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''t. <br />■ i' <br />Ordinance Amendments <br />Nay 6, 1991 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />The Planning Commission unanimously voted to €unend the code <br />so that merely a definition be added clarifying that municipal <br />l^uildings or facilities shall include only those structures owned <br />and operated by the City of Orono. As for the other issues raised <br />in the staff memo concerning the compatibility of a municipal use <br />within a specific zoning district^ the Planning Commission felt <br />in light of the current municipal facilities study* it may not be <br />the appropriate time to address such amendments. <br />The enclosed ordinance amendment (Exhibit E) has been <br />drafted per the Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation. <br />2) Twspcrarv signs. (Please review Exhibit C for background on <br />proposed amendment.) <br />The 1966 amendment of the temporary sign ordinance has not <br />worked for the Orono business community. One temporary sign for <br />a 24 month period does not work. A temporary sign for a three <br />month period is not practical. Owners note that signs are <br />usually used to announce special sales or openings and are only <br />needed at the most for a two week period. <br />Please review the Navarre business community's petition <br />(Exhibit D). They ask to be allowed four temporary signs a year <br />for a period of two weeks. Although the petition did not <br />specify an area allowance* Mr. O'Sullivan did ask that the <br />Planning Coamiission consider the customary mobile signs used at <br />approximately 32 s.f. (6'x4'). Such signs would have two sides <br />for a total of 64 s.f. <br />Mr. Wear* owner of a multi-use business* found the proposed <br />ordinance to be too restrictive as it allowed only four signs to <br />a single building no matter how many tenants were in that <br />building. <br />Two of the Planning Commission members were quite vocal in <br />opposing the use of these mobile signs finding their use <br />•••thetically objectionable. To allow four a year to any <br />business was too liberal. They had visions of seeing a steady <br />stream of these signs proliferating County Road 15 and 19 within <br />the Navarre business district. <br />..