05-20-1996 Planning Commission Minutes

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k' • ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING VII D I i �n� UTES O IVA I&vt iv ROLL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above date with the following members Ypresent• Chair Ste rihen Peterson Can4lra Smith Dale T inµln�.:.ct F'l;Za�`eth ua:vp and Y , L , u y William Stoddard. Charles Schroeder and Janice Berg were absent. The following represented the City Staff. Building and Zoning Administrator Jeanne Mabusth and Recorder Sherry Frost. Councilmember Goetten and Mayor Callahan were present. Chair Peterson called the. meeting to nnder at 7:00 p.m. Peterson welcomed Bill Stoddard to the Planning Commission. Stoddard was recently annninted to the Commission by the Council. SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGSlPUBLIC INFORMATION REVIEW ( #1) #2136 GREENFIELD CORPORATION, 180 NORTH SHORE DRIVE WEST - PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION - 7:02 -7:40 P.M. The Affidavit of Publication and Certificate of Mailing were noted. Jim Pfennig and Laurie Lundeen were present along with surveyor, Mark Gronberg. • Mabusth reported that the property consists of 17 acres and was reviewed in a sketch plan at the March, 1996, meeting The key issue as access, and the di; #iculty of r,rovidi"S " nR 'n Y internal road to serve all six lots based on topography, location of wetlands, narrowness of 17 acre parcel and desire to preserve building sites. The road as nronosed serving lots 1; 3, and 4 would preserve the views to the south and east. The existing access at lot 6 to the south of the prntnarty nPPrIC to he eliminated as it is uncafP and Pnr.rnaches tnrnpPrty to south. A new access would be provided along the shared lot lines of lots 5 and 6. A new uvves$ ivr ivt 2 vvvu.d be iva. "Lt 375 wuth of the - interseCtion of Cc Rds 8v4 and 10 The County, Mabusth reported, has approved the locations for the two new curb cuts. Mabusth continued by reporting on the wetland areas within the property. There are designated ;ilet1wids and type 1 and 2 wetlands, ;x,hich nre not r„lecirrnaterrl ;x7etlandg and r b.. the City code but are protected under State and National laws. The applicants will be asked to file the usual protective covenants on the chain of title of each of the lots that contain these type 1 or 2 wetlands. In reviewing the hardships for not providing an internal road to serve all lots, topography and location of wetlands ..'ere noted. The need for the septic to meet the 604 slope requirement is also a concern. The internal road has been designed to provide a road outlot extension to serve property to the east when developed. •