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Staff recommends revisiting lot coverage ordinance. Planning Commission agrees and set <br />November 7,2001 for work session to discuss ordinance. <br />Octoher 22. 2001 - City Council approved the application to demolish existing residence and <br />construct new residence on the lot with condition the applicants remove the pool when the <br />existing residence is demolished. <br />City Council agrees staff and Planning Commission should revisit lot coverage ordinance <br />reg^ing pools. <br />Codes Compared: <br />Brooklyn Park <br />Deephaven <br />Greenwood <br />Minnetonka <br />Mound <br />Wayzata <br />Woodland <br />Of the cities contacted, the only city to have an ordinance including sw imming pools as structure <br />and lot coverage below 15% was Woodland. The total percent of lot area covered by structure <br />may not c.xcecd 10% of the lot area. The minimum lot size in Woodland is 2 acres. <br />The other cities either didn’t include in ground pools as structure or the amount of structural lot <br />coverage allowed on a lot was above 20%. <br />Planning Commiuion Options: <br />1 . To keep the lot coverage ordinance as it exists today. <br />2. To amend the lot coverage ordinance to e.xclude in ground pools from lot coverage <br />calculation. <br />Review of the lot coverage ordinance is on November. 2001 Planning Commission meeting <br />agenda.