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#0-3090 March 16,200S Fage 2 See. 78-566. Accessory ii.scs. Within any RS sca.sonaI recreational district, no accessory structure or use ofland shall be permitted unle.ss a permitted or conditional use is first established on such land, except as allowed in .section 78-564(2). Once a pennitted or conditional use exists on any lot or parcel, no accessory structure or use of land .shall be permitted except for one or more of the following uses: Docks conforming to city and Lake Minnetonka Conservation District regulations, not to exceed one slip per 50 feet of shoreline width, or a maximum ol four .slips per property, whichever is less. An annual Joint-use dock license shall be required for any nonresidential dock and/or for any projicrly having more than four slips. Summary of Request Minnetonka Portable Dredging, Inc. on behalf of applicant property owner Ben Faus, has submitted an application for a conditional u.se pennit, per Code Section 78-1 116 to permit construction of a permanent dock for the properly at 550 Big Island. This is a location where only a seasonal dock has existed in the past. The proposed dock will enclose a 32’ slip, and will include a small 6 ’ x 14’ platfonn. The property is considered as a ‘Confonving Record Lot’ within the RS District, listed in the code as being approximately 6.5 dry acres in area (Hennepin County records indicate it is about 8.3 acres total). The property is not subdividablc. Pennanent docks (i.c. those docks with pennanent pilings which cannot be removed without heavy equipment) sometimes result in requests by property owners for winter de-icing, to avoid ice damage. De-icing is typically a'^eomplishcd by a bubbler system that keeps the water moving and therefore it iloes not freeze. The laikc Minnetonka Conservation District issues de-icing licenses, and has standards which must be followed in terms of protection of adjacent properties from the impacts of de-icing. The proposed dock will be located in a west-facing cove area, and the potential for ice damage appears relatively minimal. 'I'he nearest adjacent docks are perhaps 300-400 ’ distant, so no adjacent property would be impacted if de-icing does occur. StalVis advised by LMCD’s inspector that they will be i.ssuing an LMCD pennit for this pennanent dock, and have no specific issues with it. 'I’lic dock will meet all LMCD-rcquircd setbacks. The DNR is notified of floodplain CUI* applications, and is given the opportunity to comment. No comments from the DNR have been received for this application. Potential DNR concerns wouKl be whether the work is in a sensitive habitat or spawning area, and whether the pennanent dock might affect navigation or winter vehieular traffic on the lake. Neither of these issues are apparent with tliis application.