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Memorandum <br /> <br /> <br />To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br />From: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br />Date: July 28, 2022, for the City Council Meeting of August 1, 202 <br />Re: Public Hearing – Revisions to the Shoreland Overlay District Setbacks <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1. PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the revisions at its July 28, 2022, meeting. <br />There was no one that spoke during the public hearing. The Planning Commission agreed that <br />the setbacks should align with the DNR’s required setbacks in the State Statute. The <br />unanimously made a recommendation to approve the ordinance revisions to the City Council. <br /> <br />2. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />The Shoreland District is an overlay district in the City of Hugo. Overlay districts are areas <br />within the City that have special regulations applied to them because of their unique <br />characteristics. Overlay districts are superimposed over the underlying zoning districts and the <br />regulations for each apply to the subject property. <br /> <br />The Shoreland District of the City is land that is within 1,000 feet of the ordinary high water <br />(OHW) level of the lakes, ponds, and flowages, and within 300 feet of the OHW level of the <br />rivers and streams listed in the shoreland classification table in the ordinance. All of the land <br />lying within the Shoreland District are subject to the regulations in the shoreland ordinance. <br /> <br />3. OVERVIEW OF SETBACK REVISIONS: <br /> <br />Staff will be completing a larger zoning code revision to the shoreland ordinance, but wanted <br />to start with the revisions to the structure setbacks. The larger zoning code revision will take a <br />longer time to complete. <br /> <br />The structure setbacks in the shoreland ordinance are more restrictive than the State Statutes <br />regarding shoreland setbacks that the DNR uses. The setbacks are from the OHW of lakes, <br />ponds, flowages, rivers, and streams. The setbacks vary depending on the classification of the <br />waterbody. To have the setbacks align and match with the State Statutes, staff recommends <br />the following revisions: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />G.18 <br />