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MINUTES OF A REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 24, 1993 1993 MARINA LICENSES - CONT. Resolution #938, referenced in every license issued since that adoption, coupled with the existing code sections which state that if the operation of the marina is to be a detriment to the lake or the environment or neighbors, the Iicense should not be issued, leads to a conclusion that no license should be granted for the 30 to 50 boat addition. Resolution #938 states that Increasing the boat density does create an environmental problem. He felt that to be a conflict in issuing a license for the extra slips. He recommends that based on this analysis a license be issued for the 77 slips, and not recognize the additional boat storage on land. He noted the B-2 zoning section of the code discusses dock lengths, but does not address boat density. His concern Is that in light of past practice of recognizing past boat density, if boat density is not addressed with these Iicense appiications, the City may not maintain continuity and may give up some authority it may want to maintain. Mayor Cal Iahan asked if the three appIications in question directly related to the number of boats. Gaffron replied all of them are historically related to boat density, and the form and fee schedule used for the application are tied to boat density prohibiting an increase in density. Mayor Callahan felt the Issue was properly brought to the attention of the City and the staff’s analysis of the history Is correct. He felt the thrust of the regulation suggested In Resolution #938 is related to length of docks, not boat density. The Lake Use Committee came to the belief that the City ought to regulate the marinas as a business and as such confine efforts to ensure they do not engage in activities which might be considered nuisances, and regulate them in actual use of the land simi lar to the way other land owners are regulated. Consideration was given to whether the B-2 section of the code should be revised, and that is "^der consideration at the PIanning Commission level. The two iss.*i Mat the Committee was concerned about was that the land use be in accordance with the general views of the City and the marinas do not act in such a way as to be a nulsanca or obtrusive in the neighborhood. One major issue to consider is adequate parking. Specifically, the Lake Use Committee did not want to regulate the number of boats at the marina, and more specifically did not want to regulate dry stacking. The Committee generally believed that the marinas should be allowed to run as a business in any way deemed useful. He felt that marinas. Kept within those parameters, v.ere desireable w>».hln the City and serve a useful purpose in getting the public on the lake.