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ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MLMJTES FOR MAY 24, 1995 CONTINUATION OF Pt^LIC HEARING: PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF ZONING CODE TO ALLOW DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE R-IA OR B-4 ZONING DISTRICTS . h ' 6-s-?r ROLL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above date with the f llowing memb- p; .sent: Chair Stephen Peterson, Charles Schroeder, Sandra Smith, Dale Lindquist, Charles Nolan, Jr. and Janice Berg. City staff was represented by Building and Zoning Administrator Jeanne Mabusth and Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator Michael Gaffron. Public attendance is per the attached listing. Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING Peterson informed the public that this is a continuation of the public hearing held Thursday evening, May 18. At that meeting, only 3 Planning Commission members were present and no quorum was reached, therefore that public hearing was continued lO this tune. He indicated that the 3 members at that meeting had directed staff to make specific revisioa> m the language of the draft ordinance amendments and Gaffron had made those revisions. Copies of those revised drafts are available near the lectern for members of the public who wish to review them. Peterson briefly reviewed the process to date, noting that a number of work sessions, a public information meeting and a public hearing have been held, and that minutes of those meetings ^ available. He further noted that the City has met and in fact exceeded the public notification requirements for this hearing and the public information meeting, including published notice as well as mailed notice to residents in excess of 350’ from the proposed Westonka Intervention Shelter site in Navarre. Peterson requested that Gaflron give an overview of the draft lendment. Gaffron noted that two ordinances were drafted, one amending the B-4 Commeicial Business District, the other amending the R-IA Residential Zone to which all residential zones refer. The commercial and residential drafts are nearly identical, save for one or two entries. Both drafts add a new conditional use, "shelters", to their respective code sections. Gaffron noted that he had discussions with the City Attorney and the Chief of Police regarding certain of the "operations" language and requirements, and would note their comments as we got to those items in the listing. Gaffron noted the members present on May 18 had recommended that the words "domestic abuse" be dropped from the title and the heading, which would have the effect of not limiting the allowed conditional use to merely domestic abuse shelters, but would allow shelters in general. Further, in the heading section, the wording 1