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TO;P!annin2 Commission Members FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning &. Zoning Administrator DATE:May 31, 1994 SUBJECT: Section 10.41, B-2 Lakeshore Business District - Proposed .Amendment List of Exhibits A - Proposed Amendment B - 1993-1994 Documentation Packet Background The Citv of Orono began licensing marinas in 1962. The B-2 Ukeshore Commercial District was created in January 1968, and standards and requirements for the dismct were adopted. A number of revisions to the licensing and B-2 District code “ 1974. The code language currently in effect was adopted as part of the 1975 zoning revisions. Bv 1935 the Citv realized that certain standards and requirements of the B-2 District were not reasonablv enforceable for e.xisting marinas. Use of licensing as a tool to force compliance with the zoning standards was found to be ineffective because, while the City refused to grant licenses 10 certain marinas, it did not take steps to stop them from contmuing to operate. The City then attempted to redesignate marinas as a conditional use rather than a permitted use in the B-2 District. This met with great tesistance from the marinas. After two years cr discussion followed by a three year drought in which lake levels dropped dramatically^ marina activitv was highly reduced, the City Council appomted a Lake Use Committee in IWl for review of lake use issues. Their first task was review of DNR s shoreland requirements, and B-2 District discussions were suspended. During 1992 the Lake Use Conuninee ^ to discuss marina licensing and the B-2 Zoning District. These discussions led to City Councd adopting a new license code in early 1993. and the B-2 Zoning District review was referred to Planning Commission for their consideration. Review Process The anached proposed amendment to the B-2 Ukeshore Business district standards (^E^ibit^ represents the culmination of a nine month effort by the the and update the B-2 Ordinance. After preliminary discussions mcluding ^ City Council in 1993. the Planning Commission held a senes of work sessions du 8 *, through April 1994, to which the public was invited. All property owners of the*B-2 Zoning District were mailed individual notices of the work sessions. ® . of the public attended and offered comments at one or more work sessions, and five of Or