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ORONO JOI�'T PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> & CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> Wednesday,March 2, 2011 <br /> 5:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Franchot asked what area is considered shoreline. <br /> Gaffron indicated it would be the first 1000 feet near the lake. Most of the rural area away from the lake <br /> is not subject to hardcover regulations. <br /> Gozola stated all of the properties feed into the water system regardless of whether they are considered <br /> shoreland properties or nonshoreland properties. Gozola asked whether the City is interested in looking at <br /> including those lots that are not currently included. <br /> Bremer conzmented in her view they should be looked at since the hardcover impacts appearance and <br /> massing. <br /> Curtis noted the reason the industrial, RPUD and PRD dish-ict have hardcover regulations is because they <br /> have been created within the last ten years. <br /> McMillan commented that Orono does have a tremendous amount of wetlands within the City, which <br /> helps to filter the water before it reaches Lake Minnetonka. <br /> McMillan asked whether the City should be more aggressive on induslrial/commercial lots. <br /> Gaffron noted that all of the City's industrial lots far exceed the hardcover limits and that the City should <br /> be more aggressive in requiring different types of ponding on industrial/commercial properties. <br /> McMillan commented that NURP ponds can also be expensive to maintain over time,but that the City <br /> could incorporate a number of different requirements to help infiltrate the water in those areas. <br /> Gaffron recommended that there be a different set of standards for the industrial districts. <br /> McMillan commented that rain gardens are becoming more popular on industrial sites and that they are <br /> easier to monitor on those sites versus residential lots. <br /> Franchot stated one of the issues the City strug�les with is that the regulations are written from the <br /> perspective of starting with a vacant lot, which is often not the case. The question then becomes, how <br /> does the City transition from where we are with the things that we don't like to where we like them. <br /> Franchot indicated small lots are a classic example of lots that meet very few of the City's minimum <br /> standards. <br /> Franchot recommended that as part of this process the City spend some time thinking about ways to <br /> improve Navarre and make it a better place to live. <br /> Gozola stated to achieve something like that, the City could build in some incentives to have those types <br /> of investments. <br /> Franchot commented one of the reasons people come in here asking for something is that their neighbor <br /> has it, but they are not always aware that some of those items were previously allowed but are no longer <br /> allowed. <br /> ___.__ -----. __..—_.__._ Page 6 <br />