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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCII.MEETING Monday,October 9,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. 12. #17-3968 SHARRATT DESIGN AND COMPANY OB/O FREDERICK AND PATRICIA JOHNSON, 1565 ORCHARD BEACH PLACE(PID 07-117-23-0026)—VARIANCE—Continued blue box is the buildable area but that there is a cliff in the back and it is likely the City will have to approve a whole bunch of earth moving. Crosby moved,Dankey seconded,to deny the rear setback variance and to grant the lot area,lot width,and average lakeshore setbacks for Application No. 17-3968,Sharratt Design&Company on behalf of Frederick and Patricia Johnson, 1565 Orchard-Beach Place. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. (Recess taken from 8:47 p.m.to 8:58 p.m.) 13. LONG LAKE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT REGULATION Barnhart reviewed his October 9,2017, Staff report to amend the City Code relative to personal watercraft on Long Lake. Back in July a Long Lake resident informed the City Council that the rules for Long Lake were different than the rules for Lake Minnetonka. The City Council directed Staff to provide some additional information. Since that time the City of Long Lake has taken steps to remove the unique restrictions and that Staff is looking for direction from the City Council on whether they should proceed forward with an amendment to the City Code. Printup stated pairing up with Long Lake makes sense. There was no public input regarding this item. Dankey stated she did not see anywhere that said what Long Lake is going to do. Barnhart indicated the Long Lake City Council adopted an ordinance late last month basically adopting the DNR rules. Barnhart noted the northern shore and western shore is Orono property and that they might experience some issues with noise. Barnhart indicated the Council can discuss that during the review of the ordinance. Seals moved,Dankey seconded,to direct Staff to draft an amendment to the ordinance regulating personal watercraft on Long Lake to parallel the DNR regulations. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. 14. AUTHORIZATION TO REVIEW POSSIBLE ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT SHORT- TERM RENTALS Barnhart reviewed his Staff report dated October 9, 2017,regarding a possible City Code amendment to regulate short-term rentals. Barnhart stated the issue is more and more properties are renting or leasing their property to vacation renters. Many times those rentals have impacted the neighbors. Staff does not support an ordinance amendment since adding a regulation either outright prohibiting and/or severely restricting the short-term rental of a property owner's home impacts their property rights and punishes the property owners and renters that are respectful of the rules and would only add redundant regulation to city ordinances. Currently the City has rules and ordinances that regulate various nuisances and crimes. Crosby asked what some of the neighboring cities are doing. Page 15 of 23