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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 21,2011 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> The City has evidence that the additiona125 slips that were required of Sailor's World have not been <br /> under contract for the last ten years. Feuss commented she has a hard time believing that the City needs <br /> to enact additional regulations to address this. Feuss stated she understand Staff is attempting to be <br /> proactive,but that she feels there are already parking standards for the B-2 District. <br /> As it relates to the Interim Use Permits,Feuss indicates she has a concern since it is something at some <br /> point that will go,away and that she is reluctant to create a new set of zoning regulations for a problem <br /> that is not identified and have this be a guinea pig for Interim Use Permits. If there is a problem,the <br /> solution would be to look at the current regulations that are in existence. The City has a number of <br /> accessory uses. All of those uses require parking above and beyond normal slip usage and the City <br /> regulates them by the annual permit review. Feuss stated she would recommend it be made an accessory <br /> use rather than an interim use or conditional use pernut since the CUP would go with the property. Feuss <br /> stated her first choice would be to leave it as it and her second choice would be to make it an accessory <br /> use. ' <br /> Thiesse asked if Commissioner Feuss's first preference would be to leave it as a conditional use. <br /> Feuss indicated that in terms of what has been before the Planning Commission,there has been nothing <br /> that demonstrated a problem and she has a fundamental problem with creating new regulations to address <br /> this. Feuss stated her understanding of a boat club was that it was underutilized,which may have <br /> changed over the years,but that the City does not have any evidence of that. <br /> Feuss stated another issue is if you are going to add additional regulations to a boat club,then boat club <br /> needs to be defined. Feuss indicated she does not consider it fractional ownership since the boat club is <br /> engaged in a contract with the member to be able to rent it on numerous occasions as opposed to the <br /> person who rents it periodically. Defining boat club versus rental,if additional conditions are to be added <br /> to the conditional use,will be a challenge. Feuss indicated her initial reaction is to keep it the way it is <br /> since the City has not identified a problem. ' <br /> Alexander indicated she would be in favor of making it an accessory use since the conditional use permit <br /> is permanent. <br /> Leskinen stated she would be comfortable with interim use or accessory use depending on how it is � <br /> worded. Leskinen stated she does not see it as a time share since that implies ownership of some type. <br /> The person owns nothing by being a member of a boat club but they are purchasing the privilege to use a <br /> boat. Leskinen stated she sees it more as an accessory use to a marina and that she is slightly <br /> uncomfortable with granting a conditional use permit since it is permanent. <br /> Thiesse indicated he is in agreement with Commissioner Leskinen. <br /> Leslcinen asked what risks the City would run into if it were to become an accessory use versus a <br /> conditional use in terms of problems that might arise. Currently the Planning Commission is focused on <br /> the parking issue but there may be other issues out there that have not been considered. <br /> Feuss pointed out it would apply to a number of different uses. <br /> Thiesse stated it would help to make it a level playing field if it were an accessory use. <br /> Page <br /> 18 <br />