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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />MEETING HELD ON MARCH 7, 1995 <br />PUBLIC INTORNLATION MEETING - FOURTH WORKSHOP <br />PROPOSED /AMENDMENT OF ZONING CODE TO -ALLOW DOMESTIC ABUSE <br />SHELTER AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2380 SHADYW'OOD ROAD <br />(;f4B - Specific Zoning Issues - Continued) <br />The shelter will have to meet certain limits and criteria which have not yet been <br />determined. A public hearing will also be required The Planning Commission will need <br />to ask the Council to direct them to make a zoning amendment. Standards tor the sh^ter <br />would then be made E.xhibits G-H list the permitted uses in residential and commercial <br />areas Schroeder reported that a conditional-use permit would be the vehicle tor the <br />shelter if it is done GafFron has looked at other cities and their zoning laws Most cities <br />i^ve not had codes allowing for a shelter until a shelter was proposed. <br />(#5) PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS <br />Phyllis O’Malley of Kelly .Avenue addressed the safety issue. She voiced concern over <br />the lack of a fence for the area and more traffic being brought into the area because of the <br />closure of Old Beach Road Hessburg answered that the site is two acres. A large <br />fenced-in area will be created for children. Schroeder added that performance standards <br />would be made in regard to the safety of children. <br />Jackie Meyer of Mound said she was a ftiend of Westonka Intervention and has visited <br />five shelters in Minnesota, Harriet Tubman, Plymouth shelter. Sojourner in Minnetonka, <br />and two in St Paul. Only one of these shelters had a vacancy. She also noted that the <br />shelters were not fenced around but had fenced-in areas. There were strict regulations and <br />an intercom and a security s>stem in place. Children were not allowed to go in and out <br />and were under the watch of volunteers. A form was filled out if a child was taken out by <br />someone other than their mother. <br />Richard Meyers of 2195 Bayview, Orono, ask if adolescents were handled in the same <br />manner as younger children Hessburg said that policies and guidelines were in place for <br />each group of children When victims and children come to a shelter, they must follow the <br />policies or would be removed from the shelter. Schroeder said that one of the questions <br />the Commission looked at were calls to the police department regarding problems at a <br />shelter. Of the 30-40 calls, the vast majority were for parking problems, alarms, and keys <br />locked in cars. There were no serious problems associated with the calls.