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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001 <br />(Storage of Boats and Boat Trailers, Continued) <br />10 feet or more from any property line." Gaffron stated that the City has interpreted the <br />ordinance to mean that all mobile materials should be stored out of site of all adjoining <br />properties (abutting, but not across the street). Boats and trailers up to 20' in length are the <br />exception, and are allowed to be stored unscreened to the rear of the house. Boats longer <br />than 20' must be in a building or fully screened. <br />Gaffron stated that staff had done a windshield inspection of boats appearing to be in <br />excess of 20' stored on residential lots and found the following number of boats in each <br />neighborhood that were visible from the public right of way: <br />Casco Point 40 <br />Carman Bay: 12 <br />Navarre 10 <br />Fagerness Point 23 <br />Cherry /Loma Linda 21 <br />Forest Arms 6 <br />Rest Point 4 <br />Wildhurst 8 <br />Highwood 4 <br />Historically staff has only enforced the boat storage regulation upon complaint, or when a <br />boat is placed where it has a potential impact on traffic sight distances. He described the <br />problems in fully screening a larger boat: lack of foliage in winter, lack of suitable <br />building, the color of the tarp or shrink -wrap. The cost of off -site winter storage is <br />prohibitive for many boat owners, ranging from $700 to $2800. <br />Mayor Peterson opened the hearing to public comments. <br />Chris Morgart at 1003 Wildhurst Trail stated that he would like the ordinance thrown out. <br />Pat Fleming at 4760 North Arm Drive stated that the ordinance is outdated because boats <br />are larger today, and wanted the size restriction expanded. <br />Chuck Boehn at 997 Wildhurst Trail stated that people should simply be considerate of <br />their neighbors and work things out themselves. He stated that he could not afford storage <br />prices, and he felt there were a few people complaining who had decided to act as the <br />conscience of Orono. He suggested dropping the length restriction and only enforcing <br />complaints. <br />Jim Theison at 1295 Elmwood stated the ordinance is outdated and the current regulation is <br />too stringent for a boating community. He suggested increasing the allowed length to 30' <br />and only enforcing the ordinance after two complaints are received from different parties <br />within one year. <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />