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Lake Minnetonka Conservation District Regular Board Meeting October 9,2002 Page 3 , Foster stated that he believed the intent of the 20'side setback for canopies was to aliow better views for abutting property owners that might be obstructed from a less restrictive side setback requirement. Because the Finney property abuts North Sho�e Marina that is a commercial property, he stated that he would not be troubled with a smaller side setback for the property to shield them from the commercial activity. Babcock stated that a dock with a canopy is not prohibited at this site. The problem at this site is that the applicant is proposing to put both a canopy and a wide dock within the authorized dock area. There was no adjustment of the side site line extensions at the Finney site and he expressed concem about granting a variance that would allow them to store more watercraft than they would be allowed if a dock length variance was not granted. Nybeck continued his comments: • At the Hendrickson/Windenburg site, the Findings include variance from Code for dock length,side setbacks,and an adjusted dock use area. A dock use area length variance would be granted to a length of 100'from the 929.4'shoreline. The northerly extension of the eastem extended side site line would be deflected 13 degrees 31 minutes to the west from the point at which it crosses the 929.4'shoreline. The side lines of the dock use area would be the area lying between the following two lines: a line five feet west of a parallel to the adjusted east lot line and a line 39'west of an parallel to the�justed east lot line. The dock use area shall not include the area lying west of the extended west lot line of this site. No side opening slips would be permitted opening either toward the west or toward the east. • At the Pacovsky site, the Findings include a variance from Code for length and an adjusted dock use area. The dock use area length variance would be granted to a length of 90'from the 929.4' shoreline. The northerly extension of the westem extended side site line would be adjusted as described in the Hendrickson/Windenburg site. The northerly extension of the eastem extended side site line would be deflected 15 degrees 13 minutes to the east ftom the point at which it crosses the 929.4'shoreline. The dock use area shall maintain a five foot setback from both of the deflected east and west lot line extensions. Only one straight dock may be constructed in the dock use area and such dock shall be constructed adjacent to the west edge of the dock use area. Only one watercraft could be stored at this dock and it may not have a beam exceeding 8%2 feet and must be stored on the east side of the dock. Some Board members have expressed interest in also restricting the length of the watercraft. Babcock stated that he would support restricting the length of the watercraft at the Pacovsky site to 24' length overall, with its equipment in normal operating position. Nybeck stated that the Board might want to expand the order to include the Wallace property at 3160 North Shore Drive. In the draft Findings for the Blomberg site, a dock use area length variance would be granted to a length of 100'from the 929.4' shoreline. Blomberg has requested a dock length variance at his property and the adjacent property to the east,of 130'from the 929.4'shoreline. Blomberg proposed a five foot side setback for the entire 130' long dock use area on the west side and a 10'side setback on the east side. In the draft Findings, LeFevere has proposed setbacks from extended line of five feet for the first 50'from the 929.4'shoreline and 10'setbacks for the area between 50'and 100'from the 929.4'shoreline. The granting of a length variance to 130'at both sites would generally allow the common dock they share to be continued. Babcock stated that extending the dock use area to 130'from the 929.4'shoreline at the Blomberg site might make sense because of the water depth problems in the area,especially if its four feet at the end of the dock.