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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, No\‘cmb€r 20,2000 ROLL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above date with the following members present: Chair Elizabeth Hawn, Commissioners Jay N>-gard, William Stoddard, Dale Lindquist, Janice Berg, and Sandra Smith. Commissioner Daniel Kluth was absent. The following represented City Staff. Senior Planning Coordnutor Michael Gaffron, Zoning Administrator Paul Weinberger, Assistant Zoning Administrator Wendy Bottenbcrg, and Recorder Jackie Young. City Council Representatives Gabriel Jabbour and Wchard Flint were present. Chair Hawn called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS («I) W2623 FRED JOHNSON, 1926 FAGERNESS POINT ROAD, VARIANCES, 6:31 p.m. - 6:<tS p.m. Fred Johnson, Applicant, was present. The Certificate of Mailing and Afiidavit of Publication were noted. Weinberger slated the Applicants arc proposing to remove an existing residence and detached garage and construct a new residence on a lot that is located entirely within the 75' lakeshorc setback. Weinberger stated this is one of three lots that are all located on tlie south side of Fagemess Road, with all three lots onlx having a depth of 70* from the lakeshorc. Original]/ the Applicants had requested variances to lot w idth, lot area, lakeshorc setback ‘*nd hardeev cr in order to construct a house consisting of 1,690 square feet After discussions vxith Staff, the Applicants were advised to reduce the sire of the house to comply with the structural coverage limitations. Weinberger noted for lots under 10,000 square feet, the property can have a maximum of 1,500 square feet of structure The Applicants have revised their plans and have redesigned the house to reduce the structural coverage to 1,495 square feet, with the elimination of additional hardcover that would have been required for a third stall to the garage Weinberger stated th.- amount of hardcover ilut exists on the property currently is fairlv equal to What is being proposed Weinberger stated since the property is located enti.civ within the 75‘ lakesliorc setback, it has had variances granted in the past to allow replacement of structures in the 1980s Conditions r!c;cd on the adjacent properties were that the amount of structure and hardcover not exceed what had prev lously existed since no hardcover is normally permitted within 73* of the lakeshorc Weinberger noted the existing house and deck are located only a few feel from the lakeshorc, with removal of the house and construction of a new residence resulting in a setback averaging 30 feet to the house Relocating the house further from the street would not allow for an adequate setback to the street, with 30 feet being the required setback to the street Weinberger noted the Applicants are proposing a setback of :0 feet, which would allow sufficient space to back out cf the garage into the driveway without backing a vehicle directly into the street and would provide off street parking for the propertx . PAGEl