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E:XH. A <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br />ORDINANCE #____, 2ND SERIES <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DOMESTIC ABUSE <br />SHELTERS AS A CONDITIONAL USE <br />IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS <br />The Citv Council of Orono ordains as follows: <br />SECTION 1. Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.20, R-IA One Family Residential District, <br />Subdivision 3, Conditional Uses, is hereby amended by adding Subdivision 3 (Q) which shall <br />read as follows: <br />"Q. Domestic Abuse Shelters. The use of a strucmre for providing housing and other <br />services for victims of domestic abuse. Any such use shall meet all the following <br />requirements: <br />I Location. <br />1. <br />2. <br />Structure shall be served by and be connected to municipal sewer, <br />The site shall access directly to an arterial or collector roadway <br />and shall not gain access via a local neighborhood street. <br />3.The site shall be within 500 feet of a public bus line to ensure that <br />public uansportation is within reasonable walking distance of the <br />facility. <br />4.The site shall be within 500 feet of a retail shopping area in order <br />that the necessary services provided in such area be within <br />reasonable walking distance of the facility. <br />5.The site shall be within 500 feet of either the B-1, B-3, B-4, B-5, <br />or B-6 Commercial Zoning Districts, so that the services provided <br />in such districts shall be readily available to residents of the <br />facility and within reasonable walking distance. <br />6.The site shall not be within one-half i}h) mile of another shelter, <br />to ensure that no individual neighborhood shall be required to <br />accommodate more than one such facility. <br />II. Site/Buildings. <br />1.Buildings and additions to existing buildings shall be consistent <br />with the character and scale of the neighborhood. Exterior <br />materials shall be compatible with surrounding properties.