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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, August 20, 2018 6*30 o'clock p.m. Staff does not support the proposal as drafted due to the following: a. The proposal creates a nonconforming parcel by virtue of creating an easement back lot. b. Access to the lot is in question and information supporting access rights to the development have not been provided. c. The lot proposed requires a lake yard setback to improve the property. Staff recommends a lot be created at or nearer the point that does not require a lake setback to develop. Thiesse asked if they would require 30 feet to create an outlot. Barnhart indicated they would need a 30-foot wide outlot to provide access to the front lot/back lot. The City would also look for some sort of turnaround within the development. This plat is similar to a recent application approved on Ivy Place. In that situation, the developer agreed to provide onsite turnarounds and sprinkler the buildings to help offset the challenges created by the long road ending in a dead end. Thiesse asked what this would do to the development of the next lots down. Barnhart stated the sketch plan does not address that and that they are simply proposing to plat these four lots into one buildable lot. Thiesse asked if it would preclude them from developing those lots. Barnhart stated it would depend on whether the Planning Commission was okay with waiving the access for the proposed lot. The front lot/back lot situation basically allows them to create this lot and then one additional lot that would be accessed via the outlot. Thiesse asked if a cul-de-sac would need to be constructed if the Planning Commission is not agreeable with the front lot/back lot. Barnhart stated that is one of the options. Sven Gustafson, Stone wood, stated this is a unique property since it is located on a peninsula and is narrow. To develop the property in any way would require some variances and that they are here looking for some feedback and direction on how best to proceed with developing it. In regards to the road, currently Baldur Park Road is 12 feet wide and it would not make much sense to have a 24-foot wide road at the end of the 12-foot road. Gustafson stated they are looking at an outlot that would serve some lots beyond this property. Gustafson stated they do not know about the wetlands at this point. Once the wetland is delineated, that will likely drive some changes. Gustafson stated obviously the 75-foot Lakeshore setbacks are impossible to meet no matter what they do with the lot lines. Chair Thiesse asked for public comment at 6:49 p.m. Page 2 of 5