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� Clt� o� ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> • NO. 1167 <br /> • - • • <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the <br /> City of Orono hereby denies said conditional use permit application based <br /> upon the following findings of fact: <br /> l. The property is located in the RR-1B rural residential use <br /> district, which district requires at least 2. 0 acres of land <br /> for each residential dwelling. This property consists of four <br /> separate tax parcels which, if combined would total 3. 7 acres. <br /> 2. The surrounding neighborhood consists of a historic <br /> cluster of residential dwellings located on lots of 1/3 to <br /> 1/2 acre each, which density is greater than that permitted <br /> in the Zoning Code and is greater than that proposed in the <br /> City' s Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br /> - 3 . The purpose of the 2-acre minimum zoning requirements is <br /> to eliminate the need for sanitary sewer service and other <br /> extension of costly urban services into the rural area. <br /> 4 . The historic density of the Arbor Street neighborhood <br /> already has raised questions concerning the ultimate <br /> probability of ,having to extend sewer and/or other urban <br /> services into the area to alleviate problems associated with <br /> urban type density. <br /> 5. Addition of a commercial greenhouse operation on property <br /> already containing a dwelling would increase the effective <br /> use density of the neighborhood. <br /> 6. Commercial greenhouses are generally considered suitable <br /> � quasi-agricultural uses of land located in the rural area <br /> where sufficient open space provides ample room for expansion, <br /> storage, equipment, and separation from other strictly <br /> residential properties. <br /> 7. The existing residential use of this property is compatible <br /> with the residential character of the Arbar Street neighborhood. <br /> 8 . Creation of a new commercial use on this property would <br /> not be compatible with the residential character of the Arbor <br /> - Street neighborhood and would be adverse to the property values <br /> of nearby residential lots. <br /> 9. Access to this property is via Arbor Street, a narrow 18 ' <br /> wide residential access street not suitable for truck traffic <br /> or for excessive automobile traffic. <br /> PAG E�O F -3 <br />