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r i» To: From: Date: Subject: Mayor Callahan and Orono Councilmembers Ron Moorse. City Administrator Michael P. Gaffron. Assistant Planning & Zoning Administratoi June 21, 1993 Shoreland Ordinance - DNR Approval List of Exhibits DNR Letter Dated 5/25/93 With AttachmentA - Pift-pn months after our adoption of the Shoreland Ordinance, the DNR has finally issued rttir orHinance The letter indicates approval of our flexibility request a letter formally approvmg ordinance The conditional approval indicates mainly items zoning code amendment. To briefly review their list of four conditional items. 1. ■7 3. These are merely statute recodifications. W- can certainly add 'lockbox'' to the definition of water-oriented accessory Lcmres Note that by defmition. 'stairways, fences, Jocks and retatmng walls are nos considered water-oriented accessory structures. Our current definition reads: "24 Water-oriented accessory structure or facility. A small above- ■ound building or other improvement, except suirways, fences, docks, and retaining walls, which, because of the relationship of ns use to a surface water feature, reasonably needs to be located closer to pu waters than the normal structure setback. Examples of such structures and facilities include boathouses, gazebos, screen houses, fish houses, pump houses, and detached decks." We would merely add "lockboxes" to this list of examples. Council will remember ihai a different section of the Shoreland Ordinate r^es the examples ate allowed in the lakeshore setback zone other than the lockbox. in the -intensive vegetation cl. aring' section of our ordinance.^ Mtrt ttat ^uejh activity couldn't occur in the 0-75' zone or on steep slopes. The DNR to include "bluff impact zone ' as another area where intensive vegetati % isn’t allowed. This seems reasonable. They also suggest we expan zone to include uluff impact zone in regards to the prohibition on cutting larger trees, which also seems reasonable. *