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T <br />r <br />i" <br />C‘- <br />C <br />C <br />Eliminate Flagpole- A flagpole was added in 1999, which is a further example of the <br />creeping expansion taking place. We would like it removed. <br />Regulate Non-Resident Dock Lots for Conformance to All City Ordinances <br />We would like the City to ensure that all dock lots strictly adhere to City ordinances for setbacks, <br />hard cover, vegetation, parking adjacent to fire hydrants and other ordinances that apply to <br />Orono property owners. We would also ask that regulations regarding noise, litter, and other <br />quality of life issues be strictly enforced for the non-resident dock lots to try and control the <br />problems that have been associated with these properties for the past 20+ years. <br />As neighbors we have obtained certified aerial photographs from 1971, 1985 and 1989 to <br />document what was present on the.se non-conforming lots following the non-conforming <br />ordinance of 1968 and the conditional u.se permits of 1985. Those are attached. <br />We have also retained Bruce Malkerson, who was the Orono City Attorney when some of the <br />non-conforming ordinances were drafted. As you will note from Mr. Malkerson’s letter to the <br />Orono Planning Commission regarding Ginther and Ault’s request for a conditional use permit, <br />we believe one or more of the docks are illegal and the remainder of the non-conforming, non­ <br />resident docks may be legal based on further factual investigation. Of particular relevance, we <br />feel is the ordinance that stipulates that non-conforming structures valued at $3,000 or less in <br />1968 would be allowed only to exist for 36 months before being required to be removed. We <br />strongly believe that the temporary docks used by the non-resident dock owners all had a value <br />far below $3,000 in 1968 and thus their dock should have been eliminated after 36 months. <br />It is clear that this situation is unique and unprecedented in Orono. It’s also clear that these <br />docks have been a source of problems for over 20 years and continue to be a source of problems. <br />We feel that there has been very lax enforcement of ordinances relative to the non-resident dock <br />lots and that illegal docks have been allowed to exist and substantial expansion of use has been <br />permitted. Therefore, we respectfully ask that the City vigorously enforce all ordinances that <br />relate to these properties and return them to only what is legally permissible. <br />Wc plan to appear at Monday’s Council meeting. <br />W i-nr^jAfl ijkv.-AkjMi* i''.