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i CITY of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 48 4 R 6. The Planning Commission made the following findings of fact: B. C. D. E. The Planning Commission finds the sales allowed on the property as a Permitted Use would be sales associated with a wholesale operation. In the Code under the general heading of‘Processing’ are a list of t>pes of processes that would be allowed in the district. Processes would include conducting certain mwufacturing, fabrication, storage, or wholesaling operations. The I district lists “automobile and truck painting, major repair, body and fender work, upholstering, tire recapping and sales when completely enclosed within a building.” This would allow' auto sales as a wholesale operation. The Orono zoning ordinance does not permit “retail sales” in the I, Industrial zoning district. Retail use of the property for automobile sales in the classic sense, i.e. general customer visits for the purposes of purchasing a vehicle or parts, is not permitted on the property. However, proposed uses such as the body shop, auto processing, and wholesale of cars and parts are permitted uses in the district. The body shop and auto prep areas are permitted in the district. The body shop w ould be in an area of approximately 45,000 s.f completely within the building. Vehicles stored waiting for body repair or for delivery would be stored in the outside storage area south of the building. The auto prep area will occupy 18.300 s.f. of building area. All auto prep will occur inside the building, Morries expects to receive approximately ten incoming loads of new automobiles per month. New automobiles >vill be unloaded and will be stored outside and delivered to dealerships. Total outgoing vehicles are estimated at 120 per month. Rage 2 of 10 “Auto Sales Showroom^’ at the north end of the building will involve 32,800 ' S.f. within the building in addition to an outside open sales lot with stalls for 40 cars on display and for demonstration or test drives, all as part of the fleet sales and leasing operation. The operation of the showroom and open sales lot as proposed would meet the definition of a wholesale operation