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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, May 28, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 18 (3. #13-3596 CITY OF ORONO – ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES – ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, Continued) Gaffron indicated Staff could make those changes but they do not necessarily have to be included in this ordinance amendment. Chapter 54 deals with solid waste management, which is unrelated to zoning, and those standards could be included in there. Bremer and McMillan concurred those standards could be included in Chapter 54. McMillan noted the City’s code also says that trash needs to be picked up every week, but with the addition of organics recycling, that has allowed some people to go every other week for pickup, which is something to consider when revising the code. Gaffron indicated Staff would like to bring back what hopefully is the final version at the next City Council meeting. The City Council took no formal action on this item. 4. #13-3601 CITY OF ORONO – WETLANDS – ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Gaffron noted this item was reviewed at the May 20th Planning Commission meeting, and on a vote of 6-0 the Planning Commission recommended approval of the ordinance as drafted. There were no public comments regarding this application at that time. Gaffron noted this is the first time the City Council will be seeing this ordinance amendment. Since the Planning Commission meeting, Staff has noted that the proposed 35-foot setback requirement as drafted does not prohibit hardcover within the wetland setback area; although, the preamble text before the table does contemplate this with the wording “separation between wetlands and buildings or other structures or surfaces. Staff believes that in order to provide the protection intended by the 35-foot setback requirement, it must apply to hardcover surfaces. The City’s wetland setback requirements in place prior to 2005 prohibited hardcover within the historically established 26-foot wetland setback area. Gaffron stated the City discovered with the Stonebay development that the developer was fine with constructing right up to the setback line and that the City wanted each home to have a yard around the home. In an effort to prevent that, the City required, in addition to the buffer requirements, a 20-foot setback from the buffer for any structures above the ground to provide for that walk-around area. Item #03 - CC Agenda - 06/10/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 05/28/2013 [Page 9 of 18]