Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/19/1984

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m m I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I APPENDIX 2 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BOAT LAUNCHES Access Feature '' 1. Parking space for vehicle with trailer ,Oevel opmeni'~ Gui del i nes - One space for each 20 acres of lake surface - 750 square feet (15' x 50') where parking spaces are unmarked - 500 square feet (10' x 50') where parking spaces are marked 2. Boat launch ramp - Each ramp 12 feet wide - Not more than 20 parking spaces per ramp Maximum of four ramps per access site - Water depth of two feet within 20 feet of lake shore 3. Turn-around - Dimension = 15' x 50' 4. Roadway - 22 feet wide for two-way traffic - 11 feet wide for one-way traffic 5. Buffer zone - 700 square feet per parking space (exclu- sive of parking space, ramp, turn-around and roadway) for purpose of screening . access from residential development Operational Guidelines 1. Open at least 16 hours a day between 4 a.m. and I2 midnight.* 2. No fees charged for launching any craft. 3. Where an access is provided within a park, uniform fees shall be charged to all users, regardless of residence. 4. No special regulations that do not apply equally to riparian boater. *There are a few specialized situations which make adherence to this guideline difficult. Boat launch ramps located within parks, which have established opening and closing hours, are a case in point. While the 16-hour minimum is still the desired goal, agencies might have problems staffing contact stations earlier and later than the normal operating hours. Where such circumstances exist, the responsible agency must be flexible enough to respond, should the ' public demand an extension of launching hours. The policy is to negotiate the most reasonable opening and closing time possible with cooperating agencies. Access hour negotiations which result in less than the recommended 16-hour minimum will be accepted, providing that all other criteria are met. However, these sites will be considered inadequate, allowing for the establishment of another site on the affected bodies of water to provide additional hours of use where deemed necessary.