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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />MoBday.May2l.200l <br />(M01.2668 MANLEY BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION. CONTINUED) <br />Weinberger staled in the early 1980s, the Council had approved a variance which allowed the garage <br />to be refurbished in its existing location. Two of the conditions the Council had placed on that <br />approval was that the garage be reduced in size and cut back to meet a two foot setback to the street <br />and to be rebuilt w ith a flat roof so as to not block the view of the lake from the neighboring residence. <br />Weinberger noted this property has double frontage on the lake, flie railing is required for safety <br />reasons since access to the i\x)f of the garage is not restricted. <br />City Stair is recommending approval of the variances to permit the two dormer window addition and <br />construction of the replacement deck over the detached deck. Weinberger noted this residence was <br />constructed prior to the adoption of the current zoning ordinances. Weinbciger stated the addition of <br />the two dormer w indows would not change the character or use of the property. <br />City Staif is recommending tabling the request for the conditional use pennit and variances for the <br />retaining wall and would request that the survey be updated to include revised hardcover calculations <br />for the 0-75’ setback. <br />Manley commented construction of the two dormer windows would not increase the building envelope <br />and would allow them to do some rc-enforccmcnt construction in this area. Manley stated the <br />construction in this area is poor and needs to be improved to make the structure more stable. Manley <br />indicated it was the intention at the time the deck was removed to fix the nxd and that a railing is <br />required for safety reasons since the roof of the garage can be accessed from the ground. Manley <br />noted the size of the deck is being reduced somewhat. <br />Manley stated he is in possession of some pictures which show the original retaining wall consisting of <br />two courses of railroad ties and shale, which was considerably overgrown <br />Smith inquired whether the Applicant would be willing to separate the retaining walls from the rest of <br />the application to allow additional survey work to be completed. <br />Manley stated he is fine with that. <br />Bill Delay. 1971 Kagemess Point Road, commented he is in favor of the plan being prop»>sed. <br />Stoddard moved, second by Klutb. to recommend approval of AppUcatioB WOl-2668. <br />Manley Brothers Construction. 1973 Fagerncss Point Road, granting of variances to permit the <br />construction of two dormer windows and construction of the replacement deck above the <br />detached garage based on the findings and hardships contained in the Planner's Report dated <br />May 3.2001. and to table the request for a conditional use permit and afier-tbe-fact variances <br />for the retaining wall to permit additional survey to be submitted for review and approval by <br />City Staff. <br />Smith inquired whether there were any structural or hardcover issues associated with the retaining <br />walls. <br />Weinberger stated there is an issue with hardcover relating to the retaining walls. Weinberger stated <br />Staff would like to review the area in on effort to determine what had existed previously. <br />PAGE?