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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday,May 29,2018 7:00 o'clock p.m. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT—Continued Walsh noted Home Depot is providing money and volunteers to the project and that it is a great public- private partnership. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT Rief noted he will be meeting with staff leadership to discuss the upcoming budget and that a preliminary budget will be presented to the City Council at their June work session. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT 20. 1440-1442 SHORELINE DRIVE RENTAL LICENSE Mattick noted at the last City Council meeting there was discussion about this particular rental license and that the Council elected to table it to allow Staff time to research the history of the property and determine what approvals and requirements existed for the property. Mattick stated there have been a number of approvals granted for the property over the years and that he has attempted to break it down into two components. The first one is the rental license application. Mattick stated when it comes to licensing,the law says if the applicant meets those requirements,the Council has little discretion to say no to it. At the time the ordinance was drafted,those requirements were put forth,and the review shows that they do meet those requirements. Issues discussed as part of the rental license application related to parking on the site and the business use of the properties. Mattick stated the applicants meet the parking criteria under the business terms and there is nothing that prohibits someone from double counting those parking spots since all the Code requires is two parking spots. Mattick stated there are multiple approvals on the property that discuss parking. The most recent approval was the conditional use permit granted in 2011. At that time the City performed an analysis of the parking and found that per the code as it existed in 2011,it would be necessary to have 70 parking stalls. Based on the parking plan submitted,they have demonstrated 76 total stalls available and another potential 5 stalls. Mattick stated if the number of slips is consistent with what they had in 2011,then they have demonstrated sufficient parking. Mattick recommended the rental license be approved tonight and that it be reviewed annually as the City would normally do. Mattick stated the bigger issue on the property is the amount of activity that is occurring as it relates to the marina,the boat sales,and the Your Boat Club. The main complaints revolved around the parking associated with those businesses and late-night deliveries. Mattick stated a certain amount of noise is associated with those activities that is unavoidable and it becomes an issue of whether they are in violation of any of the prior approvals. There are basically three primary guiding documents for the property that were discussed at the last meeting. Mattick stated he pulled the record against the property from the County and a lot of the conditions are typical for this type of business. The City,through specific approvals,has allowed parking on those two residential properties since 2011 and it had been done historically prior to that. Mattick Page 9 of 11