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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY' COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 26, 1996 (#6 -U2\5S John O'Sullivan/Grace Baptist Church Property - Rezoning - Continued) Goctten noted that a rezoning requires a 4/5th majority vote She noted that the Council would be putting faith in the person before us, but it is considered Orono's downtown area, and Goctten feels she should support and trust what O'Sullivan is planning to accomplish as it will impact the whole area Callahan responded that the rezoning to commercial is not dependent on O'Sullivan Jabbour moved, Goetten seconded, to approve the rezoning of the Grace Baptist Church Property at 2380 Shad>wood Road to B5, Ordinance #149, 2nd Series. V'ote; Ayes 4, Nays 1, Hurr. City Attorney Radio asked to comment on the Council's statement of trust. He noted that the property is now rezoned B5 commercial, and if the B5 was to be considered for amendment, the Council should proceed post haste He reasoned that the Council should not be in the middle of the amendment during the re\aew of the building permit application Callahan noted this would involve a comprehensive review of the zoning for expansion and language as drawn attention to by the Planning Commission. Jabbour asked that all persons in the area be notified. Hurr asked that all of the requirements of the particular zone be reviewed noting the large number of variances allowed on the current O'Sullivan development. If this property as a vacant piece of land still requires a number of variances, Hurr said that it may be that the code is not correct Callahan responded that the description in the zones also refers to other areas such as Hwy 12 and may have merit. He noted a particular area in that zone also needs to be reviewed. Gaffron said he has identified three tasks: 1) defining the appropriate .aws in B5, 2) setback and hardcover requirements in B5 and other zones, and 3) studying the Navarre area, both vacant and developed parcels, and what it should be. Gaffron said the issue of uses could be on the September agenda but the study would require more time. Hurr said she was concerned with precedent setting of allowing variances on raw land, noting it would then be difficult to hold development along Hwy 12 to the code requirements. Gaffion informed the Council that the B5 square footage is a minimum of 20,000 s.f The property in question at 1.7 acres is larger than that minimum.