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la To;Chair Lindquist and Orono Planning Commission Membera Ron Moorse, City Administrator From: Date: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator October 14. 1996 Subject:Zoning Code Amendment, Sections 10.40/10.44/10.45: B-1 Retail Sales Business District, B-5 Limited Neighborhood Business District and B-6 Highway Commercial District - Continuation of Public Hearing List of Exhibits A - Revised Amendment per Work Session Discussions B - Memo and Selected Exhibits of September 11, 1996 Discussion This item was tabled at your September meeting pending a work session which was held September 27. At that work session. Planning Commission reached the following conclusions: 1.In the B-6 zone. Class I restaurants (sit-down re.staurants, no liquor or live entertainment) should become a conditional use rather than a permitted use, and Class I restaurants with a drive-thru should no longer be an allowed use in the B-6 zone. 2.Home and garden equipment rental .should be deleted as a conditional use in the B-5 district and added as a permitted use in the B-1 district. 3.All other suggested amendments to the B-5 zone should be reviewed in a more comprehensive manner at some future date, since the business owners need to be involved in the discussions and none of the previously suggested revisions is of critical importance at this time. Reasons offered in support of eliminating drive-thru restaurants in the B-6 included: The City’s intent for the B-6 zone is for a low-key, locally oriented commercial district, to provide for a limited range of commercial uses. A drive-thru restaurant may set a negative trend in the development of the Highway 12 corridor, especially if such a restaurant is the first use developed in the corridor. The continuous traffic from early morning to late evening, especially during mealtimes, is not the orientation intended for the limited range of commercial