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� o� � O CITY of ORONO �_ , _ r� `• �-� �-'; � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL �'�L � :� �,� No. 6 :i 5 3 �k'ESH�4� code for the expanded use including the Saloon, the new restaurant, and the outdoor seating areas is shown in the following table: Existing Proposed Proposed Proposed Total Saloon Saloon Restaurant Restaurant Interior Exterior Interior Exterior Public Space Public Space Public Space* Public Space Square footage 2,174 s.f. 550 s.f. 2,750 s.£ 600 s.£ 6,074 s.f. Stalls (a� 1 per 80 s.f. 27 stalls 7 stalls 34 stalls 8 stalls 76 stalls *Includes basement seating area The size and proposed layout of the property does not allow for parking stalls to be situated within the property; both the current and proposed level of restaurant use requires its parking demand to be met off-site, either in the adjacent municipal parking lot, which currently contains approximately 122 striped stalls, or in on- street parallel parking along the north side of Shoreline Drive which can accommodate approximately 15 vehicles. A variety of factors limit the level of confidence the Council has with regards to whether the municipal lot can adequately handle the parking demands of all its users, which include employees and patrons of the abutting businesses; the Park- and-Ride users; the City Park users; and other undefined users. To add complexity, parking stalls in the municipal lot have not been numerically or spatially apportioned to the various businesses and other users. Parking is on a first-come, first-served basis. Other business properties abutting the municipal lot also have varying numbers of available stalls within their property boundaries that are not included in the 122. These additional stalls, mostly not striped, number approximately 15-20. The conditional use permit review conducted for the Narrows Saloon CUP in 2000 indicated that 154 parking stalls are needed by code to serve all businesses having rights to the City-owned lot. That analysis was based on rough estimates of square footages (based on footprint size) of the businesses that existed at that time. There has been no appreciable change in the extent of neighboring business uses since that time. As a result of the parking concerns, as part of a 2005 request for expansion of the Saloon into the westerly 40' of the building, the applicant hired a consultant, Benshoof& Associates, to complete a new parking study relative to that proposed Page 4