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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, September 21, 2015 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />setbacks are required, and 49 feet from the south side lot line where a 30-foot setback is required. The <br />home is proposed to meet the no1th side yard setback at 55 feet. A pool in a conforming location is also <br />proposed. <br />Staff finds practical difficulties exist to supp01t redevelopment of this property, such as the substandard <br />lot area and width are not the result of actions by the landowner. The applicant is proposing to construct a <br />new single-family home, which is reasonable and consistent with th¢Comprehensive Plan. The <br />l ,,, <'. <br />hardcover and structural coverage proposed meet the requirements of the Zoning Code. <br />. . . <br />Granting front, rear, and side setback variances, in addit19n· to the lot area and lot width variances, to <br />redevelop this property will not merely serve as a cqnvenience to the applicant but are necessmy. The <br />proposed home and setbacks appear to be consistent ;wi~ the goals qf the Comprehensive Plan, fit the <br />character of the neighborhood, and do not. appear to adve~sely impJd adjacent properties. <br />:;/1 . ,' ' ,·,; <br />Planning Staff recommends approval of the applicafipn, The Planning Commission should discuss the <br />issues outlined in Staffs repo~~, :°pen the public hearing, and then make a. recommendation to the City <br />Council. <br />,;·. ! :'' ' ; ; ; <br />Jeff Zitzloff, Applicant, stated Staff \Y/lS ~e1y good to' work with and that he would ask for the Planning <br />Commission?~. supp{)lt., <br />i 1, j) <br />Chair Lesk.iilen opened the puMic,hearihg at 7:52 p.m. <br />,)J '' <br />Phil Kaley, 1395 Brown Road South>stated this area is ve1y old and was platted in the 1870s. Kaley <br />stated attempting to shoeh9rn in tw<? acre lots is this area was ludicrous and it got to be a tremendous <br />waste of City employees' tim~YI<aley stated it is nice to see a rundown prope1ty being replaced. <br />Berg asked him if he is in favor of the project. <br />Kaley indicated he is and that it is nice to see it happening. <br />Judy Sutherland, 1365 Arbor, stated she is here tonight for her son. Sutherland stated her son's prope1ty <br />abuts the empty lot. Sutherland asked if it will be a two-sto1y house. Sutherland noted there is hardly any <br />Page 21 of 68