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TO: <br />DATE; <br />Planning Commission Members <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />May 31, 1994 <br />SUBJECT: Section 10.41, B-2 Lakeshore Business District - Proposed Amendment <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Proposed Amendment <br />B - 1993-1994 Documentation Packet <br />Background <br />m C cv of Orono besan lioemina marinas in 1962. The B-2 Lakeshore Commercial District <br />was crekted in Januar^ 1968, and standards and requirements for the distnct were adopted. <br />. K r^»v^c^nnc ro the licensin'^ and B-2 District code sections occurred from 1969 to <br />fpTr l^e cSe ™e cuSy in effect was adopted as pan of the 1976 zoning code <br />revisions. <br />Bv 1985 the Citv realized that cenain standards and requirements of the B-2 District wp'e not <br />feLonablv t-nfoLable for e.sisting marinas. Use of licensing as a tool to force ^ <br />hTzotS, 'smSards was found to be ineffective because, while the City refirsed to grant l.censes <br />to cenain"marinas, it did not take steps to stop them from conimumg to operate. <br />The Citv then attempted to redesignate n.arinas as a conditio^l use ra^er ttan a <br />Tt, n o njctrirf This met with great resistance from the mannas. After two years or <br />discussion followed by a three year drought in which lake levels ‘*™PP'^ <br />marina activitv was hiuhlv reduced, the City Council appomted a Lake Use Committee m 1991 <br />Planning Commission for their consideration. <br />Review Process <br />The attached proposed amendment to the B-2 Lakeshore Business District stantods fH^*^^^^^^ <br />Citv Council in 1993, the Planning Commission held * ^ ^ within 350’ <br />through April 1994. to which the public was mvited. All property own p, members <br />of the B-2 Zoning District were maUed individual notices of the woik sessm . qj.quo’s <br />of the public anended and offered comments at one or m.ore work sessions, and f