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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Moaday, May 21.2001 ROLL The Oruno Planning Cominissiun met on ihe above dale with the following memlKrs present: Acting Chair Sandra Smith, Commissioners Janice Berg. William Stoddard, and Daniel Klulh. Commissioners Jeanne Mahiisth, nii/abeth Hawn, and Date Lindquist were absent. The following represented City Staff: Planning Director Michael Gaffron, Zoning Administrator Paul Weinberger. Zoning Administrator Wendy Uottenberg. and Recorder Jackie Young. City Council Representative Jay Nygard was present. Acting Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 6;36 p.m. OLD BUSINESS («l) »2W6 <;ARY AND SUS.VN CABLE. 3532 IVY PL.\CE, % ARIANCES. 6:37 p.m. - 7:04 p.m. Gary and Susan Cable. Applicants, were present Weinberger stated this application was rev iewed and tabled at Ihe November 20.2000 Planning Commission meeting, fhe Applicants are requesting a variance to the requirement that an accessvsry building can remain on the property without a principal building. 1 he accessory building in this case is an ice house kK'aicd near the lakeshore. A variance is also required to allow hardcover in excess of Ihe 25 percent limit in the 75*250' setback. WcinlK*rger staled the principal building was a*inoved to allow construction of a new house. The property owners were issued a building permit with the understanding they wtuild agree to uphold the decision by the City regarding the future use of the ice house. A Temporary Ccrtiricate of Occupancy was approved on April 10, 2001 . A condition of approval was the ice house must bt removed or gel City approval, by variance, to allow the ice house to remain on the property within O') days of Ihe Tempi>rary Certificate of Occup:incy »>r a final Certificate of Occupancy could not be issued and the house not occupied Weinberger staled Ihe permtiied hardcover m the 75*250' setback is 25 percent of the area, with Ihe hardcover in the 0-75' setback being deducted from what is allowed in the 75-250' setback. lire Applicants have proposed a driveway apron that would only provide access to two garage doors and would not prov ide access for the third stall. That arrangement eliminated the need for a variance that they had requested in the pas'.. The City then issued the building permit to the Applicants because they were under the 25 percent hardcover limit. Weinberger staled when Ihe 96 square feet of structural cov erage for the ice house is included in Ihe hardcover calculations, they are in excess of the 25 percent allowed by 50 square feet. The Planning Commission at its November. 2000 meeting had requested that if the Applicants choose to keep Ihe ice house on the property , they would need to appear before the Planning Commission, with Ihe adv ice that the City docs not approve replacement of foundations fur structures located within Ihe 0-75* setback. Tlic Applicants were also advised that if they wished to increase the amount of hardcover on the properly, they would need to remove the ice house. 1lie decision on how to use the 25 percent hardcov er was leR up to the discretion of the Applicants following the Nov ember meeting. PAGE 1