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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 8, 2018 7*00 o'clock p.m. 7. Fill in the floodplain4 Based on preliminary plans, it appears that the house pads will require fill to elevate above the flood elevation. This may be resolved with more detail being provided and/or shifting the house pads further to the north. The Council is asked to provide non -binding feedback on the issues presented. Walsh asked if the applicant would be permitted to build a house on each one of the small lots. Barnhart stated technically they could not but since there is no existing home, they could combine the lots to get as close to the requirement as possible. There is enough land to meet the one -acre minimum. Printup noted on Maple Place those were platted lots and they were able to build on them. Barnhart stated it might be that those lots meet the 66 percent requirement of the DNR. If a lot exceeds 66 percent of the DNR's requirements for lot size, they can be developed. The lots on Baldur Park do not meet that requirement. Barnhart noted there is a clause in the code that says when they own contiguous Lakeshore properties, they can combine them to get as close as possible to the lot size requirement, and in this case they have enough to meet the one -acre requirement. City Attorney Mattick stated if the lots are nonconforming but meet certain minimum requirements, such as the 66 percent, they are allowed to build. If they do not meet that requirement, the statute says if the lots are under common ownership, they have to combine them to get it to the minimum conforming size and not the 66 percent. Printup asked what is being proposed for the other lots at the point. Barnhart stated part of Staff s recommendation is to include a plan for those five lots since that would impact the width of the road and emergency services. Printup asked if the City should plan for five future lots. Walsh stated the plan could change the next day and that the City has to plan for the worst possible scenario. Printup asked if there is an easement over the property. Barnhart stated to his knowledge there is an easement but nothing was platted for access. In the past the City vacated a portion of the road because it was in the water. Printup asked if those easements can be cleaned up as part of this plat. Barnhart stated from a planning perspective, they are open to not having it be a public street beyond a certain point. Baldur Park Road could terminate in a cul-de-sac, with a private road or a shared driveway beyond the cul-de-sac. Walsh stated a private road can only serve so many homes. Barnhart stated the road could serve a number of homes and that they are within the. allowable range. Page 12 of 18