05-20-2010 Planning Commission Minutes

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Miller explained that if the ordinance amendment passes,they would then come back in a separate application to request approval of more,but smaller units.This would be an amendment to their Conditional use permit. Scott Pederson stated he had no problem with ensuring that the use remains transient, as there are covenants in place. Mark Hallan stated that the previous application did not max out on their allowed density. Tom Adams stated that everyone understands this would only apply to a limited number of resorts?All agreed.Adams asked if everyone understands that density would be calculated differently in this overlay zone than everywhere else.All agreed. Tom Adams made a motion to approve an ordinance amendment creating a Large Resort Overlay District which calculates allowable density based on the DNRs April 2009 Draft Shoreland Rules,as follows: 17-6.6 Large Resort Overlay Zone 1. General.The provisions of this section will apply to existing commercial resorts that are located in a Shoreline Commercial zone,were in existence prior to January 1, 2010, are part of an established Planned Unit Development and contain at least 20 dwelling units. 2. The provisions for calculating allowable density in a Planned Unit Development,found in Section 17-8.2,subpart 6(A),shall not be applicable. Instead,density shall be calculated as follows: a. Density is determined through the following steps: i. Select the appropriate ratio to determine the land surface area that can be covered by structures from the following table: Public waters classes General development lakes-first tier(Nearshore Area) 0.125 General development lakes-second tier(Lakeview Area) 0.075 Recreational development lakes-first tier(Nearshore Area) 0.075 Recreational development lakes-second tier(Lakeview Area) 0.075 GD and RD-third tier(Forestview Area) 0.075 Natural environment lakes-all tiers 0.038 All river classes 0.038 Minutes 7 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission April 20, 2010