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REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORONO COUNCIL, OCTOIIER 10 , 1978 Page 9 Planning Commission Pleeting - SePtember 25 , 1978 REZONING - #421 1960 Shoreline Drive Public information meeting held, t•Zessrs . Tourangeau, (Continued) Reuti�an & Hornick were present, as well as the follo��ing neighbors : Mr. Rovegno, Ms . Stinson, and P�r. & P�rs. Spencer. Mr. Olson explained the request and stated he had the Affidavit of Publication and Certificate of P�Iailing. Mr. Reutirlan ir,umediately requested that on the advise of counsel, his name be removed from �this application. Mr. Olson noted that his name was not on the application, only Mr. Tourangeau' s. Ms . Hurr asked PZr. Reutiman to submit his comments in writing. � P'Ir. Reutiman agreed. Mr. Tourangeau explained his position regarding the relationship of the rezoning and the subdivision being one of wanting to expedite sale of the house on Lot 1. Mr. Reutiman stated that he .felt the City should not condition subdivision approval on the rezoning application. Mr. Rovegno referred to the letter from the neighbors regarding the pr�posed use, which letter the Planning Commission had received. He stressed that the present use was acceptable, but to expand the business would be objectionable. There was discussion including Mr. Hornick' s description of the proposed use of the station and how the neighbors felt that it would effect the traffic in the neighborhood. Staff noted that selling food is a permitted use in the B-1 zone, but if the property were rezoned, it would not be a permitted use. Mr. & Mrs. Spencer were concerned about the hours of operation. It was felt that the greatest problem would be ingress and egress traffic on the property, and pedestrian safety should any expanded use be allowed. Ms. Hurr referred to the engineer' s recomr.iendations in his letter of September 5, 1978 which states: "We recommend that no other use, except motor fuel station, be allowed that would have the effect of increasing traffic movements in the area. " Staff recomriended that the rezoning is a reasonable request and, in fact, should have been done four years ago. This recommendation is made being fully aware of the pending application. Planning Commission moved to approve the rezoning of the easterly 70 f t. of Lots 24 & 25 from B-1 to LR-lA to include a legal non-conforming conditional use permit for the station to operate as presently ' operated. Mr. Alan Olson presented a memo concerning the three above applications, #414, #418, & #�421, concerning 1960 Shoreline Drive, dated September 28, 1978 , which states: (Continued)