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minutes of the orono planning commission meeting HELD ON MAY 19,1997 (#16 - #2239 Jim Waters - Continued) Gafifron noted the following areas requiring direction: 1) Garden Lane is a pubhcii^t- of-way so would become a public road; 2) the public road would extend to the cul-d^sac as it is in 8 sewered zone; 3) drainage and grading would require the applic^ to wth the City En^eer and Schoell and Madson and conader off-ute ponding requiring permission from the MCWD. Gafifron said there were no designated wetlands on the property. The lots would use private weUs. The developer would pay to lun sewer to the lots m addition to connection charges. Drainage easements would be required. Park impacts require discussion. Gafifron questioned how access is to be gained to HennessQ^ property. McMillan suggested a private driveway. Gafifron indicated tins option inay not be appropriate as it would require going throu^ the open space. A possible swap of land has been suggested as a way to solve the Hennessey lot problem. McMillan asked that the sketch plan be reviewed by the Park Commission. Gafifron was informed that the Planning Commission had no concerns with the subdiviaon as proposed. (#17) #2240 JIM WATERS, EGA INVESTMENT GROUP, INC., WILDHURST trail - SUBDIVISION/SKETCH PLAN REVIEW Jim Waters was present. Gafifron reported that tWs proposal includes three groups of property, the Van Sloun, two SoUner lots, and Morgart property, totaling of 28 acres. A portion of the property is zoned LR-IB, uwa acre, and a portion is zoned RR-IB, two acre. The MUSA line follows the zoning boundaiy. This presents an issue with possibly chan^ng the comprehenave plan to the two acre to one acre zoning and the need for a MUSA amentoent for sewering the two acre properties. The proposal calls for a 17 lot subdiviaon with 1-^ acres average per lot served by an extension road from Wildhurst TraD. The proposed road would extend north and west, with a driveway serving the back of a few lots. Gafifron indicated it could be argued that this would result in through lots with two paraUel roadways and requiring a conditional use permit for accessory structure. The use of Mghwood Lane to Garden Lane and Wildhurst is not a safe access option due to steep slopes. Gafifron indicated that the lots generally meet the 200’ lot width requirement for two acre zoning. At an average of 1-1/2 acre lots, this would place a large number of homes m m area where homes have not previously been located. They would also be located near the park land and might possibly change the nature of the park