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Council <br />MINUTES OF THE Exhibit C <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 16-3870 <br />Monday, October 17, 2016 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />3. #16-3870 SCOTT HOCHSTEDLER, VACATION OF HILL STREET, 6:32 P.M. — 6:36 <br />P.M. <br />Scott Hochstedler, Applicant, was present. <br />Barnhart stated the two property owners adjacent to a 130 -foot lot segment of unimproved Hill Street are <br />requesting formal vacation of this roadway. The adjoining parcels use Crestview Avenue for access and <br />legal frontage. The segment to be vacated does touch an improved lot to the east, 270 Crestview, though <br />this lot has direct frontage on Crestview Avenue, which is further to the north. The only improvements <br />within the right-of-way to be vacated are private, which is a drive serving 300 Crestview Avenue. <br />The City Engineer recommends that an easement for drainage purposes be acquired, which is a common <br />easement acquired as part of platting. Hill Street, west of Crestview Avenue, was vacated in 2001. There <br />are no known utilities in the street that need to be vacated. <br />Whenever a public street is vacated, the vacated portion is split down the middle, with each abutting <br />parcel receiving half. The northern half would go to 290 Crestview and would increase this lot size, <br />removing the need for certain variances associated with a planned expansion of his home. The southern <br />half would go to 300 Crestview. The property owners plan an easement to protect the existing driveway. <br />Staff is recommending approval of the vacation as proposed subject to an easement being executed for <br />drainage and utility purposes similar to what the City requires on newly platted properties. <br />Thiesse asked is there is five feet on either side. <br />Barnhart indicated side property lines are generally five feet on either side. <br />Thiesse asked if there would be five feet to the side of the driveway. <br />Barnhart stated the driveway would be covered by a separate easement between the two property owners <br />and not the City. <br />Scott Hochstedler, Applicant, was present but did not address the Planning Commission. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />