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WHEREAS, the Orono City Council makes the following findings in regard to this qiplication for rezoning and PUD/RPUD General Concept Plan approval: HNDINGS Community Management Plan Conformity: Rezonine 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File ^02-2789. 2. The property is currently zoned RR*1B One Family Rural Residential Zoning District, requiring a minimum residential lot size of 2 acres. The property consists of approximately SI acres. 3. The proposed use of the property is consistent with the Orono 2000-2020 Community Management Plan (CMP) guiding of the property north of Kelley Parkway for attached residential dwelling use, and for commercial office uses south of Kelley Parkway. 4. The proposal locates Kelley Parkway consistent with the CMP intent for a single tier of commercial ofHce uses between Kelley Parkway and Highway 12, with no direct access to Highway 12. The proposal creates two outlots for potential commercial use between Kelley Parkway and Highway 12. 5. Because the property south of Kelley Parkway is guided in the CMP for commercial office use, that property should be rezoned consistent with the intended and guided use. At this time the applicant does not have a specific proposal for development of the commercial ofHce outlots. The most appropriate zone for the intended commercial office uses is B-6 Highway Commercial District. The B-6 District was specifically created to accommodate the uses guided by the CMP for the Highway 12 corridor. The B-6 District primarily allows non-retail uses such as ofHces, banks, libraries and motels/hotels, and allows Class I restaurants only as a conditional use. Rezoning the two proposed commercial outlots to B-6 would be appropriate at the time of Development Plan Approval, regardless whether the outlots have been proposed for specific uses at that time. Page 2 of 21