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• CMP Part 4A Transportation Plan PC Exhibit F <br /> ���i roads to serve new residential developments of 3 or more units; by limiting the <br /> ' number of curb cuts per residence;by prohibiting direct access to principal arterials; <br /> and by a number of other regulations involving the location, type and number of <br /> access points to the arterial roadway system. <br /> It is the City's policy that new dixect access to arterials is to be minimized to the <br /> greatest extent possible. However,many of southern Orono's arterials near the Lake <br /> Minnetonka shoreline have historically served a dual function as both arterials and as <br /> local/collector streets,due to geographic and topographic limitations. Minunization or <br /> consolidation of existing driveway and local street access points along these unique <br /> roadways is a complex matter which will often require the cooperation of multiple <br /> property owners. The City will encourage the use of shared driveways along existing <br /> developed arterials wherever feasible. Further,the City will continue to investigate <br /> the feasibility of closing existing direct local street access points to principal and <br /> , minor arterials where suitable alternative access points may be established. <br /> LAKE ACCESS PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT <br /> With more than 40 miles of Lake Minnetonka shoreline and nearly 5 miles of <br /> additional lake shorelines,Orono's lakes provide a significant recreational resource for <br /> r` 1 all Orono residents,not just for those who own property abutting the lakes. This value <br /> � � was long ago realized by the City fathers,as well as by early land developers.In order <br /> to provide lake access for the general public,as well as to provide for fire department <br /> access to the lake as a water source,a number of lake access corridors were created as <br /> the shoreland developed. These typically are platted,dedicated right-of-ways leading <br /> from the local road system to the shoreline, and are commonly from 16' to 66' in <br /> width. <br /> The historic level of use of these right-of-ways(sometimes referred to as"fire lanes" <br /> or"lake access roads")ranges from minimal to year-round. Certain of these corridors <br /> have been maintained by the City for local swimming beaches or as winter <br /> snowmobile and ice-fishing accesses. Certain accesses are provided with docks for <br /> fishing,and some have ramp areas suitable for launching a small boat. However,most <br /> do not have designated parking available, and are primarily intended to serve the <br /> neighborhood rather than the general public. A number of these access corridors have <br /> steep topography and experience a relatively low level of usage. <br /> The value of these corridors to the general public both now and in the future is too <br /> great to be measured. While an access corridor or fire lane may appear to an adjacent <br /> landowner as abandoned,there may well be a future public need for that corridor that <br /> may not be obvious today. The Minnesota Supreme Court in 1944 (Application of <br /> Baldwin, et al No. 33721 for vacation of a platted dedicated lake access road)upheld <br /> the value of retaining the public's right to access the lake. In an excerpt from the <br /> ) findings of the Court: <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 4A-31 <br />