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MINUTES jOF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 10, 2005 7:00 o'clock p.m. ( #05 -3121 Narrows Saloon, Continued) The conclusions of the study indicate there is adequate parking available and that there are 30 parking stalls available on private property that were not included in the study but remain available for users of the businesses, now and in the future; and the peak parking demand for the Narrows will be Saturday evenings, when a very low parking demand is experienced for the other businesses. The City's traffic consultant reviewed this parking sti conclusions. One, the study did not address the parki . municipal lot based on the square footages of particul of parking lot usage at certain peak times. Two, the s the other businesses might generate should they re -de demand of the proposed expanded Narrows' operatioi Gaffron stated the Council should consider the 1. How or whether use of the municipal lot establish a fair apportionment; • 2. Whether the fact that the striping is substan many stalls would be lost by restriping it to 3. Whether the demands of an expanded businesses and entities using the lot; and provided a number of findings and required by City code for the various users of the uses. Rather, the study focused on actual counts ly did not address the potential parking demand lop, and how that correlates to the parking ild be apportioned to the various users and how to and is a factor in the functionality of the lot; how t code; will cause parking issues for the existing 4. Whether approval of an expanded Narrows' operation will ultimately limit the future expansion or redevelopment of businesses that rely on the lot, or have negative impacts on the level of non - business uses of the lot. Gaffron stated the applicants have not proposed any additional signage. With the proposed expansion, the applicant would now be permitted 112 square feet of total signage with a single sign not to exceed 50 square feet. . I Gaffron indicated a number of concerns were raised during the public hearings and include the following: liquor accessibility to outdoor patrons; control of patron overflow to parking lot or surrounding neighborhood; noise impacts to neighborhoods to thejnorth and south from open doors, exterior speaker systems, late night motorcycle traffic; overnight parking, and litter in the municipal lot. While a few of these issues have been addressed by building design and site planning, other issues cannot be addressed by building design and could potentially be addressed through conditions attached to the CUP or the liquor license. Gaffron stated the issue of whether the Narrows Saloon was in compliance with the 2000 Conditional Use Permit was also discussed. The current CUP contains six specific conditions of approval: PAGE 11