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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday, March 21, 2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Leskinen noted they have the ability to construct a home on the lot without a variance and that t1�e <br /> variance being requested is for widening the driveway and the additional hardcover. Leskinen stated the <br /> City cannot tell them they cannot build on the lot. <br /> Mittelstaedt stated he lives on the lot next door and that he can verify that the lots are way too small for a <br /> family home. Mittelstaedt stated he noticed he set the house at an angle so he could squeeze it on there. <br /> Mittelstaedt stated in his view it should be a parking lot for the park. <br /> Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at 6:54 p.m. <br /> Thiesse stated if you take the area of the garage and the area for the driveway, that is more than the square <br /> footage that they are asking for in additional hardcover. Thiesse noted the garage is 440 square feet and <br /> the driveway is another 500 square feet. Thiesse stated the City should not prevent them from having a <br /> garage and a driveway and that the request is reasonable. <br /> Olson noted they do not currently have a driveway. <br /> Schoenzeit noted the small lot size allows them 1,500 square feet of structural coverage and they are <br /> proposing 1,232, which is another attempt to keep the size of the house reasonable. <br /> Leskinen stated she is more inclined to grant the variance far the wider driveway to provide additional <br /> off-street parking given the narrowness of the street. Leskinen stated she does not believe it would be <br /> reasonable to deny it given the practical difficulties. <br /> Thiesse noted there are other homes in the neighborhood that are very similar and could be built on this <br /> lot. <br /> Schoenzeit moved,Thiesse seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 16-3811, <br /> Landsource,LLC,3438 Lyric Avenue, granting of lot area and lot width variances, subject to Staff <br /> recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 4. #16-3812 GREG REITAN AND SALLY NEUBAUER, 925 BROWN ROAD NORTH, <br /> VARIANCES, 6:57 P.M.—7:07 P.M. <br /> Greg Reitan, Applicant, was present. <br /> Gaffron stated the applicant is requesting an average lakeshore setback variance in arder to construct a <br /> new residence on the property. The property is situated on Brown Road and Dickey Lake. Because the <br /> existing residence structure on the adjacent lakeshore lot to the south is very near Brown Road, the <br /> applicants' existing home and proposed addition are lakeward of the defined average lakeshore setback <br /> ]ine. The property is nearly two acres in area, and both the existing home and proposed additions meet all <br /> other setback, hardcover, and structural coverage requirements, including the required 150-foot setback <br /> from the ordinary high water level of Dickey Lake. <br /> Gaffron displayed an aerial photograph of the area. Gaffron noted both the lot to the north and the lot to <br /> the soutli are lakeshore lots. <br /> Page 5 of 21 <br />