04-20-2009 Planning Commission Packet

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� � . To: Chair Kempf and Planning Commission Members From: Evelyn Turner, City Planner Date: June 16, 2008 � Subject: 09-3401 City of Orono - 2389 Blaine Avenue • Rezoning—Public Hearing Application Summary: To make zoning district lines conform to property lines rezonin of art of this roperty from LR-1C-1 to B-1 is roposed Staff Recommendation: Ap roval. List of Exhibits A. Current Zoning B. Proposed Zoning C. Survey of Property D. List of Permitted and Conditional Uses in the B-1 District . Background The property at 2389 Blaine Avenue consists of part of Lot 5 of Langdon Park(0.68 acre) and Outlot A Navarro (0.42 acre). The Langdon Park part of the properly is zoned Retail Sa1es Business B-l. The Navarro part of the property is zoned Lakeshore Residential LR-1 C-1. . The Landon Park portion of the property is occupied by the buildings and parking. The Navarro portion is mostly vacant. Navarro is the development of twin homes along Lyric Avenue and Livingston Avenue west of Blaine Avenue. It was approved in 1982 as a Planned Residential Development. The development property had frontage on Blaine Avenue north of the City water tower property and on Shoreline Drive. Two accesses were desired. To avoid an access to Shoreline Drive the City obtained Outlot A from the developer and exchanged it for part of the original 2389 properly. This provided right of way for Lyric Avenue and additional right of way for Blaine Avenue. As part of the exchange the City is to rezone the property to Retail Sales Business B-1. The impetus for this rezoning is the development of the City's Geographic Information System(GIS)program. GIS involves linking data bases (such as zoning district, zoning information, existing use, sewer or septic status, easements, etc) to parcels of land. It is much easier to do if each parcel has only one zoning classification. GIS will make it easier to generate maps and provide information via the City's website.