4A - Amendment to Conditinal Use Permit - Wilderness Resort Villas

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of any emergent aquatic vegetation in the same area. The Applicant's ability to remove this emergent vegetation will be subject to Applicant obtaining a permit from the DNR. The area where the existing boat ramp is located is already clear of shoreline vegetation and emergent aquatic vegetation and will be used as a part of the existing beach. The existing concrete ramp will be removed and a new concrete ramp together with an asphalt driveway will be constructed on the north side of the beach, once again subject to Applicant obtaining any permits required from the DNR or the City of Pequot Lakes. 3. Existing Beach. The existing CUP for Wilderness provides for a beach area of approximately 100 feet on the westerly shoreline. The removal of the boat ramp and roadway accessing the ramp will result in widening the beach area by approximately 30 feet in the area where the day dock and boat ramp are situated at present. The playground area located on the back edge of the beach will be rebuilt in the location shown on the accompanying site plan. 4. Additional Beach. The proposed amended site plan provides for the creation of a second beach area approximately 150 feet in width on the easterly side of the property inside of docking system number 2,the location of such docking system having been previously approved. The second beach is required to serve the needs of resort guests, who already frequently complain about the inadequacy of the resort's single beach. The existing beach cannot accommodate 300 to 400 guests who may be on property in season. The resort presently has 15 cabins and 19 villas built or under construction. When the resort is complete, there will be 43 detached villas and twinhomes together with the Lodge. The addition of the second beach will result in a total of approximately 390 feet of the 2651 of the resort's shoreline (15%) improved with beaches and docking systems, which total footage is far below the requirements of the City's Shoreland regulations, which allows up to 663.25 of the Applicant's shoreline in the shoreline impact zone to be 2