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r <br />• • •• - • <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Michael P. Gaffron. Assistant Plannmg & Zoning Administrator <br />March 10, 1993 <br />Proposed Amendment to Zoning Code - Section 10.41. B-2 Ukeslicie Business <br />District <br />I <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Draft Amendment <br />Ti • Summary of Subdivision Headings . , ti <br />? . Lmprehensive Plan Excerpts regarding Ukeshore Cottunerc.al Uses <br />v,eifTention this week that the public hearing notice indicated March <br />Smth«ra Mamh 13. Because it --“^Vd^etctdXrm^^ <br />''nok ZtSrrnTSa o,;era'tors have been advised of the schedule change and <br />^a ’l^ien mvhed to the March 15 n.eeting to provide their perspective. <br />Marina Licensing Streamlined <br />The City Councti on March 3/-ised <br />!^?ctul'uTi^.cnt?sC°“ <br />use issues through the Zoning Code. <br />B-2 Code Structure <br />4- • e r-ndt. .Pcfions mcludc a “purpose” statement, which defmesMost of our loning district ^ j ,j ',^7of petmined. conditional, and <br />the character and nature of that lonmg dtstnct. Nexus g P <br />Our B-2 code section has and use <br />business district sections) performance standards fo P g ^4 regarding elimination of non- <br />of the site. Additionally, ptovtsiotu ^ landscaping upgrade; and references to <br />coofonning docks; an allowance for a y <br />LMCD and other ordinances. <br />•• .h.f whUe some lesidents of the City might wish to Perhaps staffs greatest concern is that wl^ s ^ operated, the City has <br />see "sweeping changes" in the mariius, how ey ’ jq some degree is due to the <br />been reluctant in the recent past to force cnang zoning applicadon which would <br />potentially high cost of litigation; in some casM sensiiivicy to the issue of pre-existing non- <br />give the City an opportunity to "revamp a site; in today’s marina sites being " <br />conformities and past agreements or approva years ago; and a sensitivity to the ^ <br />significantly better in many respects than they we years of the late 1980’s.. It is-alsofiMiKUl ability of marinas to upgrade dunng.the drought years _ ..j