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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 13,1997 (#9 - #2295 Conley Brooks Jr. - Continued) footprint to maintain a 26 ’ wetland separation. Gaffron said in Staffs opinion the only rationale for approving the garage is based on the fact there is an existing garage. Gaffron said the negative visual impacts of the structure located 1’ from street right-of- way should outweigh the convenience aspect of the structure. He indicated the doors would be located to the side rather than on the street side and the garage would not have a driveway. Gaffron indicated the code does allow for a 20 s.f. lock box, 4' in height and within the 0-75' zone, but this would not provide the storage needs of the applicant. Staff questioned whether the garage could be located elsewhere on the property. Staff does not recommend approval of the garage based on the facts found. Gaffron said Staff does not recommend location of a fence in the right-of-way. The existing fence is in poor condition. A conforming location would be 20' or more from the traveled road. Staffs opinion is a fence located 10' from the road would have more of a visual impact and possibly create a problem with snow storage. The Planning Commission recommended approval of fence replacement with a height of 6' and located 10' from pavement. Staffs recommendation for the fence would be a location at least 15' from the road with existing shrubbery located in front of it for screening and additional screening planted to essentially make it disappear from view. A hold harmless agreement would be required. Gaffron noted that a major portion of the fence would be within 75' of the shoreline. Jabbour asked about the location of the pavement on the right-of-way. Gaffron said the 20' paved road is fairly centered within the 66’ wide right-of-way. There have been survey markers placed in the past. It appears that the fence is in the used portion of the property due to the wide right-of-way. Jabbour asked Barrett to comment on locating a fence within the right-of-way. Barrett said if it was approved, it should be subject to the right to expand the right-of-way if necessary. Brooks indicated that the variance requests w'ere part of his plan for improvements of the acquired Skarp property. He said he removed the house that was located on Lot 11 and eliminated hardcover. The proposed garage would be used for storage as the home is located on an island and has no good area for a storage structure to house seasonal equipment. Brooks noted many of the same problems would be encountered if he attempted to locate the garage on the main property. He is walling to add plantings where necessary. 8