02/17/2004 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:00 o'clock p.m. (#4) #04-2974 RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLP, NW CORNER OF WILLOW DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 12, PUD REZONING,COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION,AND COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN REVIEW—Continued) Rahn concurred. Hawn stated that she was hesitant to proceed at all without comment by Long Lake. She maintained that early conversations with Long Lake had guided retail to the Long Lake area, not Willow, and that representatives of Long Lake had indicated to her that they would be interested in reviewing this proposal. Since the past Planning stance has been to cooperate with Long Lake and plan together the development of this corridor beginning with Long Lake, Hawn felt this to be premature without more official conversations with Long Lake. She suggested the Commission extend a formal invitation to the Long Lake Planning Commission to join them for a joint work session to discuss the proposal before moving forward. Although she was sympathetic to not delay the applicant, she was hesitant to proceed until a process had been begun with Long Lake. Although he could see that no formal approvals would be granted this evening, Johnston requested that the Commission provide them with direction to continue the process moving forward. He asked to be given the opportunity to address questions this evening and be provided feedback as to whether they were on the right track, rather than making a mistake which would cost the applicant an additional 30 days delay. While the Commission believed the underlying B-6 zoning appropriate, Gaffron suggested the Commission review the B-1 list of 30-35 specific uses and 8 conditional uses to see if they could be added to the acceptable uses list for this PUD. The Commission reviewed the B-1 uses omitting Laundromats,plumbing, electrical,heating,temporary sales- Christmas tree lots, and home and garden equipment rental from the list of acceptable uses. Under Conditional uses, items 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 were removed, while item 8 —professional office and offices of a general nature was added to the list of acceptable uses. Within the list of accessory uses, item 1 was removed. No changes to the B-6 uses were suggested. Trautz requested that the Conditional use Class I restaurant use be added to the permitted uses section of the code for a regular use and place restrictive language upon what type of food service is provided. Gaffron stated that B-6 doesn't address Class II restaurants at all, which would include drive-thru fast food type restaurants. Hawn stated that she would not support the addition of another drive-thru restaurant, although she could endorse a restaurant that serves wine/beer. PAGE 6 of 19