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MINOTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MFETING HELD JANUARY 14 , 1985 PAGE 3 Wheeler stated that he didn ' t feel that he was appealing anything. Wheeler stated that if the Council felt he was appealing something, he asked that the Council waive thatfee. Wheeler asked the Council that when they address this appealing fee to be increased later tonight , that they consider what that fee is really for. 4�iheeler stated that when an Orono resident has to pay a $100 or $200 fee to ask to have the laws enforced equally, that that is abusive and isn' t the intent of the law. Jerry Wheeler submitted a copy of the beginning of a petition asking that these laws be enforced equally. Wheeler noted that the petition has approximately 70 names on it and will have many more when he is finished with the petition. Wheeler felt that it was the Orono resident ' s wish to have our laws equally enforced . Niayor Butler replied that when Wheeler was here before complaining about the boat next door, the Council discussed it and the bottom line of that discussion was for the City to enforce that particular ordinance city- wide would mean that if nothing else the City would have to hire additional staff . Butler noted that the Council decided that they would do nothing two years ago which was Wheeler ' s answer. Butler explained that to enforce the ordinance would open a level of effort that we are not staffed for . Butler told Wheeler that the City has since then had discussions about changing the ordinance in light of the fact that as the ordinances is written now, it is unenforceable with the City of Orono. Jerry Wheeler replied that when he appeared last year that he appeared on one issue only, and it was not the boat issue. Wheeler told the N,ayor that she unilaterally refused to discuss the issue that he appeared on, and without any Councilmember ' s knowledge of what was going on, made a statement in support of Mr. Johnson' s violation of our city laws . Wheeler stated � that the Councilmembers were not informed of the issue. Wheeler explained that the City doesn ' t have to hire additional staff to enforce this ordinance. Wheeler stated that the staff could merely respond upon complaint. Zoning Administrator Mabusth mentioned that Mr. Eller was not ticketed and was out of town at the time and then cameintostaffafterreceiving a letter. Mabusth told Eller at that time that he should come in for a variance application. Mabusth noted that even some Council- membershave over-sized boats stored on their property along with many other Orono residents . Mabusth explained the problems that residents have in meeting the ordinance standards : topographical concerns , inability to meet the required setbacks setup by the performance standards , size of boat ( 20 ' boats cannot be stored on property) .