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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 26, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 14 (6. #15-3709 AMEND SECTION 78-1001(6) TO ADD NAVARRE AREA TO PUD MIXED USE PROVISIONS – ORDINANCE NO. 132 continued) Gaffron stated anything east of the two gas stations and Culvers is probably outside the defined Navarre area and anything west would go to the border with Spring Park. On the north end the boundary could be perceived as the railroad and that the southern boundary goes to approximately Lydiard. Cornick asked if it would be wise to define the boundaries. Gaffron stated eventually the City should do that but at the present time it is not necessary. McMillan asked if there is any public comment on this item. There were no public comments regarding this application. Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 132, an Ordinance Amending the Orono Zoning City Code by Adding the Navarre Area to Section 78-1001(6) as Eligible for Development Via the PUD Process. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. 7. #15-3710 AMEND SECTION 78-1286 (b & d) REGARDING CHANGES TO THE REQUIREMENTS TO TOPOGRAPHIC ALTERATIONS/GRADING & FILLING ACTIVITIES ORDINANCE NO. 133 Gaffron stated since the 1990s, the City has had a number of exceptions to the Conditional Use Permit requirement. One of those exceptions was that grading, filling or excavating of ten cubic yards or less within the shore setback zone of all lakes was outlined in Article IX of the zoning chapter. This ten cubic yards exception, the rough equivalent of one dump truck load, was added to the City Code in the 1990s to accommodate requests for topdressing, rut repair, animal burrowing damage, etc, without the need for a rigorous conditional use permit review process. The proposed change increases the administrative permit threshold from ten cubic yards to fifty cubic yards for shoreland properties within the 0-75 foot setback area. This allows for administrative zoning permit approvals for things like in-ground stairs, ice ridge corrections, landscaping, etc. The Planning Commission supported changes to increase the ten cubic yards to fifty, but did not support changing the 500 cubic yards conditional use permit threshold to 1,500 cubic yards. Gaffron stated 500 cubic yards equals approximately 50 truckloads. Gaffron stated the change before the City Council is simply to change the ten cubic yard limit in the lakeshore to fifty cubic yards. McMillan asked if someone would require a permit for less than fifty cubic yards. Gaffron stated it would be an administrative permit and that Staff would likely have the City Engineer review it. Gaffron stated if filling of a wetland was proposed, it would require a different level of review. McMillan asked if there is a zero threshold. Gaffron stated it was 0 to 10 and the change would increase it from 0 to 50.