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MINUTES OF THE • <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,October 17,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> applicants wish to reconfigure the patio in order to reduce hardcover within the 0-75 foot area and to <br /> make it more functional. The changes result in a 299 square foot reduction in the hardcover within the <br /> 75-foot setback. Because the applicants are proposing to change the footprint,hardcover and setback <br /> variances are required. <br /> With the permit for the home,the applicants were proposing a driveway that met the 35-foot wetland <br /> setback,which is located at the rear of the property. After reviewing the functionality of the layout,the <br /> applicants are now requesting to enlarge the driveway to allow a 10' x 20' bump-out to encroach 10 feet <br /> into the wetland setback. The site is well below the 25 percent hardcover limitation but there is a setback <br /> requirement for hardcover from the wetland. <br /> The applicants are also proposing a small 76-square foot shed adjacent to the pool in order to store the <br /> pool essentials and equipment which is currently stored in a fenced in area,which will be removed. The <br /> shed would be within the 50-foot side street setback and 19 feet from the side street lot line. The existing <br /> white fence will be removed and replaced with vegetative screening. <br /> Staff provided an analysis of the practical difficulty criteria within Staff report. The Planning <br /> Commission may choose to discuss the criteria tonight or ask the applicant for further testimony. <br /> Staff finds that due to the limiting conditions on the property, it may be reasonable to permit the <br /> encroachment into the wetland setback for a portion of the driveway, allow for reorientation and reduction <br /> of the pool patio hardcover within the 75-foot setback; and permit the pool equipment shed to be <br /> constructed between the side street and the home. <br /> Comments were received from the neighbors and have been included in the packet. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the application conditioned upon requiring native vegetation in appropriate <br /> areas in order to mitigate the additional hardcover within the buffer and/or lake setbacks. Staff further <br /> recommends requiring vegetative screening of the shed if approved. The landscaping plan submitted by <br /> the applicant does incorporate screening along the roadway as well as behind the shed,which will help <br /> screen it from the road. The plan shows some arborvitae plantings in place of the white fence and some <br /> screening around the hot tub area and the shed. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if a residential landscaping plan is binding. <br /> Curtis stated the City can require it as part of mitigation efforts for a variance. Curtis stated the plan on <br /> the overhead is the plan that was provided with the building permit application for the home,which is one <br /> of the City's requirements. Curtis stated she does not know if the shed was depicted on the building <br /> permit plan but the trees along Orono Lane were shown. <br /> Luke Beltnick,Applicant, stated as it relates to the parking,there are some aerial pictures that depict the <br /> area. Beltnick stated they are proposing to relocate the parking area and make it slightly smaller. <br /> Sven Gustafson pointed out the location of the existing parking area and noted that it is quite a distance <br /> from the house. Gustafson stated the desire was to slide it closer to the house, which makes it more <br /> functional as someone is backing out of the garage. It also is pulled further away from the wetland. <br /> Beltnick stated all the pool equipment currently is stored in a 7' x 10' fenced in area by the road and that <br /> there is no other place to put the shed. Beltnick noted the road is the reason for the variance and that it <br /> Page 16 of 19 <br />