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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON MARCH 9, 1998 ( #7 - 42327 Orono Development Ordinance Amendment - Continued) • Peterson asked if there was adequate parking to support this use. Gaffron indicated that only two more spaces than for a retail store would be required for the use at the applicant's property, which is met by his proposed site plan. Kelley asked if the resolution as drafted would limit the conditional use for seating purposes. Gaffron indicated it did not, and recommended a limitation be placed on seating at this time. Barrett agreed. Gaffron said he was not sure what number of seating should apply. Jabbour informed the applicant to limit the use to distinguish it from the B -1 district uses and market it as such. Leisel Cox, owner of a coffee shop on CoRd 15, asked the Council to consider traffic. She indicated that she has one customer every minute. Jabbour noted that the ingress /egress was better on CoRd 19 than on CoRd 15. Dillon said he had not contemplated the amount of seating. He noted that he had requested outside seating be allowed as well. Jabbour suggested tabling the application to further review the issue of seating. Kelley suggested polling coffee shops to see how much seating is necessary. He did not feel it • should be incumbent upon the applicant to provide these figures. Kelley asked that Staff determine the number of seats for inside and outside seating. Jabbour asked the applicant to submit any seating plans they may have to Staff. Jabbour polled the Council for their support of the amendment to allow the coffee and bagel shop use. All Council supported adding the use. Council agreed to have Staff review seating and make a recommendation. Flint said he was unclear what a bagel or coffee shop would include. He asked if such a shop would sell orange juice and muffins. Gaffron said this has not been discussed. He noted that most listed uses in the B -5 do not go into such detail. He did feel that some definitions were necessary. Gaffron said he would speak with other cities and users. Dillon said he thought similar shops have coolers from which they sell bottled water, juice, and pop, and may have muffins as well. The primary focus would be on bagels. Jabbour noted that the two uses are compatible and sometimes overlap. Gaffron indicated that the code presents a problem with not setting very detailed performance standards for each district or use. He felt the potential problems that have been noted suggest a need for setting such standards. 0