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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday ,June 18,2007 7:00 o'clock p .m. (4.#07-3290 BENJAMIN SACHS FOR DRK FAMILY ASSOCIATION, Continued) Chair Kempf stated that he failed to see any reason to support the application and believed the applicant should be satisfied with the two decks they have. Chair Kempf moved, Kroeger seconded, to recommend denial. VOTE: Ayes 2, Nays 3, Winer, Zullo, and Kang Dissenting. The Motion failed. Winer moved to table in order to give the owner time to redesign and recalculate his proposal. Sachs stated that he could not believe what he was hearing, maintaining that no one ever told him when he purchased his home that he had to remove all of these things and that he was out of compliance. He told the Commission to go ahead and vote on his application . Winer withdrew her earlier motion . Winer moved, Kroeger seconded, to recommend denial of Application #07-3290, Benjamin Sachs for DRK Family Association, 2523 Kelly Avenue. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. NEW BUSINESS 5. #07-3193 GEORGE STICKNEY FOR BRUCE PADDOCK, 1500 BRACKETTS OINT ROAD, VARIANCE Turner pointed out that the applicant has requested a hardcover variance to allow 31.13 % hardcover in the 75-250 ' zone to provide for construction of a replacement residence. She explained that this lot was created by a plat that is a replat of two lots and a street that had shifted . the roadway away from the lakeshore. The other lot is divided by the new road into a .53 acre parcel and 1.4 7 acre parcel, so land was taken from the original lot to make the other lot 2 acres . She shared comparisons of the applicant's lots to three various shaped lots that meet the minimum · for the zoning district and went on to explain that, clearly, having a 0-75 ' zone on three sides that comprises 55% of the property reduces the overall allowable hardcover as compared to lots with only one side abutting the lake. She encouraged the Commission to consider whether a reasonably sized home with reasonable amenities and driveway could be developed without a hardcover vanance . Turner stated that staff recommends denial of the variance as reasonable use of the property could be made without the hardcover variance and the impact of the variance would be increased because most of the hardcover lies within 150' of the lake and most of the runoff would directly run to the lake through a limited portion of the 0-75 ' zone setback. George Stickney, 2590 Countryside Drive, representative of Bruce Paddock, stated that the proposal would reduce the hardcover in the 0-75 ' zone by 13 ,000 s.f. He maintained that is there were ever a hardship lot, this was it , as it is one of merely five point lots within Orono and surrounded by water on three sides. With 1,000 feet oflakeshore and a width of no more than 250' anywhere on the site , Stickney maintained that the applicant would be allowed to build a more PAGE4 of8