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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 19-76 RESOLUTION DENYING A VARIANCE FOR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE FOR 6650 ENID TRAIL WHEREAS, the City received a land use application for a variance for impervious surface coverage for 6650 Enid Trail; and WHEREAS, the legal description of the property is Lot 3, Block 2, St Clair Estates, Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota; and WHEREAS, the property is located within the City's Shoreland Management Overlay District; and WHEREAS, Section 1102.07(1)(c)4 states that impervious surface coverage of lots must not exceed 30% for single-family homes; and WHEREAS, the applicant is proposing to construct a single family home that would create 43.7% impervious surface coverage; and WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Board reviewed the variance application on June 12, 2019 and recommended denial with a 6-0 vote. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by The City Council of The City of Lino Lakes hereby makes the following: FINDINGS OF FACT No variance shall be granted unless it meets all the criteria in paragraphs 1. through 7. below. The City shall make findings regarding compliance with these criteria. 1. The variance shall be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. The general purpose and intent of the Shoreland Management Overlay ordinance is to protect public waters. Per the ordinance Policy statement, the uncontrolled use of shorelands of the city affects the public health, safety and general welfare not only by contributing to pollution of public waters, but also by impairing the local tax base. Therefore, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare to provide for the wise subdivision, use and development of shorelands of public waters. Impervious surface coverage limits are important because as coverage increases, the rate and amount of runoff and pollutants entering the public waters increases. The variance to allow for 43. 7% impervious surface coverage is not harmonious with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. The variance requested does not seek 1