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POSITION PAPER <br />Subject: <br />Point: <br />Receiving Dock <br />Use and Noise Issues <br />The additional receiving door on the west side is needed to accomplish <br />efficient receiving of goods in this supermarket. The design of the old store <br />goes back to 1974. It has a very outdated receiving design and does not allow <br />for the quick handling of product that is needed in the present supermarket <br />environment. <br />An additional door cannot be put in place on the east side of the building due <br />to design and topographical constraints. We would have to move all our <br />electrical panels, which would probably cost $40,000 +. Because of the <br />elevation and space constraints of the lot, we would not be able to place a <br />second delivery door and compactor on the east side. <br />We have designed the retaining wall on the west side of the building to serve <br />two purposes. First it will serve as a wall sheltering the truck well and <br />also serve as a retaining wall. Secondly, it is designed to shelter the <br />compactor and will be used as a noise barrier. The compactor noise, when it <br />Is cycled, provides a very low level hydraulic hum, which will not penetrate <br />into the adjacent properties. The truck noise of backing into the delivery <br />well will be very minimal. In fact, I feel the car, bus and truck noise from <br />county road 15 will be heard much more than our delivery vehicles. <br />These issues have already been addressed in the zoning process wisely done by <br />the City of Orono. We have a classic case of commercial property adjacent to <br />multiple dwelling property which shelters the homes from the retail businesses.