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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, March 17, 2014 6:30 o'clock p.m. Schoenzeit stated in his view less disruption would be better and that the variance would be unique to this property . Land graver asked if the house to the south is in a different orientation . Curtis indicated it is . Land graver asked if the house to the north is almost parallel with this house. Curtis indicated it is. Leskinen commented the average lakeshore setback line is challenging on an island with a lakeshore that curves . Landgraver noted this is new development, and if there is an opportunity to do it correctly , the Planning Commission should not dismiss it that quickly. Schwingler stated not having the variance would be preferred but that he understands the desire to retain the trees . Lemke stated it appears from the tree survey that they would only be disrupting one 8-inch tree to move the hou se further back. Schwingler stated given that, he would lean more toward denial of the average lakeshore setback variance provided the tree survey is correct. Curtis stated the survey does depict the trees. Schoenzeit asked if the survey is essentially correct. Johnson stated there are a number of trees that are smaller than what is required to be placed on a survey but that it is essentially correct. Berg asked if the deck would be located within the 0-75 foot zone. Curtis stated the entire back part of the deck would be within the 0-75-foot zone as well as a portion of the screen porch . Berg stated if it is moved back three to five feet , it would not be in the average lakeshore setback. Berg asked if the applicant would be impacted by moving the structure back three to five feet to eliminate the · need for the average lakeshore setback variance . Johnson stated he is not sure whether that would impact them and noted the majority of the screen porch is outside the average lakeshore setback but the deck is not. Johnson pointed out the location of the screen porch and that a little comer of it would fall into that setback. r ,- J , I . / Lemke noted the d~k encroach e,s mto the setback . . . ) I . .) r .,, Page 18 of 26