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�o�o <br /> � <br /> To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission Members y� � <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administrator q �,�' <br /> ` 'rESHo� <br /> From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br /> Date: luly 20, 2015 <br /> Subject: #15-3766, City of Orono, <br /> Ordinance Amendment:Accessory Structure <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The proposed ordinance would codify the practice of applying average <br /> setback to lots adjacent to unimproved lots or ROW. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the draft <br /> ordinance as presented. Alternatively, staff would appreciate direction as to alternative <br /> language. <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> ExhibitA. Draft Ordinance <br /> Exhibit 8. Lot Schematic <br /> Exhibit C. Minutes from Joint PC/CC Meeting November 5, 2014 <br /> Exhibit D. Summary Memo dated September 21, 2011 <br /> Background <br /> The review of Average Setback and its application was deemed a high priority of the Planning <br /> Commission and the City Council at their joint workshop on November 5, 2014; these minutes <br /> are attached.The Planning Commission further discussed the topic at their meeting on January <br /> 7, 2015. Unfortunately,there are no minutes from that meeting. <br /> The history of average setback is lengthy, and summarized in the attached memo (Exhibit D) <br /> from Mike Gaffron to Staff, Planning Commission, and the City Council dated September 21, <br /> 2011. <br /> The code currently reads: <br /> 78-1279(6J Average lakeshore setback. No principa/or accessory structure shall be <br /> located c/oser to the lakeshore than the average distance from the shoreline of <br /> existing residence buildings on adjacent lots;except that this does not apply to <br /> stairwpys, lifts, landings, lockboxes,flagpo/es and pump houses. Further, the average <br /> lakeshore setback shall apply only to classi�ied/akes and shall not apply to tributaries. <br /> The average/akeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most <br /> lakeward protrusions of the residence buildings on the immediately adjacent <br /> lakeshore lots. <br /> a. In instances where the average lakeshore setback cannot be met, administrative , <br />