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in the operation. 2. No paid employees --same as above. 3. Use conducted within principal residence --the Bed and Breakfast use will be contained within the principal residence. 4. No outside visible signs of use from street --applicants propose no signage, lights, etc. Five ( 5 ) parking stalls will be screened by natural screening in the rear of the property. 5. No excessive stock stored on premises --does not apply. 6. No over the counter sales --does not apply. 7. Entrance to the Bed and Breakfast use is through the principal structure--Kauls plan to incorporate Bed and Breakfast within their home. Entrance is shared by residents and lodgers. 8. Are there adverse effects on the character of this residential neighborhood as a result of this use. a. External appearance will not change except for the appearance of guests in yard or at dock but in the performances of associated residential like uses. Remember the house contains seven bedrooms and if used to the "maximum potential, family unit" could sustain 14 + permanent members instead of the intermittent week-e:nd use of the B&B guests. b. Septic use will be comparable to eight member family use --except Mrs. Kaul advises that laundry will be done commercially. There is certainly adequate area for more drainfields. I have been in contact with two cities that have approved B&Bs. Stillwater allows theirs via a Conditional Use Permit in what they classifv as an R-2 or duplex zone. A district that has predominiatly large, older homes. Their staff has sent copies of the minutes of the first B&B application back in '82 (exhibit H). The opposition voiced by the affected Stillwater residents is the same as that voiced by the most affected Orono residents. 1. Establish commercial use in residential neighborhood. 2. Increase of traffic. 3. Detrimental to property values. 4. Bring in strangers to neighborhood. The Stillwater staff reports that after the first B&B was 3