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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 23, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.m. • (9. #06-3173 CITY OF ORONO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONING STANDARDS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, Continued) meeting a number of comments have been since incorporated into the draft Ordinance submitted this evening for the Council. Brixius reviewed the entire Industrial Zoning Ordinance citing revisions including the omission of several minor elements such as; Section 78 -823 Conditional Uses, number 1, all but line 1 and number 5 ; and Section 78 -827 Off - Street Parking subcategory D — Required Parking number 4. Other suggestions included the addition of some definitions asses under the first section - Varied Uses and minor revisions to document performance standards. Murphy interjected a clarification that with regard to existing land uses, the City will not be forcing existing uses to comply or change. Stephen Grittnan arrived for discussion indicating that based on the evening's commentary, NAC will make adjustments and bring back the Ordinance for final approval. Peter Johnson and Morrie Wagner of Morries were present. Johnson stated that the timing track of this was somewhat uncomfortable to them as they had only received the draft copy on Friday late afternoon for the meeting this evening which allowed little time for review. While they have been assured by staff that they are not being zoned out, Johnson stated that his request is that the consultants look at existing conditional use permits, as it is unclear whether their outdoor display of sales vehicles and permitted control parts warehouse is allowed within the permitted uses section of • the Ordinance. He pointed out that Morrie's has invested a great deal in this facility and are now being asked to comply with new design standards. He asked whether p. 3 new design standards would be applied to an addition they plan to propose soon which would then have an adverse impact on them. Though he appreciated the clarification of the landscape islands within their storage area as unnecessary, the new requirements imposing design standards on long expanses would cause great expense with little benefit for their building, as would the need to screen rooftop units and call for additional landscaping. Greg White, VCI Capital, concurred with Mr. Johnson's corrunents regarding the requirement to meet new codes with refurbishment. Mark Schoening, a business partner for Ryan development, asked for additional clarification of numerous points. First and foremost item E under Section 78 -821 Purpose and Review of Building Permit Applications p.3 he requested that the last line be tightened up to provide more definition as it is currently too broad a statement written as `any exterior change...' and the impacts this might have to the cost of development on a site. He pointed out that, as stated, every structure that would like to make improvements would be subject to new standards. - On p. 9 he suggested that additional or updated architectural materials CMU's etc. be added to the list of acceptable materials. - P. 12 N, he questioned whether landscaping between parking and roadway was sufficient or is additional screening necessary as noted by and - P. 13 — 4, Schoening questioned whether designing an area as a truck court which could later be turned into parking if necessary was acceptable • Schoening stated that he could work with staff on some of the more minor details. PAGE 8 of 12