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m <br />phone no. <br />STATE OF <br />^DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />WATERS, 1200 WARNER ROAD, ST. PAUL, MN 55106 <br />(612) 772-7916 <br />October 5, 1992 <br />The Honorable Barb Brancel <br />Mayor, City of Shorewood <br />25785 Sunnyvale Lane <br />Shorewood, MN 55331 <br />Dear Mayor Brancel: <br />D <br />U'li <br />'j <br />-- - -N <br />f I <br />FILE NO. <br />OCL 8 1992 <br />REVIEW AND COMMENT ON CITY OP TONKA BAY'S^EQUEST FOR FLEXIBILITY <br />FROM STATE OF MINNESOTA'S SHORELAHU-MANAG&IENT STANDARDS <br />As required by the statewide shoreland management standards, the <br />Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) <br />and the City of Tonka Bay are hereby notifying your city of Tonka <br />Bay's request for flexibility from the statewide standards as <br />outlined below. In acpordance with the rules, the Commissioner and <br />the city must solicit the input and approval of other governmental <br />bodies that could be affected or impacted by the alternate <br />controls. The city and the DNR are asking that your city provide <br />its review and comments, if any, to either DNR or the city within <br />45 days of the date of this letter. If no response is received <br />prior to then, we will assume that your city has nr -»ncerns with <br />the neighboring city's proposal. <br />The City of Tonka Bay is requesting flexibility from the following <br />statewide standards: <br />1. <br />2. <br />Reduction of the DNR standard lot width of 135 feet for <br />duplexes, 195 feet for triplexes, and 255 feet for <br />quadruplexes for new riparian and nonriparian lots on <br />General Development lakes to 100 feet, 125 feet, and 150 <br />feet respectively. Nearly all of Tonka Bay's land area <br />is locared within the shoreland of Lake Minnetonka and <br />many of the existing lots in the city have been <br />previously platted at widths less than the DNR minimums. <br />Tonka Bay is increasing the lot width of new single <br />residential lots from the city's current width <br />requirement of 65 feet to che minimum DNR standard width <br />of 75 feet. <br />Relaxation of the statewide standards requiring that <br />impervious cover in the shoreland area be limited to 25%. <br />The city is proposing that impervious cover be allowed to <br />exceed 25% in a limited area of the city zoned as <br />commercial districts, C-1 and C-2. The city will <br />require all proposed developments which exceed the 25% <br />impervious cover/open space requirements to apply for a <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER