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Zoning File #1885 May 13. 1994 Page 3 of 6 Please review Exhibit B, applicant ’s addendum information. The 44 unit layout minimizes the impact upon the properties to the north and the school property to the west. Applicant had originally proposed special setbacks for the lots adjacent to the east along Willow Drive. Is a more restrictive setback adequate or should a landscape open space outlot be provided along the east boundary? It appears landscaping may be proposed within the residential lots. Applicant has not provided special setback information nor have house locations been noted. A loop road is no longer shown linking property to Sixth Avenue North. The new curb cut at the northeast comer of property would appear to meet the sighting distance from the intersection at County Road 6. The location of the access drive to the Shadowood plat is not shown and would have an impact on the final location ot new curb cut. All lots achieve access from the plat road and not from a shared driveway as originally shown with the 58 unit PUD. Applicant ’s addendum information did not propose special building setbacks so we must assume that the original setbacks proposed with the 58 unit PUD still holds tme tor the current and would be as follows: 30’ front yard setback typical. 30’ side along Willow Drive. 10’ side yard typical. 26 ’ to wetlands. Staff would recommend a 50’ side/street setback along Willow to be consistent with RR- IB setbacks. If RR-IB setback standards are to be maintained for the lots adjacent to Willow, the average lot width of 150’ would have to be expanded to create a feasible building envelope. Any filling of wetlands will be mitigated within the open space outlot along the north. As for grading and drainage concerns, the current plan does not provide the detail of the original so it is difficult to determine what impact any tilling may have in the creation of building pads. Once again, the City will not allow a natural wetlands such as Basin 6 or 7 to be filled. This would eliminate Lot 5 as Basin 7 extends northward. Although not in the same configuration as the City’s designated wetland maps, a closer examination has confirmed that the wetland extends northward and will be considered an Orono protected wetland. Review Exhibit L. designated wetlands shown within the interior of the loop will be tilled. As already noted in the earlier btaff memo of November 12. all wetlands not included within the conservation maps of the City will have to go through the required review of other agencies if there is to be a filling and mitigation of these wetlands. The City’s conservation maps include Basin 6, 7. 8. 9. 12. 12A and 13. If a City’s designated wetland is to be filled, it would be considered a variance and applicant would have to provide hardships.