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. , . <br /> • . <br /> ' - ..,, •, • c� � . <br /> LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT � <br /> RE: APPLICATION OF SMITH'S BAY MARINA <br /> I�MORANDUM <br /> The Applicant, Smith's Bay Marina and Yacht Club, or its predecessors in � <br /> interest, have long operated a boat rental and storage marina which includes <br /> boat storage at docks which extend some 200 feet into the Lake and at moorings <br /> located in excess of 200 feet from the shore at a district mooring area <br /> licensed under the LMCD Code. <br /> To understand the justificatioa for granting the variances described in <br /> the attached Order requires some knowledge of the history of dock regulation <br /> by the LMCD. Not long after the creation of the LMCD, it adopted an ordinance <br /> which limited the length of docks to 200 feet. Those docks which extended <br /> more than 200 feet into the Lake Were required to be brought into compliance <br /> with the Code in a specified period of time. At that time, the Code allowed <br /> the storage of as many watercraft as could be safely stored within the <br /> 200-foot line. Therefore, in most cases, it was possible to so reconfigure <br /> these docks within 200 feet from shore that there was not a significant <br /> reduction in the number of watercraft that could be stored at the marina. <br /> This required reduction in length di.d not, however, apply to moorings <br /> licensed as district mooring areas under the LMCD Code. If it had, Sailor's <br /> World would probably have been able to eliminate the district mooring area and <br /> place an equal, or greater, number of vatercraft within 200 feet from the <br /> shore in a reconfigured dock structure. <br /> The LMCD Code has since been amended to prohibit new construction or <br /> expansion of existing docks beyond 100 feet from shore. If the district <br /> � <br />