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Fesolution No, /p 99 � : Page 6 � � 4. Chapter 73 provides a number of performance standards to be considered in granting or denying licenses including the intensity of . the proposed uses, parking availability, minimum setbacks and buffers from residential properties , maximum hardcover amounts, minimum landscaping requirements , minimum ' sanitation require�nents, security arrangements , the extent o'f use of the public �aaters and compliance with applicable regulations of other gov�rn�nent agencies having jurisdiction, such as the DNR, PCA, LMCD, MCWD and State Fire rlarshall' s Office. II. STUBBS BAY STUDY AREA (See Exhibit A & B) A. STUBBS BAY LAKE MINNETONKA 1. Stubbs ' Bay is the northern most Bay of Lake Minnetonka . The Bay contains 199 acres of water �and 2. 6 mi'les of shoreline. Water access to the main lake is via one channel to Ma�aell Bay, then via another channel to Crystal Bay and a third channel to the . Lower Lake at Smiths Bay, three miles from the marina property. � The Bay has two tributary creeks, one on the northwest corner and one on the northeast corner. 2. Stubbs Bay is relatively shallow with a maximum depth of 37 feet in the center. Roughly two thirds of the Bay is less than 10 feet deep. . 3. A 1978 DNR study reports that 52% of the Bay is littoral (shoals) the bo�tom of' which is 60% sand, 30% clay and 10% muck. Lake color was green with heavy algal bloom and a secchi disc � reading of 2. 3 feet. �E. A 1978 FWBI study called Stubbs�� Bay� the �most eutrophic bay of Lake Minnetonka in terms of algaet,bloom, turbidity, and �nutrient content, even more eutrophic than HalsteadsqBay in the Upper Lake. . 5. A 1973 LMCD study called Stubbs Bay "Potentially Critical" and Ma�aell Bay "Critical" in terms of boat density and lake use � compared to available water space and conflicting types of water • uses . T'his classification was based upon an inventory showing .49 boats stored and . 85 boats in use per.acre of water. The , 1978 DNR study shows an increase in density to . 68 boats stored and 1. 64 boats in use per acre of water, an increase of 38% in stored boats and 93Q/o in active boats in five years .