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f I- .; • m I:'■ r I' ;■> vVI*'''. ■ * rl-: I / to- j . r-v' %. Vr- ^ IffHBRSAS, as a condition to the issuance of the 1975 commercial marina licenses^ each commercial marina operator agreed with the City in writing to an Operations Agreement outlining a three-year phased improvement program established to replace natural vegetation previously removed# to provide for adequate storm water runoff controls# to provide for open space and vegetation buffers between the marina properties and adjoining residential properties# to provide for adequate parking and traffic control and to provide for reasonable performance standards relating to the non-conforming placement and use of docks and mooring spaces upon the public waters; and WHEREAS# all of the requirements of the 1975 Operations Agreement are reasonable exercises of the normal police powers of the City of Orono intended to correct the previous abuses and overuses of public waters and the congested com;vercial marina sites# to correct for the public harm caused by such abuses and to prevent future abuse of the land or the public waters; and WHEREAS# all of the requirements of Section 5.42 of the Orono Municipal Code regulating commercial marina operations# Section 10.41 of the Orono Zoning Code regulating the use of lakeshore business district property and the 1975 Operations Agreement are in full conformity with the applicable regulations and intents and purpose of the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District's regulations for commercial marinas and the State of Minnesota# Department of Natural Resources' regulations for protection of public waters; and WHEREAS# the City of Orono did not require commercial dock license applications to be submitted during license years 1986# 1987 and 1989 based on the then pending Code revisions intended to eliminate the licensing requirement. License applications were required in 1988# and 1988 commercial dock licenses were issued to those marinas for which no outstanding site or operational issues were identified. License applications were required in 1990 and 1991# but licenses were not issued to any marinas in anticipation of a revised review process; and WHEREAS# it is the intent of the City of Orono to issue commercial dock licenses for license year 1992 and retroactively issue licenses for license years 1990 and 1991 tc all marinas which applied for licenses during those years# regardless of past or present unresolved issues. It is the City's intent that during 1992 the City will work with each marina to develop a 1993 Operations Agreement outlining a multi-year phased improvement program to bring marinas into a higher degree of Page 4 of 5