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WATER STRUCTURES COMMITTEE February IJ, 1993MOTION: Babcock moved. Cochran seconded, to recommend nporovitof the RDP Partners Multiple Dock and Special Density License renewal, with no change. ^ LicenseVOTE: Motion carried unanimously.D. Forest Arms Improvement Association, Forest Lake, OronoIn a memo dated 2/5/93 Thibault commented on the I0/^6/9^ request of Forest Arms Improvement Association (Forest Arms) for consideration of allowing the association to pay back license iCes to regain slip sizes for five slips reduced from 33* Ion*- to 24 long in 1987. This is a grandfathered license with non- conforming density. The licensed site plan shows 10 lake side slips. 5 - 32 Jong and 5 - 24’ long, and 4 16’ long inside slips. A 30 side setback is required. The current request is to move the 4 inside slips to the lake side. The proposed site plan submitted shows all 14 slins 11.5 X 32 long, with 15’ side setbacks. Jim Lange, speaking for Forest Arms, explained the historv of the multiple dock. Originally the agreement with the Citv of Orono was to allow 14 slips of equal size for the 14 member.s of the association. Over a period of time there were changes in the dock configuration, at the request of the association, when there was a size reduction due to the adoption of the WSU charges. He said at no time did they think that the changes would affect their original understanding of the slip sizes. The committee viewed the current dock site elan showing Slips #11 - 14 along the walkway opening to the sides, the pro posed site plan of 14 equal size slips all opening lakeward. and photo. Tom Theisen, Forest Anns, also showed a Julv. 1983 site plan which, according to Thibault, did not have LM(*D approval and was not part of its file. The committee and Forest Arms representatives discussed a number of arrangements, none of which were satisfactorv party. The proposal to change Slips 11 - 14 to 32’ long a problem to the LMCD in that their size o either presents was listed at 10’ x 16’ since 1987. Forest Arms contends the originaI, grandfathe red agreement was for 14 equal sized slips. Babcock explained to the applicants that the records show this site was originally 1 jensed for slips #1 - 10 at 12’ x 32’. However, slips #11 - 14 were never shown to be that size. The Code does not allow increasing slip sizes at a site with grandfa thered density. Carlson suggested allowing the 4 slips to be changed from 10’ x 16’ to 8’ x 20’, which would be the same square footage. Babcock offered n compromiro. based on the 12/2/83 siic plan, changing the widths to meet the 30’ side setbacks, for 10 slips 9.5 x 32’ and 4 slips 9.5’ x 21’, with the dock to extend no further than 100’ into the lake and a certified as-built survey to be lurnished after the docks are rebuilt. Carlson agreed with Babcock’s proposal. Theisen offered to compromise a* 10 slips 9.5’ X 32’ and 4 9 9.5 x 24’. - continued