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Track/Ramps <br />April 23, 1987 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />B. HARDSHIPS/NECESS1ARY !INDINGS <br />Hardship <br />1. A unique condition of the lakebed that would require storage of <br />boat on land: <br />a) Mucky, soft, unstable bottom does not provide adequate <br />support for boat lift at a seasonal dock. Tracks are placed on <br />existing bottoms without the need to tie into lakebed. <br />b) Low lying lakeshore adjacent to lagoons or channel areas are <br />habitats for musk rats. <br />c) Lakeshore properties adjacent to a drainageway have unstable <br />lakebeds. <br />Alternative solutions for such conditions are a permanent dock <br />(pilings) or dredging. Dredging has never been accepted by our City <br />as environmentally sound and such conditions usually require constant <br />maintenance dreding. The LMCD no longer issues de-icing permits for <br />new docks with pilings. Many permanenu docks installed on main lake <br />have been severely damaged by ice pressures. These docks are not <br />financially feasible for the "low profile small boat owner - boats <br />under 25 feet. <br />2. Steep topography that would require land storage of boat for <br />protection. <br />3. Narrow width of lot at shoreline or along a narrow channel area <br />because of navigational concerns may require land storage of <br />boat. <br />Necessary Findings <br />1. Such structures shall not create a visual impact on lakeshore <br />view of adjacent neighbors nor view from lake based on <br />topography, natural vegetation or shape of shoreline. <br />2. Such structures cannot be of a length or type of construction so <br />as to create a hazard to navigation. <br />3. Such structures shal 1. be so designed and/or installed so as to <br />create no negative impact on the adjacent or surrounding <br />neighborhood. <br />C. STANDARDS/CONDITIONS FOR SUCH STRUCTURES <br />1. Such structures shall never be erclosed with a superstructure nor <br />a canopy. <br />