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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO P1.ANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, April 21,2003 <br />6:00 o*clock p.m. <br />(#11 #03-2889 RAVIA REAL ESTATE, LLC, Continued) <br />Mabusth maintained that the City should not be granting variances for new construction. <br />Chair Smith asked for opinion’s regarding underground parking. <br />Alcon indicated that it was not their preference to provide underground parking. He stated <br />that tenants would be hesitant to purchase the units if they felt parking to be an issue. <br />Paetzel, the architect, indicated that the lower levels of each unit would be typically used <br />for storage, infrastructure, offices, etc. He indicated that the units would not support, for <br />instance, a phone bank tenant there, but instead would be designed to accommo^te 5-6 <br />employees and a few customers at a time. <br />Fritzler asked if the handicap parking requirement had been addressed. <br />Gaflron pointed out that 6 stalls had been proposed with ramps to the lower floor. <br />Mabusth asked whether a variance should be required in a planned unit development in the <br />first place. <br />Gaffron indicated that the Commission needs to be comfortable with a standard <br />requirement which it could relate to other developments, for example the Navarre office <br />site. He asked whether owners would be allowed to sublease their units. <br />Alcon indicated that, typically, that has not been allowed. He noted that people purchase <br />the units to use for their personal office space, generally, lawyers, accountants, insurance <br />providers who wish to be located near their client base. He added that the sublease could <br />be a condition of the plat. <br />Chair Smith stated that she was uncomfortable with the proposed proof of parking took <br />away the planned landscaping. She felt the need to assure the residents of Sugarwood that <br />more landscaping would be required to preserve or protect their development. <br />With regard to access, Alcon pointed out that the neighboring strip mall had requested a <br />sidewalk be constructed which connects to his property. Alcon indicated that the <br />developer had no problem with that. <br />Chair Smith asked if staff were comfortable with the signage and lighting proposed thus <br />far. <br />Gaffron indicated that, in general, the proposed lighting seems to be just enough to <br />accommodate the development and individual entryways. He noted that further details <br />would need to be provided. <br />PAGE 27 of 40 <br />1 <br />i <br />i <br />j