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<br />Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of Thursday, July 28, 2022 <br /> <br />Chair Kleissler called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. <br /> <br />PRESENT: Arcand, Derr, Kleissler, Petty <br /> <br />ABSENT: Lessard <br /> <br />STAFF: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br /> Shayla Denaway, Parks Planner <br /> <br />Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of July 14, 2022 <br /> <br />Commissioner Petty made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Derr to approve minutes for the <br />meeting of July 14, 2022. <br /> <br />Ayes: Arcand, Derr, Kleissler, Petty <br /> <br />Motion carried. <br /> <br />Public Hearing: Zoning Ordinance Amendment – Revisions to the Shoreland Overlay District Setbacks <br /> <br />Staff provided a background on the proposed revisions to the Shoreland District setback ordinance. <br />The Shoreland District is an overlay district in the City of Hugo. Overlay districts are areas within the <br />City that have special regulations applied to them because of their unique charact eristics. Overlay <br />districts are superimposed over the underlying zoning districts and the regulations for each apply to <br />the subject property. The Shoreland District of the City is land that is within 1,000 feet of the ordinary <br />high water (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 lying <br />within the Shoreland District are subject to the regulations in the shoreland o rdinance. <br />Staff will be completing a larger zoning code revision to the shoreland ordinance, but wanted to start <br />with the revisions to the structure setbacks. The larger zoning code revision will take a longer times to <br />complete. The structure setbacks in the shoreland ordinance are more restrictive than the State <br />Statutes 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 recommended the <br />following revisions: <br />