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R�C�ULAR PIEETIPIG OF TI3E OROP70 COUTICIL, FERP.UAAY 27, 1979 Page 7 <br /> often results in increased public and private PUIILIC HEARIPdG <br /> costs while serving to benefit a linited nur.►ber Stubbs Bay i4arina <br /> _ of developer/land owners to the deterir�ent of (Continued) <br /> the citizens in general. <br /> 2. The Council acknowledges that, while the findings <br /> and conclusions of the 1974 ComPrehensive Guide <br /> Plan were and still are valid, the designation <br /> of the subject property for cor.u;lercial use was in <br /> error and was unsupported by any logical planning <br /> or land use criteria which error should noca be <br /> corrected as part of the overall Comprehensive <br /> Plan Review. <br /> 3. The Council confirms the findings and conclusions <br /> of Resolution ;�938 regarding increased boat <br /> density on Lake P=linnetonka. <br /> 4 . The Council confirns the findinc�s and conclusions <br /> of Resolution �943 regarding prior development, <br /> use and applications for use of the subject property. . <br /> 5. The subject Property is not currently in use as <br /> a r►arina as �errsitted under B-2 zoninc� use district <br /> regulations. <br /> 6. Tlie subject property has, in fact, not previously ' <br /> been used to the full extent rec�uested, licensed <br /> and permitted by the City and the LriCD, which <br /> fact underscores the unwarranted increase in <br /> marina developnent in recent years, the nh��sical . <br /> linitations on the site and the unsubstantiated <br /> need for any coi*uaercial developrient of the property. <br /> 7, lhe existing zoning is obviously unplanned "spot" <br /> zoning. . <br /> 8. Residential zoning and use is completely cor:l�atible <br /> with all adjacent and nearbj� zoning and land use. <br /> 9. New information available since 1974 , including <br /> the Federal Flood Insurance Study, increased local, <br /> State, and Federal knowledge concerninc� sewage <br /> treatnent and disposal, and increased knowledge <br /> of lake ecology have becorie cause for new nlanning <br /> conclusions regarding use of this property independent <br /> of any City initiated action. <br /> 10. Stubbs Bay is a shallow bay, otherwise conpletely <br /> residential in character, and has been classified <br /> as a potentially critical bay for boating use. <br /> 11. P4axwe1l Bay, through which all boat traffic must <br /> pass to reach Stubbs Bay, is already classiried � <br /> as a critical boat use bav, (Continued) <br />