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Pillarf, Entry MonumentSi * Gateways <br />December 29, 1988 <br />Page 3Kof 5 <br />' ♦ <br />E) At what level of use *»hould gates be allcwe'vfT (1 residence - 2 <br />residences ~ 3 or more residences?) <br />F) If gates are allowed, what means of authorized emergency vehicles <br />accessibility should be required? <br />G) Where gates are allowed, should a turn-around be automatically <br />provided? <br />H) Should an integal delivery box, phone system, etc. be required <br />where a gate is in place? <br />I) Should a standard tor monuments and slgrige for indentifying <br />subdivisions hn adopted? How much signage, height of lettering, etc. <br />should be incorporated? <br />J) Do the current non-encroachment section standards for lakeshore <br />and non-lakeshore lots adequately address entry strLcturea, or should <br />entry structures r"‘ rail under the non-encroachment sec^ on? <br />Dlscuseioii - <br />The general concerns of this Issue revolve around whether or not <br />pillars and e :try monuments should be allowed, and <br />should they be placed, how should they be built, should they be <br />provide lighting, what degree of signage is appropriate, <br />barrier gates be allowed or disallowed. Some members of the Plann^ <br />Commission and Council have stated a general disapproval of gate structui*?^ <br />for private driveways, and would place specifi' limitations n the type of <br />pillars, walls, lighting and signagt associated ‘^h them. <br />The lighting, location and spacing, of such pi1lar» can become a <br />safety issue, as ca.i placement of u gate for the purpose of barring entry. <br />Ifufthermore, such ••■^•’rtures and associated lig^t^ng can become obnoxious <br />to traffic dep«r'.5!» i their conatrucflon, location, an'^ entation. <br />From an aesthetic standpoint, beauty and taste ar« n -he eye of the <br />beholder, end what may be a tastefully d signed end ^ <br />• tructure to one person may be considered nstr <br />The essoclatud aesthetic issue is that of <br />in Orono. Again this Is not easily defin <br />taste, however, the Intent Is that one n <br />rather then vi*^s of fences snd walls, s » <br />y to someone else. <br />. "open* atmosphere <br />he whisw of persooel <br />^ of the leradecepe, <br />tfvwAte our roeA*eys. <br />rro» • ..cu- y .t.-'.-.r*, .• • d.t.r...* th. <br />casual •nuiaanc'^ »ta».l.^r -ho la out ai^.it *..tnq. <br />Intant oi aurb atructur'. la to barrlead# on. a raald.nc. fco» Inttj^ra I <br />foul Intant, auch «ataa .111 llk.ly !«>•• affactl.anaaa aa th. d.tomlnat a <br />of the intruder lr.4.reeeee.