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Memorandum To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator From: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director Date: July 28, 2022, for the City Council Meeting of August 1, 202 Re: Public Hearing – Revisions to the Shoreland Overlay District Setbacks 1.PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE: The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the revisions at its July 28, 2022, meeting. Staff will provide an update to the City Council prior to the Council meeting on August 1, 2022. 2.BACKGROUND: The Shoreland District is an overlay district in the City of Hugo. Overlay districts are areas within the City that have special regulations applied to them because of their unique characteristics. Overlay districts are superimposed over the underlying zoning districts and the regulations for each apply to the subject property. The Shoreland District of the City is land that is within 1,000 feet of the ordinary high water (OHW) level of the lakes, ponds, and flowages, and within 300 feet of the OHW level of the rivers and streams listed in the shoreland classification table in the ordinance. All of the land lying within the Shoreland District are subject to the regulations in the shoreland ordinance. 3.OVERVIEW OF SETBACK REVISIONS: Staff will be completing a larger zoning code revision to the shoreland ordinance, but wanted to start with the revisions to the structure setbacks. The larger zoning code revision will take a longer time to complete. The structure setbacks in the shoreland ordinance are more restrictive than the State Statutes regarding shoreland setbacks that the DNR uses. The setbacks are from the OHW of lakes, ponds, flowages, rivers, and streams. The setbacks vary depending on the classification of the waterbody. To have the setbacks align and match with the State Statutes, staff recommends the following revisions: G .17