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14INDTES OF THE LAKE DSE COMMITTEE - August 12, 1992 June 24, 1992 meeting. He noted that the licensing section is linked to the land use section of the code and felt these two areas should be separate. One of the problems with the marinas is that the nature of the business is intrusive upon the neighorhood and City. He thinks there should be regulation of the operation of the business in a way that satisfies the needs of the City and the residents. The City wants them to conform to certain requirements about the use of the land and zoning but the main concerns would be the encroachment upon the neighboring businesses both on land and on boats, hours of operation and the "commotion" the business causes. The present code limits the activities of the marinas so that it doesn't cover current activities such as boat clubs or charter boat operations. These have more to do with the running of the business than land use. He suggests considering the licensing ordinance section of the code to define marinas, if necessary, and their activities. They should be required to be licensed, apply once a year, have the license authorize activites they would be allowed to do, deal with dry stacking as a building, require them to stay within an envelope that extends into the water and maintain a sufficient number of parking spaces within their property. Kelley asked if this meant there would be a separate code section just for marinas. Callahan replied there was currently a separate section. Kelley agreed and then asked if there would be language saying there would be no "jumping" between code sections but staying within one section. He felt this caused some of the confusion. Gaffron did not feel this was a problem and gave an example of parking. There are other sections of code that define the size of a parking space that affects all parking in the City. The number of parking spaces required is defined in the marina section based on the number of slips and the square footage of retail space. This is in both the marina and licensing sections. Callahan stated certain things in the zoning code such as setbacks and building envelope should be part of the license. General land use violations should be left for enforcement under the land use section. Parking spaces could be applied to the license. The license should come up for revocation if violations of the license exist. If a license is revoked, it should not be reinstated automatically the following year. In Callahan's opinion, the enforcement of this section should not be with the Building and Zoning Department but rather the Police Department. In the case of operations (boat clubs or charter boats), the owner of the marina should be the operator and not be sub-leased. Jabbour brought up the issue of parking and charter boats as they would require more spaces. This does not mean the marina should not be allowed to do it, only that these activities should be contained and not "spill over" into the neighborhood. Callahan agreed that boat clubs and charter boats will require more parking spaces.