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meeting of the ORONO council, DECEMBER 30, 1982 PAGEr3- <br />ORDINANCE CON’T.M.nyol* Van Nest asked at this tiwe who he had sold <br />the parcel to, Mr. Ahern stated he sold it to <br />various people. Mayor Van Nest asked hov; many <br />people, Mr. Ahern stated he sold 6 lots to six <br />different people. Mr. Ahern stated he had no use <br />for the property so he sold it. Mayor Van Nest <br />asked did you have knowledge when you sold them <br />that this land was not buildable? Mr. Ahern <br />stated his attorney said they were buildable as a <br />seasonal dwelling under the terms of this <br />ordinance the way it had been written. Mayor Van <br />Nest stated, "it would be one building site. <br />There is not enough land there for two parcels on <br />that piece of land under our present code". <br />Mr. Ahern again stated under the new ordinance, <br />those are over 1/3 acYe, they are all <br />approximately 1/2 acre and the new owner should be <br />intitled to building rights just as Mr. Bacckus <br />should be intitled to building rights on his 1/2 <br />acre. <br />Mayor Van Nest then stated, that he heard what Mr. <br />Ahern was saying but that he was not getting a <br />sympathetic ear from the City because he had <br />plenty of knowledge knowing exactly what was going <br />on when he sold the parcels of land. The City is <br />going to be extremely resistant to issuing o <br />different building permits on those parcels. <br />Mr. Ahern stated that was between the new owners <br />and the City that he did not v;ant to get involved. <br />Mayor Van Nest stated that he felt Mr. Ahern was <br />involved, because he had good enough knowledge of <br />what the situation was.‘ Mr. Ahern stated he was <br />upset because he had to sell the land at a discount <br />to get rid of it becuase it is not worth as much now <br />with the new ordinance pending. <br />Hurr stated that of the six lots v;ere sold as <br />buildable why did he have to take a discount? <br />Mr. Willie Crear then stated the timing of the <br />addition of the language to the ordinance appears <br />to be designed Specifically to prohibit anymore <br />parcels in this piece. <br />Mr. Zane Scheftel of Excelsior, also present, <br />commented that he wanted his year round residence <br />grandfathered into the ordinance so that he would <br />not have any trouble continuing to live there full <br />time. <br />! <br />pI <br />There follov/ed discussion about the reasons for