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Dock Rental Information Flyer 4-98 <br /> Updated 5-04 <br /> �0,�. CITY OF ORONO <br /> O y, O Building& Zoning Department <br /> ���k��� , <br /> � ����,�.���� � ORONO MUNICIPAL CODE <br /> ,�ti Excerpts Regarding <br /> � �i' ,.; `a'`_ , <br /> � PROHIBITION OF BOAT SLIP RENTAL <br /> ,� �, G <br /> � "' �": ���ti�► <br /> �E88��" IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> The Orono Municipal Code prohibits residential property owners from renting out boat slips at <br /> their private docks. The provision of slippage for anyone other than the owners or occupants of <br /> the property, regardless whether there is a 'rental fee' involved, is prohibited. Such activity is <br /> considered to be the 'business of docking, mooring or storing boats' which is only allowed within <br /> the B-2 Lakeshore Business District. <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> The following Municipal Code sections apply: <br /> Section 78-661: Definition: "Marina Business" means engaging in one or more of the permitted, <br /> accessory or conditional uses allowed within the B-2 Lakeshore Business District. <br /> Section 78-665: Within the "B-2" Lakeshore Business District, no land or structures shall be <br /> used except for one or more of the following uses: <br /> (1) Rental of in-water boat slips... <br /> ...(4) On-land storage of boats, winter and summer. <br /> Sections 78-302/303/304; 78-327/328/329; 78-347/348/349: (LR-1 A, LR-1 B, LR-1 C One Family <br /> Lakeshore Residential Zoning Districts, list of permitted, conditional and accessory allowed uses). <br /> None of these single family residential districts include 'rental of in-water boat slips' or 'on-land <br /> storage of boats, winter and summer' as allowed uses. They do allow "private docks" as an <br /> accessory use, 'subject to the City Code and other applicable regulations, including boat storage <br /> density requirements'. While 'private docks' is not defined in the zoning code, the City has <br /> contended and the court has upheld that a private dock is an accessorv structure which by <br /> definition is a use "exclusively used for purposes incidental to those of the principal use", i.e. for <br /> the use of the owners or occupants of the property. <br /> Section 94-36/37/38: Re: Joint Use of Lake Facilities. This Section requires annual licensing for <br /> adjoining riparian property owners who wish to share a dock. It does not allow for business use of <br /> private docks. <br /> Continued - <br />