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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,October 19,2015 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> the trees. Holzem stated in her view there are other alternatives that can be explored instead of a structure <br /> of that size. <br /> Kaylen Whitmore, 3403 East Lake Street, stated she is the eastern most property on the block near <br /> Bayside Road. Whitmore stated she owns a double lot with a two-car detached garage. The next property <br /> over has no garage, then there is a one-car garage, no garage currently on the subject property, a two-car <br /> garage on the double-wide lot, and then two one-car garages, which is appropriate for this size lot. <br /> Whitmore noted the proposed square footage of the garage is half the size of her house. <br /> Whitmore stated she is also worried about the health of the creek and the lake. Even with removing <br /> additional hardscape on the lot, with a double-car garage, the applicants would be 1,200 square feet over <br /> the allowable limit. Whitmore stated she purchased her house on Stubbs Bay and Stubbs Creek thinking <br /> that this was lakeshore living and that she was allowed a 970 square foot house. Whitmore indicated she <br /> traded those things to be on the creek and the lake, and that in her view it is a responsibility as a <br /> homeowner in choosing what they want to live with. Whitmore stated that responsibility needs to be <br /> paramount along this stretch of land since they are the last leg of the creek before it hits the lake. <br /> Whitmore stated to allow that much hardscape on this size lot is not doable from an ecological standpoint. <br /> Whitmore stated as far as the previous garage is concerned,to her knowledge it was built in the 1940s and <br /> was placed that close to the creek far before anybody had any real concerns and codes about what should <br /> be done next to the lake. <br /> Acting Chair Landgraver closed the public hearing at 7:22 p.m. <br /> Curtis displayed an aerial photograph of the area. <br /> Gaffron pointed out the location of the applicants' house and the double-wide lot and the creek bed. <br /> McGrann asked if the garage would be almost to the front of where the hardcover is in the picture. <br /> Gaffron indicated that is correct. <br /> Lemke pointed out the house on the left appears to be closer to the lake. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if these homes are afforded an average lakeshore setback. <br /> Gaffron stated the applicants' house and the house on either side would be considered lakeshore lots. The <br /> homes further east are not lakeshore lots. Gaffron stated the lot to the immediate east would have an <br /> average lakeshore setback argument where the one further east would not. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if the distance from the bay window to the 6-foot line is 13 feet based on the survey. <br /> Gaffron stated the 6-foot line is an old lot line and that one lot is 44 feet wide and one lot is 56 feet wide. <br /> Schoenzeit stated given the issues with the average lakeshore setback for the neighbor, in his view a <br /> single double-deep garage attached to the house is far more appropriate than locating the detached garage <br /> there. Schoenzeit stated it is his understanding the applicant was not the owner when the old garage was <br /> there and that it was just a slab when he purchased it. <br /> Page 9 of 29 <br />