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Zoning File #2111 Februar>’ 12,1996 Page 2 Review Exhibit H. applicant originally submitted a dock plan showing 6’ extensions from the main 4' dock. Note the amended plan shows all sections retaining a 4' width. Tlie amended plans show the t-section parallel to the shoreline as being permanent. The DNR will still require a permit tor the amended dock. Review Exhibit G, Gustafson's comments are limited to the structural design ol the dock and asks that the following information be prov ided by applicant: 1, Provide a center support for decking due to the 4’ span. 2. Verification of soil conditions to determine if the 1 O' into kike bottom is going to be adequate. 3. 5"x6" stringers to be corrected to 2"x6". A resident of the Old Beach Road neighborhood (West Shore Lafayette Bay Association) advised staff that all docks installed at the nine residential properties that make up the association were not to exceed a 30' length and that it was their understanding that the City was to enforce tWs requirement. Staff advised the owner that the City does not enforce design standards for residential docks nor did we get into issues involving navigation. The home owners concern was that a 50' wide channel was dredged in 1978 30' from the shoreline. Residents vvere not to install docks that would restrict the 50' wide navigable channel (refer to Exhibit D). Stafl advised tlie home owner to contact the applicant and to advise Bieker of the standards for dock structures informally agreed to by the nine residents. Mr Bieker has submitted an amended plan showing the maximum dock length at 24'. The original plan submitted with the application showed a 38' length. The nine property owners would be well advised to develop private covenants filed in the chain of title of each of the properties as a means to alert future property owners of these guidehnes for dock construction. StafYhas enclosed a copy of the resolution approving the dredging and filling project of 1978 (Exhibit E). A major concern of the City for that review was the issue of u-eatment of spoils from dredging that was placed on the Fresh Water Biological Institute propertv- to the west side of Old Beach Road. The conditions of the resolution do not suggest an attempt on the part of the City to control dock lengths for the nine property owners nor does the original DNR permit, Exhibit F. Both the DNR and LMCD will require a permit for the permanent dock. It is not clear yet as of this writing whether the Watershed District will also require a permit but Ceil Strauss of the DNR has advised that she feels that Watershed Districts should review applicant's dock plans. 1