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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, August 19 2013 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 20 of 28  <br />  <br /> <br />Schwingler commented the developer has no control over the market. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated at this point the Planning Commission should decide whether a Conservation Design <br />Plan should be undertaken. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated given the amount of public comment, the Planning Commission should request a <br />Conservation Design Plan. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit moved, Thiesse seconded, to recommend approval of Application #13-3622, Todd <br />Holmers, 1645 Shadywood Road, preliminary plat approval, subject to the completion of a <br />Conservation Design Plan, subject to the applicant submitting the requested information outlined <br />in Staff’s report, and subject to the conditions of the City Engineer and Staff. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated he has a hard time requiring this applicant do something that the other neighbors are not <br />required to perform. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit amended his motion, Thiesse seconded, to recommend approval of Application #13- <br />3622, Todd Holmers, 1645 Shadywood Road, preliminary plat approval, subject to the completion <br />of a Conservation Design Plan, subject to the applicant submitting the requested information <br />outlined in Staff’s report, subject to the conditions of the City Engineer and Staff, and with the <br />recommendation that removal of the buckthorn will not be required. <br /> <br />Kriesler stated she has a real concern that only one house will be developed on this property rather than <br />additional houses being constructed later. <br /> <br />Gaffron noted the property on Maple Place existed as separate 50-foot lots, and due to action taken by the <br />state legislature, the City did not have the ability to require those lots be combined. In this situation a <br />subdivision is a more rigorous process and the developer only has approximately 1.88 acres. In order to <br />create three lots, the developer would need to construct a City-standard road to serve those lots. Once <br />three or more homes are being served by a shared access, it requires a 50-foot wide corridor, which would <br />basically make it impossible to create three lots. <br /> <br />VOTE ON THE ABOVE AMENDED MOTION: Ayes 6, Nays 0. <br /> <br />8 #13-3624 PETER JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF WAGENER PROPERTIES, LLC, 3165 <br />NORTH SHORE DRIVE, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, 8:45 P.M. – 8:52 P.M. <br /> <br />Breanne Glesener, Attorney-at-Law, was present on behalf of Peter Johnson. <br /> <br />Curtis stated the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to conduct land alterations in excess of <br />500 cubic yards in order to restore the property and resulting in grades consistent with the lakeshore yard <br />of the adjacent property at 1420 Bohns Point Road. <br /> <br />The property contained a house until 2006 when it was demolished in preparation for new construction. <br />A new home was never built and the current applicant purchased the vacant lot as it is adjacent to his <br />home. In 2009, the City granted a conditional use permit for fill to restore the property and blend it into <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 09/16/2013 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 08/19/2013 [Page 20 of 28]