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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, June 17,2002 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />Mr. Johnson estimated that an average of 2S0 cars would be on hand in the overnight storage area, with <br />upwards of400 on site at any given time. <br />Mr. Fitchel interjected that due to fluctuations in excess inventoiy this is a difficult number to predict. <br />Rahn questioned whether the proposal skirts the retail zoning ordinance and in essence still is retail. He <br />stated that the Commission obviously has little objection to the other uses, such as, the automotive shop, <br />prep etc. <br />Bellows maintained that the original intent, as indicated in the letter Exhibit D, still is to provide a retail <br />sales operation. <br />Berg questioned the loading and unloading distractions near a residential area at all hours. She went on to <br />inquire who the customer is specifically. <br />Mr. Johnson reiterated that the operation is designed to attract the commercial customer who shops for a <br />company. <br />Smith noted that according to the information provided by Morries, on average 10 visitors a day will stop <br />by the showroom. <br />Berg asked if the average sole buyer would be • ferred out to this location in order to obtain a specific <br />model <br />Mr. Johnson indicated that, in fact, the opposite would happen, the car would be sent out to the buyer ’s <br />dealership location. <br />(#02-2795 WJM PROPERTIES, Continued) <br />Rahn inquired whether this would be the centralized location for all of the dealerships as their off-load <br />location. He could envision an awful lot of transports were this the case, and asked how many typically <br />PAGE 32 OF 42 <br />inratiTini