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C� MINUTES OF A REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 24, 1993 1993 MARINA LICENSES - CONT. Resolution #938, ref adoption, coupled wit if the operation of t the environment or n leads to a conclusion to 50 boat addition. boat density does cre be a conflict in i recommends that based 77 slips, and not rei He noted the B -2 zon i r but does not address past practice of reco arenced in every license issued since that i the existing code sections which state that ie marina is to be a detriment to the lake or �ighbors, the license should not be issued, that no license should be granted for the 30 Resolution #938 states that increasing the ite an environmental problem. He felt that to ;suing a license for the extra slips. He on this analysis a license be issued for the ;ognize the additional boat storage on land. g section of the code discusses dock lengths, )oat density. His concern is that in light of inizinq Dast boat density. if boat density is not addressed with these license applications, the City may not maintain continuity and may give up some authority it may want to maintain. Mayor Callahan asked if the three applications in question directly related to the number of boats. Gaffron replied all of them are historically related to boat density, and the form and fee schedule used for the application are tied to boat density prohibiting an increase in density. Mayor Callahan felt the issue was properly brought to the attention of the City and the staff's analysis of the history is correct. He felt the thrust of the regulation suggested in Resolution #938 is related to length of docks, not boat density. The Lake Use Committee came to the belief that the City ought to regulate the marinas as a business and as such confine efforts to ensure they do not engage in activities which might be considered nuisances, and regulate them in actual use of the land similar to the way other land owners are regulated. Consideration was given to whether the B -2 section of the code should be revised, and that is under consideration at the Planning Commission level. The two issues that the Committee was concerned about was that the land use be in accordance with the general views of the City and the marinas do not act in such a way as to be a nuisance or obtrusive in the neighborhood. One major issue to consider is adequate parking. Specifically, the Lake Use Committee did not want to regulate the number of boats at the marina, and more specifically did not want to regulate dry stacking. The Committee generally believed that the marinas should be allowed to run as a business in any way deemed useful. He felt that marinas, kept within those parameters, were des ireable within the City and serve a useful purpose in getting the public on the lake. 16