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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,July18,2016 6:30 o'clock p.m. average lakeshore setback in order to install solar panels on the roof of the existing cabin, per Stafr s recommendation. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. #16-3841 CITY OF ORONO, TEXT AMENDMENT: FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS, 8: p. -8:20 P.M. tated the proposed ordinance would modify Orono's existing floodplain ordinance to e consistent ·th the National Flood Insurance Program. The NFIP has updated their model or ance recently, and order for someone to be included in the national Flood Insurance Program, e City must adopt floodplain lations by ordinance. Inclusion in the NFIP allows local property o ners to obtain flood insurance, w h may be a requirement of some mortgages. Without insurance, :g perty owners would not be able to r ance their mortgage or purchase a home with a loan. The draft ordinance will rep ce Orono 's existing floodplain regulations and wou incorporate some additional definitions utilized the City but follows the DNR recommended llinance closely. If the Planning Commission recommen approval of the ordinance, it would then e sent to the DNR for their review, followed by City Council re ·ew. Barnhart noted the changes are highlighte 2. Page 4, Lines 17-25, additional informatio en included regarding the regulatory flood protection elevation (RFPE). 3. Page 9, the two areas that the DNR has ommen ed as optional have been highlighted. The first addition concerns the use of met ds to elevate tructures. The second addition is in regards to alternative elevation methods ot r than the use of 1. Barnhart stated the Planning Commission has the option of 1 ing those two items in he ordinance or to remove them. Planning Staff recommends approv.: . Leskinen noted Page 5, Lines 7-40 under Establishment of Zoning Dist ts, have the letters AE and A and AE highlighted. Les · en asked whether there is any significance to th' highlighting. Barnhart indicated those eas were highlighted so he can discuss those with e DNR so he can have a better understanding the zoning districts. Barnhart stated no changes are be· made to that section . McGrann asked · there is any concern that this will not be completed by Novembe 4 . Barnhart s ted the next step is to forward it on to the DNR. Barnhart stated the chang are relatively that Staff does not anticipate any problems receiving approval from the DNR. does not respond or is not in support of them, he will pull those changes out of e ordinance p to it going to the City Council and that he does not anticipate any problems meeting the ovember 4 eadline. Lemke asked if the optional ones should remain. Page 17 of 19