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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 26, 2015 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 8 of 14  <br />  <br />(7. #15-3710 AMEND SECTION 78-1286 (b & d) REGARDING CHANGES TO THE <br />REQUIREMENTS TO TOPOGRAPHIC ALTERATIONS/GRADING & FILLING ACTIVITIES <br />ORDINANCE NO. 133 continued) <br /> <br /> <br />Levang asked if this is only in the shoreland. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated it would be in the 0-75 foot zone. <br /> <br />Levang stated she appreciates being told that ten cubic yards equals one dump truck load. Levang stated <br />in her view this is very straight forward and that she has no problem with the change. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if D2 would be the shoreland overlay district. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated D2 is the shoreland district but it is outside the 0-75-foot setback. Gaffron stated it <br />would still leave the 500 cubic yard threshold. Gaffron stated anything over 500 cubic yards or 50 <br />truckloads on the rest of the lot would require a conditional use permit. <br /> <br />McMillan asked how that would compare with non-shoreland property. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated a non-shoreland property would have a limit of 500 cubic yards without a conditional use <br />permit. Gaffron stated one of the exceptions would be a driveway for a house that requires over 500 <br />cubic yards, but if someone were to haul in over 500 cubic yards to change a pasture, as an example, that <br />would require a conditional use permit. <br /> <br />Cornick asked how the City would know if someone dumps 600 cubic yards. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated it can be difficult to estimate how much fill is brought in. Gaffron stated Staff would have <br />an engineered plan that shows exactly the boundaries of the area and how deep it is supposed to be. <br />Gaffron stated if it looks like it is way out of whack, it would need to be verified. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated the new conditional use permit process that has been put in place requires a <br />preconstruction meeting with the developer or the property owner as well as the grading contractor. <br />Gaffron stated before any fill is added, there is a process where everybody is told what they are allowed to <br />do and not allowed to do. Gaffron stated with a conditional use permit, someone cannot just go from <br />10,000 to 15,000 cubic yards without a higher level of review and oversight. <br /> <br />Edwards stated it generally is caught when Staff looks at the as-builts and there are topographical features <br />that were not there before. Edwards stated it is very difficult to determine if it is 50 cubic yards versus 51 <br />cubic yards but that Staff would likely catch it is if it greater than that. <br /> <br />Cornick asked if there is a certain person that would be responsible for that review. <br /> <br />Edwards stated the City inspector would typically look at that. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if the City has a lot of grading requests for over 500 cubic yards.