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FILE #05-3072 <br />3 January 2005 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />Dttic Apiilicalioii KcccimI: 12-17*04 <br />Dale Apiilicatioii Consiclcml as C'oiiipletc: 01*03*05 <br />60-Day Review I'criml Kxpircs: 03*03*05 <br />1o:Chair Raljii aiul Plamiiiig Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Melanie Curtis, City Planner <br />January 3,2005 <br />Subject:05-3072, Orono Public School District «278, 685 Old Crystal Bay Road <br />Variance & Conditional Use Permit Amendment <br />Public Hearing <br />inning District: RR-IB, One Family Rural Residential District <br />Application Summary: <br />The applicant is requesting a variance and conditional use pennit in order to replace the <br />existing campus monument sign with a new monument sign. The applicant is proposing <br />a 9’ 2" tall x IT wide monument with 56 s.f. of sign face, including a 30 s.f. static <br />electronic readerboard. The proposed sign is to be located at the northwest comer of the <br />intersection Old Crystal Bay Road and Highway 12 on school district pro perly. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the sign <br />size variance and conditional use pennit for a new campus monument sign. <br />Hardship: Current Orono sign codes do not address institutional uses within residential <br />districts making it difficult to meet the needs of schools and other institutional uses within <br />K-Districls. <br />Pertinent Zoning Ordinance Sections <br />> See. 78-418. Conditional u.se.s. <br />Within any RR-IB one-family rural residential district, no structure or land shall <br />be used for the following uses without a coiHlilional use pennit: <br />(I) Public schools and parochial or private schools which teach a curriculum similar <br />to a public school, provided no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot <br />line of an abutting lot in an R district and a I'encc is erected 15 feel or more from <br />all street lot lines where the abutting use is for open play, and nursery schools <br />providing 50 .square feet of playground space per pupil. <br />V Sec. 78-419. Acccs.sory uses. <br />Within any RR-IB one-lainily rural residential district, the following uses shall be <br />permitted accessory uses; <br />(4) Signs, as regulated in this chapter. <br />1