Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 10/24/1988

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LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT MN SHORELAND MANAGEMENT RULES DRAFT Action Report of: City Managers/Administrators/Officials Review Forim 7:30 a.m., Friday, September 30, 1988, Wayzata City Hall TO: LMCD Board of Directors City Managers/Administrators/Officials FROM: Executive Director Gene Strommeh INTRODUCTION: Participants from the Cities of Excelsior, Minnetonka, Mound, Orono, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Wayzata and Woodland contributed to an assessment of the MN SHORELAND MANAGEMENT RULES DRAFT. Prepared by the DNR, using a set of city standards adopted in 1976, and proposing to rescind the older county standards adopted in 1970, this current rules draft was introduced in 1985. An update draft released in August 1986 received furthe- public comment. A third draft was reviewed by a committee of 22 interest groups from July 1987, concluding with the recommendations in February 1988, which resulted in this present draft. DNR resource persons in attendance wort. Tom Lutgen, Hazard Mitigation Co- ordinator, and Ogbazghi Sium, Supervisor, Land Use Management. Rules provisions generating discussion were: Definitions. Attention was directed particularly to BLUFF IMPACT ZONE (new); SHORELAND, STRUCTURE, SURFACE WATER -ORIENTED COMMERCIAL (new); WATER ORIENTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR FACILITY (new); and WETL?"D. Specific to wetlands, minor wetlands not identified in the normal wetlard classifica- tion were concluded to he a priority for cities to preserve. Scope. Local governments may adept ordinances that are more estrictive. Adoption schedule calls for cities to bring their ordinances info substan- tial compliance within two years of written notice by Lhe DNR Commissioner. Special circumstances reference, lines 11, 13, page 8, to LARGE CITIES prompted a recommendation to insert cities of the SECOND CLASS and addition of SUBURBAN to shoreland development. The LMCD "Shoreland Guidelines" of 1972 were referenced, having been re- distribl.ited tc all Lake area cities in September 1988. The LMCD Comprehen- sive Plan btudv also stresses regulated shoreland development. Criteria for Land Use Zoning District Designation, item Sub. 1-F, line 7, pa,,�: 14, recom- mended GArER DEPTHS be added to "in -water physical characteristics." Line 19, gage 14, add "AND ADEQUACY - following NEED. for public accesses to public waters. Special Protection District, line 1. page 15, is a responsibility for each ci.^ to so designate in terms of the intended purposes Mated hire. The � ^lore !