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COUNCIL MEETING <br />NOV 282005 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACl ION CTTYOFORONO <br />Date: November 22,200S <br />Item No.: ^ <br />Department Approval:Administrator Approval: <br />Name: Janice Gundlach)^ <br />Title: City Planner <br />Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: #05-3162, City of Orono, Zoning Ordinance Amendment - Ordinance <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Ordinance per Planning Commission Recommendation <br />B - PC Memo ^ted 11-16-05 <br />The Planning Commission reviewed this ordinance amendment at their November work session and <br />held a public hearing at their November 21, 2005 regularly scheduled meeting. The Planning <br />Commission discussed the existing language as it relates to the Ordinance appeal for 1535 Bohn’s <br />Point Road, the intent of the City in regulating entrance monuments, and the need for establishing a <br />gate height maximum. The Planning Commission determined that if the existing ordinance permits <br />entrance monuments to be 8’ in height that the gates attached to the monuments should also be <br />permitted to be 8’ in height. Secondly, the Planning Conunission discussed that if the entrance <br />monuments themselves were not 8’ that the gates attached to them could be no taller than the <br />monuments. Lastly, the Planning Conunission determined that if the gates maintained a certain level <br />of opacity, that the height impacts would be alleviated. Therefore, the opacity level whereby the <br />gates would maintain a transparency effect was established at 25%. <br />Please refer to the proposed ordinance amendment and attached memorandum to the Platming <br />Commission dated 11-1^05. <br />Plaaning Commission Recommendation <br />On November 21, 2005, the Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the <br />proposed amendments to Section 78-1405 (8) with regard to Entrance Monuments. <br />Staff Recommendation <br />Review the proposed amendments of Section 78-1405 (8), attached as Exhibit A, and determine if <br />the proposed language accomplishes a maximum gate height and closes any other potential ’’loop <br />holes” of the existing ordinance. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Adopt and/or amend the attached Ordinance.