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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 23, 2002 • 7:00 o'clock p.m. ( #02 -2813 MARK WELCH, Continued) Murphy asked the applicant why they went ahead and ordered the kit for delivery without final approval and asked if the Planning Commission knew they had done so. Mabusth stated that the Planning Commission did not know that the applicant had ordered their materials. She indicated that, perhaps, the Planning Commission had chosen the wrong wording when they told the applicant to shift the home back, they should have spelled it out, but assumed the applicant would redesign the home to fit within the parameters of the setbacks. Jeanne Welch stated that after shifting the home back as they were told in August, it was not until September that the parameters were truly spelled out. By that time, they had ordered the kit to meet the deadlines they needed to meet with the manufacturer in order to beat the snow. Weinberger indicated that he had had a conversation with Mr. Welch on the phone and advised Mr. Welch to not order the house without Council approval even though staff was aware of their time constraints. Murphy stated that they should have waited since nothing is a done deal until the City • Council makes its ruling. White asked what the City Council would consider as the most important setback in this situation. It seemed obvious to him that they could not meet both the front and rear setbacks, and construct a home of any size. He urged the Council to be reasonable, the home was merely 1,300 s.f., under the 1,500 s.f. lot coverage maximum. White maintained that if it is the front lakeside line that is most important, the Council needs to be willing to give on the backside, or vice versa. Nygard stated that the precedent that he liked being set here was the 1,300 s.f. home, a reasonable sized home for the lot. It fits within the City ordinance. Mr. Welch indicated that the cedar home would be a beautiful post and beam cottage style home. It would be very cute for the lot and hopefully set a precedent for the character of the neighborhood. Weinberger agreed that the home was not a big house for the site. Sansevere asked for Gappa to give his opinion. Gappa stated that he felt the most important line to hold would be the back street side setback. • Page 10