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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMNIISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,July 16,2012 � <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> . to make a recommendation to the City Council based on the possible pending ordinance, it would change <br /> the parameters and would allow more hardcover on this property. The primary reason it is on tonight's <br /> � agenda is because the Planning Commission tabled it for one month. Gaffron indicated he is not sure how <br /> long it will be before the City Council takes action on the new hardcover ordinance and that Staff would <br /> like this application resolved at some point. <br /> Schoenzeit noted in addition to waiting for the City Council to take action,the hardcover numbers listed <br /> in Staffs report may not be the final result. <br /> Gaffron indicated that is correct. <br /> Thiesse asked whether it is a question of amount or a matter of schematics. <br /> Gaf&on stated it is a little of both. One of the things the Planning Commission did at their meeting when <br /> they discussed the new hardcover ordinance was to make a recommendation of a 30 percent limit past the <br /> 250-foot line. That would create another tier or zone within these Tier 1 properties,which is what the <br /> City Council is reviewing at this point. <br /> Thiesse asked how that would affect this property. <br /> Gaffron stated Staff has not attempted to determine what those numbers would be past the 250-foot line. <br /> Based on what has been proposed within the 0-250 foot zone at 25 percent,that would allow him 12,340 <br /> square feet of hardcover but that he would still be approximately 1,400 square feet over the new potential <br /> limit. <br /> Thiesse asked if the applicant has submitted a plan. <br /> Gaffron indicated the plan has not been finalized at this point in time. <br /> Russell Schumer,Applicant, stated following the last meeting he contacted his landscaper and was <br /> informed that he working up north and would not be back until after this meeting. Schumer indicated he <br /> . will be meeting with him and getting a plan put together,which would likely be similar to the plan <br /> proposed by Melanie Curtis but perhaps with some minor changes. Schumer stated he should be able to <br /> have something put together fairly soon. <br /> Thiesse asked if the plan would bring the property into the square foot number that the City may possibly <br /> be adopting. <br /> Schumer stated if the hardcover number is changed,then that would save a lot of changes that would be <br /> required on the lot. Schumer indicated an area of the pavers may need to be removed,whichwould bring <br /> it into compliance. <br />' Gaffron stated the other factor is whether fabric becomes non-hardcover. A substantial amount of it is <br /> fabric,which has not been taken into account in the numbers. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if the fabric is the type that would be allowed. <br /> Page 2 <br />