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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 /> permitted for exterior storage shall be neatly stacked. Household garbage, dead animals,wood pallets, <br /> construction or building materials, etc.,are not allowed. <br /> Schoenzeit asked what the difference is between fallen timber and a wood pile. <br /> Curtis indicated the City typically gets calls regarding brush piles. <br /> Landgraver indicated he likes the way Shorewood addresses the trash receptacles. Landgraver stated he <br /> would be open to not being so restrictive on wood piles and compost structures if the City does not have <br /> an issue with it at the present time. Landgraver noted the City already has a mechanism for dealing with <br /> nuisances and that it may not be necessary to separately address those items. <br /> Gaffron stated he would prefer to list those items as allowed uses and to use the nuisance section to deal <br /> with problems. <br /> As it relates to storage of recreational vehicles and equipment, Sections 78-1511 through 78-1515 talks <br /> about setbacks for parking of vehicles.Parking of recreational equipment is regulated specifically in <br /> Section 78-1577. <br /> Section 78-1511 reads as follows: "Required off-street parking in all districts shall meet the following <br /> setback requirements: "Within all R Districts, all vehicles normally owned or kept by the occupants on <br /> the premises must have a garage stall or open parking space on the same lot as the principal use served <br /> Garage stalls accessory to residential structures may be located anywhere on the lot other than a required <br /> yard area, except that such garages may be located to within ten feet of an interior side lot line and to <br /> within ten feet of a rear lot line subject to this chapter. Open parking spaces on lots must have a location <br /> other than a required yard,except that such parking may be located in a rear yard to within ten feet of an <br /> interior side lot line and to within ten feet of a rear lot line." <br /> Gaffron stated the intent is that later in the code it talks about how many parking spaces a single-family <br /> home needs and that the number might be two. Any additional spaces would need to meet these <br /> standards. While this language is not uncommon in other cities' codes, it will be difficult to stop people <br /> from parking cars in their driveway or front yard. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if Orono has a paving requirement for the parking of vehicles. <br /> Gaffron indicated they do not, and that many other cities do require that if you are going to park a vehicle <br /> on the property, it has to be on paved, gravel or otherwise hard surface. Orono has never had that <br /> standard. <br /> Berg noted that would fall under the hardcover regulations then. <br /> Gaffron stated when you look at exterior storage in R districts, it talks about definitions of recreational <br /> vehicles and that mobile homes and recreational vehicles shall meet certain standards, including camping <br /> trailers, motor homes, pickup campers,travel trailers. Then there is language relating to special mobile <br /> equipment,which is every vehicle not designed or used primarily for transportation of persons or <br /> property, including ditch digging equipment,moving dollies,pump hoists,well drilling equipment, etc. <br /> Page 16 of 24 <br />