05-15-2017 Planning Commission Packet

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,April 17,2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. lakeshore. The pool deck is a hardscape surface that will shed its rainwater to the lake,and employing remediation techniques uphill from the lakeshore towards the pool deck will keep excess contaminated water from a 100-year rain event from the lake." Gaffron noted construction of the proposed retaining walls in excess of four feet in height will require engineering. A stairway adjacent to the easterly pool wall is proposed to replace the existing freestanding step system located further east of the existing retaining walls and the existing stair system extending from the westerly decks. The Planning Commission should review with the applicant what trees will be removed due to the grading plan and whether any additional screening is necessary. Also recommended to be reviewed with the applicant is the plan for temporary construction access from Long Lake Boulevard. In addition,the Planning Commission should discuss the following: 1. Does the Planning Commission find that the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner and that the criteria for issuance of variances and a conditional use permit are met? 2. Does the Planning Commission find that the variances and conditional use permit, if granted,will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood? 3. Does the Commission find it necessary to impose additional conditions in order to mitigate any impacts created by the granting of the requested variances and conditional use permit? Planning Staff recommends approval of the variance for encroachments of the average lakeshore setback as well as for structures and grading work within the bluff. The extent of the grading to be accomplished also meets the threshold for needing a conditional use permit and Staff recommends approval of a conditional use permit for the grading work, subject to the following conditions: Page 41 of 72