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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, July 21, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 26 of 30  <br />  <br />standards and limits on the use, with the Planning Commission having the ability to consider other <br />important impacts to the neighbors, such as screening and parking, as part of the conditional use permit. <br /> <br />Paul Johncox, Applicant, stated the building is nonconforming and has been an eyesore to the community <br />for a number of years. Johncox indicated the weeds are overgrowing and the parking lot is falling apart. <br />Johncox stated he purchased it with the intent of developing it and enhancing the community. The front <br />two-thirds of the structure will house a salon and a restaurant. Johncox stated it also made sense to have <br />an office in the back along with some storage area. <br /> <br />Johncox stated he would also like to construct a nice patio in the front with a nice fence and outdoor <br />lighting. Johncox stated the offices should not impact the visual aesthetics of the building and that the <br />warehouse space would be half personal use and half business use. The office/warehouse space would be <br />approximately 35,000 square feet. <br /> <br />Lemke asked if any outside storage or truck parking is being anticipated. <br /> <br />Johncox stated there would not be and that the restaurant and salon would take up the majority of the <br />parking. <br /> <br />Lemke asked if there would be retail sales out of the office. <br /> <br />Johncox stated there would not be and that there would be a few salespeople coming to his office. <br /> <br />Thiesse asked if there would be deliveries to the building. <br /> <br />Johncox indicated the building does not have a holding dock and that the deliveries would be made in <br />small delivery type vans. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated the offices could be professional suites, and asked if the warehouse would become an <br />independent entity. <br /> <br />Johncox stated it likely would be. <br /> <br />Landgraver asked if the warehouse could be owned separately from the offices. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated professional offices could also use some storage. <br /> <br />Johncox stated it could either be professional offices or warehouse. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated it appears the applicant would like maximum flexibility but that the City is looking at <br />placing limits on the office/warehouse use. <br /> <br />Mack stated the intent of this application is not to create a separate warehouse business but that it would <br />be a part of the cleaning business. <br /> <br />Landgraver indicated he understands that part of the application but that at some point in the future it is <br />possible that the warehouse section could become a separate business. Landgraver stated the ability to <br />separate the warehouse from the offices at some point in the future needs to be taken into consideration. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 08/18/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes <br />[Page 26 of 30]