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1VIINUTES OF THE <br /> . ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,Janult•y 16,2007 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#07-3258 George Stickney, Continuecl) � <br /> 2. Replatting of Lots 1 and 3,Block 1,Bracketts Point,to create: <br /> a. a new private road outlot serving 1450, 1480 and 1500 Bracketts Point Road; � <br /> � b. a 2.02 acre lakesliore lot to replace the 1.99 acre non-lakeshore lot at 1450; � <br /> c. a 2.83 acre lalceshore lot to replace the 3.71 acre lakesliore lot at 1500; . <br /> d. a new tennis court outlot,potentially to serve as a neighUorhood amenity. <br /> The proposal is in confoi7nity with the guidiizg of this area for single-family dwellings at a density of one <br /> unit per two acres. The property is zoned LR-lA, Single Family Lakeshore Residential District,requiring <br /> . 2.0 dry Uuildable acres per lot and a 200-foot lot width. <br /> Gaffron stated the Uiggest issue is road layout. Currently, the 20-foot right-of-way of Bracketts Point <br /> � road contains a narrow paved road that serves hoines at 1450, 1480,and 1500. It has no cul-de-sac <br /> �latted or conshucted,bttt both 1480 and 1500 have loop driveways that eliminate the need for backing <br /> up. While these provide for some level of emergency vehicle access, at the average 14-foot width they do <br /> not necessarily provide the 20-foot width that the�re marshal would likely be looking for. <br /> An additional issue regarding the lack of a cul-de-sac is the need to provide a turnaround for public traffic � <br /> ,at the end of Bracketts Point Road. The entire length of tlie road from County Road 15 to its southerly _ <br /> end abutting 14s0/1500 is dedicated to the public. However,the City has historically only maintained it <br /> to the northwest corner of 1450 and there has long been a sign at that�oint that says private road starts <br /> . liere—tutn around here. This has not been a huge public issue and has served the residents fairly well. <br /> The new proposed layout would eliminate the portion of 1480's driveway in the existing 20-foot right-of- <br /> way and create a new shared private road aUutting the entire west boundary of 1480. Tliis will have <br /> obvious im�acts on 1480's access route and may require minor changes where its driveway would enter <br /> from the south end of Outlot B. <br /> As it regards the vacation of the right-of-way near the lake, Staff would iiote 1:hat it does not abut the lake <br /> and provides no public access to the lake. It may provide the opportunity for the puUlic to view the lake, <br /> some of which could be lost with this proposaL <br /> The Planning Coinmission should coiisider the following issues: <br /> 1. Is the proposed Uack-up apron or modified hammer handle conf�uration at ihe norlhwest cot7ier <br /> of Lot 1 and Outlot A acceptable as a puUlic turnaround? The City�ngineer suggests that the <br /> tutnaround should Ue platted as�uUlic right-of-way. The issues with a llaininer handle versus fiill <br /> cul-de-sac include, one, ease of moveinent for all probaUle users; two, amount of hardcover <br /> necessaty within close proximity to the lake; three,public perception of the demarcation between <br /> the end of a public road and Yhe Ueginning of private driveways. <br /> 2. Does the con�guration proposed adequately serve 1480? <br /> PAGE 23 • <br />