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License Review, Lakeside Marina August IX, 1992 Page 2 It is clear to staff that Mr. Dunn has absolutely no intent to reduce the number of boats on the property to 22 as the marina was licensed for in 1983. There are approximately 60 boats on the site this summer. The license and zoning codes do not provide a basis for determining how many boats are allowed on land in either summer or winter. The limitations on number of "other boats on the property" in the summer and the number of "winter stored boats" apparently became a line item on the license forms in the late 1970's without any code basis. If we deny Lakeside a license based on "having too many boats", I don't have a code section that defines what is the correct number of boats. This all leads to the conclusion that rather than tying a license to the number of boats on land, we should, as the Lake Use Committee has previously discussed, tie the license into a site plan that defines winter and summer boat storage and parking locations, as well as providing for emergency access and safety concerns (in addition to buffer areas such as landscaping and yard areas, which are well defined). Staff has designed a possible formula for defining winter storage boat numbers, if the Committee feels compelled to tie the licensing to a number rather than a site plan. This formula simply starts with the entire lot area, subtracts the required landscape areas, existing buildings, and the area needed for winter parking and access; then defines that 50% of the remaining space can be used for winter boat storage at an p.verage of 350 s.f. per boat, which yields a specific number of boats. The formula yields 78 winter stored boats for Lakeside Marina, comparable to the 80 winter stored boats previously licensed. By comparison. North Shore Drive Marina, with half again as much property, ends up with 122 winter stored boats, an increase above the 82 they have been licensed for in the past, but perhaps more in keeping with their site capabilities given the existence of the dry stack units which compensate for topography problems they would otherwise have. Staff Recommendation Staff finds questionable value in further denial or withholding of a license for Lakeside Marina given the history of activity on the site, given the existing site conditions which from a legal non-conformity standpoint the City has limited ability to force into greater compliance, and given a code that in many respects is idealistic but not functional for d<^aling with existing non-conforming situations nor perceived density and use concerns.