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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, November 18, 2013 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 31 of 35  <br />  <br />Brunello indicated that is all he is asking for. <br /> <br />Leskinen asked whether there should be a maximum 2-foot deviation to the north and that anything else <br />would need to come back before the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />Thiesse indicated he is not sure. <br /> <br />Curtis stated she can work with either one of those options but that she just needs it to be defined in the <br />motion. <br /> <br />Leskinen stated she could live with a 2-foot expansion. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated he would prefer to call it an adjustment. Thiesse asked if the applicant would be okay with <br />a 2-foot adjustment from the dimensions that are in the footprint now. <br /> <br />Brunello indicated it would be. <br /> <br />Thiesse amended his motion, Landgraver seconded, to recommend approval of Application No. 13- <br />3643, John Brunello, 825 Willow Drive South, granting of lot area, side setback, and wetland <br />setback variances, and to approve the actual footprint of the house and not the building pad, <br />subject to Staff recommendations, with the second story meeting the 10-foot side yard setback and <br />subject to the requirements of the Watershed District, to eliminate the requirement that the <br />footprint be up to the 50-foot front yard setback, and to limit any adjustment to the footprint to two <br />feet. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />8. #13-3616 CITY OF ORONO, AMENDMENT OF ZONING CODE CHAPTER 78, ADD <br />SECTION 78-1379, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS, 9:30 P.M. – 9:46 P.M. <br /> <br />Gaffron noted the Planning Commission has spent a number of sessions working through the draft <br />ordinance on alternative energy systems. The draft ordinance before the Planning Commission tonight <br />still has some draft options that should be considered. <br /> <br />The first option for consideration is whether a WECS prohibited option should be added. Staff has also <br />concluded that integrating the Medina option and the Woodbury WECS versions into a single option is <br />not viable because they are quite different in intent with regard to scope and level of detail. Option 1 is <br />highly detailed and oriented more toward commercial WECS. Option 2 is less detailed, more straight <br />forward, and oriented more toward residential WECS. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated if the Planning Commission were to recommend adoption of a WECS prohibited option, <br />Option 2B is the one that makes sense to Staff. <br /> <br />It is Staff’s recommendation that the Planning Commission review the draft ordinance, hold the public <br />hearing which has been published and noticed, and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding <br />adoption of the ordinance, specifying which option sections are preferred. <br /> <br />Gaffron noted there are also options for hydronic furnaces that should be discussed. <br /> <br />Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 9:35 p.m. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 01/21/14* <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 11/18/2013 <br />[Page 31 of 35]