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Y a'. 1 TO: ; Lyle Oman, Building Official FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator DATE: June 1, 1993 SUBJECT: Slip Rental - 4480 North Shore Drive Apparently Mr. Grotans who lives in Northeast Minneapolis, owns two adjoining lots (4470/4480 North Shore Drive). Each lot has an old house. According to the neighbor, Jim Lorence, Grotans is renting slips. The evidence we have for this slip rental use includes: 1. An advertisement in the May 2, 1993 Star Tribune (attached). 2. The following licenses from boats stored at the docks which Lorence believes we will find to be registered to parties other than Mr. Grotans: A. 21' Sea Ray MN 8983-GB B. 24' Sea Ray MN 4804-EA C. Unknown Wisconsin license WS 5917KD Lorence also indicated that the following boats are probably owned by Grotans: MN 6567-BN and MN 2944-BP. The sections of our municipal code which I believe act in conjunction to prohibit the rental of boat slips at private residential property are Section 5.42 "Business and Joint use Lake Facilities" and Section 10.24 "LR-1B, 1 Family Lakeshore Residential District". Section 5.42 defines "business of docking, mooring or storing boats" as renting or otherwise providing space, including boat buoys, for docking, mooring or storing three or more boats belonging to persons other than the owner or occupant of the property. It is likely that the first three boats listed above will constitute three boats belonging to someone other than Grotans. Section 5.42 also defines "commercial boat dock business" as providing space for docking, mooring or storing boats for a fee, or boats used in a trade or business, including without limitation, providing rented spaces boat buoys, space for keeping boats owned by the licensee and held for sale, display, rental or otherwise used in connection with a boat or marina's business, and space held for docking of boats during or pending repairs or maintenance of said boats. It can be argued that this definition relies on us being able to prove that money has been exchanged, but if we can do so, this definition does not have a "three or more boats" provision, so if even one boat slip is being rented, that would be considered a commercial boat dock business.