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ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 17,1999 #2490 CHARLES AND SUE VAN EECKHOUT, CONTINUED Gaffron remarked that if the Applicant took the total buildable acreage of the property and divided it by two, the Applicant might be able to put a maximum of seven homes on this property, and that clustering may help to preserve some of the natural features of the area. Van Eeckhout commented that the City should take a long-range view as far as it relates to sewer issues, noting that in his opinion eventually sewer will more than likely be needed in Orono. Gaffron stated this application will go before the City Council at their June 14th meeting, noting that no formal action is needed to be taken by the Planning Commission on this application. (#12) #2491 DEBORAH SHOLL, 4100 WATERTOWN ROAD - SKETCH PLAN Deborah Sholl was present. Weinberger stated the Applicant is requesting a sketch plan review for a Class 111 Subdivision for property located at 4100 Watertown Road, which consists of approximately 37 acres. Approximately two acres is classified as Orono Wetlands and appear on the City Wetland maps. The Applicant is proposing to create two parcels, with one parcel being approximately 14 acres, 12 acres dry buildable, and the other west parcel would be 23 parcels. Weinberger stated that there was a conditional use permit on this property to allow the keeping of domestic animals for commercial purposes and to allow the continued use of the property for a public riding stable. Following sale of the property, the commercial use of the property has ceased. The property also contains two residential properties on one lot without a conditional use permit for a guest house. The lot was combined with another five aae lot to the northeast in January of 1996. Weinberger remarked that two oversized accessory buildings are located on the property. Oversized accessory buildings are allowed in this district subject to the condition that not more than one oversized accessory structure shall be permitted on any property. An oversized structure is defined as an accessory structure of footprint area in excess of 1,000 square feet. The total footfrint area for the two accessory buildings is 14,497 square feet. A number of variances would be required for this subdivision due to the oversized accessory buildings. Variances would be required to permit two oversized accessory buildings on one 12 acre lot where one is allowed; to permit two oversized accessory buildings larger than the 3,000 square feet maximum allowed for oversized accessory structures: and to permit 14,497 square feet for all accessory buildings where 6,000 square feet is allowed. Variances are also needed for setbacks to the houses and the guest house. There are also some structures located on the property without a principal structure. Weinberger stated that the use of an accessory building for keeping animals for non-commercial purposes is a permitted use provided it is for the non-commercial use of the property owner or resident and meets the available area standards, which requires that a minimum of two acres of open pasture must be available for a single horse and one additional acre must be available for each additional horse. Weinberger stated that Watertown Road is a City owned right-of-way. The Subdivision Code requires the north 33 feet of Watertown Road be dedicated to the City. The portion of the property dedicated is not considered as lot area. Page 18