07.01 - 07.05 - Rezoning from Residential and commercial to Shorline Residential - APplica (City of Pequot Lakes)

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Planning Commission Report, November 2006 4 would be to avoid the cluttered appearance of large, accessory structures concentrated in a �. neighborhood, there are a number of other reasons to support this type of regulation, including tax base, stormwater control, and limits on guest houses and density. For shoreline properties, the total cumulative accessory structure provided for is 1,280 square feet. While Commission members seem to be comfortable with this standard for the first tier from the lake, members have indicated that they would like to consider a "sliding scale" for parcels that may have greater area and greater depth. At the previous Planning Commission meeting, the proposed amendment had been discussed, and suggestions for changes were made. The goal is to provide for increases in additional cumulative accessory structure size based on the lake classification of the lake and the size of the property beyond the first tier. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT RELATED TO ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SIZES IN THE SHORELINE RESIDENTIAL(SR)DISTRICT: Section,.8, Subdivision 4 J. Accessory Structure Size. Where a parcel contains buildable land area outside of the Required OHW Setback listed in the.following table, additional accessory structure size cumulative maximum may be constructed on the parcel outside of the setbacks listed below and at a rate consistent with the following table: Square feet of additional accessory Lake Classification Required Setbacok� structure per i,000 square feet of land area beyond required setback General Development 300 feet 64 Recreational Development 300 feet 32 Natural Environment 400 feet 16 4. HEARING: Ordinance Amendment to Establish an Extractive Use Overlay District, City of Pequot Lakes. The City has a moratorium on extractives uses that expires at the beginning of 2007. As Staff, we have received numerous comments and direction from Commission members on how they desire that we proceed. Some members would proposed composing or editing new ordinance language and establish a complex system of regulation and administration of extractive uses. Other members proposed banning, either overtly or de-facto through strict regulation, all extractive uses. Other members had indicated preferences that fall in between these. It was the consensus of the Commission that the existing extractive uses and related pits should be allowed to remain with opportunity to expand. The existing extractive uses would be allowed to continue to operate, but have the opportunity to expand so long as they meet the criteria for setbacks and restoration currently contained in the Ordinance, as well as other conditions applied through the conditional use permitting process. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 218.828.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com