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r <br />ORONO PLANNING CONLMISSION <br />Monday, May 15,2000 <br />two lots. Under the existing zoning, no future sutxlivision is possible. The lot would require a <br />variance for lot width since the lot would become substandard. The lot line rearrangement would <br />result in the 4355 lot being reduced in lot width to less than 300 feet and make it nonconforming. <br />Weinberger noted some of the other lots in this area do not meet the 300 foot frontage requirement. <br />The Applicants are also proposing to create a ten foot wide walking access to the Luce Line <br />Trail for the 4265 lot. City Code does not address creating lots with walkways to access public <br />land. Weinberger noted they have not heard any opposition to this walkway from the DNR. <br />McCaffrey stated they are attempting with this lot line rearrangement to bring the lots more into <br />compliance with the five acre zoning concept. McCaffrey stated they were only informed of the <br />300 foot frontage last week, which came as a surprise. McCaffrey stated out of the seven lots on <br />Chippewa Lane, only one complies with the required frontage and one with the required acreage for <br />this zoning district. McCaffrey stated he is unsure what the intent of the frontage requirement is. <br />McCaffrey noted they have spent a considerable amount of money on surveys, title searches, and <br />septic testing on this lot line rearrangement. <br />Smith inquired why the Applicants are proposing to do this lot line rean-angement. <br />McCaffrey stated they want to preserve their natural aesthetics. McCaffrey stated the Shemaneks <br />are planning to retire and sell their property in the near future, which would allow for expansion of <br />their lot as well as legal access down to the Luce Line. McCaffrey stated they also need to acquire <br />some additional land to the west in order to accommodate a mound septic system in the future. <br />Joyce Shemanek encouraged the Planning Commission to approve this lot line rearrangement, <br />noting they are doing something which will help their neighbor. <br />There were no further public comments regarding this application. <br />Lindquist commented that the City will still end up with two non-conforming lots regardless of how <br />the lot lot is rearranged. <br />Smith inquired whether this would become a flag lot in the future. <br />Weinberger stated based on the existing zone, the updated Comprehensive Plan is not proposing <br />Page 10