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exhibit D II *’w ClTYarOBONO MwUc tpit OffkM immrnh^ Om M SSlSi ro. !■ (I Cfyiw a^. m SS323«HI July6,200S Bradley A. Hoyt 3507 Kdly Avenue Orono,MN 55331 Re: Nairowi Saloon Dear Mr. Hoyt: We are in receipt of your letter dated June 31,3005 regarding application #05-3131. the pfopoaed expansion of the Nanows Saloon. Your letter has bera forwarded to the City Council and will be provided to the Plamiing Commisston in their next packet regarding this application. Please note that the Planning Committion tabled the application on June 30. The attached Notice of Planning Commission Action provides additional detail regarding the tabling. To address the many specific questions raised in your tetter, 1 would oflcr the following: The municipal parking lol and the accesses to it are the result of acquisition in the mid-l9fi0's of ftt title to (or in some cases easements over) a variety of parcels. Staff has not researched how much was paid for the lot Construction of die actual parking lot wu aasested to abuiling OMmtn shoitly after ita acquisilion. The City maintains the lot. Public Services Director Greg Otppt may be able to provide you with additional infocmalion regarding the k>L To our knowledge, no apponionment of stalls to the various businesses hu ever been done except at noted on Page 8 of the June 15. 3005 suff memo (36 stalls attnbiited to 2385 ShadywoodRoad). To dale, the Planning Commission has not made a recommendation regarding the variances sought by the Narrows. However, the Planning Commission's comments on June 30 lead staff to believe that most of the variancei sought wilt not be supported by the Planning Commtsaion. due to lack of luudship or for other reasons. At this time the City has no piins lo re-stnpe the Navarre parking lot to have it Hrktly meet the letter of the code The parking lot ^pareitily has been striped in TteipbwB iW3i 2ae.4eeo • Fu (ssi) w%»w.ci.orenp.fna4ii nmeWy R«yt July S. 2005 rtgt 2 EXHIBIT D «) a ma«iner that provides the most parking stalls possible given the space available. We would expect that any parking study required by the City would address the fiinclionality of the lot layout. Patios by definition are calculated u structural lot tovemge if the fencing around them exceeds six feet in height, per Zoning Code Section 78-1403. The applicant's submitted plans indicate walls/fences totaling no more than 5.5* in height However, if the walls/fences were lo exceed 6' in height, the additional area enclosed by such walls for the rear patios would be approximately 1600 i f., increasing the lot coverage by strucnire to approximately 50*4 The City hu not made a deteimination regarding the placement of trees within the sidewalk. Orono't noise ordinances are primarily contained within Sections 5S-116 through 58-123 (attached) and are enforced by the Police Depaitment The zoning code provisions for noise arc contained within Section 78-1568 fattached) which are admimstered by the Plaiming and Zoning Department.. I would refer you lo the Orono Police Department (952-249-4700) directly for information on police calls regarding the Nanows Planning and Zoning Department files do not contain a specific report in response to Condition #3 of Resolution No. 4530 establishing a one-year review of “the use of the building in relaCioa lo the bve entertainment and noise levels generated by the Kve enteftainmciit use“. However, the Orono Police Depaitment hu addresaed this issne in Chief Stephany Good’s memo dated June 20. 2005 (attached). I would refer you again to the Police Departmem in regards to the hours of operation of the Narrows The City hu not revised its ordinances lo allow bars to remain open afier 1:00 a.ro. The Planning Commiuion has mdicated ihcy will likely recommend lo Council that a parking study be required, and that such smdy be based on a educed Narrows expansion propoul which hu not been received u of this writing. The City hu no specific redevelopment plan for Navarre at this umc The City Council hu recaitly asked the City’s planning consultants, DSU, Inc., to prepare a propoul for pioviduig planning auittance for the Navarre oommerciat area, with a general goal of susuming and preserving existing uses, and developing a planning framework or vision to guide any redevelopment of individual sues The City Council doo not support providing TIP for redevelopment of Navarre. The Police Chief hu been provided a copy of your letter and is aware of Che proposed Narrows expansion, but to my knovN ledge hu not been asked to addreu the potential costs of additional police service in relation to the Narrows expansion Suff will request such infomution u part of the continuing review of (his application