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Public Facilities - Zoning August P, 1990 Page 4 of 4 4. Limit all units of government, including the City, to the same categories as one would find for a private enterprise. 5. Split consideration as to allow zoning by whether the facility serves essentially a local Orono purpose. A non- Orono/regional purpose would have greater limitations as to the districts that those would be allowed. ACTION - 1. 2. Discuss to determine desired Council direction. Table for further discussion. RECOMMENDATION - The following represent recommendations; A) Clarify language by indicating that municipal facilities allowed in residential zones are only those for the City of Orono. B) Amend the conditional use permit for public utilities to allow those deemed appropriate, primarily for local use of the C:.ty of Orono, excluding structures/above ground structures not specifically serving Orono from residential districts. (It may be desirable to split consideration between governmentally owned utilities and privately owned utilities such as telephones, electric and gas.) C) Specifically limit above ground structures such as office buildings to business zones and uses similar to light industrial uses by other governmental units to industrial zones and only as conditional uses. D) Limit facilities of educational institutions, research institutions, e‘c. that are apart from schools within their own judicial boundaries to the RR-lB-1 zone or in a business zone subject to a conditional use. E) Look at receiving a fee in lieu of taxes as part of a conditional use for facilities that become tax exempt. As a related item, scheduling on on-site visit is currently being arranged and hopefully a date will be presented at the Council meeting. Proposed Motion - moved by ___, seconded by ___, that the Council after discussion give staff direction for development of draft language to be presented at the Planning Commission meeting for a public hearing. Ayes , nays MEB/tln