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Resolution No. /09� � <br /> Page 65 ' <br /> � <br /> 11. New information available since 1974, including <br /> the Federal Flood Insurance study, increased local, . <br /> state and federal knowledge concerning sewage treatment <br /> and disposal, increased knowledge of lake ecology and <br /> basic changes in the operational character of marinas <br /> , has become cause for new planning conclusions regarding <br /> commercial lakeshore activity independent of any City <br /> initiated action or policy. <br /> 12. In retrospect, the use impact of most marinas in <br /> Orono, including Stubbs Bay Marina , has been greatly <br /> increased since 1974, and is incomparable with the , <br /> lise existent in 1967 . The existing regulations have <br /> proven ineffective in controlling such growth. The <br /> existing policies have proven ineffective in providing <br /> incentive for private improvement. The ecology of the • <br /> � Lake, and the most general public benefit to be derived <br /> from commercial activities in the Lake, remain in <br /> jeopardy. <br /> � �, BUSINESS LI�ENSES <br /> 1. Coirnnercial dock licensing was initiated at a time <br /> when the major a�tivity was boat rental, not retail <br /> sales or slip rental. Resorts included cabins . Boats <br /> were resort owned. Boat use was primarily for fishing <br /> or day use. Partying, late hours ,and noisy motors <br /> were not as prevalent as today with the larger, powered <br /> . , , <br /> owner-operated craft. The licensing regulations were <br /> designed around the number of boats because the number : <br /> of boats available�for rent was directly proportional <br /> : to the number of patrons and therefore the impact on <br /> the neighborhood. � <br /> -� . <br /> . 2. Dock or slip rental has never been a permitted T <br /> nor a conditional use under the B-2 zoning district <br /> . regulations . �onsequently, licerises have been issued <br /> for a given number of "boats" on the property: In <br /> recent years, the terminology has changed to "slips" - <br /> � � in recognition that the boats were being kept in the <br /> water at all times . The presumption was and is that <br /> a commercial marina has boats available for p�.blic <br /> � rental and/or •some other public service available to <br /> the general� public thereby justifying encroachment into <br /> the public waters . Renting out a piece of public water <br /> for private boat storage �is not in the best interest of <br /> the general public. <br />