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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL <br />‘ meeting held on APRIL 10.1S95 <br />.ABUSE <br />Mavor Callahan 5ro^•id^d an ucda:e on the application for a shelter to provide en,ergency <br />teosL for vtcti.L of domesdc abuse and their families as well as coonseUng ana suppon <br />se'^•lces for %iciims and t.he v-ide: pubUc of Orono and t..e surrounoing aties _ The <br />Plannins Commission ana Zoning .AaaTjnaScrator Macuswi ..c <br />efforrs in the extensive snidv and public information meeongs regarain^ ahe snelter. It <br />deter^n^rfhat the proposed location was good wtth its pro.cnmty to amemnes and <br />various means or transportation. <br />.Applicant. Dan Hessburg. reponed receiving a SIO.OOO grant from the McKnight <br />Foundation to go towards the shelter. <br />"s?bm.v ::^Vreh;rOrono ^v^XaThenL^^^^^ <br />CaUahan said that the purpose S'^de" I fh/r^orl^Sendation <br />^ft m^ne cTn:^srn “^^^end the code under resident^ <br />aopJication or a similar situation. Callahan said that, althou^ he imtost^ds the <br />PlLing Commission's recommendation to amend the <br />nerson^lv rejects the idea that the shelter should go into a residenti^ai zone as a con«pt <br />of use. Calliian prefers that the area be rezoned commercial. A shelter representative <br />asked for clarihcation to cormrm what was Callahan's opinion. <br />Hurt voiced that she preferred residential zoning with a condition^use wito ^ <br />feet of residential area and would like to see the shelter go forth. Goetten felt that a C W <br />was a good option, but if not the general consensus of the Council, was willing o <br />the issue in more detail. <br />Jabhour concurred with Callahan on changing the zoning code <br />to see the shelter become a realitv- and fell the site was a good ^ <br />Jabbour said he would have no problem with this site being commercial u the shelter did <br />not transpire. <br />Hurr voiced concern with the lack of a CUP in commercial zoning, htousth <br />that the B-4 zonina would also require a conditional use permit for this use. <br />office space is the permitted use in the B-4. but is open to other uses such as retirement <br />and nursing homes, with a conditional use perrrut.