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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, November 9, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />11. #15-3784 CITY OF ORONO TEXT AMENDMENT REGULATING LIVING WALLS <br />(continued) <br />McMillan stated people have also put chain link fences up and then planted arborvitae along the fence to <br />hide it. McMillan stated she would like to see Tonka Bay's ordinance. <br />Loftus stated she does not consider Tonka Bay's ordinance a success and that it would not necessarily be <br />a model ordinance to follow. Loftus stated most of the time people are respectful of their neighbors and <br />that the question is whether this ordinance will help address those situations where there is a problem. <br />Loftus stated in her view it does not and that enforcing it would be difficult. <br />Cornick asked if it would be a responsible option to do nothing. <br />Walsh stated the other side of that is that City could also create more problems by doing something. <br />Cornick stated even with a perfect ordinance, people will try to get around the ordinance, which may <br />create more problems. <br />Walsh stated if there are too many loopholes, there are too many of them, and that it would be impossible <br />to address all of them. <br />Printup stated the City could also move forward with it and then add to it if there are still complaints, <br />which is not necessarily a good option. <br />Walsh stated the City cannot regulate all types of behavior. <br />McMillan asked if the City Council should table this. <br />Barnhart stated the Council could do that, which would give him more time to understand the impacts. <br />Cornick asked if the City could force arbitration on two neighbors. <br />Mattick stated they cannot. Mattick stated if there is merely a disagreement between two neighbors but <br />no ordinance is being violated, the City would not be able to do anything. <br />Levang asked if the Planning Commission would be amenable to the Council tabling it to 2016. <br />Barnhart stated in his view they would and that they recognize the problems and challenges with the <br />ordinance, which is why they did not have a strong recommendation for the Council. <br />Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to table Application No. 15-3784, City of Orono text amendment <br />regulating living walls, and to direct Staff to place this ordinance on the 2016 City Council task list. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />Page 20 of 24 <br />