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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,June 17,2002 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#02-2795 WJM PROPERTIES,Continued) <br /> Fritzler inquired where trade-ins would be staged. <br /> Mr. Johnson stated that the body shop cars would be staged in the fenced in area. <br /> Bellows reminded the Commission that if 120 cars are coming in, and another 120 are going out, along <br /> with the body shop, it seemed to her to be a more intense use than they had assumed. <br /> Bremer stated that the numbers of cars on site didn't concern her, due to the fact that the facility was <br /> built to hold that many cars, cars for the employees coming and going twice daily. These cars will not be <br /> coming and going with that frequency. With regard to the body shop, it is an allowed use which she had <br /> no issue with either. <br /> Bellows repeated that she could not support a retail trade and asked for the definition of that term. <br /> Gaffron distributed a series of definitions, which defined retail trade as "establishments engaged in <br /> selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering <br /> services incidental to the sale of such goods". In addition to the hand-out, Gaffron stated that, if the <br /> Commissioners were concerned over the traffic and noise level, this is the middle of an industrial area. <br /> He added that a mere dozen transports per month is low in comparison to other trades and reminded <br /> everyone that far less traffic is being proposed than was there before. To Gaffron,the remaining issue <br /> the Commission seemed to be wrangling with was whether the general public might come in off the street <br /> to buy a car or part. <br /> Rahn stated that as a conditional use,the Commission could monitor the operation. <br /> Smith suggested adding an opportunity to revisit the conditional use after an amount of time if what was <br /> pictured today is vastly different six months from now. <br /> Bremer reiterated that the parking lot was built to adequately hold the proposed number of cars sitting <br /> there. <br /> Gaffron asked the Commissioners to give thought to the other uses they could get into this industrial area <br /> that could be worse. He questioned where this type of use should be located within a city if not the <br /> industrial area. <br /> Bremer cited the"comment"section below the retail trade definition that identifies the important <br /> characteristics of retail trade, including; the establishment is usually a place of business engaged in <br /> activity to attract the general public to buy and sells to customers for their own personal or household <br /> use. Neither of which fit this operations intentions as they've discussed it. <br /> Bellows asked if the applicant could de-emphasize the display function as retail even further by <br /> increasing the screening or moving the vehicles. She stated that she would be more comfortable with the <br /> proposal if the hours of operation could be limited, lighting altered, and screening increased. <br /> PAGE 23 OF 29 <br />