06/15/2015 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLA1vNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,June 15,2015 6:30 o'clock p.m. Hiller requested the Planning Commission table his application. Hiller questioned whether the neighbors will accept something other than 30 feet, and stated that if they are required to build within the allowable footprint,the neighbors may not like the appearance of the house. Leskinen stated it may not be something that can be negotiated with the neighbors, but that there are parameters that the Planning Commission needs to approve an application, such as a practical difficulty. Leskinen noted the Council may prefer to deny it. Hiller asked if they are allowed to change the request in front of the Council. Curtis stated the Council will want something that is representative of what was discussed at the public hearing. Curtis stated if the applicant follows the direction of the Planning Commission,they likely would be fine with that, but if the applicant brought back something totally different than what was contemplated tonight, they might elect to send it back to the Planning Commission. Hiller asked whether the Planning Commission could vote on it tonight and whether he could then bring a revised plan before the City Council for something less than 30/30. Curtis indicated he could. Leskinen noted a motion and a second have been made to deny the application. Thiesse stated in his view a practical difficulty is attempting to fit in the neighborhood but the neighbors do not have setbacks that fit the lots that they have. Thiesse stated the applicant is the new guy in the neighborhood and this is a clean sheet, but that in his opinion the rest of the neighbors are not showing that they conform either. VOTE: Ayes 6,Nays 0. 14. #15-3743 IRWIN JACOBS, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE, SKETCH PLAN REVIEW, 11:45 P.M.— 12:02 P.M. Irwin Jacobs, Applicant, was present. Barnhart stated this is a sketch plan review for a 29-acre property comprised of one parcel. The applicant is proposing to divide the parcel into four single-family residential lots. The new lots will be created on the portion of the property north of the home and accessed by an extension of Heritage Lane from the west. The existing home and its accessory structures and buildings will be contained within Lot 4. All lots are proposed to be served with private wells and City sewer. The proposed 4-lot subdivision appears to be in conformity with the guiding of this area for single-family rural residential development at a density of one unit per two acres. The properties are located in the LR-lA District,which allows for single-family residential uses with a minimum lot size of two dry buildable acres. The sketch submitted by the applicant appears to meet this requirement. The proposed single-family development also appears to be consistent with existing development in the surrounding neighborhood. Page 44 of 53