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� MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING _ Mond�y, October 10, 2005 7:00 o'clock p.m. (#05-3121 Nai•rows Saloon,Continued) Gaffi�on stated the hai-dcover for this site is at nearly 100 percent. The proposed Uei7ned planting area abutting the outdoor seating has the potential to reduce hardcover by approximately 150 square feet or do��i to 98.9 percent. No new hardcover is being added,but the vestibule converts 88 square feet of pavement to siructure. Gaffron pointed out Orono ordinances require thai parking Ue provided at a rate of one stall per 80 square feet of public floor area for a restaurant, cafe,bar, tavein, ete. Because the Nan•ows' property is relatively small, only a small nuinber of parking stalls currently are available on site, alzd this will be reduced to no more than three to four stalls when the outdoor seatin� area is developed. The m�jority of the cun-ent and future parlcing needs for the Nan�ows must be met offsite,primarily in the municipal lot behind the properh'. Gaffron stated tl�e Navan�e municipa]parlcing lot was acquired and improved in 1964-1965. The businesses that Uack up to the parking lot�vere originally assessed for the iinproveinents to it based on their amount of frontage on a h�aveled street. The Narrows' site was assessed for 104.5 feet of fi�ontage or eight percent of the total fi-ontage assessed. At the time of assessment,no commitments were macie that Stafi'can find that would apportion specific numbers of parlting stalls to specific properties. We do lmow thaC in 1953 the Council adopted Resolution No. 1594 that resulted from settlement of a claim by the fornzer o�u�iers of 2385 Shadywood Road and granted variances that would allow an office Uuilding requiring credit of 26 parking stalls in the municipal lot. These variances were granted with a�vaiver of the one-year expiration, so the potential may still exist for that property to lay claim to as inany as 26 stalls. As a result of concerns about whether the municipal lot has the capacity to serve the increased Nan-ows' parlcing clemand, Planning Commission dic•eeted tlie applicailt ia eomplete a parlcin�analysis. The applicant retained Benshoof&Associates, Inc., to conduct a parking study. The parking study aided in addressing rivo lcey parlcing questions: one, is the existing number of parking stalls in the publie parlcing lot sufficient to accommodate the increased demand associated with the proposed saloon expansion; and two,will sufficient spaces remain available in tl�e public parlcing lot to serve users of other properties ihat rely upon this parlcing lot. The siudy reviewed the existing availaUle parlcing and notes that 129 spaces are available in the municipal lot�vith 30 additional spaces available on private properties that abut the lot. More importantly,the sh.idy reviewed existing pealc parl:ing demand as well as firture parlcing demand during the same pealc times. The pealc times reviewed were the Friday noon period, Saturday noon period, and Saturday evening. The existing pealc demands at these noted time periods ai•e 65 veliicles during the Friday noon period, 59 vehicles during the Saturday noon period, and 67 vehicles during the Saturday evening period. The firture den.�and, talcing into consideration the Caribou Coffee use and ihe proposed Nat-�-ows expansion as well as the other existing uses, was projected at 115 parking stalls during the Friday noon period, 93 stalls during the Saturday noon period, and 122 stalls during the Sah�rday evening period. �AG� 1�