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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 13, 2016 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 14 10. #16-3827 RICK DENMAN/CHARLES CUDD, LLC, FOR OWNER DDK, LLC, 2525 KELLY AVENUE, 2535 AND 2545 SHADYWOOD ROAD, SKETCH PLAN (continued) Whitehead stated he likes the single-family and that he is not sure whether more businesses are required in that area. Whitehead stated he definitely prefers single-family housing versus an apartment building. Walsh commented he likes detached housing for this site and that from a commercial standpoint, given the location of the site, there would need to be a destination business to make it viable. Walsh stated he likes the direction the applicant is proposing from the direction of detached housing given the residential housing nearby. Whitehead stated if the homes could be nestled in that would be nice. Whitehead noted there is also a lot of wildlife in there as well. Printup noted the question regarding the size of the lots came up. Barnhart indicated the lots would range in size from 0.16 acres to 0.39 acres in size. Barnhart stated the challenge from the density question is where else the City can put higher density and that most of the areas in Navarre are established neighborhoods, which makes it difficult to increase the density on those sites or other nearby sites. Walsh commented those are good points and is something the Council needs to think about. Walsh stated when there is a good opportunity in front of the Council, they need to deal with that as well. Printup stated he likes the single-family concept as well. Cornick stated he also likes the concept. The City Council took no formal action on this item. *11. #16-3826 STONEWOOD, LCC, ON BEHALF OF CHUCK AND TERRI LAHR, 895 TONKAWA ROAD, ATF CUP, GRADING – RESOLUTION NO. 6633 Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6633 , a Resolution Approving a Conditional Use Permit Pursuant to Municipal Zoning Code Sections 78-966 and 78-967, for the property located at 895 Tonkawa Road. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 12. #16-3815 HALF-STORY DEFINITION/MASSING REGULATION City Planner Curtis stated clarification and simplification of the City’s half-story definition had the highest priority identified during the Council’s and Planning Commission’s code enforcement prioritization meeting. The half-story regulation is one piece to the City’s massing regulations. Maximum defined height, setbacks, hardcover, and structural coverage are also used to regulate building mass. At work sessions in March and April, the Planning Commission explored elimination of the half-story limitation and considered different options for regulating massing. One option was to simply remove the half-story limitation and keep all the other regulations in place. This offered the simplification being requested.