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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, August 15, 2016 6:30 o'clock p.m. Barnhart noted restaurants are restricted to certain districts to alleviate potential impacts due to noise and traffic. The proposed use is not outside the norm. Staff would suggest a limitation on hours to alleviate potential noise concerns. Barnhart stated coffee and bagel retail are a conditional use permit in the B-5 zoning district subject to the following four conditions: No more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of any single building shall be devoted to coffee and/or bagel retail store uses. The applicant is proposing 32.7 percent of the building will be devoted to food/beverage retail uses. 2. No individual coffee or bagel retail store use shall exceed 2,000 square feet of gross floor area. A combined coffee and bagel retail store use shall not exceed 4,000 square feet of gross floor area. The combined area of the food/beverage retail is 3,900 square feet. The number of incremental parking spaces required for the coffee and/or bagel retail store use shall be calculated using the parking requirement standard for restaurant uses. A restaurant requires one space per 80 square feet of public floor area or 49 spaces. The property provides 60 spaces, which exceeds the requirement. A portion of the parking area is subject to a cross parking easement with the property now occupied by Culver's. In practice, and based on observations, Culver's customers frequently use 10-12 spaces on the subject property. 4. An individual coffee or bagel retail store use shall be limited to a maximum of 45 seats. A combined coffee and bagel retail store use shall be limited to a maximum of 60 seats. The combined number of seats being proposed is 60. Barnhart stated based on those four conditions, the proposed use appears to meet the standards imposed on bagel and coffee stores. Barnhart displayed the interior floor plan for the building. Page 2 of 15