09-13-1976 Council Meeting Minutes

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� . . ORONO COUNCIL P�ZEETING HELD SEPTEFZBER 13, 1976 Page 12 � of the question of public good will always be PFTITIOrt - TVY LAN� present ��ith regard to access point, The {Continued) existence of these access points in their undeveloped state does allow the off shore residents the ability to reach the lake for swimming purposes. The construction of private � facilities or even privately constructed facilities � which are used by the residents in total, subject to the benevolence of the benefactor is a private � benef_it rather than *�ublic benefit. The City has long recognized the fact that these access � poinrs cannot support multiple uses and that for this reason the maximum public good is � promoted by leaving them in their undeveloped � state and allowing them to be available as access points for the use of the lake for swimming purposes, � and that the private development of the same is contrary to the interest of the adjacent property � owners and the public. � Also, the development of these areas b_y the introduction of man made structures as an accessory � use to the public streets and fire lanes may make � the City responsible for policing and maintaining these facilities, and the City may become the � insurer of the citizens that use these £acilitieso �� These are obviously three solutions to the question of c•�hat should be done with the public streets and fire lanes �aithin the City, The first sotution � is to vacate these streets and fire lanes and elininating the problem in its entirety based � upon the assumptions that they served no public purpose. (2) To develop the public streets � and fire lanes by the construction of docks and other use facilities and to provide the necessary • police and supervisory personnel to control their . useo (3) To prohibit the introduction of man made structures, ��hich will constitute an � accessory use and limit the use of these access points to those uses that can he mac�e without the � assistance of man made facilities and which do not interfere with adjacent property ownerso • ��ith the exception of a few publicly maintained A swimming areas, which have constituted a continuous � source of administrative headaches, the City of Orono has elected the last of the above solutions, � that being limited the use of the fire lanes for those uses that can be made without the assistance � of the introduction of accessory structures. • It is T�7r, P-Zurlowski°s request that the City maintain �ts long established policy with regard to the c�Pvelopment of these access points, an� that the + use of Ivy Lane be restricted to a fire lane and that no docks, rafts, boats or other man made � structures be permitted to interfere �aith this usee (Continued) •