1983-02-15 Letter, Zoning Changes

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■" fWm GITYofORONO post Offict Bm C6*CrytUl Bay, MiniiMOta 55323*Moakipal OtBem On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka Pe^uary 15, 1983 yMit ^ 3015 Kimberly Lane Kinneapolist MN 55447 Daar Island Landowner: The purpose of this letter is to provide you with inforoation regarding the recent zoning changes on Big Island, and how these changes may affect your property. The new RS Seasonal Recreational zoning regulations were established by City Council adoption of Ordinance //246 on December 30, 1982. This action 'Iso ended the development moratorium that had been in effect since NovdE.ber 9, 1981. summary of the ordinance is attached. If you are interested, a complete text of the ordinance is also available for a nominal charge of $3.00 to defer printing ^nd mailing costs. Your property is Identified in the ordinance by the Record Lot Number shown above and on the attached blue page. This identification is part of a special section that inventories lot by lot the ownership patterns and existing uses of Island property. Based on this record, the ordinance then "grandfathers" building rights for these Record Lots by making them eligible for lot area variances. This means that for the first time even if your lot is less than five acres (or two acres under the previous ordinance) that you may now build a new seasonal cabin, or if you already have a cabin, that it may continue to be used, improved, added*onto or replaced with a new cabin, subject to building permits and setback regulations, etc., but without questioning its use for building purposes, and without requiring any special City Council review. In order for you to automatically receive the benefits of the lot area variance, you should review and complete the following before July 1, 1983: 1. Please verify the Record Lot information on the attached blue page and notify the City If there is « problet or a change. < ove r) •titiNNGa zmmn - 47 j ?j 57 AOMIMSIRATKlN aFLNAMfi • 47J 7JJS KSLII KOSKS - 47J 73SS