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� o 0 CITY of ORONO r ti RESOLUTION OF THE �CI 4 COUNCIL `9kESII0 NO. 4. The existing Class H Restaurant use with liquor service and live entertainment has generated public comments with regard to occasional excessive noise levels due to the live music being audible in the surrounding neighborhood during live entertainment performances, primarily because entry/exit doors were propped open. To the extent that the applicants can reduce noise levels that emanate from the premises by making physical improvements to the building, by adding specific sound -reduction building design elements, and by more attentively managing the site operation, applicants should be required to take such measures to reduce the negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. 5. Conversion of the two former retail spaces to restaurant use will increase the number of parking stalls required by City ordinance for this building. The parking required by code for the current restaurant use plus the two retail spaces was 38 • stalls. The parking required by code for the expanded restaurant use is 46 stalls. The size and layout of the property allows for only a handful of parking stalls within the property; both the current and proposed level of restaurant use requires a majority of its parking demand to be met off-site in the adjacent municipal parking lot. 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. The applicants have provided a parking study that, when extrapolated to accommodate the restaurant use under the revised expansion proposal, suggests that actual peak parking demand for the restaurant will be approximately double the number of code -required stalls, but such demand will occur at times when other users of the municipal lot are not at peak demand. The Council concludes that by eliminating the outdoor seating from their original proposal, the applicants have reduced the potential increase in parking demand to • a level that is anticipated to be.acceptable and reasonable. Page 3 of 9