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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNIIVG COMMISSION � Monday, September 19,2005 6:00 o'clock p.m. 8. #OS-3149 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH,2060 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH, CONDITIONAL US� PEIZMIT, 9:35 P.M.—10:00 P.M. John Thiesse,Trinity Lutheran Church, was present. Gundlach stated the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow construction of additions to the existing church operating under the controls of several conditional use permits,which also includes re-paving, reocientation, and enlargement of the eaisting parking lot. The proposed improvements consist of a great room, conference rooms, bathroom, nursery, and adtninistrative offices additions and repaving, expanding, and reorienting of the existing parking lot. Also, as part of the improvements proposed under this application, the church will be hooking into city sanitary sewer and will be abandoning the existinb mound septic system in the southwest corner of the property. Gundlach indicated all side and rear yard setbacks have been met, but a front yard parking setback variance would be required in order to construct the eapanded parking located in the sotrthwest corner of the site as the front yard setback proposed is 14 feet where 50 feet is required. Staff finds that due to the extensive right-of-way width along the �lorth side of Sixth Avenue North and the topography of the lot relative to gaining more level stalls, there may be a hardship to warrant approval of a variance for construction of this parking area. The total amount of parking stalls provided on the proposal is 221 stalfs, which is adequate to suppo►-t the preschool progcam and chu►•ch activities on Sunday. Gundlach noted the City Engineer did raise some issues with the size of tlle proposed stalls. Gundlach indicated the exterior building materials as proposed consist of a light brown brick to match the existing exYerior building materials on the church. The applicant is not proposing any new lighting within the parking lot. The current parking lot does not contain any pole fighting nor would the building code require any. The applicant has indicated that only security lighting is proposed, which would be located at the entrance locations, and some minimal lighting necessary to safely illuminate the sidewalks. , PAGE 35