Project Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 (#2521 Joe Haus, Continued) Haus inquired whether improvements could be made to the existing garage located on the property. Weinberger stated a building permit would need to be applied for prior to any improvements being made on the garage. Smith moved, Lindquist seconded, to recommend approval of Application #2521, 4485 Bayside Road, and grant a conditional use permit to permit construction of a garage with living space above it as a guest house on the property, subject to the condition that the guest house be connected to the existing septic system at the time the new residence is completed. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays o. (Recess taken from 7:28 p.m. -7:31 p.m.) SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS (#3) #2522 THE BANCOR GROUP, INC., SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WILLOW DRIVE NORTH AND COUNTY ROAD 6 -CLASS Ill SUBDIVISION, 7:31 p.m. -9:03 p.m. David Newman and Marty Campion, The Bancor Group, appeared. Weinberger stated the Bancor Group has submitted a preliminary plat application for a 58 acre parcel located at the southwest corner of County Road 6 and Willow Drive North which proposes to subdivide the property into 49 lots, with an average density of approximately one acre per dwelling unit. The Applicants are requesting that the property be rezoned to R-1A to allow the one acre per unit density and develop the property as a Planned Residential Development. A PRD is a conditional use in the R-1A District. The purpose of a PRO is to enhance the appearance of neighborhoods through preservation of natural open spaces and to counteract the effects of urban congestion. A PRO would allow the property to be developed at one unit per acre, however, the average lot size would be less than one acre. The remainder of the property would be held by the Homeowners Association as open space. Weinberger stated the Applicants are proposing access through a newly platted street, with no access to this development off of Willow Drive or County Road 6. However, on five lots Willow Drive would be considered the rear yard. The proposed rezoning of the site would allow a higher density development. The property could not sustain a rural style development with individual septic systems due to the high water table and poor soil types present. It may be appropriate to utilize this property as a buffer zone between the different uses surrounding the proposed development, with two acre density east of Willow Drive, two acre density north of County Road 6, the Orono School Campus to the west, and possible townhome/office use along Highway 12 and Kelley Parkway to the south. Rezoning the property to sustain higher density housing may be appropriate for this area because sanitary sewer is available and would be a condition of approval. Development of this area as a PRO would also allow for the creation of conservation outlots along County Road 6 and Willow Drive, which would allow the highest concentration of lots being located within the interior of the property. The City's Comprehensive Plan suggests that this area might be suitable for a PUD. Newman stated following their last appearance before the Planning Commission, they have reduced the proposed number of lots for this development to 49 ar.d relocated the access north. Newman stated this development would serve as a transition zone between the two acre density areas to the Page 7