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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION Jjy^ONE^^USE SHELTERS HELD ON JANUARY 20, 1995 • •Uf trt it Jc in allowed use in anv of our residential or commercial zoning districts. r!efe“.d To me com^lairof rLidcmfa. and commercial dis.ric. uses handed om a. U.e meeting. Peierson questioned what is a "public service strucmre" and would a shelter fall into tWs !ameoT/. Gaffron replied that a public sers-ice structure is defined as electric transmission lines, lift stations, telephone exchange stations, etc., t.e. items of mfrasmicmre. thni Iher- ate two apparent wavs to amend the code to accommodate a shelter. BotrmquirfcreTln of a use withperformance standards. The first method would be to amend the LR-IC District to allow the shelter conditional use. without rezomn^ propenv The second option would be to rezone the property to perhaps B-4, a coi^etcta rnT which allows somewhat similar uses such as nursing homes, rest homes and retirement homes. The B-4 zone would be amended to include shelters as a conditional use. Gaffron noted that rezonmg the propenv to B-f mi.nht ultimately lead to commercial use of that property if the shelter fails. Uaving it LR-IC ..id allowing the shelter as a allows the City to place restrictions in ihe perfoimance standards to smelly limit the nature of the shelter use. All Plaunine Commissioners present indicated rezoning to commercial would be and amending the LR-IC zone would make sense. Lindquist noted that is also in Ime wi± wha the neighbors present at the last meeting wanted. Schroeder asked whether we had ^^ard fro more tLn jast the two neighbors. Mabusth commented she had heard from John O SuUiv^ who had recently purchased the Te.xaco site to the south, and he at least at this time m the preliminary discussions had no problemc w'h the shelter use. Gaffron indicated the ne.xt step wou' oe to consider what specific controls would be appropriate to accomplish the City ’s goals for a shelter. Is it the goa rrheker m iust this site or to allow one in other areas? Do the specific needs for visibUity transponation, etc. help defme locations to which a shelter should be limited? Gaffron noted that die Minnetonka City Attorney, who is an Orono resident, had shelters a conditional use in a residential zone would be her preference that proceeded, but that due to a number of factors they might have preferred that the Sojourn shelter be in a location not as "tucked into" a residential neighborhood. Gaffron continued that there are certain needs inherent in the shelter use such P^^^| availability which would become minimum performance standards. He also suggeste Coiiunissim should consider whether only the LR-IC District would be amended, or whe^er other districts could appropriately have a shelter. He indicated L^pianning allow a shelter only in the LR-IC District and in no other residential districts if Commission feels that is appropriate. Schroeder sugpsted staff may wish to chec wi Attorney u/r his comments. Lindquist noted that since staff has to admimster dus. have a preference which zones would allow shelters. Gaffron indicated that it perhaps cou