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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2001 • 6. #01 -2663 CPV Development Company, LLC., 4100 Watertown Road and 505 Orchard Park Road —Class III Preliminary Subdivision — Resolution No. 4642 Craig Alshouse was present representing CPV Development Company. Weinberger stated that the applicant was requesting approval for a preliminary subdivision of a 37 -acre parcel located at Watertown and Orchard Park Roads. Approximately 2 acres of the property is classified as wetlands. Proposed is a 6 lot residential plat. Four lots would be served by a private road. Proposed Lot 5 has access to Watertown Road and contains the primary house, a horse barn and riding arena. Lot 6 has a house located on the front property line and has access to Orchard Park Road. Both houses, the barn, and riding arena are proposed to remain on the properties. The horse barn and riding arena are Oversized Accessory Structures (OAS). The Planning Commission recommended the arena and barn should be subject to a restrictive covenant that would limit the future use or expansion of the buildings, limit their use to the keeping and raising of livestock and storage of "horse farm" equipment, and no commercial use of the structures should be permitted without a conditional use permit. Approval would require the following variances: to permit 2 OAS where 1 is allowed, to permit 2 OAS larger than the 3,000 s.f. maximum, to permit 14,497 s.f. for all accessory buildings where 6,000 is allowed. Also, a variance would be required for the lot width of is Lot 2, which fronts a cul de sac and does not meet the minimum 300' lot width for properties in the RR -1A zoning district. 0 Sansevere questioned the size of the horse barn versus the number of horses that would be allowed on the lot. Mr. Alshouse stated that they would not put more horses on lot 5 than allowed for that acreage. If the owner of lot 1 kept a horse on lot 1, they might use the trail easement to access lot 5 and use the riding arena at the owner of lot 5's discretion. Mr. Alshouse stated that they want to develop the land with a mind to preserving the wetland and maintaining rural charm by keeping the barn and arena. He stated that the barn is in very good condition and he has an interested buyer who would improve the barn. Flint questioned whether the Park Commission had looked at the application to consider building a trail from Watertown to Stubbs Bay Road. McDermott stated there was potential for a trail from Stubbs Bay Road to County Road 6. The Council discussed difficulties with the topography of the land. Flint suggested the Parks Commission look at the proposed development and consider the possibility of a trail. Weinberger stated that on page 4 of 12 in the Resolution, item 17 refers to "the property lines between Lots 1, 4 and 6," and should read "the property lines between lots 3, 4 and 6." On page 7 of 12, item 15 refers to "uses accessory to a horse farm," and should 5