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• n • MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, DeIcember 12, 2005 7:00 o'clock p.m. (6. #05 -3131 STEVE BOHL OF BORLAND DEVELOPMENT, INC., 190 WILLOW DRIVE NORTHAND 177 GLENDALE DRIVE, Continue(l Gaffron stated the area is guided in the Orono 2000 -2020 Community Management Plan for single - family residential housing at a density of 2 -3 units per acre. Because this property has never been rezoned to match the CMP- guided density, the current application includes a request for rezoning to RPUD, Residential Planned Unit Development. . Gaffron stated this subdivision was first reviewed on July 18`x' as a proposed plat for nine new lots. Pursuant to Planning Commission continents at theMJuly 180' and September 19 °' meetings, the applicant has submitted a revised eight -lot plan that was reviewed by the Planning Commission on October 17 "i. In response to that review, further minor revisions were then submitted and were reviewed by the Planning Commission on November 21st. The Planning Commission voted 6 -0 on November 21 to recommend that Council grant general concept plan approval and preliminary plat approval subject to the following: 1. Defer to Park Commission and/or City Council for recommendation on whether trails should be installed by applicant and who should pay for the installation. 2. Applicant shall agree to and incorporate into plans all of the recommendations of AES regarding conservation design, etc. 3. Applicant shall provide a landscape plan per AES recommendations and per prior Planning Conunission discussions. 4. Applicant to provide evidence of MCWD approval for filling wetland in Lot 8. Gaffron reviewed the RPUD standards, noting the - 15,000 square feet minimum dry buildat indicated that 14,000 square feet would be acceptE - 90 -foot minimum lot depth. Gaffron not setback. lot area is required. The Planning Commission had all eight new lots meet this using a 30 -foot street - 125 -foot minimum lot depth. Lots 4, 5, G! 7, and 10 are just short of this standard, but these depths are a result of significant tweaking to date, and each lot contains a usable building site with acceptable rear yard. -10 -foot side yard on interior lot lines. Gaffron stated all lots conform to the 10 -foot setback. - 15 -foot side yard at exterior of RPUD. Gaffron stated the east line of Lot 5 proposed at 10 feet should be revised to 15 feet; the north yard of Lot 31should increase to 15 feet; and the west yard of Lot 6 should be increased to 15 feet. J Gaffron stated the southwesterly portion of the property contains wetlands that will be protected by a Conservation and Flowage Easement except for a portion of a small area extending into Lot 8. The applicant has proposed to fill a 2000 square foot portion of this area, the deminimus amount of fill allowed by WCA regulations without requiring mitigation. Because of this filling, Lots 7 and 8 would not require variances for the wetland buffer setback'established in the City's new wetland ordinance. The applicant is also requesting that MCWD approve the revised wetland delineation that reclassifies portions of the ditch wetland along Willow Drive as "incidental" and acceptable to fill for roadway and fixture trail purposes. Gaffron stated one of the key elements that the Planning Commission wanted addressed was the conservation design goals. Parcel Group 3 is one of the areas reviewed as part of the Rural Oasis visioning study. The applicant engaged the services of a consulting ecologist, Applied Ecological PAGE 5 of 20