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L <br />TO:Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commiv '>n f ^embers <br />Ron Moorse, Citj' Administrator <br />FROM:Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator <br />DATE:August 27, 2002 <br />SUBJECT; #02-2764 Commercial Planned Unit Development (CPUD) Ordinance <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A Draft Commercial Planned Unit Development Ordinance <br />B Zoning Map (Highway 12 Commercial Area) <br />C Zoning Map (Navarre) <br />Background <br />Orono has established 6 zoning districts for commercial uses within the City; B-l (Retail Sales Business <br />District), B-2 (Lakeshore Business District - Sfantms), B-3 (Shopping Center Business District). B-4 (Office <br />and Professional Business District). *'•5 (Limited Neighborhood Business District). B-6 (Highway Commercial <br />District). Each district has a list of permitted and conditional uses along with standards for minimum lot si/c <br />and width, and required building setbacks. While each district can be used for its' intended purpose, the <br />zoning standards for each district only allows buildings that are required to meet minimum setbacks usu.n!lv <br />resulting in development that leads to a building set in the center of the property w ith individual site parking <br />located around the building. <br />Purpose <br />The existing commercial zoning do not have the “fle.\ibilit>" to allow redevelopment or new <br />developntent to follow e.xisting pa-- jnis in certain parts of the City. An example would be the Nav arre <br />^omtnc.cial area where several bu.;.;ingsare located with a zero setback to the front property lines. Under the <br />existing zoning standards redevelopment or new dev elopment of parts of Navarre would require new buildings <br />to have a 20' front setback froir> front property lines and 30' from rear property lines. The City may want to <br />maintain the sidewalk, pedestrian nature of the NavarreComnercial District. A CPUI) zoning district would <br />allow tlie City of Orono to have the flexibility to consider such requests. <br />Advantages of Planned Unit Developments <br />Planned Unit Developments approv e an individual site plan with individual pcrfomiance standards written into <br />the final devclopitient document. The advantage of rezoning a property to PUD is the approv al is subject lo the <br />final development site plan, it the piojcct is not completed the property would revert to the pre-existing zoning <br />district or be changed to match the guided use of the property as denned in the Comprehensiv e Plan. <br />If a property were rezoned to another *'B" zoning district and the development proposed for that site was never <br />completed, the City of Orono would have little control (wer a new site plan on the property that met tiie <br />requirements of the district. <br />IDs arc widely used in other communities. The one item they have in common is the ability to prov ide <br />greater flexibility in peighborhwxl development or non-rr.;idcntial areas that, what can be done under a <br />conventional zoning district. <br />«02-2764 Commerci.ll Planned Unit Development Ordinance <br />Page 1 of ' <br />uauaGnuk*.,J