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Application Date: <br />60 Day Dcadliae: <br />9/19/01 <br />11/I8A11 <br />mpeTINO <br />NOV 1 3 2001 <br />CllYUh ORONO <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: November 5. 2001 <br />ITEM NO.: / / <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Paul Weinberger <br />Title Zoning Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description:<t0l-2726 Kevin Garnett <br />450 Orono Orchard Road <br />Variances <br />Zoning District: <br />List or Exhibits <br />RR-IB, 2 acre. One Family Rural Residential <br />A Resolution <br />B Site Plan <br />C Planning Report (October 5, 2001) <br />Review of Request On behalfof the property owner. Erotas BuildingCorporation has submitted an after <br />the fact variance to permit a 6’ fence to be located within the 50' street >ard setback where fences are <br />permitted to be 3 '/i in height. The fences would be located along Orono Orchard Road and Dickenson <br />Street. Orono Orchard Road is the west boundar> and Dickenson Street is the south property boundary . <br />Fences have been regulated under the section of ordinance titled “non-encroachments’* (Section 10.03, <br />Subdivision 15). Non-Encroachments are items, such as fences, that arc allowed to be located within <br />required front, side and rear yard setbacks. In front yards and side street yards fences are permitted to have <br />a ma.vimum height of 3 ‘/j*. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />The Planning Commission recommended approval on a vote of 6 to 0 for variances to permit a 6* fence to <br />be located w ithin the 50' setback to Orono Orchard Road and Dickenson Street based on the finding that the <br />owner has installed a vegetative buffer along the street property lines. A dense row arborv itae trees range <br />in height from 13' to 16* have created a nearly complete screening for the fence. <br />Staff Recommendation <br />Staff is recommending approval of the variance request based on the hardship that the fence would be <br />securing a large property of 14.7 acres in the RR-IB zoning district. The property is in an area where the <br />general development is consistent with other properties in the locality. Generally the City has required <br />screening to eliminate the v isual impact of oversize fences. The screening provided does minimize the visual <br />impact of the fence <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Motion to adopt the resolution approv mg after-the-fact variances for permit a 6' fence on the property w ithin <br />5C of the street property lines. <br />.1