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� #2398 Wayzata Country Club August 19, 1998 Page 2 Review of Potential Impacts A hole-by-hole review of the proposed land alterations is included in the 8/13/98 staff inemo. A majority of the proposed plan has little or no impact on neighboring properties and should have no negative environmental effects. Grading plans for most of the tee and bunker reconstruction have been provided. Additionally, a plan for the drain tile system for the bunkers has been submitted,and since the bunkers will primarily be discharging rain water that falls directly in them, there should be no detrimental environmental impact from their eventual discharge to receiving waterways. Certain of the proposed tee locations will be near road or Luce Line rights-of-way or residential lot lines. The zoning code does not specify a minimum setback for golf course tees; the only clear direction in the code is that grading within 5' of a lot boundary would be considered as unusual grading and require special conditional use permit approval. It would appear that all of the proposed grading can (and should) be accomplished without encroaching within the 5' protected zone at lot boundaries, including the Luce Line boundaries. It will be critical,however, in a few areas as noted above, to verify lot lines and tee locations at the time an annual project permit is issued, to avoid encroachment into neighboring properties. Planning Commission consider whether it would be appropriate to establish a minimum setback for tees from property boundaries, based on the activity impact on adjacent properties. For instance, where a tee has historically been, say, 50' from a residential lot line, and a new proposed tee will be very near the lot line, that will change the degree and nature of activity near the residential property. Planning Commission received no comments from the public and concluded that the tee locations were likely notan issue. Tee reconstructions are expected to each involve placement of fill materials in an amount possibly ranging from 50-500 yards each. The applicants' consultant has estimated the total earth movement involved, including the ponds, at 27,500 cubic yards, mostly moving material from place to place on the site and not necessarily needing to import or export materials. Approximately 2,000 cubic yards of sand will be imported for the bunkers. Pond Expansions Will Require Additional Information The proposed pond expansions appear to staff to be conceptually not only appropriate but beneficial in terms of the City's comprehensive storm water management planning. They will create additional storage volume in areas that receive direct golf course runoff, therefore having a potential to provide some retention of nutrients from the runof£ However, virtually no pond design detail has been submitted, and a significantly lugher level of engineering detail would be required before a CUP and