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r <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COM1I�II�SION MEETIl�TG <br /> Mondtty,October 19,2015 <br /> 6:30 o'ctock p.m. ���� <br /> ,� � <br /> Lappen indicated they have discussed with Staff changing ti�e pitch of t�►e roof and thst they are open to �� <br /> �aiz,� <br /> ��' 6 <br /> Acting Chair Landgraver openad the public hesring at 7:15 p.m. <br /> Rebecca Holzem,3407 East Lake Str•eet,stabed her properiy is directly to the oast of t�is site. Halzem <br /> stated there was a structure t]�at had been there for years. Holzem stated at ti�e time she ptu�chased her <br /> property in 1996,the structure w�s not useable and was sinking irna the ground. Foz 15 years the <br /> structure was not u�eable unless they wheelad a motorcycle or a lawn mower into a side doar, Holzem <br /> si�bed it came down to the poi�where she requestec�the City condemn t�e garrage because it was falling <br /> down and every time it would storm pxeces of the garage would end up in her yard. The City did require <br /> removal of the garage. Holzem stated since it was falbing or sinking into the ground, it had not been used <br /> for an e�bensive period of time prior to that. <br /> Hol�em stated with regards to the setback,originally the applicants had asked for a 3-foot setback and are <br /> now asking for a 5-foot setback. Holzem atated if the Planning Commission reviews the photographs she <br /> has submitted,five feet is not much and ten feet would be more optimal. �Iolzem stated the proposed <br /> garage is more than half of the total footprint of her totat house. <br /> Holzem stabad wi�regards to sight views,her lower level has a patia on tlie southeast corner of the <br /> house,so when she is sittin.g in her home,she would be looking at a garage. Fram the upper Ievel,she <br /> would be looking at a garage, and on the side overlooking the property firnn the daning roamlliving room <br /> area,she would be looking at a garage roof. Holzem not�ed the former garage was only nine f�aet tall <br /> where this proposed garage is almost 16 f�eet tall end would oomplete restrict her views. <br /> Holzem stabed iun her view it is excessive. The other properties in the neighborhood with similar width <br /> have singlo-car garages or no garage at all. Holzern stabed her solution would be to attach the garage to <br /> the home and reduce the hardcover foatprint,which would allow him ta have a single-car garage. <br /> Hoizexn noted she was only allowed to cons�uct a singl�car garage at the time she construcbed her house. <br /> Holzem noted thete was some discussion about restoring the property to what it pnwiously was,but that <br /> iz�.ha view the spplicants cannot restore it to a nonfunctionic�g garage. The spplicants have also stated <br /> Page 12 of 44 <br />