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B-2 Code Review <br />Januan' 25, 1994 <br />Fane 4 <br />sate condition and in a neat, clean and orderly condition at all times. Elsewhere in LMCD s <br />code, it is indicated that "any structure may be constructed ot such materials and in such manner <br />as the owner detennines. provided that they shall be so built and maintained that they do not <br />constitute a hazard to the public using the waters of the lake . <br />The LMCD has the authority to order removal of "hazardous" stnicmres in the lake. i.e. <br />those which are hazardous to navigation, but doesn't address dock safety. Orono Building <br />Inspector Bruce V'ang notes that all dcK'ks by nature are probably "unsate" and arguably would <br />need total perimeter railings to be considered sate. <br />Neither Orono nor the LMCD get into dock construction aesthetics, although LMCD does <br />have some regulations regarding the use of boat shelters or canopies. <br />A copy of LMCD Code, Chapter 2 "Regulation of Stnicmres within the Lake" is attached <br />in its entirety for Planning Commission s intormation. <br />Lake Maintenance Opu-tioi.s Base <br />A lake maintenance operations base might be defined as including the following types of <br />activities.loading and unloading barges or large boats used for general hauling. <br />dredging or rip rap operations, servicing and installing boat lifts and docks <br />•A base for weed harvesting equipment to be benhed. loaded and unloaded <br />•Operation of a marine fire department <br />All of the above activities might include storage of materials and equipment on land, but <br />likely do not create a high demand for customer parking. <br />A question was raised regarding the barges at Gayle’s Marina. Those barges were used <br />in conjunction with the dredging Gayle did a few years ago. The City has notitied him in <br />writina a number of times that "operation of a dredging business" is not allowed in the B-- <br />district. He claims that those barges are for his own use and he is not operating a dredging or <br />barge business. <br />Uke maintenance operations have to be based somewhere on the lake. They arc <br />potentially an eyesore and a nuisance if located next to residential property. <br />Additional Information <br />As of this writimt. I have yet to obtain marina zoning/licensing intonnation from non <br />Lake .Minnetonka municrpalities. but hope to have some infonnaiion available at the meeting on <br />February 2nd. <br />ch