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rmrrrmrm�' ABS EA II SUM r B, . rrrrrrmre rrrrr:rrr� ■onms rrm 1; MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Little Canada Planning Commission Grodon Anderson /David Licht January 24, 1979 Twin Lake Shores Preliminary Plat _! urban planning • design • market research 416 east hennepin avenue minneapolis minnesota 55414 (612) 379 -4600 BACKGROUND We have been requested to review Twin Lake Shores Preliminary Plat, located on the southwest shore of Twin Lake. The owners of the two parcels involved are M.C. Mitchell (3240 Twin Lake Road) and a Mr. Companaro. The developer is Blaine Construction (10152 N.W. Butternut, Coon Rapids). It is of extreme importance to note Twin Lake's designation as a Natural Environment Lake by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the subsequent fact that any development on the lake is subject to Shoreland Management Regulations. This report will review the plat in view of conforming to Shoreland Management Regulations. Little Canada has not adopted these, but it is recommended the City adopt these in the very near future. Existing development on the lake is minimal, what does exist is on the west end of the lake. There is no reason to justify new development below DNR Standards. ISSUES AND ANALYSIS 1. Lot widths and areas do not conform to Shoreland Management Regulations. The plat shows nineteen (19) lots averaging one -half (1/2) acre. Fourteen (14) of these are Iakeshore lots with twelve (12) lots having lakeshore frontage ranging from 80' -90', with the two lots on the northeast corner having 260' and 320' frontages. DNR requires minimum dimensions for lakeshore lots served by public sewer to be 40,000 square feet (approximately one acre) and requires lot width of 125' at the building line and the ordinary high water mark. The high water mark for Twin Lakr - -