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MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 18 <br /> The members present concurred that the discus- <br /> sions of all these areas should be held together <br /> since the environmental factors , and the <br /> geographical factors and other relevant factors <br /> were similar in all cases . <br /> These areas are presently zoned for lot sizes <br /> from 1-1/2 to 1 acres. As had been discussed <br /> previously, it is well known that buildings <br /> should not be buil� on any lots which are <br /> smaller than 2 acres if on-site sewage disposals <br /> are allowed. In these areas, there is no public <br /> sanitary sewer system, and therefore only on-site <br /> sewage systems would be possible. To allow <br /> on-site sewage systems on 1 acre and 1-1/2 acres <br /> would result in the pollution of the ground <br /> water in the area and would result in the direct <br /> pollution of Lake Minnetonka. <br /> The problems that were present in areas A and B <br /> are intensified in these areas since these <br /> areas are all within close proximity to Lake <br /> Minnetonka. <br /> Moreover, it was noted that �ntense development <br /> in an area results in increased water run-off as <br /> well as greater levels of nutrients. Therefore, <br /> the pollutants which are generated by urban living <br /> in this area would pass directly into Lake Minnetonka <br /> before having an opportunity to be processed through <br /> the natural filtration and purfication systems such <br /> as wetlands and marshlands. <br /> A general discussion followed concerning the <br /> effects of the removal of trees and the dis- <br /> turbance of the lakeshore area within 75 feet <br /> in length _of the lake. Tree removal and exca- <br /> vation have caused major erosion and pollution <br /> into Lake Minnetonka <br /> Therefore, it is of a paramount importance to <br /> stop the stripping of the vegetation within 75 <br /> feet of the lake and the disturbance of the <br /> property in that area in the future. <br /> It was noted that these areas are serviced only INADEQUATE ROADS <br /> by old roads which are adjacent to the lake <br /> which have previously been designated as park- <br /> ways. The roads are already inadequate for the <br /> development along the lakeshore areas. To <br /> a11ow for denser development create major <br /> traffic hazards and increase the congestion and <br /> pollution to Lake Minnetonka that is already presento <br />