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E. <br />F. <br />G. <br />H. <br />J. <br />K. <br />City Code requires parking for athletic fields as 1 parking space for each <br />six seats of capacity. Each 22 inches of bleacher space devoted to <br />seating is counted as one seat when determining design capacity for the <br />bleachers. Any bleacher space devoted lo aisle or any other purpose is <br />not considered scat space. Code would allow seating up to 288 based <br />on the 48 spaces shown for parking. <br />Pedestrian access would include a sidewalk that would be located <br />adjacent to the new parking area and provide access to a future trail <br />extension along County Road 6. OBA has requested the trail connection <br />not be constructed, and only the corridor established at this time. <br />The Park Commission reviewed the request at their meeting on August <br />6, 2001, and commented they are supportive of a set aside of land that <br />could be used for a trail connection in the future. The land would be <br />designated for trail use by granting of an easement along the proposed <br />trail corridor. The trail corridor would be determined following concept <br />approval of the site plan and trail easement would be granted by the <br />School District to the public. <br />The baseball field expansion includes batting cages, a 24' X 36' storage <br />building, play lot and announcer’s booth. West of the existing fields the <br />OBA is proposing to replace an existing storage shed with a larger shed <br />and expand the parking area along the entrance drive. <br />A wooded ravine separates the baseball fields from the school property. <br />The ravine is a designated wetland. The proposed improvements do not <br />encroach within the protected area around the ravine. The City of <br />Orono’s 1974 wetland inventory did not classify any of the wetlands on <br />the property as protected, however the ravine and wetlands are protected <br />by WCA regulation and do appear on the National Wetlands Inventory. <br />A wetland basin is located at the northwest comer of the site where <br />County Road 6 and Old Crystal Bay Road intersect. The new ball field <br />does not impact that wetland basin. <br />There are no lights proposed for the field. Code does not permit any <br />source of light be visible at any property line. <br />Page 3 of 12