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I I r,: r. 5. entrances to the parking lot can occur next to the Dvinci's pizza location (certainly tough to turn left from the west), next to the gas station (again a tough left turn from the west -1 have on more than one occasion almost been hit by someone turning left from the west violating the turn lanes in this area - and this area is tough to navigate between the buildings), and then on the smaller side streets to the north (which is immediately adjacent to a park with a slide and playground equipment for small children). 4. Is outdoor seating appropriate for this area? Noise at the intersection is already an issue - admittedly mainly currently from cars and street traffic. Yet occasionally, the noise from the saloon, when the doors are open when there is live music, is enough to hear at the bottom of my driveway. Certainly double entry doors, and converting the single entry doors to a fire escape only, and better attention from the owners to the heating and ventilation to keep them from propping the doors open may solve these problems with the current facility. Expansion to outdoor seating will create new problems. People drinking and smoking within less than 50 yards of the park, loud conversations at night, along with the increased patrons and cars from a 130% increase in usable space in this saloon, will increase the noise even further. Further reduction In the size of the outdoor areas may reduce this noise somewhat, but with the proximity to the neighborhoods, I believe outdoor use should be denied. Seating on the south side of the building bad originally been proposed, but is not in the current proposal, and should continue to be denied, as it poses the same problems, with the addition of safety concerns with highway IS. Additionally, seating on the south side of the building impairs pedestrian traffic on the north side of the road. Would the approval of this application be consistent with past actions of the city council? Most of the residents of Orono/Navarre have at one time had dealings with the city council concerning our own property, and have adapted to the fact that with few exceptions, the laws and zoning regulations of the city have been upheld. As Jim Murphy has commented in past city council meetings, Orono is becoming more urban as time goes on, which requires tighter regulations. Allowing significant variances in building use, parking variances, and adding outdoor seating are exceptions that we should not tolerate. OSH CMHl-»4S-page)