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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMIVIISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 19,2012 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> 2. The Planning Commission should identify the specific negative.activities associated with rental of <br /> slips and discuss how and by whom they should be addressed. <br /> 3. Planning Commission should address whether or not the CiTy should continue to regulate the <br /> rental of residential slips at any level. <br /> 4. If the Planning Commission concludes the City should no longer regulate residential slip rental <br /> then a recommendation to the Council to that effect would be appropriate. <br /> 5. If the Planning Commission determines that City regulation of residential slip rental should <br /> continue then the following should be addressed: . <br /> a. What level of regulation is appropriate? <br /> b. Are there specific activities which should be addressed? <br /> c. Should a new enforcement policy be developed rather than complaint driven? <br /> y:.., <br /> , � Gaffron noted the Planning Commission has the option to table the application if they feel further study or <br /> public input is necessary. . <br /> Gaffron noted the City did receive a copy of a letter from a resident in Plymouth who is talking about not . <br /> being able to continue their slip rental at a marina. This is clearly a situation where they have found <br /> someone on Maxwell Bay who is renting a residential dock. The issue is whether the City should regulate <br /> dock slip rentals at a residential property. <br /> Schoenzeit opened the public hearing at 8:30.p.m: . � <br /> Tom Egan,360 Big Island,stated he is not a marina owner but that they provide a wonderful business, <br /> which brings up a good point. The City receives a lot of property tax on the business they generate,they <br /> pay sales tax,and they employ local people. When you look at what a marina has to maintain and the <br /> regulations they have to comply with,Egan stated in his view it makes a whole.lot of sense that the City <br /> should sta.y clear of regulating dock use since they would need to regulate them similar to a marina. If the <br /> City allows residential dock rental, it would open up a can of worms. When you allow someone to rent a <br /> residential boat slip,you may get it rented on a weekend or on a daily basis. It will not just be a dock <br /> with a boat on it that people walk down to, get on their boat and leave. The people will come in and go <br /> swimming in the neighborhood and/or go skiing from the dock. Since many of the docks that you <br /> seeallow electrical plug-ins,the City is basically adding a cabin to someone's do <br /> Egan stated there were some things brought up by some of the people on the City Council that did not <br /> make sense to him and were not true. It was stated by a council member that currently the City pays the <br /> LMCD $65,000 to regulate this, so why should the City regulate it. Egan pointed out the LMCD does not <br /> care about any impact on the neighbors. They are concerned with the lake and not how it impacts the <br /> neighborhood. Dock rentals in residential neighborhoods will definitely impact the neighbors. Egan <br /> indicated he does not want his neighbors renting out their dock since it will impact his property. It does <br /> not make sense that the City would allow John Q.Public to change the character of the neighborhood. <br /> Egan stated the neighborhoods will also have parking issues associated with the rental and that he does <br /> not see any benefit to the City to allow this. <br /> Page � <br /> . 18 <br />