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Municode Page 6 of 8 <br />(1) Boat launching ramps. <br />a. Boat launching ramps may be located only where access streets are adequate <br />to handle the traffic load generated by the facility. <br />b. Shared or joint use accessory parking will be preferred. Loading will be <br />permitted only at ramps. Parking areas must be screened from the river and <br />adjoining residential property and located at least 50 feet from the normal high <br />water mark. <br />c. The impact of the accessory parking must not adversely affect the <br />environmental quality of the site or the surrounding neighborhood. <br />d. Boat launching ramps and minor accessory buildings and haul -off facilities <br />must be in character and scale with the surrounding neighborhood. <br />(2) Public marinas. Public marinas shall be permitted subject to the following conditions: <br />a. The marina must have lavatory facilities adequate to service the marina <br />clientele. <br />b. Off-street parking areas should be provided in accordance with the <br />requirements set forth for boat launching ramps. <br />c. Areas for the winter storing of boats should be naturally screened from view <br />from the river and from upland lots. <br />d. The marina shall be designed for and used only by pleasure craft. <br />e. Maximum height of any buildings or structures shall be 35 feet. <br />f. Accessory uses customarily incidental to public marinas including fueling <br />stations may be permitted providing they are consistent in scale and intensity <br />with the marina and surrounding uses. <br />(f) Vegetation management. <br />(1) <br />In rural open space, urban developed and urban open space districts, the following <br />standards shall apply: <br />a. <br />b. <br />On undeveloped islands, public recreation lands, the slope or face of bluffs, <br />within 200 feet of the normal high water mark of the river, and within the area <br />40 feet landward from bluff -lines, clear cutting shall not be permitted. <br />On all other lands within these districts, clear cutting shall be guided by the <br />following provisions: <br />1. Any selective or clear cutting shall require an environmental permit from <br />the city. The permittee shall submit a plan to the city showing the size <br />and location of all trees on the site and which trees are proposed to be <br />cut. The plan shall be drawn to an accurate scale. The permit application <br />shall be reviewed by both the building inspector and the tree inspector; <br />2. Clear cutting shall not be used where soil, slope or other water shed <br />conditions are fragile and subject to injury; <br />3. Clear cutting shall be conducted only where clear cut blocks, patches or <br />strips are, in all cases, shaped and blended with the natural terrain; <br />4. The size of clear cut blocks, patches or strips shall be kept at the <br />minimum necessary; and <br />5. Where feasible, all selective cuts shall be conducted between <br />September 15 and May 15. If natural regeneration will not result in <br />adequate vegetation cover, areas in which clear cutting is conducted <br />shall be replanted to prevent erosion and to maintain the aesthetic <br />http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientlD=14286&HTMRequest=http%3a%2f%... 8/2/2013 <br />