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Public Facilities - Zoning <br />August 8, 1990 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />Jurisdiction Type <br />Federal <br />State <br />Regional (including regional <br />operating agencies) <br />County <br />Park District <br />Other Cities <br />Schools (outside jurisdiction) <br />Vo-tech <br />Schools (within jurisdiction) <br />Type of Uses <br />Service Branches <br />Offices <br />"Light Industry Type-uses" <br />Parks - including buildings <br />and public access <br />Schools <br />Public Utilities <br />Streets/Roads <br />Tower Structures - <br />including water <br />Pump Stations/Lift Stations <br />Airports <br />Wells/Water Treatment Plants <br />Recently a suburban city to our northeast has considered the <br />placement of city wells in another community because of the <br />difficulty of finding well sites within its own boundaries. <br />In general, facilities of a city within their own <br />jurisdiction zoning are allowed in all districts for the <br />following reasons: <br />A) The City Council, which ultimately is responsible for <br />regulating land use, also decides locations and use of such <br />facilities. <br />B) These city services are local, and services such as <br />parks, are generally located close to the persons they <br />serve. <br />ALTERNATIVES - <br />Policy. <br />1. Treat facilities of other governmental units the same as <br />Orono city facilities would be treated. <br />2. Treat them in the same category as the Orono City <br />facilities but subject to conditional use permits in the <br />same manner as schools. <br />3. Differentiate them from City and school facilities <br />within their own municipal or district boundaries. Treat <br />them in a manner that would be similar to a private owner of <br />similar land use in the zoning code (i.e. no offices located <br />outside zones where offices are allowed/no maintenance <br />buildings where light industrial is not allowed).