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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 10, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 10 of 17 (5. #14-3649 DEREK AND KELLY PRCHAL, 4705 WATERTOWN ROAD, VARIANCE – RESOLUTION NO. 6370, Continued) The Council tabled the request due to some concern about the proposed increase to the setback non- conformity. The applicant agreed to make changes and bring back a modified plan to address the Council’s concerns regarding the size, visibility and proximity to Watertown Road. The applicant has provided a revised survey reflecting the garage location ten feet to the west and ten feet to the south as was suggested. The updated survey includes the location of the garage access drive for clarification. A computer generated landscape perspective was also provided by the applicant to illustrate proposed screening to minimize any visual impact from Watertown Road. Curtis noted several of the applicant’s neighbors have provided comments. At its February meeting, the Planning Commission voted 5 to 0 to recommend approval of the setback variance allowing the oversized garage. Curtis indicated Staff has prepared an approval resolution. The City Council has the option to deny or approve the resolution or direct Staff to make changes to the resolution. McMillan asked if Staff has an overhead depicting what was proposed originally. Curtis pointed out the location of the previous proposal and the new proposed location. Levang asked what the height of the structure will be. Curtis indicated the side walls will be 12 feet and the side walls on the current structure are nine feet. Levang asked if there were always two overhead doors proposed. Curtis stated there were. The revised survey also depicts the revised driveway and the trees. Levang asked if there will be a new access road to the new east facing door. Curtis indicated there will not be. Kelly Prchal indicated they would be happy to answer any questions. McMillan asked if both overhead doors will be the same height. Derek Prchal stated the door facing the east would only be eight feet in height and the door facing the south would be ten feet high. McMillan stated she noticed the existing barn has a couple of windows on the north side and that they might want to consider adding a couple of windows. McMillan stated in her view the barn is nice looking. Kelly Prchal indicated they are proposing a pole barn that will resemble the house. One of the accommodations they made with the new location was to move the garage door from the center of the building to the left side and then added windows to help balance it out for aesthetics.