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� � <br /> '� ORONO COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 19 , 1974 Page 2 <br /> � Searles expressed the desire of the Council to PUBLIC HEARING <br /> have this be a four-year landscaping plan which (Continued) <br /> • will not cause a hardship to the marinas, and <br /> under the new licensing plan, marinas are asked <br /> � to submit a master plan of their marina with <br /> � their license application. <br /> � Paurus stated he is glad to see the attitude <br /> that Jim Rivers is showing. <br /> � <br /> Art Tourangeau asked what had been decided on <br /> • the Smith' s Bay Texaco property. <br /> � Searles indicated that it seems to be the opinion <br /> � of the Council to leave the B-1 zoned lands that <br /> are in present commercial use by the Smith' s Bay <br /> � Texaco zoned B-1 as it is an important neighborhood <br /> service. Massengale felt that the non-conforming <br /> � use provisions would not be the right way to <br /> handle this particular condition and B-1 zoning <br /> • seemed to be the right way. <br /> � John Hollander stated that his property near <br /> � Plymouth is two acres and assessments would be <br /> less if this were one acre. <br /> � Don White said prior to 1950 , the Village was <br /> � unincorporated, since incorporation, his taxes <br /> have gone up considerably. He felt that new <br /> � zoning is restrictive to agriculture. P�assengale <br /> • said this zoning should protect and preserve <br /> more of the agricultural activities. <br /> � Herb Renner stated the rezoning is not downgrading <br /> � because we need to consider the pollution problem <br /> on the lake and the rezoning will help take some <br /> � of the pressure off the lake. <br /> • Rivers does not feel marinas add that much <br /> pollution to the lake. He stated the outboard <br /> � motor companies have spent millions of dollars <br /> � to keep their engines from pollutin� lakes. <br /> � Hollander said we should have an alternate plan <br /> looking at least ten years into the future. <br /> � Searles stated the Comprehensive Guide Plan <br /> calls for yearly review; we cannot plan ten <br /> • years ahead because the population growth is <br /> • not predictable and we have no idea how the <br /> energy crisis will affect the predicted growth. <br /> � A citizen asked why the rezoning in Navarre is <br /> � unequal with Ronnie' s Dry Cleaning being <br /> � unaffected while the rest is being zoned <br /> residential. In the rest of the area there <br /> is the same investment involved. Much of this <br /> � land is still undeveloped. <br /> • <br /> • <br />