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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Tuesday,February 16,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 7:01 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this application. <br /> Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at 7:41 p.m. <br /> Leskinen stated in her view the request is more than reasonable. <br /> Landgraver asked if the Planning Commission would deny the variance and instead request the definition <br /> of the lot be changed. <br /> Gaffron stated the Planning Commission has the option to refer this matter to the City Attorney for the <br /> most appropriate means of approval. <br /> Schoenzeit stated the Planning Commissions appears to be in favor of changing it to the LR-lA setbacks. <br /> Landgraver asked if there are many other similar situations in the City. <br /> Gaffron indicated there are not and that this is a unique situation. Gaffron stated back lots are not that <br /> common and that the regulations regarding back lots were passed sometime in the 1990s. The idea was <br /> that typically back lots are not lakeshore lots. Gaffron stated typically there is a corridor that goes past <br /> the front lot,which essentially creates the back lot, and has certain impacts such as the front lot's rear <br /> yard abutting the back lot's front yard. <br /> Thiesse asked if the City has definitions of back yard and front yard. <br /> Gaffron stated technically on a lakeshore lot they have a lakeshore yard and a rear yard. <br /> Thiesse noted they would have a rear yard facing a rear yard in this case. <br /> Gaffron stated in the normal 2-acre zone situation,they are required to have 200 feet. At the time the <br /> original plat was completed, it was done under the one-acre zoning, with side setbacks of 10 feet. <br /> Gaffron indicated at the time the City Council apparently felt it was appropriate to have three lots with <br /> lakeshore access given the amount of lakeshore frontage,but that it would not be allowed today. Gaffron <br /> stated the lot with the narrow corridor to the lake is a bonafide lakeshore lot since it extends from the lake <br /> to the road. At the time the re-plat was done to eliminate the cul-de-sac,there were already three lots with <br /> lakeshore access and they were grandfathered in. <br /> Landgraver asked where the average lakeshore setback line is located. <br /> Gaffron stated because the one house has been removed, the average lakeshore setback line is defined by <br /> the lake setback of the adjacent home to the west. Gaffron illustrated the location of the average <br /> lakeshore setback line. Gaffron stated whatever additions are done,they need to be at least 84 feet back <br /> from the lake. <br /> Landgraver commented there must have been some compelling logic to define it as a back lot back then, <br /> but that if you look at this property and the adjacent properties, it would be best to change that. <br /> Landgraver stated this is an opportunity to help clarify for both properties what the setbacks are. <br /> Page 6 of 30 <br />