6.1 Ordinance Amendment Discusstion - Water Oriented Accessory Structures

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Dawn Bittner From: Blesener <jandjblesener@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 10:32 AM To: Dawn Bittner Cc: gregg gerhartz Subject: Proposed Amendments:Water Oriented Accessory Buildings and Guest Cottages Hi Dawn: Sorry for the late response, but these finro issues just came to our attention yesterday. Our comments are below. Water Oriented Accessory Structure We disagree with this proposed amendment. Accessory buildings should meet the same setbacks required for a primary dwelling. Otherwise accessory buildings could be sitting befinreen the dwelling and the lake, could be too visible from the lake and neighbor's views could be obstructed. Guest Cottages and Guest Quarters: We agree that these should both be allowed, but with some revisions to the proposed amendment language: • Reduce the required lot width from 180 feet to 100 feet. Large lots may not be 180' wide at the building setback line but may have substantial land behind that line, and a guest cottage could be constructed behind the primary dwelling. • Guest cottages/quarters should meet the same OHW and side yard setbacks as required of a primary dwelling • Only 1 (one) guest cottage or guest quarter per lot • The amendment should clarify that the 700 SF allowed for a guest cottage or guest quarter does not impact the 1250 SF currently allowed for an accessory building (typically a garage) on any lot. A guest cottage could be a third separate structure on the lot, while guest quarters could increase the size of an accessory building from 1250 SF to 1950 SF. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Jann and Jack Blesener West Twin Lake Pequot Lakes, MN i