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T property is the Wood Rill SNA, a ‘big woods ’ Scientific and Natural Area owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Directly west and northwest of the property is a large estate parcel including open fields, w oods and w etlands. 6. The property is primarily open fields, approximately lO^o of it being wooded. The only woodland impacts anticipated are related to the loop driveway, where the loop center is intended to remain wooded but the driveway will result in some removals. Only one tree to be removed is within 75’ of the lake, and that tree is right at the 75’ mark. 7. The preliminary plat draw ing accurately depicts the front, side, rear and lakcshore setbacks that would apply to this subdivision. Lot lines have been located so that the existing residence and tennis court on Lot 1 will meet required setbacks. The ‘garage’ structure in Lot 1 is within the 150' setback for Lydiard Lake. This structure was built prior to adoption of the Shoreland Ordinance which established Lydiard Lake as a Natural Environment Lake, and will remain as a legal nonconforming structure. 8. Placement of a new residence on Lot 2 would normally be subject to the average lakcshore setback requirements of the Zoning Code. How ever, the required 150' lake setback, the lack of a any residence structure to the cast, and the substantial distance between the existing home on Lot 1 and the proposed building site on Lot 2, arc factors that support a waiving of the average lakcshore setback requirement for placement of a principal residence on Lot 2. 9. A portion of the Lydiard Lake shoreline for Lot 1, and most of the shoreline for Lot 2, is a bluff by definition. The existing garage on Lot 1 encroaches to w ithin 12-14' of the top of the bluff, making it nonconforming wiih regards to the required 30' ‘top of bluff setback. On Lot 2, the top of bluff is approximately 90' from the shore, but with a required 150' structure setback from the OHWL, a new residence would more than meet the 30' bluff setback. 10. All 3 lots have been found to have adequate and suitable soils for on-site septic treatment facilities providing both a primary and alternate site for each lot. The 1-bedroom guest house and 4-bedroom main house on Lot 1 currently ha\e separate s>'stems; the guest house system is conforming, the main house system is non-compliant and must be replaced by the end of 2007. The two sites Page 3 of 10