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MOI-2476 <br />B-4 AMtndincnl: Churchn ai a Coadilional Um <br />Jmm 14.2001 <br />Pat* 5 <br />Consbtenc)’ with Comprehensive Plan <br />It has been suggested that an amendment of the Comprehensive Plan may be in order if churches arc <br />allowed in B-4 zones, since Uiis amendment introduces an institution^ use into a commercially <br />planned area. Since Orono has never had an "Institutional District" zoning classification, and since <br />schools, libraries and museums could all be considered institutional uses that have been allowed in <br />the B-4 since its inception, it can be argued that this is not a change in the intent of the B-4 District <br />and therefore probably docs not rise to the level of requiring a CMP amendment. <br />SiafT Recommendatioii <br />Consider recommending the following specific performance standards for the Church use in the B-4 <br />District: <br />I. All buildings shall meet a setback of 50* from lot lines abutting a rcsidcntially zoned <br />property. <br />The applicant shall demonstrate that parking requirements for the c.xpected level of use will <br />be met without necessitating pedestrian movement across a major thoroughfare. <br />Churches shall be IiKated on a collector or arterial roadway as identified in the Orono <br />ComprehensiN e Plan or otherw ise located so that access w ill be provided w ithout conducting <br />significant tralTic onto local residential streets. (An allcmalive is to require that if a church <br />property abuts both a local residential street and a collector or arterial roadway, the access <br />shall be onto the collector or arterial). <br />4. <br />5. <br />Parking areas in side or rear yards shall be .set back 25 feel from residenlially zoned property. <br />One parking space shall be provided for each 2.5 seals of capacity in the main assembls hall <br />or sanctuars'. with additional parking required per the standards of the Zoning Chapter for <br />other facilities such as classrooms, licensed day care facilities or offices. <br />6. (Any additional standards that Planning Commission deems appropriate). <br />Also consider whether the entry should be listed as "Religious Institutions and Facilities", rather than <br />simply "Churches". A number of other cities use this terminology.