neighbor. <br />Acting Chair Mabusth pointed out that, specifically, the rules regarding sport courts exist <br />to protect adjacent neighbors from the additional noise and disturbance the courts, and <br />lights create by nature. <br />Gaffion asked the Commission whether they could find any hardship that would support <br />the approval of the proposed location, had the application come to them before-the-fact <br />PAGE 18 of 56