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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, March 17, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 18 of 26  <br />  <br />Schoenzeit stated in his view less disruption would be better and that the variance would be unique to this <br />property. <br /> <br />Landgraver asked if the house to the south is in a different orientation. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated it is. <br /> <br />Landgraver asked if the house to the north is almost parallel with this house. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated it is. <br /> <br />Leskinen commented the average lakeshore setback line is challenging on an island with a lakeshore that <br />curves. <br /> <br />Landgraver noted this is new development, and if there is an opportunity to do it correctly, the Planning <br />Commission should not dismiss it that quickly. <br /> <br />Schwingler stated not having the variance would be preferred but that he understands the desire to retain <br />the trees. <br /> <br />Lemke stated it appears from the tree survey that they would only be disrupting one 8-inch tree to move <br />the house further back. <br /> <br />Schwingler stated given that, he would lean more toward denial of the average lakeshore setback variance <br />provided the tree survey is correct. <br /> <br />Curtis stated the survey does depict the trees. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit asked if the survey is essentially correct. <br /> <br />Johnson stated there are a number of trees that are smaller than what is required to be placed on a survey <br />but that it is essentially correct. <br /> <br />Berg asked if the deck would be located within the 0-75 foot zone. <br /> <br />Curtis stated the entire back part of the deck would be within the 0-75-foot zone as well as a portion of <br />the screen porch. <br /> <br />Berg stated if it is moved back three to five feet, it would not be in the average lakeshore setback. Berg <br />asked if the applicant would be impacted by moving the structure back three to five feet to eliminate the <br />need for the average lakeshore setback variance. <br /> <br />Johnson stated he is not sure whether that would impact them and noted the majority of the screen porch <br />is outside the average lakeshore setback but the deck is not. Johnson pointed out the location of the <br />screen porch and that a little corner of it would fall into that setback. <br /> <br />Lemke noted the deck encroaches into the setback. <br /> <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 04/21/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 03/17/2014 <br />[Page 18 of 26]