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r Memo • Section 10.41 May 31, 1994 Page 3 • Subiivision 6 This scctk)n adds a long list of allowable "accessory uses". The B-2 Zone is the only commercial or residential zone in Orono with no code allowance for accessory uses. The Planning Commission reviewed each proposed accessory use in the conte.xt that it must be subsidiary to a permitted use. No accessory use can e.xist unless a permitted use exists on the property. One of the Planning Commission ’s primary concerns was that reasonable accessory uses be allowed, and per the format of Orono ’s zoning code, uses not listed are not allowed. This resulted in a fairly long list of accessory uses which are relatively specific in scope. It also resulted in careful review of those uses which should be conditional rather than accessory. • Subdivision 7 This section adds a list of conditional uses, including boat clubs, on-demand launching, transient launching, chaner boat port-of-call, lake/lake structure maintenance base, and snowmobile sales/service. Planning Commission found that each of these uses may be a legitimate and reasoiubie activity at a marina within the B-2 Zone under certain circumstances, the common concern being adequate parking on the site. Note that all listed conditional uses are proposed to be allowed only for marinas that are in compliance with the landscaping and screening requirements. - Boat clubs were recognized as an alternative to individual boat ownership, that would expand the usage of a given boat with potential for increasing the percentage of boats in use at the peak times. A limit on the percentage of boats at a given marina allowed for boat club use was considered but not recommended. - On-demand launching of customer owned boats stored on the business site requires not only customer parking but boat/trailer storage space. It is perhaps unpredictable whether LMCD will require licensing of non-rack storage space for such use. although LMCD does currently license rack spaces for on-demand launching. Again, absent an intent by the City to fimher regulate numbers of boats on the lake, site congestion and provision of adequate parking are the main concerns. - Public transient boat launching via a ramp has historically been addressed in the B-2 parking requirements (Subd. 8) but was never listed as a permitted or conditional use. Adequate parking is the main concern, and Planning Coiamission suggests that Council be able to control the hours of operation. - Use of a site for a charter boat port-of-call relies on adequate parking primarily, but may also have negative impacts on neighboring property owners. The proposed wording allows the City to place appropriate conditions on this use to protect the public interest. - Planning Commission acknowledged that a lake/lake structure maintenance operations base may be a "necessary evil", providing a location for the less attractive but necessary lake maintenance activities to occur. The wording allows Council to limit such operations at Council ’s discretion. - Allowing snowmobile sales and service as a conditional use was the subject of considerable discussion by the Planning Commission and some marina operators. i 1