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TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: List of Exhibits: Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator March 4,2002 #02-2764 Proposed Zoning Code Amendment Add “Commercial Planned Unit Development (CPUD) District’ A Draft Commercial Planned Unit Development Ordinance B Zoning Map (Highw-ay 12 Commercial Area) C Zoning Map (Navarre) Background Orono has established 6 zoning districts for commercial uses within the City; B-1 (Retail Sales Business District), B-2 (Lakeshore Business District - Marinas), B-3 (Shopping Center Business District), B-4 (Office and Professional Business District), B-5 (Limited Neighborhood Business District). B-6 (Highway Commercial District). Each district has a list of permitted and conditional uses along with standards for minimum lot size and width, and required building setbacks. While each district can be used for its' intended purpose, the zoning standards for each district only allows buildings that are required to meet minimum setbacks usually resulting in development that leads to a building set in the center of the property with individual site parking located around the building. Purpose The existing commercial zoning districts do not have the ' flexibility” to allow redevelopment to follow existing development patterns in certain parts of the City. An example wou’d be the Navarre commercial area where several buildings are located with a zero setback to the front property lines. Under the existing zoning standards redevelopment or new development of parts of Navarre would require new buildings to have a 20 ’ front setback from front property lines and 30' from rear property lines. The City may want to maintain the sidewalk, pedestrian nature of the Navarre Commercial District. A CPUD zoning district would allow the City of Orono to have the flexibility to consider such requests. Initially the City had considered creating a CPUD district as a result of a development proposal for a multi-unit office complex on a 4 acre parcel located on Shady-wood Road in Navarre. The specific proposal is a request to construct several office buildings on one property and plat each lot independently to sell each unit into private ownership, much like a residential towuhome project. The existing zoning of the properties suggests the site be used for general office, but the zoning of the lot as B-4 requires properties have a minimum lot size of 20,000 s.f. and have frontage of 100* along the street. Orono has recently established a Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD) district. The RPUD district allows residential properties the flexibility to provide densities and standards that are not available in any of the City’s existing zoning districts. The densities and use of a property within a PUD are guided by the Land Use Plan as defined in the Comprehensive Plan. The RPUD was used