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• l Cit� of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL • NO. 1291 • � • • 28, The expansion of the coiranercial dockage facilities by eammer��.al marinas has direct�y ax�,cl adve�s�ly affected the lakeward access �or adjoinirag residential properties . That expansion has also resulted in conges�ecl dacica�e and off-shore buay� facilit�es which have created a vzs�.�l UligTt�t upon certa�n areas of Lake Minnetonka. 29. The ne�a emphasis upon Jhowr�om sales has been accampani�d by i�n�nse increase� in the �uurca..�er �f w�atercraft, trailers , and parts stored on land as par� af Lnventory �or sale wi�h the acca�apanying on-land zoning pro�J_�ms. `I`�zdse functions could be �et�er handled in the normal commercial �on�s of tihe City of Oron� �caithou� adversely af2ecting the a�portant environruental resouree belonging, �o the publs.� genera111, The genera�. expansiorx of comrnercial marina operations along the shore of Lake Minne�tonka has been accompanied by t�e excessive removal of trees and n3tural vegetatior� tJ alloia for i?-�creased storage areas, parking ar�d Uui�di�ngs , �hereby creating a publ.3c harm by . increasing surface �aate� r�off anci poll�tion hazards , Flooding of neighboring properties , silt��on into the lake arrd a general d�crease of the water qua�.ity of Lak� P�Iinnetorka. 30. The general expansian of comQnercial �r�arina ope�ations along the lake and th� oper�t��n o� �hose f�cilities from da�m to dusk and later, seven days a w�ek, crQa�es �ontinuous noise, li.tter, dust, garbage, traffic congestion �nd narka�.g problems for th� adjo�ni�ag neighborhoo�s. These marina �acili�ie� and the activitie� .�ttendent the�-e�o have become visual bl�bhts in re�irlentb�l are�s , general public nuisa�ce� and a cons�a�c�.t so3.�rce of numeraus c�m�lair�ts by adjoining landowners. 31. The lease or renta�. �g �s�c�Cage on public waters or space �upon land for sumFner se�sc�n. stor�ge of boats for private individu3ls is not a permitted or � conditzonal use authorized in any zoning district within which the cozrmer�ial raarinas are located. 32. The rental to priiJate indzviduals cf dockage is �herefore and has always been an illegal us� of property by the coriunerc�al marinas and at best can only be considered to be a legal nonconforming use. The City Coixncil_, recognizing the �am�non practice of dockage . rental in the past, has i�sued Zicenses �or a r�asonable number of nonconfornting sl�.�s subject t� reasonab�e performar�ce standards established by Chap�er 73 of the M��.nicipal Code.