06-20-2016 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,June 20,2016 6:30 o'clock p.m. ROLL CALL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Chair John Thiesse, Commissioners Bruce Lemke, Denise Leskinen, Chad Olson, and Loren Schoenzeit. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron,City Planner Melanie Curtis, and Recorder Jackie Young. Council Members Lizz Levang and Dennis Walsh were present. Chair Thiesse opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. NEW BUSINESS 1.APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 16,2016 Leskinen moved, Schoenzeit seconded,to approve the minutes of the Orono Planning Commission meeting of May 18,2016,as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. 2.15-3763A CHRISTOPHER W. BOLLIS,200-350 STUBBS BAY ROAD NORTH, REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT, 6:32 P.M.—6:56 P.M. Christopher Bollis, Applicant, was present. Gaffron stated this is a proposed revision of the seven lot subdivision layout that received preliminary plat approval in September of 2015. The revision is to reduce the number of lots from seven to five. Access to the three southerly lots will be via a private shared driveway extending north from Kintyre Lane. The two northerly lots will access from a shared driveway extending from the existing driveway corridor serving 350 Stubbs Bay Road North. All lots will be served by individual onsite sewage treatment systems and private wells as was originally proposed in September of 2015. Gaffron displayed the current layout of the plat on the overhead. Each of the lots was just over two acres of dry buildable and had acceptable house sites. The proposal is to reduce the number of lots down to five, with the access being relocated. Rather than having an extension of Kintyre Lane, the applicants are proposing an outlot that wou(d have a shared driveway that would serve Lots 1, 2, and 5. Also being proposed is a shared driveway outlot that would serve the existing house at 350 Stubbs Bay Road North as well as a new house on Lot 4. Gaffron stated one of the advantages with this layout is that the lots are now larger, which will likely result in more septic sites being available. For instance, Lot 1 now has four possible septic sites, Lot 2 has four, and the septic system for Lot 3 is now located completely within its property lines. Lots 4 and 5 are just barely two acres of dry buildable. The applicant is attempting to preserve the grouping of trees at the north end of Kintyre Lane. There is an existing house that will be removed and the applicants would like to construct a shared driveway that will skirt the trees and preserve as many of them as possible. Gaffron depicted the grove of trees on the overhead. Rather than extending the existing private roads,the applicant's proposal would simply extend shared driveways to serve proposed homes and would not Page 1