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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, May 20, 2013 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 18 of 25  <br />  <br />Kujawa commented some of that is likely due to people still getting their boats in the water. <br /> <br />Bennett stated she has a concern that the gazebo does not have the square footage to allow the coming and <br />going of people with the ten additional slips. <br /> <br />Kujawa stated the gazebo would be the largest office facility they have out of their eight locations. <br />Kujawa indicated the gazebo would be used almost like a concession stand where people can walk up to it <br />and check in but there would not be any retail operation being run out of it. <br /> <br />Bennett stated she really means the restroom facilities. <br /> <br />Kujawa stated he is not aware of any issues with the restrooms. <br /> <br />Bennett indicated she has a great concern with allowing any increase in the usage without knowing more <br />about the situation with the residential house and the bank. Bennett stated she is very hesitant to allow <br />them access to a building that is about to fall down in a residential area and allow them to use it for <br />storage when they do not know who carries the insurance on it. Bennett stated in her view they should not <br />even have the 20 they are currently allowed. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated before this goes forward, the residential property needs to be under lease or they need to <br />discontinue its use. Schoenzeit stated there needs to be some accountability to the neighborhood <br />addressed before there is any expansion. <br /> <br />Anderson stated the least the Planning Commission should do is protect the residential neighbor since the <br />house was never intended to be used for commercial activity. All they should be allowed on that site is <br />overflow parking. Anderson encouraged the Planning Commission to protect the neighbor since they <br />were not expecting this type of usage. <br /> <br />Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at 7:58 p.m. <br />Schoenzeit stated he is surprised and concerned at the discrepancies in the perceived activity level. The <br />police chief is saying everything is thumbs up but the zoning of this residential property or the condition <br />of the house is concerning. Schoenzeit stated if the neighbor is making those types of complaints, they <br />are not getting registered and filtering back. Schoenzeit encouraged the neighbors to obtain police reports <br />and to report incidents to the City. If the City does not hear there is a problem, Staff would accept it at <br />face value. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated before this use expands, if they are using the residential property for commercial <br />activities, it needs to be under lease or their ownership. Schoenzeit stated he would not be in favor of <br />expansion until the residential situation is greatly improved. <br /> <br />Lemke indicated he is in agreement and that there are too many conflicting reports. Lemke stated in his <br />view part of it is a management problem, and if they cannot manage 20 slips now, how would they be <br />able to handle an additional ten. <br /> <br />Bennett pointed out ten more slips is a 50 percent increase in the use and that there will be multiple cars <br />coming and going. Bennett stated the pictures speak for themselves. If the property is residential, why <br />would you have a commercial ice cooler sitting in the back. Bennett stated in her view they should have <br />used the conditional use permit in an outstanding manner to be allowed another ten slips. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 06/17/2013 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 05/20/2013 <br />[Page 18 of 25]