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4. The applicant has made certain improvements to the property since 1969 including a picnic pavilion and vault toilet facility (1972) and a private well ( 1985). Two additional storage structures are located within the property. The picnic pavilion is considered a legal nonconforming structure since it legally existed at its current location less than 7 5' from the shoreline prior to adoption of hardcover and 7 5' lakeshore requirements. 5. Section 10.31, Subd. 3(C-1) requires minimum of 5.0 acres dry buildable area for day use recreation area. The gross lot area of the property is approximately 9 acres, of which approximately 7 .5 acres is considered dry buildable, thus meeting the minimum acreage requirement. 6. Section 10,31, Subd. 3(C-1) also requires a minimum "lot area-to-user" ratio of 1 acre per 20 users. Under that standard, the code would allow up to 150 users on the property at one time. All abutting adjacent land is owned by the Hennepin Parks, and there is no adjacent land available for acquisition by the applicant. 7. The Minnetonka Power Squadron by-laws set no limit on the number of members. The average number of members (family units) is 250 to 350. Therefore, the potential exists for the number of users at any given time to exceed 150. Because the Power Squadron is a nonprofit organization, it is technically exempt from the provisions of Municipal Code Section 5 .25 requiring a license for shows and large assemblies in excess of 300 persons at one time. 8. Lot width at the shoreline exceeds 1,200', and meets the minimum lot width requirement of 200'. 9. Minnetonka Power Squadron has annually obtained a joint use dock license from the City and from the LMCD since 1969. The property contains approximately 2,250' of shoreline and has historically been licensed for the 45 transient slips this shoreline length would allow at a level of 1 slip per 50' of shoreline. 10. The Power Squadron's published rules for "Streater Cove" confine swimming to the beach area, which is designated by buoys. Page 2 of 7