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i r • • r C May 16, 2000 TO: Orono Mayor and City Council FROM: Dick and Marlys Ogle Richard and Sue Gay Jim Zimmerman 2771 Shad>'v\’ood Road 2735 Shadjavood Road 2745 Shadj'wood Road SUB.JECT: Non-Resident Boat Docks and Parking E We wanted to provide input and background on the non-resident, non-conforming dock lots prior to Monday ’s Council meeting. This is the third time that the council has addressed this issue in less than 12 months and we have provided substantial background on the history of issues and problems surrounding the properties which is attached. As additional reference, we’ve also attached an Orono City document from 1984 that references the many years of complaints and problems cited by the neigliborhood residents regarding the non-resident docks. It’s clear from this document and our experience that these docks have been a source of problems for at least 20 years. We are asking that the City Council specifically take the following actions relative to the non resident, non-conforming dock lots and parking. Parking Based on a series of problems and near accidents by neighbors pulling in to and out of driveways and nearly hitting or being hit by bicycli.sts and cars because non-resident dock owners were parked in the turn off lane, the neighbors asked the County and City to post the turn off lanes as no parking. The City and County agreed with neighbors and posted the area no parking in the summer of 1999. Non-resident dock owners asked the City Council to reconsider the no parking decision again in 1999. The City Council, for a second time, agreed that for safety reasons no parking was needed in this area and again reaffirmed the no parking decision. Since nothing has changed since last summer, we ask that the City maintain the current parking ban on County Road 19 consistent with the agreement at the two City Council meetings when this was discu,ssed. Mandate the one car per boat slip parking that was clearly detailed and agreed to in the 1985 conditional use permits for the non-resident docks (one of the non-resident CUP’s is attached). Enact significant penalties for people who violate the one car per slip parking requirement such as misdemeanor prosecution and revocation of conditional u.se permits for violators. Since there has been crime in the non-resident dock area, neighbors would like to be provided with a list of license numbers for the vehicles approved to be in the non-resident parking area. In this way we can help protect the safety of our neighborhood and work with City Police to call attention to vehicles and people that are not supposed to be in our neighborhood. * A.1^.III III tiiinanrii I....... HIM I 11 ^ IIIII 1 iiiTfc ■ ■ 111 iT 111 > ii ____.,J