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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 9. Storage of Boats on Residential Property —Ordinance 206, 2 "d Series -- Continued • For lakeshore lots boats may be stored in lakeshore yard as long as they don't significantly impact a neighbor's views of the lake. • For non - lakeshore lots boats may be stored in side yard and rear yard meeting boat setback requirements, and boats up to 20' long may be stored in a front yard driveway meeting setback requirements during the months of May- September. • Licensing, operability /restoration, and principal residence guidelines as per Planning Commission recommendation. • Complaints regarding a boat stored in the lakeshore yard and impacting a neighbor's views of the lake will be referred to a dispute resolution committee consisting of the Planning Director, the Building Official, and a member of the Planning & Zoning Department staff. Gaffron stated staff had not included any requirements as to who could or could not complain in their recommendation, such as: the person complaining must be directly affected by that which they are complaining about. So a person living 2 miles from a boat stored in sight of passers -by could not complain. He suggested Council might consider such a proposal. Council was handed a copy of Minnetonka's ordinance, which does • include a statement about who can complain. lie stated that the ordinance before them reflected staff's recommendations, not the Planning Commission's. Sansevere stated that he felt any citizen has a right to complain about a situation. He was in favor of the grandfathering clause and approved a more lenient ordinance. Flint stated he was interested in the Minnetonka ordinance, but was not ready to adopt such a restriction. Overall, he preferred flexibility and letting citizens police each other. He approved of the staff recommendations. Sansevere stated he is concerned that a boat too big to trailer could be improperly blocked and topple, injuring someone or damaging property. Gaffron stated that there are no requirements regarding blocking, but the City could require blocks be inspected. Rich Anderson of 3205 Crystal Bay Road stated that usually the maximum size of a trailered boat is 27'. He owns North Shore Marina and stated even he would not approve someone's blocking because the ground changes with the spring thaw and something secure in winter could fail in the spring. • Gary Welsh of 1214 Wildhurst Trail stated that boat owners would typically be careful about blocking their boats because of the expense of the boat. 7