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B-2 Code Review <br />Januar>’ 25, 1994 <br />Pace 3 <br />Fishing Tournaments <br />The City. LMCD. Water Pnirol, and DNR all issue special event permits or licenses for <br />fishing toumanicnis. Orono ’s pemiii is issued by the Police Department upon Council approval, <br />and approval is generally based on automobile traffic impacts. The other three agencies are <br />generally concerned with impact on the lake itself. <br />In a typical tournament operation, fisherman trailering their boats arrive either at a public <br />landing or designated marina between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., launch their N’lats individually, <br />and congregate at a designated landing or marina. At the designated starting time, all boats <br />"take off ” to various areas of the lake. They fish around the lake for six or eight hours, then <br />again congregate at a single designated location for "weigh-in" and awarding of prizes. They <br />then disperse to the location where they put their boat in and exit the lake. <br />This process potentially generates congregate activity at multiple sites around the lake <br />vcr>’ early in the morning. <br />Our Police Department indicates that the fishing tournaments them.selves are generally <br />well run. but because they use up parking spaces at the landings early in the morning, the rest <br />ol the [.ablic wishing to trailer a boat to the lake has to park in areas that create problems. In <br />essence, the general boating public pays a price in decreased access to the lake when there is <br />a fishing tournament. However, who is to say which activity Is more important or should take <br />precedence? The permitMicensing processes perhaps serve as a forewarning to regulatory <br />agencies to expect increase activity on a given day. provide a means to advise touniament <br />operators of specific requirements, and might even be a method of avoiding conflicts if multiple <br />tournaments are proposed on the same day. <br />A comment was made at the January 5th work session that the City should regulate <br />fishing tournaments both at marinas and public landings. Tliis is the City’s current practice <br />under Section 6.08 "Parades and Special Events". The B-2 zoning standards do not currently <br />specifically address fishing tournaments. <br />Dock Location/Constniction Regulations <br />Neitlier the Orono Zoning Code nor the State Building Code contain specific regulations <br />regarding the location or construction of residential and commercial docks. <br />IJvlCD regulates the location, length, configuration and use of both residential and <br />commercial docks on Lake Minnetonka, but contains only a few general statements regarding <br />their construction and maintenance. It notes that commercial docks must comply with all "local, <br />state and federal regulations" and that commercial diK'ks shall be maintained "in a structurally