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Proposed Amendment to Municipal Code <br />SEC. 10.41. B-2 LAKESHORE BUSLNESS DISTRICT. <br />Subd. i. Purpose. The "B 2" Lakeshore Business Comm efctal District was <br />originally intended to provide areas where limited commercial businesses could be located to scr\ icc <br />boats used for recreational purposes on Lake Minnetonka. However, many of the operators of the <br />lakeshore commercial busLiesses have stripped the trees and vegetation from the shorelands and have <br />expanded the operations so that now the "B-2" Lakeshore Business ConMw eroial Districts adversely <br />affect the lake water quality and the real estate values of adjoining properties. Tlie purpose of this <br />Chapter is to provide for additional reasonable regulations of these businesses in a manner that <br />require-partial restoration t>f-the-shor eland v eg etation, that will serv e to avo id po lhHh)n of the lake <br />water and to insure protection of adjacent residential properties w hich have previously suffered from <br />the unregulated expansion of comntercial activities, while protecting and enhancing the quality of <br />the lake and shoreland environment. <br />Subd. 2. Definitions <br />A. "Marina Business" means engaging in one or more of the permitted. <br />accessory or conditional uses allowed within the B-2 Lakeshore Business District. <br />Subd. 3. Licen.se Required. Each marina business within the ’’B-2" l.akeshore <br />Business District shall obtain an annual marina business license per the provisions of the Orono <br />Municipal Code. <br />Subd.-^ Subd. 4. Application. All applications for a building pemiit in-any within <br />the "B-2" Lakeshore Comm ercial Business District shall be reviewed by the Council and may be <br />referred to the Planning Commission and/or a specially appointed Lake Use Committee for review. <br />Subd. 3 -. Subd. 5. Permitted Uses. Within the "B-2" Lakeshore Business District, <br />no land or struemre shail be used except for one or more of the following uses: <br />A. Repairs.—Repoir -and servicing of boats. Rental of in-water boat slips. <br />B. Storage .—Winter storag e of boats. Sales of boats and motors. <br />C. Sales. Etc. Sale and rental of boot s. meteFs. fishing equipment and sol e <br />of fuel, boots, boot supplies, bait and marine-related items ("ship’s store"). <br />D. Repair and .servicing of boats.