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To: Chair Thiese and Planning Commission Members <br />Jessica Loftus, City Administrator <br />From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br />Date: November 21, 2016 <br />Subject: #16-3878, City of Orono, <br />Text Amendment: Emergency access docks <br />Public Hearing <br />Item # 8 <br />Application Summary: The proposed ordinance amendment would allow overnight boat <br />storage within an Emergency Dock. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff requests Planning Commission <br />recommendation of the ordinance amendment as drafted. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A. Draft Ordinance <br />Background <br />Applicable ordinance excerpts: <br />Section 78-1: "County dock means a dock owned and operated by Hennepin County for the <br />sole purpose of facilitating lake to ground transportation of patrons in emergency or law <br />enforcement situations." <br />Section 78-302 (7) [permitted uses in the LR -1A zoning district]: <br />County dock, when: <br />a. Directly connected to Hennepin County Right -of -Way. <br />b. No overnight boat storage is permitted. <br />c. No canopy is installed. <br />d. Approved by Lake Minnetonka Conservation District. <br />e. Secured with a fence and gate. <br />In April, the City Council adopted an ordinance that allowed docks controlled by Hennepin <br />County to be a permitted use in the LR -1A zoning district. The purpose behind this ordinance, <br />initiated by Hennepin County, was to facilitate the extraction of individuals (those injured and <br />intoxicated) from the lake in a timely manner. The docks were defined as emergency docks, and <br />certain conditions were placed, including a prohibition of overnight boat storage. <br />In 2016, Hennepin County installed an operated a dock near the Arcola bridge. This site was <br />chosen in part due to its proximity to Big Island. <br />