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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,April 18,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Barnhart indicated Staff looks at this as a housekeeping amendment. Since Staff sees the value of sketch <br /> plan reviews,they will continue to recommend them but they will not be a requirement. Removal of the <br /> requirement was based on the recommendation of the City Attorney. <br /> The Planning Commission had no questions for Staff. <br /> Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 10:30 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this application. <br /> Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at 10:30 p.m. <br /> Schoenzeit moved,Thiesse seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 16-3823, City of <br /> Orono,Zoning Code Amendment regarding a process to review concept plans and sketch plans. <br /> VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 8. #16-3824 CITY OF ORONO, ZONING CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING A PROCESS <br /> TO REVIEW SUBDIVISION EXCEPTIONS, 10:30 P.M.—10:35 P.M. <br /> Barnhart stated he is not requesting action tonight on this item and that it is more to open the discussion <br /> and receive any public feedback on the ordinance. <br /> Currently the City follows state law in their own zoning ordinances for what is considered a subdivision <br /> except for the following actions: <br /> 1. In which all the resulting parcels,tracts, lots or interests will be 20 acres or larger in size and 500 <br /> feet in width for residential uses and five acres or larger in size for commercial and industrial uses; <br /> 2. Creating cemetery lots; <br /> 3. Resulting from court orders or the adjustment of a lot line by the relocation of a common boundary <br /> as long as each of the two resulting lots meet the requirements of Chapter 78. <br /> The proposed ordinance establishes a process where Staff verifies that a proposal falls within these <br /> criteria. Staff would then generate a document to be received by the County Recorder for filing. <br /> The proposed ordinance also classifies a boundary line adjustment when both lots do not meet the <br /> requirements of the zoning ardinance as a Class I subdivision. Class I subdivisions do not need to be <br /> platted. <br /> Barnhart stated Staff and the City Attorney will continue to work through the draft ordinance and the <br /> Planning Commission should receive public feedback, discuss the draft ordinance if they wish, and then <br /> table action on the ordinance until May. <br /> Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 10:33 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this application. <br /> Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at p.m. <br /> Page 30 of 32 <br />