12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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� . � MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 38 � spillage o� gas and oil and the tra�h generated by ythese comme�cial uses result in pollution of � the ground water supply and pollution of the lake itself. This pollution is deletarious to the � health, safety and welfare to the people of Orono. Moreover, it leads to the destruction of the � environmental asset which is of inetropolitan . significance. The Metropolitan Council has reviewed the Comprehensive Plan and has acknowledged � that this is the case, that Lake Minnetonka must be protected from commercial , industrial and dense � development which will otherwise result in its destruction. � The Council at this time reviewed the Special B-2 � Committee Report dated November 2 , 1974 , and the . addendum thereto dated November 31 , 1974 , and adopted the report and the facts and figures � of the other reports incorporated therein. Mayor Searles and Councilman Paurus reviewed the ` report and highlighted those reasons set forth therein which indicated that a rezoning is � mandatory in this area. � Mayor Searles summarized the discussion by • stating that in recognition of the foregoing, in order to balance and better regulate the � shore land uses for both public and private use of the waters of Maxwell Bay and of Lake � Minnetonka, the Council recommended that the village support the reduction and the multiple dock lengths � in accordance with LMCD Ordinances, and that the present B-2 area east of the Northstar Marina be � rezoned to a residential classification, LR-1C-1 • in order to protect the use of the lake and Maxwell Bay, especially, for the present and future � generations , in order to provide a buffer zone between the present B-2 operations and the � residential zone immediately adjacent thereto. Moreover, the Council recommended the screening � and restoration provisions as set forth in the B-2 Committee Report as previously discussed and adopted � as part of the proposed zoning amendment. The • Council and Planning Commission recommended that a new marina lincesing and ordinance be drafted � which would set forth provisions mandated by the Comprehensive Municipal Plan and which have been � previously discussed with the Planning Commis- sion and Council. In addition to the parking � requirements which have previously been discussed, the council recommended that in each of the B-2 � districts there be created lakeshore land land- �scaping areas of a depth that is equal to at leas� l00 of the average lot depth, but in no case shall � be less than 25 feet and no more than 75 feet. That � i