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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,JulylS,2016 6:30 o'clock p.m. Acting Chair Lemke opened the public hearing at 6:49 p.m. There were no public comments regarding this application. Acting Chair Lemke closed the public hearing at 6:49 p.m. Olson commented the application appears to be fairly straight forward. Schoenzeit stated lining it up with the neighbor's house is visually appealing and that there is still plenty of room between the front of the house and the street, leaving a usable back yard. Schoenzeit moved, McGrann seconded, to recommend approval of Application No.16-3845, Tim and Julie Druk on behalf of Jan and Leonard Kennen, 1240 Arbor Street, granting oflot area, lot width, side yard, side street, and front yard setback variances per Staff recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. #16-3846 GREGG KATCHMARK, 140 LEAF STREET, VARIANCES, 6:50 P.M. - P.M. ark, Applicant, was present. applicant is requesting a creek setback variance and a hardcover · ance in order to replace the existing evated deck with a roofed open porch over an enclosed st ge area below within 75 feet of the OHWL the creek which is a Protected Tributary. The prop abuts the creek that flows from Lake Classen to Stu s Bay, which is a protected tributary and sub· t to a 75-foot structure setback as well as the standard limita · ns on hardcover in the 0-75 foot zone ortions of the existing house, deck, and patio are within 75 fe ally has an elevation at approximately the 960' contour. Staff has approached this application fro , he standpo · at construction of additions which would expand the footprint of this residence in the 5-foo etback, or which would increase hardcover within the 5-foot zone, would not be supportable. Ho r, the applicants are proposing to essentially replace the existing deck in its existing footprint, add oo ver it, create enclosed storage under it, and not increase hardcover from the existing levels xisting a: proposeft hardcover is just under 16 percent and is well below the 25 percent allowed for e property. No ditional hardcover is being added in the 0-75 foot zone so runoff from the site is no expected to increase. The only new structure footp · roposed is the 4-foot extension o e deck southward and the stairway leading to the driveway. Thi constitutes 46 square feet of added struc al hardcover in the 0-7 5 foot zone, while overall struc 1 coverage on the lot will still be at only 5.5 p cent, which is well below the 15 percent limit. The proposed roo ver the reconfigured deck would appear to provide functionah while enhancing the architectural st g of the existing residence. Because the proposed deck roof is wel elow the 30-foot height limit, · is not expected to be visually intrusive from neighboring properties. Staf es not believe the charac r of the neighborhood will change if the variances are granted. commends approval of the requested variances. Page 4 of 19