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` Date Application Received: NA COUNCIL MEETING Date Application Considered as Complete: NA 60-Day Review Period Expires: NA �qN 2� �015 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION ��NO Date: Jan , Item No. � Department Approval• Administrator Approval: Agenda Section: Name:Mike Gaffron Planning Title: Senior Planne Item Description: 14-3705 Amend Zoning Ordinance Text: Remove RR-1B-1 and M-6 Zoning Districts List of Ezhibits: Exhibit A. Draft Ordinance Exhibit B. PC Memo and Exhibit dated 1/20/15 Exhibit C. RR-1B-1 Text Provisions for Study and Research Centers Summary of Request: Remove the RR-1B-1 Rural Residential Subdistrict and the M-6 Multiple Family Planned Residential District from the zoning code. Planning Commission Recommendation: On 1/20/2015 the Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended adoption of the proposed code amendment on a vote of 6-0. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval. The RR-1B-1 Rural Residential Subdistrict was established as part of the 1975 city-wide rezoning,replacing the R-lA-1 District created in January 1971 to accommodate the Spring Hill Conference Center use. RR-1B-1 is identical to the 2-acre RR-1B District with the addition of "Study and research centers..."to the list of permitted uses in the district. The only property ever zoned RR-1B-1 was the Spring Hill property. When that property was sold and turned into a golf course in the late 1990s, the zoning was reverted back to RR-1B (Ordinance 187, 2nd Series, adopted 5/10/1999). No other property has been zoned RR-1B-1. The intent is to remove this zoning option from the code by eliminating the entire RR-1B-1 District. The M-6 Multiple Family Planned Residential District was created via Ordinance #185 on June 14, 1976 to provide a set of standards for multiple-family residential developments. No property in Orono has ever been zoned M-6. The creation in 1989 of PUD zoning standards for the Highway 12 Corridor, as well as the subsequent creation of the RPUD Residential Planned Unit Development District standards in February 2001, functionally supplanted the M-6 District code provisions. The M-6 district is no longer needed and the intent is to remove this zoning option from the zoning code. Staff Recommendation The RR-1B-1 and M-6 zoning districts are no longer needed and should be removed from the zoning code. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Motion to adopt the attached Ordinance Amending the Orono Zoning Code by Eliminating the RR-1B-1 and M-6 Zoning Districts.