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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, May 20, 2013 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 12 of 25  <br />  <br />issues. Johnson stated they are in this unique spot where they are quite aware of the issues that happen. <br />Inevitably what happens is people go to park in their parking lot and there is no room so they end up <br />backing out on to County Road 15. Johnson stated they can hear the horns and the screeching of tires on <br />a fairly frequent basis. There are also no defined parking stalls in the parking lot. <br /> <br />Susanne Johnson noted it is a dead end and they have nowhere to go but to back up. <br /> <br />Matt Johnson stated the crosswalk is down by North Shore Marine, and people take the shortest route and <br />not the safest one and cross CR15. In addition, cars park on the shoulder. Tickets have been written there <br />because it gets very full. The idea that the boat club will generate less traffic is not consistent with our <br />observations. Johnson stated they have observed many times multiple families getting on one boat and <br />the idea that there will only be one car for a boat with an 8-person capacity is not realistic. <br /> <br />Susanne Johnson noted there is also more turnover of the boats during the day with the boat club. <br /> <br />Matt Johnson stated they are against any changes to the boat club by increasing the number of boats <br />allowed. Johnson encouraged the City to really evaluate if the marina and boat club are in current <br />compliance with their conditional use permits. Johnson noted the adjoining lot is supposed to only be for <br />overflow parking but that it is an everyday occurrence. There are boats currently on there today and <br />being stored. Johnson stated with the marina actually selling boats, which is a change in the use, the <br />boats take up more than one parking spot. <br /> <br />Richie Anderson, 1449 Shoreline Drive, asked if there is any way Staff can display the pictures that he <br />sent to the City last year. <br /> <br />Anderson asked if anyone on the Planning Commission went down to visit the property. <br /> <br />Leskinen indicated she was in the area. <br /> <br />Anderson asked what they thought about all the boats and the congestion where they will be parking. <br /> <br />Landgraver commented it was a little crowded when he went through there. <br /> <br />Anderson noted there is a gas tank placed in a floodplain and that he is not sure why Staff approved this <br />in the first place. Anderson stated the City required him to have off-street parking for his marina and that <br />the City has a different requirement for a boat club than they do for a dock slip. The average use of a <br />dock slip is approximately six times per season. Anderson stated he is guessing he still has a conditional <br />use permit for a boat club. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated he does, but noted the Sailor’s World site was very short on the number of stalls it <br />needed for the number of slips and was required to have offsite parking with a shuttle. <br /> <br />Anderson stated that should be revisited because he does not want to be jeopardized due to some issues <br />with this boat club. Anderson stated clearly there is a boat club permit in place for his operation but he is <br />not using it right now since he does not have off street parking available. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated Staff can look into it but that his guess is that there was no difference in the amount of <br />parking required for the boat club than for the dock slips. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 06/17/2013 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 05/20/2013 <br />[Page 12 of 25]