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Lisa Olson December l, 1997 Page 2 given the location of your residence (see sketch attached). No fence can be located within 75' of the 929.4' shoreline contour for Lake Minnetonka. Even though you have indicated that you have removed the portions of the fence located less than 75' from the shoreline, according to the most recent survey of your property in our files (1983),your lakeshore parcel has very little land that is not in the 0-75' zone, and most of the remaining fence appears to be either in the County road right-of-way or within the 0-75' zone according to that survey. No fence higher than 3-1/2' is allowed within a front yard. We have concluded that your fence is still in violation of the various maximum height provisions of Section 10.03 Subd. 15(C). That Section indicates that certain types/heights of fences are not considered as encroachments on yard requirements. It specifically states that "fences not over 6 feet in height along the street lot line of lake frontage lots which front on a major thoroughfare" are not encroachments, and "if fill is required, the total combined height of both fence and fill shall not exceed 6 feet above the height of the crown of the road...". Any argument that the fence should be allowed at least 6' high because this is a lakeshore lot which fronts on a major thoroughfare, is faulty because that Section relies on the definition of a lakeshare lot having a rear yard between the house and the road;but your property has no house (and therefore no rear yard) between the lake and the road. Further, the language that allows a combined fence and berm height of 6 feet is intended to eliminate the possibility of creating a berm higher than the road and then placing a 6' fence on top of it with the result being an excessively high fence. It has been consistently interpreted by the City that this was not intended to allow the grade to be increased by berming to the height of the road crown and then placing a 6' fence on it. And, note that no grading is allowed within 5' of a lot line. Based on the above,we conclude that your fence is not in conformity with the code, and does not meet the intent of the code. Its complete replacement, whether or not done 'in kind' or via re-use of the same materials, appears to be a violation of the zoning code. Storage and Accessory Structures Storage of your RV/trailer within 75' of the shoreline and within the lakeshore/front yard is in violation of a number of Code sections: - Section 9.52 Subd. 2B: "It is unlawful for any person to park or store a mobile home or recreational vehicle in any'Residence District'for more than 24 hours, except in a side or rear yard at least ten feet from any property line". Your RV