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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Monday, September 17,2001 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />(MH-2709 Richard Shull, Continued) <br />Harrison noted Staff has requested a drainage plan for this site. Harrison stated they are in the <br />preliminary stages of planning and are not sure whether this plan will be feasible. Harrison inquired <br />whether the submission of a drainage plan could be delayed until the time a building permit is applied <br />for. <br />McAlpin stated in his view the drainage in this area is ver>' manageable. <br />Lindquist moved, Stoddard seconded, to recommend approval of Application i^Ol-2710, <br />Donald and Joanne Davidson, 568 Keene Avenue, granting of variances to lot width, lot area, <br />and front, rear and side yard adjacent to street setback to permit construction of a new <br />residence, subject to an acceptable drainage plan being submitted for review and approval by <br />City Staff, and with the understanding no additional structural coverage will be permitted above <br />the IS percent limit. VOTE: Ayes 7, Nays 0. <br />(#8) <W)I-2713 DIANE AND DOUGLAS MERZ, 380 TURNHAM ROAD, AFTER-THE-FACT <br />VARIANCE, 7:51 p.m. - 7:54 p.m. <br />Doug Mere. Applicant, was present. <br />Bottenberg stated the Applicants have applied for an aAer-the-fact variance to permit a three foot <br />overhang that was added when the roof was shingled in 1998. At that time a permit w as issued for the <br />roof work but the roof e.xtension was not part of the permit. 1 he roof extension is over the front <br />entrance and extends approximately three feet beyond the existing roof line and is approximately <br />14 feet wide. <br />City Staff recommends approval of the after-the-fact front yard and side \ ard setback variances. <br />Mer/. had nothing to add to Staffs report. <br />There were no public comments regarding this application. <br />Lindquist inquired why a building permit was not obtained for the overhang. <br />Merz stated he obtained the building permit for the roof in 1998, and did not utilize it in 1998. Merz <br />indicated sometime between 1998 and 1999, they decided to change the entrance into the house, with <br />the work commencing in 1999. <br />Stoddard inquired how the City became informed of the overhang. <br />Haw n indicated the City learned of the new overhang at the time a neighbor came in requesting a <br />variance. <br />PAGE 11