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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, Januaty 23, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.�il. (9. #06-3173 CITY OF ORONO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT"LONING STANDARDS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, Continued) meeting a number of comments have been since incorporated into the draft Ordinance submitted this evening for the Council. Brixius reviewed tlle entire I�Zdustrial Zoning Ordinance citing revisions including the omission of several minor elements such as; Section 78-823 Conditional Uses, ntunber 1, all but line 1 and number 5 ; and Section 78-827 Off Street Parking suUcategory D—Required Parking number 4. Other suggestions included the addition of soine definitions a�ses tinder the first section -Vai-ied Uses and ininor revisions to document pei-formance standards. Muiphy inteijected a clari�cation that with regard to existing land uses,the City will not be forcing existing uses to comply or change. Stephen Grithnan arrived for discussion indicating that based on the evening's commentary, NAC will inake adjustments and bring back the Ordinance for final approval. Peter Jolulson and Moi7-ie Wagner of Morries were present. Johr►son stated that fl�e timing track of this was somewhat uncomfortable to them as they had only received the draft copy on Friday late afternoon for the meeting this evening which allowed little time for review. While they have Ueen assured Uy staff that they are not Ueing zoned out, Jolulson stated that lus request is that the consultants look at existing conditional use pernlits, as it is unclear whether their outdoor display of sales vehicles and permitted control parts warehouse is allowed within the pernlitted uses section of the Ordinance. He pointed out that Mon-ie's has invested a great deal in this facility and are now Ueing asked to comply with new design standards. He asked whether p. 3 new design standards would be applied to an addition they plan to propose soon which would then have an adverse impact on them. Though he appreciated the clarification of the landscape islands within their storage area as umlecessary, the new requirements imposing design standards on long expanses would cause great expense�vith little benefit for their building, as would the need to sci•een rooftop units and call for additional landscaping. Greg White,VCI Capital, concurred with Mr. Jolu�son's conunents regarding the requirement to meet new codes with refurUishment. Mark Schoening, a business parhler for Ryan development, asked for additional clarification of numerous points.I'irst and foremost item E under Section 78-821 Purpose and Review of Building Permit Applications p.3 he requested that the last line be tightened up to provide more definition as it is cw7-ently too broad a statement written as `any exterior change...' �IIC��Ile 1111�1CtS tI11S Il�lgllt have to the cost of development on a site. He pointed out that, as stated, every structure fllat would like to make improvements would be subject Yo new standards. - On p. 9 he suggested that additional or updated architectural materials CMLJ's etc. be added to the list of acceptable matei-ials. - P. 12 N, he questioned whetiher landsca��ing between parking and roadway was sufficient or is additional screening necessary as noted by a��d - P. 13 —4 , SCI10�11111�C]lleSIlO11eC1 Wlletllel'CIe5l�lllll��lll al'e1 1S a tl'l1CIC COLIl't WI11CI1 COLIICI later Ue turned into parking if necessary was acceptaUle Schoening stated that he could work with staff on some of the more minoi-details. PAGE 8 of 12