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• � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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' RESOLIITION DIRECTING STAF'F TO
ISSUE A COMMERCIAL DOCR LICENSE
TO WINDWARD MARINE
SOBJECT TO CONDITIONS NOTED HEREIN
FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY l, 1985 TO DECEMBER 31, 1985
WHEREAS , the City of Orono, hereinafter "City" is a
municipal corporation organized and existing under the Iaws of the
' State of Minnesota and has the authority and responsibility under
Minnesota Statutes, State Statute 412, et. seq. and State Statute 462,
. et. seq., to protect the health, safety, and generaI. welfare of the
citizens of the City and other members of the public within the City;
and
WHEREAS, within the City there exist several commercial
marinas, hereinafter . "marinas" engaged in business activities
including but not limited to the foI.Iowing:
� 1. The sale of new and/or used boats, boating equipment,
boat accessories and recreation equipment.
2. The storage, sale, rental , lease, repairing and/or
servicing of boats and boat equipment.
3. The sal.� of gasoline, bait and fishing supplies.
. 4. The construction and maintenance of docks, boat lifts
and buoys on the public waters for purposes of operating the
above noted business activities and for rental or I.ease of
such space to a Iimited number of the general public for
storage of individually owned boats.
AND WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that if
unregulated, such commercial activity on or near the public waters and
on the Iand within the City may be detrimental to the public health,
safety and general welfare and is therefore subject to reasonable
regulations by the City; and
WHEREAS, it is the overriding concern of the City to
eliminate the unique prob].ems presented by increasing boat density,
hardcover, traffic density, storm water runoff and noise or other
public nuisances in the area of the various marinas; and
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� �� RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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WHEREAS, because of the geographical location of the marinas
and their proximity to heavy population, and the access to marinas by
county and city roads, and the general use of the bays of Lake
Minnetonka for recreation by way of swimming, boating, fishing and
water sports by the citizens of Orono, the City regulates both the on-
Iand activites of marinas and the extensions of docks and mooring
areas into Lake Minnetonka in the interest of pubI.ic order and to
protect the life, safety and welfare of the community. The City .
through its regulations is not I.icensing boats but is only licensing
the marinas to the extent the marina operations affect the general
publ.ic and the adjacent properties within the City of Orono; and
WHEREAS, the City shares concurrent jurisdiction over the
primary harbor Iimit of the City of Orono with the Lake Minnetonka
Conservation District and the Department of Natural Resources of the
State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the . regulation of the navigable waters involves an
exercise of poI.ice power of the State, LMCD, and the City of Orono,
aII of which have adopted rules to ensure to aII equal enjoyment of
• the public rights and to suppress the clashing of public and private
interests and resulting public disorder; and
WHEREAS, the regulations of the DNR, LMCD, and the City of
Orono regulate the property rights of the riparian owners both as to
single famil.y residential owners and the commercial marina owners, to
the extent prohibiting any interference with the public waters ad-
joining that property. The LMCD, DNR and City of Orono must fulfill
their trusteeship over the public waters by protecting against inter-
ference by anyone, including those who assert the commonlaw rights of
riparian owners, whether or not they be commercial marinas or single
family residential owners; and
. WHEREAS, as to Lake Minnetonka, a mutual right of enjoyment
exists between and is shared by riparian owners and the public
generall.y. The marinas have no exclusive privileges over Lake
Minnetonka. The only additional private right that the marina or any
riparian owner may have over the public general.ly is to construct one
dock to the navigable depth of the public waters. There can be no
dispute but that the public generally and each riparian owner to Lake
Minnetonka has the right to use the entire surface area of Lake
Minnetonka for alI suitable purposes in common with all other riparian
owners. This right is a right not only to members of the public but
the right to each riparian owner. This mutual right of enjoyment
which is shared by riparian owners and the public general Iy includes
� the recreational benefits of the Lake such as boating and fishing
therein; the riparian marina has no exclusive privileges to these
rights; and
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• , � RESOWTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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WHEREAS, as the population has increased around Lake
Minnetonka, and in the Twin City Area generally, it is clear that more
and more people have used the lake for sail.ing, rowing, fishing,
boating, bathing, skating, and other public purposes which cannot be
now full.y enumerated or even anticipated; and
� WHEREAS , Lake Minnetonka is capable of substantial
beneficial pubI.ic use only as long as alI riparian users of the Lake
. are regulated in such a way as to ensure there is no abuse of the �
limited riparian rights; and
WHEREAS, the marina as a commercial riparian owner only has
l limited riparian rights incident to the ownership of real estate
bordering upon Lake Minnetonka. The marina operator has a I.imited
right to build and maintain one suitable landing or dock, on and in
front of his land, and to extend the same therefrom into Lake
Minnetonka to a point of navigability; but, under no circumstances may
he encroach into Lake Minnetonka to a point where he impairs the
water' s navigability for other public purposes or where he
unreasonably interferes with the surface water rights of alI riparians
• and members of the public generally; and
WHEREAS, it is �fundamental that a riparian owner's rights
are measured by the necessities and character of his use. The
marinas, for private commercial gain wish to temporarily and, in fact,
permanently al.ter the use of the surface water in Lake Minnetonka.
Certain sections of the I.ake, once a source of excellent fishing, have
been converted and, in fact, in the future wil. l continue to be
, converted, into a commercial enterprise aI.1 to the detriment of other
riparian owners and the public. The marinas present operations and
contemplated operations far exceed a reasonable use of their Iimited
riparian rights; and -
WHERI3AS, the most general. public use of the water is
paramount and shoul.d take priority over excessive riparian use for
commercial purposes of the lake by the marinas; and
WHEREAS, the marinas have separated and disassociated from
the normal riparian rights in many sections of the public waters on
� Lake Minnetonka by having extended their docks out into Lake
Minnetonka beyond the point of navigability and have transferred those
rights to others who do not have r 'iparian rights and who are not
members of the general public who obtain access and use of Lake
Minnetonka by use of the public access points along Lake Minnetonka.
Such commercial transfers of the riparian rights of Lake Minnetonka
have resul.ted in an abuse of reasonable riparian access to Lake
• Minnetonka. Such abuses must be qualified, restricted and
subordinated to the paramount rights of the public to the public
waters of Lake Minnetonka; and .
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� WHEREAS, as a condition to the issuance of the 1975
commercial marina licenses, each commercial marina operator agreed
with the City in writing to an Operations Agreement outlining a three-
year phased improvement program established to replace natural
vegetation previously removed, to provide for adequate storm water
' runoff controls, to provide for open space and vegetation buffers .
between the marina properties and adjoining residential properties, to
provide for adequate parking and traffic control and to provide for
� reasonabl.e performance standards rel.ating to the non-conforming place-
ment and use of docks and mooring spaces upon the public waters; and
� WHEREAS, aII. of the requirements of the 1975 Operations
Agreement are reasonable exercises of the normal police powers of the
City of Orono intended to correct the previous abuses and overuses of
public waters and the congested commercial marina sites, to correct
for the public harm caused by such abuses and to prevent future abuse
of the I.and or the publ.ic waters; and
� WHEREAS, alI of the requirements of Section 5.42 of the
Oorno Municipal Code regulating commercial marina operations, Section
10.41 �of the Orono Zoning Code reguI.ating the use of Iakeshore
business district property and the 1975 Operations Agreement are in
fulI. conformity with the applicable regulations and intents and pur-
pose of the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District's regulations for
commercial marinas and the State of Minnesota, Department of Natural
Resources' regulations for protection of public waters; and
� WHEREAS, the purpose of this Resolution is to set forth the
above noted general conditions and concerns and the following special
' conditions as they relate to an application for an annual Commercial
Dock License described on Exhibit A attached,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Counci I of the
City of Orono hereby directs the Staff to issue a Commercial Dock
License according to the facts and conditions noted on Exhibit A
attached. �
Adopted by the City Counci I of the City of Orono at their
meeting on the 7th day of October, 1985.
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Mary . B t er, Mayor
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thy M. a Iin, City Clerk
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• CITY OF ORONO
EXHIBIT A
RESOLUTION NO. 1867
CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE FOR ANNUAL COMMERCIAL DOCK LICENSE
; I. LICENSEE Windward Marine
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Address 1444 Shoreline Drive
� License Period - January l, 1985 to December 31, 1985
II. BOAT DENSITY
� The number of in-place boat slips, Iifts and buoys shall not exceed
the number shown on the attached plan, Exhibit B, and in accordance
with Resolution 938 , in no caSe shall the number of authorized boat
� slips, Iifts, or buoys exceed the number permitted in the prior year's
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. Iicense.
= Authorized Summer Density per attached plan:
' Bay Tanager Browns
� Transient Slips 0 0
RentaI. Slips 40 78
Company Slips � 0
Sub-Total: Slips at Dock 40 78
Offshore Buoys 0 0
Maximum Boats in Water �0 78 118 __
Dry stacked slip for use in I.ake 0
Maximum. Boats in water per prior Iicense �118
Other Boats (for sale/service, etc. ) 24
MAXIMUM BOAT DENSITY ON LAND AND/OR IN WATER 142 __
Exceeding this maximum boat density, or exceeding the number of
permitted slips, lifts or buoys is a violation of this Iicense subject
to revocation and/or prosecution for violation of Section 5.42
Subdivision 2 of the Orono Municipal Code.
� Authorized Number of Winter Stored Boats 41
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III. DOCK LAYOUT (reference Exhibit B attached)
Maximum authorized length of main dock 200 feet.
Docks extending beyond 200 feet and docks encroaching into
required side yard setbacks are hereby specifically declared to
be i].I.egal non-conforming structures which are not permitted
under this Iicense. The application does not contain such
illegal structures. AlI such violations are subject to
prosecution under Sections 5.42 and 10.41 of the Orono Municipal
. Code.
IV. Marina is not authorized for FUEL SALES subject to compliance
with the State Fire Code.
V. Required number of OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES '7'7
VI. SPECIAL CONDITIONS required for compliance with the ordinances
of the City and/or the LMCD. The issuance of this license is
� subject to full compliance with these conditions. Failure to
; • comply with these conditions is cause for Iicense revocation
and/or prosecution by the City.
l. Dock length variance (LMCD Ordinance 3.02 Subdivision (2) (a.)
- Brown Bay Docks.
Required = 100 '
Existing = 200 '
Variance = 100 '
2. Side setback variance for dock structure on north property
line on Browns Bay (LMCD Ordinance 3.02 Subdivision ( 2 ) (b) -
Refer to Exhibit B.
� 50 ' - 100 ' required = 30 ' existing - 20 ' variance = 10 '
" 100 ' - 200 ' required = 40 ' , existing = 20 ' , variance = 20 '
3. Side setback variance for dock structure on south property
Iine on Tanager Lake (LMCD Ordinance 3.02 Subdivision (2 ) (b) -
Refer to Exhibit C.
0 - 50 ' - required 20 ' , existing = 0 ' , variance 20 '
50 ' - 100 ' - required 20 ' , existing = 2 ' variance 18 '
100 ' - 200 ' - requierd 20 ' , existing = .8 ' , variance 19.2 '
4. Side setback variance for dock structure on north property
line on Tanager Lake (LMCD Ordinance 3.02 Subdivision (2 ) (b) -
Refer to Exhibit C.
0 - 50 ' required = 60 ' , existing = 0 ' , variance = 60 '
� 50 ' - 100 ' required = 60 ' , existing = 0 ' with 4 ' overhang,
variance = 60 '
100 ' - 200 ' required = 60 ' , existing = . 3 ' , variance = 59.7 '
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Exhibit A
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5. Off-street parking variance Orono Zoning Code 10.41
Subdivision 5 (a) - 6 spaces per 10 slips.
Required = 79 spaces
Proposed = 77 spaces
Variance = 2 spaces
6. A conditional use permit granted for overf Iow parking on the
easterly portions of parcels P.I.D. 11-117-23 22 0004 and P.I.D.
11-117-23 22 0005 offering a total of 21 parking spaces as shown
on Exhibit D.
VII. Nothing in this Iicense shall confer upon any person for the
benefit of any property any vested right to use Lake Minnetonka
or the premises in a manner permitted by this resol.ution, but
the use of I,ake Minnetonka and the premises shall remain subject
� to such regulations and ordinances as the City and other
competent regulatory authorities shal 1 deem necessary from time
to time in the public interest.
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