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�, Item No. 8 <br /> ��t YQ <br /> To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission Members <br /> lessica Loftus, City Administrator �.�, �� f � 1�C' <br /> G <br /> 1'r'�FSiid�`� <br /> From: leremy Barnhart,Community Development Director <br /> Date: February 16, 2016 <br /> Subject: #16-3809,City of Orono, <br /> Text Amendment:Accessory Structure setback <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Su+rr»tary: The proposed ordinance would remove the setback for accessory <br /> structures and the principaf buildin and other structures, <br /> Staff Recommendotion: Planning Department Staff recammends approval of the ordinance <br /> � amendment as drafted. <br /> �lst of Exhibfts <br /> Exhi6itA. Draft Ordinance <br /> Exhibit 8. PCJ CC ranking sheet <br /> Background <br /> The City CounciE and Planning Commission identified the issue of accessory structures, <br /> including hot tubs and detached decks, required to be built 10 feet from a house as the <br /> third highe5t ranking issue to be discussed in an ordinance amendment during their <br /> annual review of the ordinance last November. <br /> The proposed ordinance remo�es the 10 foot setback requirement between accessory <br /> structures and the principal building and other accessory structures. <br /> Sec. 78-1438.-Crowdfng principal building. <br /> No aeeessory buiiding or structure,unless an integral part of the principal bui�ding,shall be <br /> erected,aitered or moved within ten feet of the principa)building,nor within ten feet of anotlier <br /> accessory structure. <br /> "Integral part afthe principaf buildin�' has been interpreted to include driveways, <br /> sidewaiks and stoops, patios, decks and similar. <br /> The ten foflt setback between structures is intended to address massing and crowding. <br /> Structures, not buildings don't typically add to a massing concern. <br /> Applicable definitions, from City Code section 7&1: <br />