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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 18,2013 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> feet footprint area shall be located at least 15 feet from any lot line. A building over 1,000 feet would be <br /> considered an accessory structure. Gaffron indicated this section was added in the early 1980s and <br /> changed the setback from 10 feet to 15 feet. Any building over 1,000 square feet would be covered under <br /> a different section. <br /> Gaffron indicated Section 78-1437 relating to plumbing is fairly standard language and is seen on a <br /> periodic basis. <br /> Section 78-1438, Crowding principal building states,"No accessory building or structure, unless an <br /> integral part of the principal building, shall be erected, altered or moved within ten feet of the principal <br /> building, nor within ten feet of another accessory structure." Gaffron indicated the City for many years <br /> required a 10-foot separation between a house and building. Part of that is to maintain open space and to <br /> provide access for firemen and other people who need to get back behind the house. The other intent of <br /> that section is not to allow swimming pools closer than 10 feet to the house because there is a tendency of <br /> people to jump from the house into the pool. <br /> Section 78-1439, garages, states, "Accessory buildings which are for the storage of automobiles shall <br /> have the doors 30 feet or more from the property line when the doors face on a public alley or street." <br /> Gaffron indicated this section acts like the definition of a garage. <br /> Landgraver asked if it not facing the street, how that would work. <br /> Gaffron stated this section is merely stating that if you have a garage that is facing a public alleyway,you <br /> need to meet the 30-foot setback. <br /> Landgraver asked if the garage is sideways. <br /> Gaffron indicated it is sideways and the door does not face the street,the setback would likely be ten feet. <br /> Section 78-1440 addresses exterior materials and states, "Except for accessory buildings that are less than <br /> 120 square feet in area or are located on lots two acres in area or larger, an accessory building and the <br /> principal building shall be consistent in design and color. Detached garages located within the rear yard <br /> on lots that have frontage on a lake shall have windows or other ornamental features on the wall facing a <br /> street or private road." Gaffron indicated this section came about fairly recently because there was a <br /> property owner in the Forest Lake area that erected a pole building that had no relationship architecturally <br /> to the house and the neighbors complained. As a result of that,the City Council changed the code so <br /> there would be some consistency in architecture between accessory buildings and the house. <br /> Landgraver commented that homeowner associations would also likely address that and it appears <br /> reasonable. <br /> Gaffron stated in terms of detached accessory buildings,the question is if the standards fit and should be <br /> left as is. Gaffron stated in his view the standards are appropriate, and unless there is a desire to limit <br /> accessory structures to a lower height, he would leave it as is. <br /> Landgraver indicated he is fine with that section. <br /> Page 11 of 24 <br />