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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 26, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 14 (3. #15-3705 AMEND CHAPTER 78, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 7 AND 8, ELIMINATE RR1B-1 AND M-6 DISTRICTS – ORDINANCE NO. 130 continued) Gaffron stated the M-6 Multiple Family Planned Residential District was created in 1976 to provide standards for multiple-family development but has been superseded almost entirely by the 1989 PUD zoning ordinance as well as the RPUD, which was created in February of 2001. The City has never, since 1976, had any property zoned M-6, this is an outdated piece of the City Code. Staff recommends those two districts be removed from the City Code. Levang stated the changes are straight forward. McMillan indicated she also is fine with the changes. Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 130, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending the Orono Zoning City Code by Eliminating the RR-1B-1 and M-6 ZONING DISTRICTS. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. 4. #15-3706 AMEND SECTION 78-1211 REGARDING CLARIFICATION TO THE TOE OF BLUFF DEFINITION – ORDINANCE NO. 131 Gaffron stated this definition was questioned by an attorney as the City was going through a variance application last year. Gaffron stated the City’s definition exactly mimics the State Statute’s definition, but there was a question about how many different points on a slope might be defined as the toe of bluff. Gaffron stated from a practical standpoint, there can only be one toe. The proposed language changes the language it to state that the toe of the bluff is the lower point of the lowest 50-foot segment with an average slope exceeding 18 percent. Gaffron stated essentially that means when it is a steep slope and it ends right at the lakeshore, you would not go out into the water to get to that 18 percent. As a result, when the toe is defined as lakeward of the OHW, the OHW becomes the toe and not some point out in the lake. Levang stated she does remember that discussion on the variance application and that she is happy there is a clarification on the definition. Mayor McMillan asked if there is any public comment on the amendment. There were no public comments regarding this application. Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 131, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending the Orono Zoning City Code by Amending the Definition of “Toe of Bluff.” VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0.