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• MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 11, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. (6. #11 -3501 YOUR BOAT CLUB, LL C, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE, Contintied) Franchot commented he has a concern with conditional use permits due to their permanency and asked whether the City Attorney is comfortable with the licensing process to deal with any parking problems that may arise at some point in the future. Gaffron noted it has been a number of decades since the City has withheld any marina licenses. Mattick stated he has indicated to Staff that his preference is to designate X number of boat slips, X number of parking slips, and that if additional parking or slips are needed, they would need to come back to the City. The CUP would run with the land and would stay in effect until there is a violation. Rahn commented the City could restrict the number of boat slips and require the applicant to come back to the City if he wants to expand. McMillan noted the Planning Commission also discussed this in relation to percentage of marina boat slips and how many should be boat club slips or boat rental slips. The Planning Commission did not want to discuss future code amendments while there was an application under the old code. Franchot asked whether the applicant would have any problems if the City restricted the number of boat slips. Kujawa indicated he would not. Kujawa stated if the City Council is going to set a limit, he would ask that they set it at a number above 15 since in his view it will not cause more strain on available parking. Franchot stated the Council's concern is the number of slips that will be utilized for a boat club and that there needs to be some threshold due to the limited parking. Franchot noted the applicant has made a comment that parking would not be a problem if there are more than 15 boat club slips and asked whether Staff believes that is true. Gaffron stated he does not have a comfort level for the number of slips and that 15 is probably the threshold. Gaffron stated if the City allowed 50 percent of 90 slips for boat club boats, he would have a problem with it but that he does not have any basis to say whether it should be 15 or 17. Kujawa noted at one time 25 percent was suggested by Staff and that he would like to keep all of his boat slips together. Gaffron noted the 25 percent was merely a number for discussion and not a recommendation. Rahn stated he would like to limit it to 15 boat slips and have the applicant come back to the City if he requires additional boat slips. Franchot commented he has a concern that 15 might not be enough but that a specific number needs to be designated at this time. Bremer indicated she is fine with 20 given the fact that there are 91 total boat slips. • Franchot commented he also would be agreeable to the 20. Page 11 of 30