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Memo - Section 10.41 <br />May 31, 1994 <br />Page 3 <br />• Subdivision 6 „ «« r, • u t <br />3£Qtir>n adds a long list of allowable accessory uses . The B-2 Zone is the only <br />commercial or residential zone in Orono with no code allowance for accessory uses. <br />The planning Commission reviewed each proposed accessory use in the context that it <br />must be subsidiary to a pennined use. No accessory use can exist unless a permitted use exists <br />on the property One of the Planning Commission ’s primary concerns was that reasonable <br />accessory uses be allowed, and per the format of Orono ’s zoning code, uses not listed are not <br />allowed This resulted in a fairlv long list of accessory uses which are relatively specific m <br />scope. It also resulted in careful review of those uses which should be conditiona l rather than <br />accessory. <br />• Subdivision 7 , , . j i u- <br />This section adds a list of conditional uses, including boat clubs, on-demand launching, <br />transient launchmg, chatter boat port-of-call, lake/Iake smicture maintenance base, and <br />snowmobile sales/service. Planning Commission found that each of these uses may be a <br />le<7itimate and reasonable activity at a marina within the B-2 Zone under certain circumstmces, <br />the common concern being adequate parking on the site. Note that all listed conditional uses <br />are proposed to be allowed only for marinas that are in compliance >vith the landscaping <br />and screening requirements. ... i j <br />- Boat clubs were recognized as an alternative to individual boat ownership that would <br />expand the usage of a given boat with potential for increasing the percentage of boats in <br />use at the peak times. A limit on the percentage of boats at a given marina allowed for <br />boat club use was considered but not recommended. <br />- On-demand launchmg of customer owned boats stored on the business site requmes not <br />only customer parking but boat/trailer storage space. It is perhaps <br />LMCD will require licensing of non-rack storage space for such use, although LM <br />does currently license rack spaces for on-demand launching. Again, absent an intent by <br />the City to further regulate numbers of boats on the lake, site congestion and provision <br />of adequate parking are the main concerns. n ^ <br />- Public transient boat launching via a ramp has historically been addressed m the B-2 <br />parking requirements (Subd. 8) but was never listed as a permitted or conditional use. <br />Adequate parking is the main concern, and Planning Commission suggests that Council <br />be able to control the hours of operation. <br />- Use of a site for a chaner boat port-of-call relies on adequate parking primarily, but may <br />also have negative impacts on neighboring property owners. The proposed wording <br />allows the Citv to place appropriate conditions on this use to protect the public «»i«est. <br />- Planning Commission acknowledged that a lake/lake strucmre mamtenance operatic^ <br />base mav be a "necessary evil", providing a location for the less <br />lake maintenance activities to occur. The wording allows Council to lumt such <br />operations at Council ’s discretion. <br />. AUowmg snowmobile sales and service as a conditional use was the object of <br />considerable discussion by the Planning Commission and some marina operators.