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I^AGEHENT OBJECTIVES In accordance with the Mandatory Land Planning Act, each of the 14 lakeshore communities has adopted comprehensive plans and zoning regulations which guide local community development. The LMCD should use these local planning resources as an initial bases from which to develop a coordxuated Lake Minnetonka Shoreland Management Plan which will serve to guide future development and redevelopment which is sensitive to existing use patterns and will achieve the shoreland management goals. The shoreland management guidelines must respect the existing development patterns of the individual conurunities because from a lakewide perspective, the indiv dual communities perform different regional functions, representing differing life styles and provide the tax base that finance local operations and debt. In this regard, the shoreland management goals must be balanced with existing land use conditions. In preparing the Shoreland Management Plan, the following management tasks must be pursued. 1. Determine the "Development Capacity" of the Lake Minnetonka Shoreland Area A starting point for the Lake Minnetonka Shoreland .Management Plan is a determination of the ultimate development capacity of the Lake Minnetonka shoreland area. Using DNR development criteria, the development capacity of the lake's shoreland areas should be calculated and broken down into preliminary iand use allocations (i.e., low density residential, high density residential, commercial, water-oriented commercial, industrial). Thes-r developnient capacities will serve "s the model for evaluating existing development intensities around the lake At this point, the projected development capacities are nc development limitations. Rather they will serve only as a parameter for evaluating existing developf^'^nt patterns, and the degree to which current .'^<-ate-wide s d«. rds are being met. 2. Establish a Lhoreland Development Data Base that Identifies Existing Land Use Patterns and Community Development Objectives The local communities' compreh ive plans end zoning regulations provide readily availaule land use information for the lakewide shoreland area This data \»ase can be assembled and serve to outline existing and proposed land use patterns and intensities around the lake. From this data base, the LMCD and lakeshore communities can establish compatible lake side land use patterns, and development parameters that are sensitive to the individual cities, and