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Zoning File #1428 <br />July 13, 1989 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />The Community Management Plan, Chapter 4, the Land Use Plan, <br />also states a number of land use policies which include the <br />following: <br />"6. Lake shorelines will be protected from alteration. <br />Shoreland areas, whether bluff, beach, or flood plain, are <br />sensitive environmental features with significant impact on <br />water quality, aesthetic values and land use function. <br />These same factors act to draw development which can be <br />destructive if not properly regulated. Natural vegetation <br />and shoreland areas will be preserved in so far as practical <br />and reasonable in order to retard surface run-off and soil <br />erosion, and to utilize excess nutrients. Clear cutting <br />will be prohibited. In areas of soil or wave action <br />erosion, material, stone or rip -rap shoreland protection <br />will be encouraged." <br />In general, the City's philosophy towards alteration of <br />bluff or steep bank slope lakeshore areas has been to allow <br />alteration only as necessary to protect the shoreline from <br />serious erosion. Excz�vation for the creation of walk -outs has <br />been discouraged and danied in a number of recent applications <br />including the following: <br />Terry Sadler, 1396 Baldur Park Road - Denied lakeshcre <br />filling and retaining wall. (1989) <br />Roger and Becky Berry, . Baldur Park Road - Denied <br />permission to excavate in 75' zone to create a walk -out. <br />(1989) <br />John Waldron, 1951 Concordia Street - Denied request for 0- <br />75' excavation to create walk -out in conjunction with <br />repair/restoration of lakeshore banks. (1988) <br />Todd Waters, 3061 Casco Point Road - Denied after -the -fact <br />permission to excavate 0-75' lakeshore yard to create a <br />walk -out. (1987) <br />William Mrrnik/Halley Homes, 2715 Pence Lane - Denied <br />permission to excavate within 0-75' zone to create a walk- <br />out. (1988) <br />In general, the following would appear to be general reasons <br />for past denials of walk -out excavations at the lakeshore: <br />1. Loss of existing stabilizing ground cover and root <br />systems. Loss of natural soil structural stability. <br />