Laserfiche WebLink
••• <br />• . <br />-2- <br />- • r • <br />.1 • <br />• . <br />i % <br />» <br />• • <br /><•. <br />• • <br />What this means is that lakeshore land, which is extremely <br />valuable, due to its access to roads and highways serving Minneapolis <br />and Hennepin County, h'as had to be carefully developed to permit -a <br />■ house commensurate with the land value to be built on that platted <br />lot. Actually Greenwood is in its third stage of redevelopment. ..Lots <br />• are being purchased to remove existing structures so that new and <br />,1*.: <br />. modern homes can replace them. In such case two problems occur — _ _ ^ <br />’ "-both of which raquire flexibility exceptions from DNR regulations as ;.-rc. <br />■ follows: ; ‘ <br />• . . • . . « . . . . . - . 7*. • • • . i* <br />• . • . • .. -.J^ -r* . ^ ^ <br />1) . Height limitations • ‘ <br />a. - Our present regulations allow . for a . - : 7” <br />residential height of 30 feet , we •.. . <br />have worked to k ep this limitation <br />below the maximum. However, we <br />believe that in some cases in our city <br />a 30 foot height is not only <br />appropriate, but is necessary to <br />permit • the property to be <br />redeveloped. <br />\•rl». <br />I <br />M U <br />I 2) Impervious Surface Coverage <br />5• • •• <br />... <br />•j| • ;-T <br />* O « •• - <br />• I • V .. .., ;SvlC*--v • <br />< ••• * ■ ^ ■».* I • •,, L— <br />• •• • . <br />«..* ■... .•.•*.•.■M.WU •• <br />- • -.-'.i-iV--;.-.'. *• <br />. •• <br />•1*‘ <br />I ■ • * • <br />• • e. * <br />• ,*i* •*• . . - <br />h..—.... - -.hr ..• • • •• • • « <br />I <br />Small lots which require high value <br />structures are generally -of the same <br />basic size as structures located on <br />lots of 15,000 to 20,000 square feet. <br />Modern living requires larget. garages <br />-- turn around for'cars.’ . All/of-this <br />adds up * to r more <br />coverage .* '• *7 We have <br />flexibility ; because <br />situation ’. -requires •• — <br />allowance " of ^'30% '^with /al right to l./vs. <br />expand the same to ?40f;aa -set out in •*; ^ <br />our ordinance." •- ........ • ---— •V :*4c <br />• Iir <br />.i. <br />I <br />.1. <br />I . <br />i • . • > .M, <br />.• • ... . • ^ • • • • , . ..•• • ••■t. ’ ^ •* ."i*. <br />You should know that since we ;have been <br />' the minimum lot size for riparian P^°Pfland <br />’.'is 20.000 square feet. .This was historically w <br />’ from improper and overcrowding development. We believe this ^ <br />L.r.- ■: <br />s'?ric.\V„V <br />;• i • <br />.* <br />• • -.An- <br />• • • • <br />. .•**• -r-