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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, December 11, 2017 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER REPORT <br />11. RON STEFFENHAGEN RETIREMENT RESOLUTION — RESOLUTION NO. 6819 <br />Crosby moved, Dankey seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6819, a Resolution Recognizing <br />Ron Steffenhagen for his 43 years of Dedicated Service to the Orono Golf Course and granting him <br />a life -time membership. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT <br />14. APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY SITE PLAN FOR RIVER VALLEY SPORTS USE OF <br />TENT FOR SALES DISPLAY <br />Barnhart reviewed his December 1, 2017, memorandum regarding a request by River Valley Sports for <br />approval of a tent for a sales display. Barnhart noted the City Council reviewed this at their November 27 <br />Council meeting and requested additional information on parking and ownership. <br />Barnhart noted River Valley Sports is a marine based sales and service business located on Shoreline <br />Drive. There are three other tenants on the property, resulting in 70 parking stalls being required in the <br />summer and 15 -plus spots in the winter. The property is owned by EOF Investments. EOF Investments <br />has three tenants occupying the property: Browns Bay Marina, Your Boat Club, and River Valley Power <br />and Sport. Your Boat Club operates under a conditional use permit. Browns Bay Marina and River <br />Valley are permitted uses in the B-2 zoning district. <br />Barnhart noted only River Valley Power and Sport is requesting the use of the tent. The expansion of a <br />permitted use, temporary or long-term, is permissible following review of a site plan. A condition being <br />recommended by Staff is to expressly prohibit Your Boat Club from having a presence in the sales tent. <br />Any expansion of Your Boat Club would require a review of their conditional use permit. <br />In addition, an issue was raised at the last Council meeting about the possible noise that would be <br />generated from the heaters. The supplier of the heaters has indicated that the decibel reading at three feet <br />is 71 decibels, which is comparable to the sound of a vacuum cleaner. <br />Barnhart reviewed the various parking areas dedicated for this site. Barnhart noted the parking <br />requirements differ in the summer versus the winter. The summer requirement for all three businesses is <br />70 spaces and 18 for the winter, with three additional parking spaces being required for the tent. In total <br />81 parking spaces have been identified. In addition to the parking on the site, across Shoreline Road is a <br />gravel parking lot that can support 17 legal spaces. Legal spaces are defined as 9' x 20', with an adjacent <br />24 -foot wide aisle. An additional 13 legal spaces can be found on the adjacent residential lots and five <br />spaces in the triangular shaped gravel area north of the gazebo. <br />Staff's analysis of the site plan shows that the parking requirements of all three commercial entities and <br />the two residential parcels can be satisfied via the existing parking and meets the parking requirements <br />imposed by City Code. <br />Walsh asked whether the applicant provided a parking plan. <br />Barnhart indicated they provided some information that Staff then utilized. <br />Page 8 of 15 <br />