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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 13, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.m. • (3. #05 -3121 NARROWS SALOON, 3382 SHORELINE DRIVE, Continued) Brokl stated this is a conditional use permit and that the City Council is entitled to put certain restrictions on the permit, which can be reviewed at any time. Sansevere commented he would like to be fair to the applicants and to the neighbors. Anderst stated the smoking area is located towards the concrete wall and will keep the smokers away from the front of the building and out of the parking lot. Theisen stated if there are restrictions on the time for when the smoking patio can be used, he would go out to his car and smoke. White inquired where the front door is located. Sanford pointed out the front door and the rear doors have been moved further away from the music to help address the sound concerns. Murphy inquired whether Staff has any suggestions concerning the parking in this area. Gaffron stated the City's parking consultant did question the future use of this area and the impact it would have on the parking. Gaffron stated it is a first -come, first -serve basis with the parking in this area. Gaffron pointed out page nine of the October 60' packet has a parking requirement for this area of 208 • parking stalls. Gaffron concurred that the parking stalls by the gas station were probably not included in that calculation. Gaffron stated the numbers calculated by the applicants' parking consultant, with the additional parking for the gas station taken into consideration, do work within the city's parking requirements. Gaffron stated he does not know how the future parking for this area could be predicted. Murphy stated he would recommend that Staff prepare an approval resolution on this application and that he would-like to see a one -year review of the conditional use permit. Murphy stated he does appreciate the efforts being taken by the applicants to turn this into more of a family -type establishment. White stated he does live in the Navarre area and that the City has been working on this application for approximately 10 months. White stated the applicants have complied with the previous requests of the City. White stated in his view the changes would make it more attractive for older people and that he does like the smoking area. White stated an eating establishment during the noon hour is important for the neighborhood and that he is willing to proceed with the application because the applicants have addressed all of the concerns raised. White stated he also likes the vestibule doors to help mitigate the noise. Murphy stated he is fine with some nice tables being located on the patio area. McMillan stated she is hopeful the improvements will help to address the noise concerns raised by the neighbors. McMillan stated the attractive screening is an amenity to the neighbors and that she also agrees with a one -year review. Anderst stated this is an old building and that the current windows are single pane. Anderst stated the improvements in his mind would make a world of difference on the noise. PAGE 8 of 27