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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />MEETING HELD ON MAY 20. 1996 <br />(#4 - #2154 Robert Charles .Albrecht - Continued) <br />>\lbrechl responded that, although he has owned the property since 1991, he was not <br />aware of haidcover variances He also noted that the proposal results in a net decrease in <br />hardcover of 78 s f <br />Peterson commented that the applicant knew that a building permit would be required to <br />construct the deck Lindquist said he would not ha\ e agreed to a new deck Peterson <br />noted that the deck is not in the 0-75' setback <br />Albrecht informed the Planning C ommissioners that the 1991 approv al of hardcov er in the <br />75-250' zone of 34% was comparable to other homes in the neighborhood Lindquist <br />responded that there was a discrepancy in the hardcover calculation Gaftron said the <br />current calculation by StatT should be considered as accurate <br />Smith said there were no opportunities for exchanges in order to further reduce hardcover <br />Gaffron agreed that the stairway to the lake was necessary'. <br />Peterson reiterated that the 1991 resolution implied no more hardcover would be allowed <br />and reconstruction of a deck would have to meet City codes <br />Albrecht responded that he was informed that if he replaced the stairway and deck, board <br />by board, he w ould not need a variance <br />Stoddard commented that a neighbor had complained that the lakeshore stair encroached <br />on their dock Peterson said he personally had no problem with the stairs <br />Hawn said approv al of the deck would render the process meaningless She did comment <br />on the attractiveness of the deck <br />Albrecht asked, if he would reduce the size of the drivew ay, if the Commission would <br />approve the deck He was informed that the issue was the approval in 1991 Albrecht <br />said owners should be made aw are of variances Lindquist informed him that this would <br />have been done if/Vlbrecht had follow ed the procedure of seeking a building permit <br />Smith followed this comment with noting that building permits are a trigger mechanism for <br />discovery of necessary information. <br />Gaffron asked the Planning Commissioners to read the notation on the inspection notice <br />from 1991 on the building permit that the "resolution provided to new owner". It was <br />further noted that there is no policy requiring the City to relay this information to new <br />buyers.