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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 23, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 19 of 24 (9. #11-3503 PUBLIC HEARING - CITY OF ORONO - ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT LAKESHORE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS: DOCK RENTAL, Continued) Mattick asked Council Member Rahn if there is a difference between allowing the neighbor who doesn’t have lakeshore access to dock their boat at their property all season long as opposed to someone who is not over their boat count and sells their dock space on E-Bay for a season. Rahn stated the difference he sees is that it doesn’t become a parking issue because the person is typically just walking across the street. Rahn questioned why the City would care if dock rental occurs if the property owner is not over their BSUs. Gaffron noted the LMCD does not check until they get up to the level of four boats and then every one of those needs to be registered to the property owner. Gaffron stated the issue for the LMCD is at what level they can spend time enforcing dock rental. Rahn indicated he was told the LMCD checks when someone is over their allowable boat count and that it would be interesting to know if the LMCD has any type of allowance for having someone's boat there for 30 days or less. Rahn indicated it was his understanding that the LMCD did have some method for allowing a boat at someone's dock that is not licensed to the property owner. Rahn stated he would like to discuss this further at a work session and have Staff check with LMCD and perhaps other lakeshore cities. Rahn stated the question is whether the Council want s Staff to be duplicating what the LMCD already does. Acting Mayor Printup opened the public hearing at 8:56 p.m. Dennis Walsh, 1354 Rest Point Circle, stated this is just another example of government attempting to get into peoples' lives and telling them what to do. Walsh stated LMCD will come out if you complain and that in his view the appropriate measures are already in place. Walsh commented he would like to know how something like this gets on the City Council agenda without discussing it first at a work session. Walsh asked if City Staff is running the City Council meetings or if the City Council is putting its own items on the agenda. Bremer noted this item was before the Planning Commission and came about as a result of public input. Gabriel Jabbour, 985 Tonkawa Road, stated in his opinion Orono has lost its soul and is playing a game called potluck supper and they're hoping to hit the right pot. The Council has forgotten who we are and where we are going. Jabbour commented that every single item on the agenda is discussed to death and is then voted on its merit based on how it will fit into the City's overall plan. The Council does not question why people did things a certain way in the '70s or '80s or 2000's. Jabbour stated in 1975 the City adopted ordinances that prohibited lots from having docks that do not have a primary structure. Gaffron indicated that is correct. Jabbour stated in the 1980s, the City took a property owner to court and prevailed from allowing him to have a dock without a primary structure. If the house is torn down, a person cannot have a dock without a principal structure regardless of the cost of the property. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 06/13/2011 Approval of Council Minutes 05/23/2011 [Page 19 of 24]