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MINUTES OF THE 1 <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,June 15,2015 <br /> 6:30 dclock p.m. <br /> covenants but any property owner in the development has that right. Watson stated even if you have a <br /> less than active association, it will only take one owner to take enforcement action. <br /> In addition, the covenants have a restoration obligation. Watson stated if somebody violates the <br /> covenants, there are a number of remedies, including planting mare trees than what were removed. The <br /> later submitted covenant contains an amendment provision to the declaration that is designed to protect <br /> not just the trees but also the prairie land provisions. Watson stated if anybody wants to amend anything <br /> about the Big Woods,they have to get everyone who does not have a Big Woods lot to also agree with it. <br /> Watson stated Section 9.4 is designed to make sure that that does not happen. Watson stated in his view <br /> the people with the biggest stake in enforcing the covenants are the people who purchase the lots and live <br /> there. <br /> Stickney stated when they sell a lot in the Big Woods,there are driveway location and building zones <br /> with legal descriptions attached to them. Stickney stated everyone in the development will know what <br /> they are doing when they purchase a lot and that it is unlikely that someone is going to buy a lot to go and <br /> violate a covenant since they will have a number of people watching them and penalties that will be <br /> enfarced. Stickney stated the only way to preserve a lot like this is to buy it and preserve it. <br /> Stickney noted Orono does not have a tree ordinance and that this is the strictest one Orono has ever seen. <br /> Stickney stated in his view Graham Hill is the second best. Stickney stated there are penalties if trees are <br /> cut down. <br /> McGrann asked what the tree coverage will look like as it relates to Lot 3, Block 2. <br /> Stickney stated the driveway will be beyond the wetland and away from the septic sites. Stickney <br /> indicated he plans on having 16 to 18 oak trees of significant size transplanted in there, which will be <br /> backed up with 25 plus pine trees in two rows. Stickney noted he also transplanted a number of large <br /> white pines on Willow Road approximately 15 years ago and that the development is now well screened. <br /> Stickney stated he will not stop making this development right. <br /> Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 7:25 p.m. <br /> Page 8 of 79 <br />