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. �• . #04-2974 Stonebay Outtot A � � � � , •CMP Amendment Text Apri115,2004 • • Page 5 . The third ofthe foLU..parcels is Outlot D of Stoneba�!,a 3.5 acre�arcellikewise e,uided for office use and anticipated to be developed for office use durin;the period 2004-2006. Tliese three abuttinQ parcels are located across Highwav 12 from the Orono I�idustrialPark which in the - past has been used fornrocessin�and manufacturinQ. The industrial park has potential for redevelopment� and is guided to encoura;e conversion to li�ht indushial hiQh tech uses as well as office-showroom. The Citv does not intend to allow cominercial retail or service uses within the industrial park. The fourthparcel Outlot A Stonebav 3.5 acres,in area is Iocated at the northwest quadraizt of the � si�nalized Hi zwav 12/Willow Drive intei�section. Outlot A is remotelY located from the first three parcels, separated from them by a regional stormwater pond.The opposite three quadrants of the 12/Willow intersection are developed with retail uses;the NE quadrant is a 7arden center with adiouun�retail shops; the SE quadrant is an off-sale liquor store and coffee drive-tluu;and the SW quadrant is a convenience store/ service station. Outlot A and the three other�arcels between Ke1leyParkway and Hi�hwav 12 are currently.,�uided for office use with minor retail accessorv to the office use. The puipose of this�uiding was to avoid creatin� a substantial retail center with its attendant traffic and visual impacts,and to avoid the expansion of retail • substantiallvwestward fiom its current terminus at the intersection of 12/Willow. This�oa1 has been to a great extent met bv the office developments completed,underwav and anticigated west of the re�ional storm water pond. The Stonebavresideiitial developinent immediatelynorthofKellevParkwavwill eventuallvinclude approximately 160 residential units.That development was approved with the concept ofwallcabilitv in mind,includin�ain�le sidewalk and trail connections to the commercial areas to the southeast as well as to the Citv facilities atzd Orono Schools campus to the west.The Stonebayresidential development will result in a mixed use neighborhood,with residential. office and instit��tional uses. This mixed use neighborhood would benefit from nearb ��nei7hborhood-scale retail uses that would serve the nei;hborhood. Theretailt�sesthatwouldmostbenefitthenuxofresidentialandnon-residentialusesinthenei borhood� wouldbe a nei�hborhood-scale pharmacy/conveiuence store and neiQ�borhood-scale food-oriented uses. This amendment to the 2000-2020 Community Mana�ement Plan re-�uides Outlot A of Stonebay to additionallv allow forneighborhood-scale retail uses.as an altemative to the office use forwhich it is currentlYeuided. The definition of"nei�hborhood-scaleretail uses"for OutlotAincludes the followinQ parameters which must be adhered to for anv retail use developed and maintained on the propertv: 0