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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 10, 2009 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 4 White requested the applicants consider utilizing neutral based colors for the home given the close proximity to the lake. Moseley stated they did request that their architect design an addition that would update their property and fit in with the rest of the neighborhood but be minimally intrusive. McMillan stated this normally would be an opportunity to get a structure out of the 0-75 foot zone but that it is a hardship to relocate the house given the trees and other issues with the lot. McMillan noted this house has been grandfathered in. Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to direct Staff to draft an approval resolution granting average lakeshore setback and lakeshore setback variances to construct additions and add a half-story to the existing house, and to grant hardcover variances, for the property located at 1635 Bohns Point Road, subject to review and approval of the revised plans by Staff and the City Engineer. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 5. #09-3418 DENNIS BATTY ON BEHALF OF BROOK INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC, 3421-3425 SHORELINE DRIVE – COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN Dennis Batty, Brook Investment Group, and Irfan Habib, Property Owner, was present. Curtis noted this application appeared before the Planning Commission at its July meeting. The applicant is requesting approval of their proposal to enlarge the existing commercial building with additions to each end. The request includes several variances. The applicant is requesting the following variances: 1. Building setback. A setback of 29 feet from Kelly Avenue right-of-way is proposed for the east addition when the required setback is 35 feet. A setback of 0 feet from the west property line is proposed for the upper level of the west addition when the required setback is 35 feet. 2. Parking Spaces. The plan has about 80 percent of the parking spaces required by code. The plan is short 32 spaces. 3. Parking lot setbacks. Setback variances are requested for both parking lot expansions. 4. Structure setbacks. The upper trash enclosure is proposed to have a 3.5 foot setback from Kelly Avenue when a 20-foot setback is required. The lower trash enclosure is proposed to have a 0 foot setback from the west property line when a 5-foot setback is required. Both are proposed to have less than the required 10-foot separation between a principal structure and an accessory structure. 5. Structural coverage and hardcover variances. Structural coverage would increase from 19.94 percent to 27.57 percent. The maximum allowed is 15 percent. Hardcover on the site is proposed to increase from 89.65 percent where 30 percent is normally allowed within the 250-500 setback zone. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 08/24/09 Approval of Council Minutes 08/10/09 [Page 4 of 12]