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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ' Tuesday,June 10,2013 7:00 o'clock p.m. (9. #13-3606 LIIKE KUJAWA OF YOUR BOAT CLUB, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE, CUP AMENDMENT, Continued) Item No. 4: Applicant and owner are advised that the only allowed commercial use of the residential property west of Shoreline Drive is for parking and that the residence buildings on the residential property may not be used for commercial purposes. Use of the residentially zoned properties for overflow customer parking has generally not been an issue; although,the applicant has acknowledged that on occasion, such as busy holiday weekends, parking management has been a challenge. Factors that affect the efficient use of the residential overflow parking are its dimensions, configuration and lack of flow-through traffic pattern. It has one entrance driveway and functions as a dead-end. This lot requires attentive management, and during busy periods,the applicant notes they may direct customer groups to double-park to maximize utilization of this area. Creation of a flow-through to the commercial site would likely result in the loss of at least two parking stalls in the paved marina lot and a number of stalls in the residential lot. The applicant is addressing this issue in part by relocating the boat club operation to the Browns Bay side of Shoreline Drive. Item No. 5: "The original approvals for redevelopment of this site in 1989 required establishment of rock beds at the lake ward end of the two main parking areas for trapping sediment and debris from the site. The property owner shall clean out and rebuild these structures as necessary to continue their effectiveness." Item No. 6: "Handicap parking stall signage and/or markings shall be re-established in appropriate location within the paved parking area." This has been done and ongoing parking management is required to ensure the handicap stalls remain available. Item No. 7: "Signage for the various uses will continue to be limited to that allowed by City Code for a commercial site." The property owners and tenants have worked with Staff to gain approval for their signage needs. Item No. 8: "The property owner shall ensure that lighting on land and on the docks is shielded to avoid future concerns of neighboring property owners." The owners and tenants have been advised of this and are aware of the City requirements. Item No. 9: "Violation of or noncompliance with any of the terms and conditions of this resolution shall constitute a violation of the Zoning Code, shall automatically eliminate any authority granted herein, and shall be punishable as a misdemeanor." In Staffls opinion,the boat club is taking appropriate measures to maintain compliance with the conditions of the existing conditional use permit. Gaffron noted the number of actual boat slips at the marina is not increasing. The site has 57 functional slips on Browns Bay and 40 on Tanager Lake. The number of slips requested for boat club use is 30, all on Brown's Bay. Staff's understanding is that the number of slips to be used for demo boats for sale by River Valley is approximately 15, and it is further Staff's understanding that most of these are on the Browns Bay side, leaving approximately 50 slips available for slip rental by Browns Bay, LLC, and split between the two bays. Page 14 of 32