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To: Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members <br />Prom: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrato'^C^' <br />Date: August 8, 1990 <br />Subject: Public Facilities - Zoning <br />r71190.1 <br />.-b G 1 3 !590 <br />nr <br />Attachment - <br />A - Moratorium Non-City Facilities Memo dtd 5/15/90 <br />ISSUE - <br />1. Determination of approach for regulation of facilities owned <br />or used by other governmental units under Orono's land use <br />ordinances . <br />2. If allowed, what conditions would be attendant to such uses? <br />3. Refer concepts to Planning Commission for their <br />consideration. <br />INTRODUCTION - <br />At the Council's May 29, 1990 meeting, a moritorium <br />ordinance was adopted to limit the construction of facilities by <br />oth-:9r local ‘governmental units in the City's boundaries. The <br />issje raises a more general issue of facilities of all <br />governmental units in the City. <br />DISCUSSION - <br />The City in its zoning code permits its municipal <br />facilities, except utilities which require a conditional use <br />permit, to be located in residential zones. It additionally <br />allows, by conditional use permit, school buildings to be located <br />in those zones. The intent is to allow facilities to be located <br />near where the "customer base" is. The location of the <br />facilities of other governmental units, may serve either local or <br />regional needs. To the extent that they serve regional needs, <br />their locations close to the customer base could be more <br />generally located. <br />The issue of whether other governmental units should be <br />located in the community raises the following issues; <br />A) Tax exempt status. The development of governmental <br />facilities removes those properties from the tax rolls and <br />to the extent that they are primarily for regional needs, <br />places a burden tax exempt on the City for a regional or <br />State need in a single community.