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L_. <br />( > <br />To:Mayor Callahan and Orono Councilmcnibers <br />Ron Moorse, Citv Administrator V/> <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Michael P. Galfron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administratoi*5^ <br />November 4, 1993 % <br />Subject:#1882 John 0’SullivanyO ’Sullivan‘s. 2420 Shadywood Road - Request to Amend <br />Commercial Site Plan Review <br />Application: Request to eliminate designated fire lane at front of convenience store <br />List of Exhibits <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />I' <br />Site Diagram <br />Notice of Planning Commission Action 10/27/93 <br />Planning Commission Minutes 10/18/93 <br />letters Submitted by Applicant to Planning Commission <br />In-house Memos from Chief Sullivan <br />Staff Memo & Exhibits 10/12/93 <br />letter from State Fire Marshal 11/5/93 <br />Discussion <br />The basic issue at hand is whether a fire lane required as part of the City ’s commercial <br />site plan review and approval in 1987 should now be striped and provided with proper signage. <br />It is the opinion of the Building Inspection Department that the fire lane requirement from <br />1987 is valid, and that the magnitude of the activity on this site has become so great that striping <br />and signage is imperative for the public health, safety and welfare. The Inspection Department <br />has offered a compromise, striping an area approximately 8’ deep and 50’ long in front of the <br />store, as opposed to the original 14’ x 64 ’ fire lane shown on tlie 1987 approved site plan <br />Tlie property owner’s position and opinion is as follows: <br />1. <br />1 <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />6. <br />They have gone over five years without a fire lane. <br />I'hey never had a legitimate fire lane because Tom Jacobs did not have the <br />authority to impose one on the site plan <br />I'hat plan was not approved by the Mound Fire Department. <br />His immediate competitors do not have tire lanes. <br />He feels he is being discriminated against because his immediate competitors <br />don’t have a fire lane. <br />Surrounding communities do not require fire lanes.