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MIMTES OF THE ORONO PEANMNT. COMMISSION MEETINO HEIDfKTOBER 18, 1993 (#7) #1882 JOHN M. O'SULLIVAN/O'SULUVAVS - CONT. O'Sullivan ’s response, in a letter dated August 10. 1993 t»> Steve Sullivan, included the statement "I am not aware t)f any officers parking in t>ur fire laiK' and my night managers have also confirmed this. We do not have a leeal fire lane and i>nlv consider the area direetiv in front of our entranee^exit dmirs a No Parking area.” O'Sullivan indicated he sent the letter to the Chief because they sit on the board together on a monthly basis, and he assumc*d that the letter he sent wtnild not be shared with the officers, lie Slated he felt the officers were getting some "unfair heat", lie in'ted that he also ct'pied the letter to the Orono Pt>lice Officers Onion representative so they would km>w O'Sullivan's feelings on the matter. O'Sullivan continued that this lead to an interoffice memo dated August 9 Ifom Officer Larry Toincheck to Chief Sullivan regarding the research he did as to whether O’Sullivan's had a fire lane. Apparently Tomcheck concluded that iliere is no code for it or no need for a fire lane. O'Sullivan staled the iK*xt event was a meeting in late August on O'Sullivan's property with Fire Marshal Jerry Babb. Officer Tomcheck and O'Sullivan. He noted that Babb staled there was no ctKie mandating a fire lane and it was ludicrous to impose it on O'Sullivan as other stations did not have file lanes, and Babb told O'Sullivan it w'ould only be enforced if he wanted to have a fire lane. Babb concluded by saying that if the City required O’Sullivan to put up a fire lane, it would have to be enforced with every other business in Orono. O'Sullivan indicated that at that point, he did not think there was any further issue. O'Sullivan continued that later Lyle Oman. Orono Building Official, met with him with the original site plan stating that the fire lane was part of the original resolution and must be enforced. O'Sullivan felt that his customers who had been parking in this area lor the past 5 1/2 vears would be upset when they were cited for parking in that area. O'Sullivan indicated that oti approximately September 25, he had a phone conversation with Jerry Babb regarding the past issues and asked Babb for a written letter confirming the fact that no fire lane was necessary. On October 5. O'Sullivan received a letter troiii the Mound Fire Chief regarding the designation ot a fire lane. There was nothing in the letter that said anything abviut a City or State code that wimld reijuire the fire lane. The letter was signed by the Fire Chi«*f and two Fire Marshals, one of them being Jerry Babb, lie questiivned who had caused these people to change their minds bet did not call either one of them. O'Sullivan noted he then talked with some members of the Orono Council as he expected further problems over this issue. On September 24 he I tied this application w iili the City since he didn't know' how else to priveed.