Resolution 1291 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

t • ` Clt� of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL • NO. 1291 • � • • 33. As a condition to the issuance of the 1975 coz�unercial marina licenses, each comffiercial marina operator agreed with the City in writing to an Operations Agreement outlining a three-year phase�l improvement program established to replac� natural vegetation previously removed, to provide for adequa te storm water runoff contxols, to provide for open space and vegetation buffers between the marina properties and adjoining residen taal properties, to provide for adequate parking and traffic controZ and to provide for reasonable � performance standards relating to the nonconforming placement and use of docks and mooring spaces upon the public waters. 34. 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 co�nercial marina �ites, to correct for the pubZic harm caused by such abuses and to prevent future abuse of the • land or the public waters. 35. All. of the requirements of Chapter 73 of the Orono Municipal Code regulating commercial marina operations, Statute 35.100 0�' the Orono Zoning Code regulating the use of lakeshore business distric� 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 regulatior�s for con��rcial marinas and the State af,Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources ° regulations for protection of public waters. 36. None of the commercial marinas have fully complied with the 1975 Operations Agree�nent. There has been a general lack of good faith on �he part of the marina opera��rs , who have exhibit�d disregard for complying with the provisions of the 1975 Operat�ons Agreement and disregard for the �egitimate conc�ms o� t'neir residential neighbors and the pub�ic at large. AND, BE IT FTJRTHER RESOLVED, that based upon the above general studies and findings; based upon the lack of compliance by the applicant with reasonable ordinance or license requirements in past years; and based upon a thorough review of the sub�ect 1980 license application, the City . Council of the City of Orono hereby denies the January 7 , 1980 application for a City of Orono Commercial Dock License from North Star Marina, Inc.