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2001-2002 Marina Licenses September 6,2002 Page 4 The site provides ample parking for customers in the summer and a large capacity for boat storage in the winter. This site has been fully utilized for winter boat storage in recent years. This marina in spring 2001 applied for CUP approval for use of all 72 dry stack slots for On-I>cmand Launching. The use of the dry stack system at North Shore has not posed any problems for the City. The primary concern would be parking, which is ample on this, the largest of Orono's marina sites. A secondar concern is boat density on the lake; however, since the LMCD has long maintained the position that all *.' dry stack slots can be used for boats that are for lake use (as opposed to for sale or waiting for service, etc.) it would be consistent for the City to acknowledge all 72 for lake use. *rhe application was tabled in April 2001 by the Planning Commission at applicant's request v.t order for him to satisfy identified neighborhood concerns regarding the marina. We expect the application to proceed this winter. Activities occurring on the site which require the property owner’s ongoing attention in order to remain in compliance with the seven operation stan^ds include limiting storage of boat trailers and other equipment to those areas noted on the approved site plan. The applicant has recently completed a substantial amount of landscaping work in thi.« area to make the dry stack units less visible from the road and has added more trees and a fence west of the service building to screen it from the adjacent residential .noperties. Staff recommends approval of a 2001-2002 license for North Shore Marina. *rhe license v.''ill be annotated to indicate that use of all 72 dry-stack units for boats for lake use requires completion of the CUP process. E. Wayzata Marine - 3324 North Shore Drive Wayzata Marine began operating at this site in 2000, taking over from the former Lakeside Marina. The operation has historically included sales of boats, motors, trailers and marine accessories; boat repair and servicing; on-land winter/summer boat storage; and 77 in-water slips (70 rental). It is noted that the 2000,2001 and 2002 license requests to Orono include 5 boats stored on land for lake use in addition to the 77 in water, but their 2002 LMCD license does not include these five. Orono will not approve these on-Iand units for lake use if they are customer-owned boats stored for on- demand launching, (which requires a CUP from Orono and additional BSU’s from LMCD) and the license will be issued for 77 in-water slips only. While the marina requests continued licensing for fuel sales, fuel has not been sold from the site for the past three years since the old tanks were removed and new ones have not yet been installed. Staff has visited this site on many occasions within the past year, primarily due to ongoing complaints by the adjoining property owner, Robert Waade, regarding site lighting, use of the paging system, and a number of other issues. Council may recall that Waade was granted a subdivision with a number of variances as well as a conditional use permit to construct a single family lakeshore residence and a duplex on the property in 1998. This site was previously vacant for many years, and Waade purchased it from the DNR. Waade was certainly aware of the marina operation when he purchased the property, but has for ;he past year made numerous complaints regarding the marina. This culminated in the attached list of complaints by Waade and the City’s response (please review letters to Waade and to Wayzata Marine dated June 27,2002). i