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J <br /> #11-3500 Boat Clubs <br /> March 17,2011 <br /> Page 2 <br /> The definition of"Boat Club" in Webster's On-line Dictionary reads as follows: <br /> "A boat club is a sports club based around boats, especially rowing and yachting, but also <br /> canoeing, motor boats and other small boats. <br /> A boat club has become more than just men in blazers smoking cigars and drinking cognac. It's <br /> evolved into a simple alternative to boat ownership. A boat club is an avenue for boaters who <br /> enjoy the boating lifestyle but might not have the time, skills, or dollars to get out on the water. <br /> Traditional boat clubs have been around for a century; however, the shared asset model concept <br /> has only been around a short time. <br /> The shared asset model is based upon the recent surge in fractional ownership. Consumers are <br /> looking to have all the benefits of owning luxury items from jets to handbags; without absorbing <br /> the brunt of the costs.The same holds true in boating. Consumers want to enjoy all the benefits of <br /> boating without all the hassles of boat ownership. Hassles are de�ned as the items not included in <br /> the sticker price of a boat, such as insurance, maintenance, storage, slip space, etc. By joining a <br /> boat club, members do not have to worry about these items. They simply make a reservation via <br /> phone or an online reservation system, get their boat and go. It's that simple. With some clubs, <br /> they offer other amenities such as a reciprocal program. The only other costs that the consumer <br /> pays, after a membership fee and monthly dues, is the gas they use. Boaters are not limited to <br /> what type or size of the boat they use. They get unlimited use of a fleet of boats. Membership � <br /> plans vary by fleet, location and types of boating." <br /> Differentiation between the concepts of"boat clubs", "fractional ownership" and "boat rental" in <br /> the zoning code may become important depending the level and type of regulation intended by <br /> the City. <br /> What is the Citv's Regulatorv Obiective? During the 1970s and 80s, the City expended a <br /> great amount of effort attempting to limit or curtail the impacts that marinas have on the use of <br /> Lake Minnetonka as well as on the land (see Exhibit B which is an example of the `boilerplate' <br /> language included within each marina's annual license approval during that period). Those <br /> efforts resulted in a number of marinas reconfiguring their in-water slips to meet City and <br /> LMCD standards. During the 1980s and 90s, the number of marinas in Orono declined by two - <br /> Stubbs Bay Marina was converted to 3 homesites, and Gayle's Marina became the DNR's <br /> Maxwell Bay Access. Also during this time, 3 of the remaining 5 marinas underwent complete <br /> renovation or replacement of their land-based facilities. � <br /> During the past 15 years, Orono's focus has shifted to ensuring that the commercial activity at its <br /> marinas does not spill over into the surrounding residential neighborhoods or roadways, and that <br /> the activity within the marina properties does not have negative impacts on the surrounding <br /> neighborhoods. Annual marina licenses issued in 1993 and later have been conditioned on the <br /> marina meeting the following Operational Standards: <br />