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MINUTES OF THE ' y <br /> ORONO PLANNING COHII�IISSION MEETTNG <br /> Monday,Jane 15,2015 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Ga�'ron noted�e site will need to be rewned and will l�cely be rczflned to RPUD. The City's RPiID <br /> Code has a number of standards for single-family lots. Pages 2 and 3 in Staf�s report discuss the <br /> flexibility that would be requiu�ed in order to allow this type of development to be an RPUD district, The <br /> standard for minimum lot size is 15,000 square foot lot and the appGcants are proposing arotmd 5,600 <br /> square f�eet. 'I'4�e applicant is also proposing 45 feet as a minimum lot width at thc setback iine and 11 feet <br /> as the minimum front setback. <br /> Gaffron stated ti�e proposed development is not similar in charactcr to other developments in Orono or in <br /> tfie surrounding area. Gaflron staxed it could be considered somewhat similar to Stane Bay,but as <br /> pruposed,these woeild be individual lots and Stone Bay has twin homes or triples that havc a pad that <br /> typically extends a foot outside the building,with the rest of the areas being a common area. Gaf&on <br /> stated this proposai is showing virb�ally no common ar�as at this point ather than the raad. <br /> The property consists of three s�arate parcels totaling 12.7 dry bwldable acres,which is praposed to be <br /> subdivided to creabe 51 single-famiiy lats. The layout of the site is dictated by a number of fa�etors, <br /> includ'mg the location of wetlands,the collector ar arterial roadways,the need to Iocate road access points <br /> directly across from those serving the Orono Industrial Park, and ti�e provision for future road extensions <br /> to the Dumas property. <br /> Based on discussions with Staff,the applicants hav�created a concapt plan that takes into account those <br /> factors and results in a site layout with two road entrances outo Old Crystal Bay Road and none onto <br /> Wayxata Boulevard. <br /> Gaffron st�ted one of the issues with this development is whether or not there are going to be basem�nts <br /> and wheti�er tbe area abutting the development road will be built up in ocder to create walkouts, Staff h�as <br /> aslced the agplicant to extend the roads going to the west aIl the way to tf�e property line with a potential <br /> to have future connections to ti�e Dumas property. Gaffion stgted at this time Staf�does not know what <br /> will happen with that property but at the present timc there are no plans to develop it. Gaffron stated that <br /> further raises the question of whet�er this should be a pubiic or private road. <br /> Gaffron stated the Planning Commission should discuss t�►e following: <br /> 1. Is the Planning Cammission comfortable with the density of the prapased 51-unit single-family <br /> developmcm? Should the City be striving for more density or less density at this location7 Is <br /> singlo-family houaing right for this area? <br /> 2. Due to the number of units to be served bot�►initialty and potentially in the future,and given the <br /> density of�e proposed development, it would follow tfiat the raad system should be pubIic. The <br /> Planning Commission should discuss�e merits of this being a public or private roa.d. <br /> 3. The general design and orientation of dwelling units proposed and the minimal lot sizes a�nd <br /> setbacks as compared to the RPUD standsrds would indicate the need far a significant level of <br /> development flexibility witfi this eoncept. <br /> 4. The minimal setba�ks proposed result in extremely small yards,front, side and rear. This creates <br /> a scale of single-fa�miIy dctached develapment not currently existing in Orono. The Planning <br /> Commission should discuss this issue and determine what impaets result wit��e minimal <br /> Page 47 of 53 <br />