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�o�o <br /> To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission Members <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administrator s� � <br /> G <br /> !�'�f 5 H n�� <br /> From: leremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br /> Date: October 19, 2015 <br /> Subject: #15-3784, City of Orono, <br /> Text Amendment: Lighting and Living Walls <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The draft ordinance proposes new language, defining glare and living <br /> walls, establishing the same as nuisances, and provides lighting requirements. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the ordinance as <br /> drafted. <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> Draft Ordinance <br /> Planning Commission packet dated September 21, 2015 <br /> Foot candle comparison chart <br /> Background <br /> City Council has directed staff to review city ordinances in response to a number of complaints <br /> regarding lighting so placed to negatively impact the enjoyment of neighboring residential <br /> properties, and the use of landscaping that has the same impact on lake views as structures. <br /> A regulatory response is proposed as part of a single ordinance. The Planning Commission may <br /> separate both solutions to allow for additional review time as appropriate. <br /> On September 21, the Planning Commission reviewed a draft of the ordinance; comments <br /> included: <br /> Define length of the living wall. The proposed ordinance identifies "a combination of <br /> three or more evergreen plants that are 6ft or more in height and planted in such a manner that <br /> their spacing is equal to the width of the plant." <br /> Living walls in the lake yard versus the average lake shore setback. The draft ordinance <br /> proposes the lake yard. <br /> Analysis <br /> Li�htin� <br /> Concern: As stated previously, our unique neighborhoods have evolved creatively over time, and <br /> do not have uniform setbacks, nor do they have a uniform orientation or separation from each <br /> other. The consequence is that the living areas of a home are often adjacent to the more private <br /> areas of neighboring homes. Front or side security lights may be in line with neighboring <br />