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5 " Y' • V ’ T4 K i. ■ -'-MS » ik Zoning Code Amendment February 10, 1992 Page 4 Exhibit D depicts an example of how the proposed PRD "shoreland tier” system (page 376~23) required by the DNR, would actually yield a more restrictive setback configuration than per our current subdivision requirements. This is a 1.99 acre parcel on Casco Point Road (half acre zone). Four plat options shown as A, B and C, each show how a 3-lot plat with a cul-de-sac might be configured. Sketch D shows a 3-lot plat without a cul-de-sac road which might yield building sites with better lake views. In each of A through D, only one of the three lots would be allowed lake access based on only 115 feet of shoreline. In the PRD option, the property is divided into Tier 1 (200 feet deep), and Tier 2 (200 feet). After wetlands and bluffs are subtracted, the area of Tier 1 is divided by the zoning district area requirement, yielding the number of units allowed within that tier. Rounding down. Tier 1 is allowed one unit. The excess can be credited to Tier 2. Looking at the diagram labeled PRD Step 2, a total of three building pads could be allowed on the property, but only one pad would be allowed in the 0-200 foot setback. Plats A, B and C would each allow portions of a second house in the 0-200 foot tier, and plat D would potentially allow all three houses in the 0-200 foot tier. It is expected that the Shoreland Management Ordinance will generally have relatively minor impacts on properties currently abutting or near Lake Minnetonka which have been subject to Lakeshore Residential zoning district standards since 1975. The greatest impact ..11 be on those Rural Residential zoned properties in northern Orono which to date have not been subject to the LR standards. Staff Recommendation Planning Commission is requested to review the proposed ordinance and ask any questions or make any comments you may have. The February 18 meeting includes a public hearing on this ordinance, and staff will be happy to attempt to answer any questions brought forth by the public. Please feel free to recommend to the City Council any revisions which you feel are appropriate. If your recommendation for approval is forthcoming with few revisions, this ordinance at the request of the Lake Use Committee will be placed on the Council's February 24 agenda for adoption. The Lake Use Committee suggested that the ordinance be adopted as soon as ;;ossible, then submitted to the DNR and neighboring citi**^ ror review. This recommendation is due partly ctendedto concern t.iat the DNR review process may take an extende period of time, causing hardship for Orono property owners who have already been held up for nearly 6 months by the moratorium. It was the Committee's intent that the ordinance be adopted, the moratorium lifted, and if the DNR requires specific changes after their review, these would be dealt with as later eimendments. '-it i •V . 1