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• MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 26, 2001 ( #2550 Charles Van Eeckhout; Continued) Sansevere inquired whether the Applicant prefers the Council vote on the resolution. Van Eeckhout stated in his view the time extension is not the big issue tonight. Van Eeckhout stated until he signed the extension on December I", the City did not have extension for a period of time. Flint stated at the time the Applicant signed the last extension he agreed to do so without any prejudice to any rights which have accrued to the Applicant in the past. Mayor Peterson inquired whether the Applicant will agree to an extension. Van Eeckhout stated he is convinced an extension will not do anything for him. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. ( #6) #2631 CITY OF ORONO — ZONING CODE AMENDMENT — RPUD RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT — ORDINANCE NO. 202,2 ND SERIES Gaffron stated the City Council discussed this matter in a work session last week, with the • Council requesting some minor changes to the Ordinance. Gaffron stated the requested modifications have been incorporated into the ordinance and are defined in his February 23, 2001 memorandum. Gaffron recommended the Council adopt the ordinance for creation of a residential planned unit development district. Flint questioned the section regarding clustered use in a rural area and whether that is good policy on the part of the City. Flint inquired if someone had ten acres in a five acre zoning whether they would be permitted to have two units in close proximity to one another. Moorse stated it is his understanding of the ordinance that clustering of single family homes is permitted in the rural areas but clustering in addition to that is only permitted in the urban areas. Gaffron stated if a person has ten acres and wants to construct two dwellings in close proximity, that would be acceptable. Gaffron stated they would be permitted to construct two houses on the ten acres but not three. Gaffron stated it is reasonable to expect that someone might cluster eight homes on two acre sites with 32 acres remaining open in order to make the septic work. Flint stated that cluster is not attached. Gaffron stated with attached dwellings you start to deal with issues relating to sewer and maintaining open space. Flint stated the Council can probably review this issue in the future. Gaffron commented the City has generally thought of rural areas as having single family units • and not attached housing units. PAGE 13