02-22-2011 Planning Commission Packet

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A i ' #11-3500 Boat Clubs February 14,2011 Page 6 2) If so,how should that standard be established -what factors enter into the standard; 3) What.specific conditions should be written into a CUP approval resolution in order that the approval can be flexible for a boat club operator while providing the City with a means to re-visit a CUP if parking becomes an issue; 4) Is the use of off-site parking a practice that should be allowed generally for ancillary marina uses such as boat clubs, or is it to be avoided; and 5) Are there non-parking factors that would make a boat club CUP inappropriate for a given site? Draft Ordinance for Consideration Exhibit E is a proposed draft amendment to the B-2 District standards to establish a numerical parking requirement for boat clubs. It requires that for each 5 persons capacity in boats stored in water or on land for boat club use, one complete parking stall shall be provided. The number 5 is proposed because that is the number of persons a typical passenger vehicle can hold. (Compare this with the requirement for 1 stall per 3 persons capacity for a charter boat operation - see discussion below) An example of how required parking would be calculated is as follows: Examnle Marina Parameters: . - Office less than 1000 s.f. in floor area(requires 8 stalls per 78-668) � - 50 on-water boat slips, of which: 40 are devoted to customer-owned boats (requires 0.6 stalls per boat) 40x0.6=24 stalls 10 are devoted to boat club use and each club boat has a capacity of 8 persons (10 boats x 8 persons per boat= 80 persons/5 persons/sta11= 16 stalls) Total stalls required =8 +24 + 16=48 stalls In this example,using 8-passenger boats as the s'tandard, if all 10 boats are out at once and filled to capacity it is likely that 2 vehicles per boat will have delivered passengers, so 16 stalls won't be enough. The likelihood of such an occurrence is subject to discussion. Should we be requiring parking for the worst-case scenario? We would not do so for a retail store that needs overflow parking just before Christmas; and retailers presumably have less control over their parking than a marina owner/operator. It would seem reasonable that the marina would be able to properly manage their parking situation, by establishing parking rules for their customers and members. Boat club managers are more likely to have control over their members than charter boat operations in terms of how people arrive at the marina- so using 5 persons per vehicle rather than 3, seems reasonable. . Staff Recommendation Orono's marina owners have been notified of this proposed amendment and this public hearing, as have operators of existing or potential known boat club operators. Planning Commission should discuss the issues, and make a recommendation to City Council.