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MIMTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Moaday. October 18,2004 6:00 o’clock p.m. (#04*5024 City of Oroao, Vehicle Storage, Coaiiaard) The Planning Commission and Staff have also looked at the advantages and disadvantages of granting a vanance, a conditional use permit, a license, or permit to allow this type of use w ith the idea that no new such conditions would occur but that the existing ones could continue as long as they meet the permit conditions. Under Item f. minimum lot size of 5 acres, the following language has been added ••For any property at least 2 acres but le^s than 5 acres m area, where it can be showti that prior to the effective date of this ordinance such a vehicle was previously stored on a regular basis pnor to and after January I. 2004, a V'chiclc Storage Permit may be granted if the above conditions a through f. are met. subject also to the following limitations; 1. A Vehicle Storage Permit may only be issued for proiKrtics within the RR-ID, RR-IA, and LR-IA zoning districts. 2. Such i>ennii shall be granted only to the current property owner and only for the specific vehicle applied for. The cunent owner ma\ replace the vehicle in kind, but shall not add other such vehicles. Any replacement vehicle must be registered w iih the City w iihin 30 days to transfer iis pemiittcd status. 3. This permit shall not apply to subsequent property owners. .Subsequent property owners shall not be considered as having a grandfathered permit by virtue of their predecessor’s permit.” Rahn called for public comments. There wctc no public comments concerning this application. Leslie inquired w hether StalT would be going through a re-permitting process periodically to determine whether the projierty owner still owns that vehicle and is complying with the conditions. Gaffron stated it was the intent of StalT to have a onc-time permit be issued without the need to ha\c it be renew ed and to deal w ith any issues as complaints may arise. Leslie asked whether it is SlaflTs preference not to have the permits renewed. Gaffron stated he w ould prefer Staff not have to issue annual or three year permits. Gaffron stated since there arc very few instances where this ordinance would apply that it probably would not be an issue unless a neighbor has complaints, which would then be co\crcd under the nuisance section of the ordinance. Rahn noted this ordinance only applies to existing conditions. Leslie inquired whether a person could discontinue this use and then re-apply for a permit after a penod of ume. Gaffron stated a clause could be added that says if the use is discontinued for a certain penod of time that they no longer qualify for this type of permit. PAGE 2