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. <br /> MINUTES OF THE D D <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING � <br /> Tuesday, February 22,2011 �%� � <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. � <br /> v <br /> Demonstration of parking adequacy for a boat club on the property should include a detailed written <br /> description of how the overall site is used,how the boat club operates,hours of operation,what space on <br /> the site is used for offices or other purposes,whether it is staffed full-time, how many employees at any � <br /> given time, etc. other factors that come into play include the passenger capacity of club boats,what <br /> percentage of the marina slips are devoted to club boats,how many members per boat, and how much of a <br /> time interval is there between uses of a given boat. Many of these are all operational factors that can <br /> make a parking situation succeed or fail. <br /> For the Sailors World boat club CUP,approval was granted for a 100-member maximum boat club use <br /> subject to maintaining the exclusive availability of 25 off-site parking stalls during May through <br /> September with the City reserving the right to reconsider if parking issues or inadequacies arise at the <br /> marina or at the off-site parking location. <br /> None of the five Orono marinas are adjacent to private off-site parking facilities. Sailors World for a <br /> number of years had an agreement with the Minnetonka Art Center for parking,which is approximately <br /> 3/8ths of a mile walking distance from the marina. The current sta.tus of that arrangement is not known. <br /> While off-site parking combined with a shuttle service may be technically feasible,whether it is a practice � <br /> that should be used to allow for a boat club use where parking is inadequate is an item for discussion. <br /> Note that it would not be appropriate to accept a plan for off-site marina parking at one of the public <br /> landings. <br /> For most, if not all, of Orono's marinas,parking availability is already an issue given the number of slips <br /> each has historically maintained. Increased parking requirements to allow addition of a boat club use may <br /> not be possible at all of them. The feasibility and appropriateness of off-site parking is a factor to <br /> consider. <br /> Only one of Orono's give marinas currently has a boat club CUP. That is the Sailors World operation at <br /> 1955 Shoreline Drive. Staff is aware of one additional boat club operator who plans to open at the Marine <br /> Max site in 2011. Under the current code,that operator, in conjunction with the owner of the property, <br /> needs to apply for and obta.in a boat club CUP in order to operate this year. <br /> The Planning Commission should consider the following issues: <br /> L Does the City need to have a minimum numerical parking standard for a boat club use; <br /> 2. If so,how should that standard be established and what factors should enter into the standards; <br /> 3. What specific conditions should be written into a CUP approval resolution in order that the <br /> Approval can be flexible for a boat club operator while providing the City with a means to .. <br /> Revisit a CUP if parking becomes an issue; <br /> 4. Is the use of off-site parking a practice that should be allowed generally for ancillary marina <br /> Uses such as boat clubs,or is it to be a�oided; <br /> 5. Are there non-parking factors that would make a boat club CUP inappropriate for a given site? <br /> Page <br /> 11 <br />