03/21/2011 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANiVING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,March 21,2011 6:30 o'clock p.m. in the city,which was taken into account when they did their analysis. If the Planning Commission approves another boat club,they would be impacting their livelihood at the marina. Feuss commented he also knew that the City's regulations allowed for boat clubs. Anderson asked if the City is going to require 25 off-site parking spots for this boat club. Feuss stated the Planning Commission looks at each situation on their own merits. Anderson commented the Planning Commission can justify it however they want,but that if Kujawa is allowed to have 25 offsite parking stalls on a residential property,will he be allowed to take his vacant boat slips and turn them into boat club slips without the need for additional parking. Anderson stated the parking requirements are set up based on the number of boat slips and that he has reduced the number of slips by 20 slips so he would be in compliance. Feuss noted they are not addressing that issue tonight. Anderson stated they are addressing whether they should grant a conditional use permit for a boat club. Currently Sailors World is the only marina that is allowed to have a boat club and they are required to have 25 offsite parking sites. Anderson stated that was one of the main factors they considered when they were contemplating purchasing the property. Thiesse asked if those 25 spots are just for boat club members. Gaffron stated the history of that application is that in 1995, Sailors World requested a boat club CUP. Approval was granted for a maximum of 100 boat club members from May through September subject to annual confirmation and the 25 offsite parking locations. The City reserved the right to review the conditional use permit if parking became a problem. Gaffron noted the question of how the 25 parking stalls was arrived at came up at the last meeting. The City Council first said 100 member maximum,which was based on a 7:1 members per boat ratio with an anticipated 14 boats being available for use. That site had 79 boat slips at the time. The City Council looked at 75 slips being available for slip rental or boat club use. The 75 boat slips times a ratio of 6 required 45 stalls and the site had 41 stalls,which resulted in a shortage. At peak activity they expected all 14 boats to be in use at once,which would require an additiona121 stalls at a .5 ratio. If you use a .6 ratio times 14 club boats,that would require 61 rental slips. If that number is multiplied by .6,it results in 37 stalls. Twenty-one plus 37 results in 58. At peak activity,the marina only had 41 parking stalls, which resulted in them being 17 short. Another issue that was taken into consideration at that time is the applicant noted on peak days he would also park 10 to 12 cars at the gas station property and another 10 to 12 cars at the art center,which resulted in the 25 off-site parking stalls being required. Feuss noted it was not just the boat club use that necessitated the need for the additional off-site parking but also the marina use. Gaffron stated it was the boat club's application requesting the addition of another use or activity at this site that caused the City to require the offsite parking. Gaffron noted that not all of the Council members agreed that the offsite parking was a good idea but it was still approved with that condition. The question for the Planning Commission to consider is whether offsite parking to accommodate a new use at a marina that is currently at its limit for parlcing should require some additional offsite parking. Currently Page 11 .