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MINXTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY. MAY P. 2004 6:00 o’clock p.m. 5. #04-2974 Rf:LLVNCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLP. ~STONEBAY MARKfl^rTl^E ~ MV Ql’ADRANT HWY 12AMLLOW DRINT, COMMERCIAL PCD DE\ ELOPMENT CO.NTLMATION OF PI BLIC HEARING (6:28-6:59 p.m.) John Trautz. Reliance Development. Vickie \’an Dell. Landform Engineenng and Mike Spina. Amcon Constniction. the applicant's representative^, x^cre preMrni. Gaffron reported the receipt of the Waiver of Further Renew of the Orono Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the propo^d Commeicial PL’D Development from the Metropolitan Council on May 17.2004. completing that par, of the applicatuin The Comprehensive Plan Amendment w ill be brought to the Citv ’ Council for final action GalTron advised rev ised plans were submitted to the Cfy on May 7. 2004 subsequent to recommendations made to the applicants by the Plan-ing Commission on April 19. 2004. He outlined several facets of the revised commercial site plans, relemng to the Staff Report, dated .May 13, 2004: I Conformity with Comprehmsive Plan - Stall believes the current proposal generally meets the parameters established in the CMP amendment for development of this site. 2. Conformity to B-6 PL’D Standards A. AlloH fd Csei. The proposed buildings and site la>out would reasonably accommodate many of the uses on the proposed list of allowable uses B / gy Area and If idth. Required area and w idth for B-6 are 2 0 acres and UHV. TJic proposed preliminary plat creates two lots: Lot I - 1 98 acres 370*. and I ot 2 = 1.71 acres and I3> . Both lots arc sligntly undersized in area; however, the site at 3.69 acres is limited by having no additional land av ailable Staff recommends approval of the lot area and w idths as proposed C. Setback requirements and cor.formitv were includcu m the April 15 memo, indicating that all setback requirements are met except for the west side setback for the westerly retail building, which is proposed at 20' rather than 35*. Staff recommends approval for this 20' setback as discussed in the April 15 memo. The setback vanance allows additional green space on the east end and also diH-s not cause the crowding effect because there arc no buildings to the west to have visual crowding impacts D [)rainaj>f. Ibe drainage plan is in place as part of the Stonebav subdivision with all drainage from the site going to the adjacent regional pond. ' L. Suilding Ht iuhf. U-6 height limit is 30’. The Walgreens building has a roof peak height o* .78 3" for the bulk of the building, and 32 ’o" for the entrance comer •parapet' roof peak. The retail buildings have a basic height of 24 -8'’ with gable peaks extending to 33'-4 5" high Staff recommends acceptance of these heights as proposed as they ».bstantially meet expectations F Oaffron illustrated the building layout and refened to I xhibits L2.1 and L7.1. the landscaping plans and details for this property These plans meet the general B-6 guidelines in terms of required infotnution detail. The applicants indicated in their revised narrative that the proposed landscr mg exceeds the requirements of the B-6 District. Gaflfon stated the building layout a^omplished a number of city goals, mcluding improv ed landscaping areas inside _____________________the parking lot with a changed number of green spaces. He commented that a Page 5 of 40