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1, <br />i.'b <br />f" <br />i <br />D-*- <br />s <br />Hardcover Standards <br />December 4, 1990 <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />Staff would then recommend that the hardcover allowed on any <br />lot be a percentage of the total lot area. For lots which abut <br />the lakeahore, a 15% hardcover level would generally yield <br />hardcover square footages equivalent to the current code. If <br />Planning Commission wants to decrease the number of hardcover <br />variance applications for lakeshore lotSr this percentage could <br />increase to as high as 18% or 20%. <br />In the non-lakeshore shoreland district lots, staff would <br />pi^opose a 25% hardcover allowance to coincide with the DNR <br />proposed regulations. This will likely reduce the hardcover <br />allowance for lots between 250-1,000* from the shoreline which <br />currently are allowed 30-35% of their total lot area. This will <br />liXely result in additional variances for areas further from the <br />lake* Exhibits E-2 and E-3 help to quantify these effects. <br />Draft Ordiaaiice - <br />For discussion purposes, attached is a draft ordinance <br />revision which revises Section 10.22, Subdivision 2. Also, the <br />proposed language revises the definition of hardcover (Definition <br />29) by describing items which are considered hardcover. <br />Staff ten—anils Mnn - <br />Staff would recommend adoption of the revised dt.£inition of <br />hardcover as proposed above. Permeable fabric rock bed <br />underliners are purposely excluded from the definition of <br />hardcover. <br />Staff would further recommend that Planning Commission <br />thoroughly discuss the merits of revising the hardcover <br />calculation method, determine whether the proposed change is <br />warranted, and based on your goals, determine what percentages of <br />lakeshore and non-lakeshore lots should be hardcovered.