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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 8, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 18 of 23 <br /> <br />Printup is not very comfortable changing zoning right now in that area – it is a pretty tight area and they <br />have had things come before the Council trying to make things work over there. <br /> <br />Johnson said on this lot, too. He asked what the other deal was that Barnhart spent a lot of time on. <br /> <br />Seals remembered they wanted the Council to sell the back lot so they could combine the two. <br /> <br />Printup said it is always tied to the back lot. <br /> <br />Johnson noted regarding this application, the Fire Department is on one side and the Highway on the <br />other side. He does not know why they need to do anything special for it, but it is not a special piece of <br />real estate. <br /> <br />Printup stated thinking of the future, that area might look different and rather than puzzling pieces <br />together and weird zoning for just a one-acre spot, that could turn into more. They do not know what will <br />happen with the building. <br /> <br />Seals just sees problems, knowing the activity of the Fire Department, it is not a good idea. <br /> <br />Johnson noted they really cannot concern themselves with that. <br /> <br />Seals said no, but they owe it to themselves to have those conversations. Think about the complaints <br />from Stone Bay about public works trucks backing up. Do they not think screeching out of there at 12:30 <br />a.m. all sirens blazing is not going to evoke a few lights in the fronts of their buildings? If they are <br />talking about headlights, that is a headlight. <br /> <br />Walsh said they also do not know what they are doing with the Community Garden, what they are doing <br />with the Fire Department, and do not know what that could become in the future if it is not a fire building. <br /> <br />Crosby asked right now, how many units it is zoned for. <br /> <br />Seals said 3-10 units/acre. <br /> <br />Barnhart said to keep in mind there is a difference between zoning and the land use guidance. The zoning <br />RR1B allows one unit per two acres. So, one house could go on this. However, it is guided for 3-10 <br />which does require the City to have zoning that matches that. <br /> <br />Seals asked which one trumps the other. <br /> <br />Barnhart replied the Comprehensive Plan trumps, which is the guidance. <br /> <br />Walsh said right now this is guided at 10 units and the Applicant is at 6 units/acre; he clarified that the <br />City only gets credit for 3 units. <br /> <br />Crosby said there are 12 units here, what is he talking about. <br /> <br />Walsh replied in terms of density and providing as many units as the City is supposed to provide for 20 <br />years, if it guides from 3-10 and they only get 3 towards their number. Even if they put 6 at density, the