02-18-2020 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, February 18, 2020 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Chair Jon Ressler, Commissioners Chris Bollis, Bob Erickson, Matt Gettman, Dennis Libby, and John Thiesse. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, City Planners Melanie Curtis and Laura Oakden. Chair Ressler called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Gettman moved, Libby seconded, to approve the Agenda for the February 18, 2020, Planning Commission meeting, noting that Item 2 needs to be moved to be considered before Item 6. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. NEW BUSINESS 1. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 21, 2020 Libby moved, Gettman seconded, to approve the January 21, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. 2. LA20-000001 WEBER ARCHITECT & PLANNERS, 2745 KELLEY PARKWAY, MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN This item was considered before Item 6. 3. LA20-000005 GORDON JAMES CONSTRUCTION, 2665 CASCO POINT ROAD, AFTER - THE -FACT VARIANCES, 6:02 P.M. — 6:45 P.M. William Haack, Gordon James Construction, was present. Staff presented a summary of packet information. Mr. William Haack, Gordon James Construction, 5159 Main Street, Maple Plain, said the company built a new home for the client who had an old, rundown boathouse which the client wanted to bring up to the standards of the new home. The company was aware because of the variance earlier granted for the hardcover on the property of keeping it within the hardcover amount. They also were looking at the massing, not the volume, and did not consider the gable to be anything outside of the norm of just freshening up the building. They freshened it up and improved the esthetics. He requested the structure remain the way it was built. When looking at the hardcover calculations in the as -built relative to the boathouse and the rest of the land separate from the decking, the builders were under by 74 square feet of hardcover. The approximately 11-12 square feet of hardcover represented in the area around the sliding door has not negatively impacted the approved hardcover for the property. He said the deck is an extension of the dock. It was on the original survey that the original deck was to be removed but it was in consideration that it was a removable docking section and considered a dock rather than a deck. The homeowner built the metal frames and the building company put the dock sections on top of it. This spring they can remove the dock sections and set them aside. They are under the hardcover from the Page 1 of 30