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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 18,2000 (^2596 Brenshell Homes, Continued) with a utility easement 20 feet wide being granted between Lots 2 and 3 from Wildhurst Trail to the cuUde-sac and standard utility easements being granted over Outlot B to allow extension of service to Garden Lane. Staff recommends the placement of conser\’ation easements below the 1014 contour, which would help to protect the ravines and wooded areas along Wildhurst Trail. The conservation easement would be granted over the east half of Lots 2 and 3 to protect those areas from removal of vegetation and land alteration. The additional casements would protect the two drainage ravmes. Weinberger stated the plan before the Planning Commisson tonight docs meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for lots in the LR-IB zoning District, which is single family lakeshorc residential lots with a one acre minimum lot size. Each lot has a minimum of one acre. Weinberger noted the area for the drainage and ravines have been taken out of the calculations in determining dry buildable. Weinberger stated Lots 1 through 4 would access off the new cul-de-sac within Outlot B, with a driveway to be constructed off of the proposed extended Garden Lane, which would serve Lot 5. Variances to lot width for Lots 2 and 3 are required. In order to keep the street and the cul-de-sac from extending too far into the property. Staff had requested that the road be built as short as possible to lessen the impact to the area, to reduce the amount of hardcover, and to allow the houses to be built on the flatter ground. Weinberger stated the lot width requirement could be met by allowing the longer cul-de-sac. Weinberger stated extension of the walking path for people along Tonkaview and this development is being pr<;posed. Staff stated approval could be recomended on this application subject to the following conditions: 1. Lot width variances be approved for 2 and 3. 2. Drainage and utility easements be dedicated on the final plat 10 feet along exterior property lines and five feet along interior property lines, stormwater detention ponds located on Lots 1 and 5. 3. Drainage easements shall be dedicated for the lower ravine located on Lot 2 and a conservation and flowage easement shall be dedicated over die south portion of Lot 2 to ensure tlie higher elevations of the ravine are also protected. 4. A conservation easement be placed over Outlot A to protect the ravine from an\‘ land alteration and vegetation removal and over the east side of Lots 2 and 3. 5. Utility installation shall require directional bored lines under Wildhurst Trail and between Lots 2 and 3. 6. Subdivider shall satisfy all concerns and requirements noted in the letter dated August 15,2000, by Tom Kellogg, City Engineer. PAGE 2