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/J <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Michael P. Gaffron. Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />DATE: April 12. 1994 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Amendmen. - 'Top of Bluff Definition - Public Hearing <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Proposed Ordinance <br />B - 3/29/94 letter to DNR <br />C - Memo and Exhibits of 3/24/94 <br />This is a public hearing to consider a proposed amendment to Ute definition of 'top of bluff. <br />The current definition is as follows. <br />■Top of the bluff means the higher point of a 50’ segment with an average slope <br />exceeding 18%. <br />The proposed definition is: <br />more is 18% or less. <br />The reasons and rationale for this <br />letter to Ceil Strauss of the DNR, and ^ determining the point at which bluff <br />Briefly, the definition of "“P <br />protection setbacks are measured. -Hie cumnt detiM <br />a-=1 Ktion "f ^^cts“on the basis that it is guite subjective <br />and not defensible. <br />The proposed definition developed by staff uses 18% slope as the break point between land that <br />is bluff and that which is not a bluff. <br />Staff Recommendation <br />Please review the attached exhibits. Staff recommends approval of the proposed definition <br />amendment.