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r #04-2974 Stoncbay Outlot A CMP Amendment Text April 9,2004 Pagc< The fourth parcel, Outlot A, Stonebay, 3.S acres in area, is located at the northwest quadrant of the signalized Hij^ay 12/ Willow Drive intersection. Outlot A is remotely located from the first three parcels, separated firom them by a regional stormwater pond. The opposite three quadrants of the 12/Willow intersection are developed with retail uses; the NE quadrant is a garden center with adjoining retail shops; the SE quadrant is an off-sale liquor store and coffee drive-thru; and the SW quadrant is a convenience store / service station. Outlot A and the three other parcels between Kelley Parlcway and Highway 12 are currently guided for office use with minor retail accessory to the o ffice use. The purpose of this guiding was to avoid creating a substantial retail center with its attendant traffic and visual impacts, and to avoid the expan.: on of retail substantially westward fiom its current terminus at the intersection of 12/Willow. This goal has been to a great extent met by the office developments completed, underway and anticipated west of the regional storm water pond. The Stonebay residential development immediately north of Kelley Parkway will eventually include approximately 160 residential units. That development was approved with the concept of walkability in mind, including ample sidewalk and trail connections to the commercial areas to the southeast as well as to the City facilities and Orono Schools campus to the west. The Stonebay residential development will result in a mixed use neighborhood, with residential, office and institutional uses. This mixed use neighborhood would benefit from nearby neighborhood-scale retail uses that would serve the neighborhood. The retail uses that would most benefit the mix of residential and non-residential uses in the neighborhood, would be a nei^borhood-scale pharmacy/convenience store and neighborhood-scale food-oriented uses. This amendment to the 2000-2020 Community Management Plan re-guides Outlot A of Stonebay to additionally allow for neighborhood-scale retail uses, as an alternative to the office use for which it is currently guided. The definition of'*neighborhood-scale retail uses” for Outlot A includes the following parameters which must be adhered to for any retail use developed and maintained on the property: No individual buildings greater than 15,000 s.f. gross floor area. One building must be a pharmacy /convenience store. The remaining buildings shall have no individual tenant space greater than 5,000 s.f, except for food-oriented uses which may occupy a space greater than 5,000 s.f The most westerly building on the site shall be oriented and designed in a manner that focuses on the regional pond as an amenity for customers or tenants. I 4 : I '1 i I i ■i . i . . iisadiHSasia