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s Request for Council Action continued page 2 of 4 January 24, 1997 Zoning File #2195 application. Those concerns included the appearance and construction of the building, the use of proposed grass area within the lakeshore yard for display of boats for sale, the lack of adequate parking, the lack of public restroom facilities for slip customers, lack of boat head pumpout, storm water facilities needs, and general intensity of use on the site. The application was tabled, and applicants were advised to return in January with a revised proposal addressing the stated concerns. Applicants then submitted a revised proposal which was reviewed by Planning Commission on January 19th. That proposal is detailed in the staff memo of January 16th. Please review that memo for additional background information. It should be noted that the intent of this application is to provide a suitable sales office space for lease to King's Cove Marina based in Hastings, who will be operating a bosi sales business at this site and who will also act as site manager for the slip rental operation. Planning Commission Recommendation Planning Commission expressed general approval for the revisions to the proposed structure, making it more residential in character as compared to the previously proposed double wide modular structure. Planning Commission expressed little concern about the lot area and depth variances, and indicated general approval of the increases in lakeshore and street setbabk that would result from replacement of the existing building, even though the lot depth would not allow for completely conforming street and lake setbacks. Planning Commission expressed some concern regarding the proposed storage of boats in the required lakeshore yard where no such storage is normally allowed, given that that area will revert from structure to a lawn non-hardcover area. Discussion centered around the potential for that area remaining non-hardcover while accommodating boats on trailers and pedestrian traffic. Applicants indicated they did not intend for customers to be boarding those boats and anticipated no negative impact on the lawn areas from the storage of up to 6 boats at that location. Planning Commission felt it was not appropriate to use required parking stalls for boat storage, and indicated apparent acceptance for display of boats on the grass, as long as careful attention is paid to keeping that as a non-hardcover area. The primary issue of concern to the Planning Commission was balancing the hardcover and parking expansion issues. It was noted that the code requires an additional 10 stalls, and Planning Commission did not buy into the applicants’ interpretation of the code that only a 3 stall variance is necessary because 12 of 111 slips will be converted to non-rental for displaying boats for sale. In considering whether the parking lot should be expanded by 10 spaces to yield conforming i