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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, Continued) property owner a permanent right to operate a boat club with no objective basis to later rein it in should the use become a problem in the future. It should be noted that increasing the incremental parking requirement for this boat club use will likely result in limitations on the level of that use at this site. The Council should consider establishing numerical limits on boat club operation, incorporating specific items of the applicant's stated operational procedures as conditions of approval, and make their approval subject to City acceptance of an easement to resolve the separate ownership issue. Mattick stated as it relates to the parking issue that has been raised by Staff on the off -site parking and the ownership issue, the City will be given an easement that will encumber those parcels. Mattick stated his concern is that the person granting the easement is the same person that receives the easement. The City would need to issue a document that follows the chain of title and requires that as part of the boat club, there are X number of parking stalls available on the off -site property, and to the extent this parcel is sold and those parking stalls are extinguished, the right to have a boat club would also cease. Mattick indicated he has sent Staff a sample document that basically covers that point and it was his understanding Staff is comfortable with the sample document. Rahn asked whether the City has ever come up with a calculation for the parking stalls that would be required per boat for the boat club. Gaffron indicated he could not find any place in the country that has a standard for stalls per boat club boat. Staff had initially suggested a five person capacity boat equals one parking stall. Sailors World had 25 stalls off site in addition to their on -site parking, which comes to approximately two parking stalls per boat. Rahn asked if there are a defined number of boat club boats at Sailors World. Gaffron indicated Sailors World was using approximately seven members per boat, which would translate to approximately 14 boat club boats out of their 75 slips. Rahn commented that parking is difficult at this site, particularly with the traffic on the road. Rahn stated he would hate to base the parking on the bare minimum of possible boat club boats and that one has to consider the fact that the boat club boats will be used more often than a boat owned by a single owner. Bremer stated in her view if you only have a portion of the boat that is yours, you may be more apt to use it than a person who owns their own boat, who may not use their boat as often. Rahn stated if there is a maximum of ten boat club slips, that would be acceptable, but if it is unknown, it is difficult to make a decision. Rahn asked why that information is unknown. Luke Kujawa, Your Boat Club, indicated he is the founder and co -owner of the boat club. Kujawa stated he is submitting an application for a CUP under the City's current requirements and they have spent an extensive amount of time going through the proposed changes and the history of the marinas in Orono. Kujawa stated in his opinion they meet the parking requirements at this location and, in fact, exceed it by multiple spots without utilizing the triangular space. • Page 8 of 30