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COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 27, 1995 The Planning and Zoning Board has reviewed the sign request and recommend approval with the conditions listed above. Mr. Schumacher noted that this is a CUP and asked if the City Code requires annual review of CUP. Ms. Wyland said yes and this was explained to the Planning and Zoning Board. This Board wanted specific language included in the CUP. Council Member Elliott moved to approve the Conditional Use Permit as outlined above. Council Member Kuether seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Consideration of FIRST READING Ordinance No. 04- 95 Amending the Shoreland Management Ordinance - Ms. Wyland explained that Minnesota Statutes has mandated that the City update their existing 1983 Shoreland Management Ordinance. The purpose of the Ordinance is to provide for the orderly subdivision, use and development of shorelands of public waters. These shorelands can be described as an area roughly 1000 feet from the ordinary high water mark of the protected waters listed on pages eight (8) and nine (9) of the Ordinance. A model ordinance was provided by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and was intended to be used as a guide. The DNR allows communities to pursue flexibility from the state model ordinance to address conditions unique to the City. City Staff has worked closely with the DNR in_developing the attached ordinance and have received favorable response to the request for flexibility. This flexibility was requested in order to maintain sustainable growth within the City and relates to the following areas; Land Use Designations, Lot Size, Density, Impervious Surface Coverage, Building Heights, Sanitary Sewer Connection and Shoreland Setback for Uses Without Water Oriented Needs. LAND USE DESIGNATIONS: The City has requested the Land Use Designations to compare with our base zoning districts. LOT SIZE: Lot area and width standards are significantly less restricted that the state standards. Staff has requested standards that relate to the City's base zoning district (10,800 square feet area or R-1 non -riparian lots, 20,000 square feet for riparian lots while the DNR model requested 15,000 square feet area for non -riparian and 20,000 square feet for riparian lots). Flexibility was requested due to the short supply of buildable land resulting from the high percentage of state right-of-way, county park, wetlands and lakes within the City. As a condition of approval for this flexibility request, the DNR has asked that PAGE 10