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Page 2 of 4 At its October 7, 2020 meeting, the Planning Commission voted to table the request to allow the Applicant to revise their plans to better conform to the Shoreland Ordinance provisions. The Applicant took the Planning Commissions comments under consideration and submitted revised plans for a smaller structure that would not encroach into the Shore Impact Zone. The Applicant then proposed to construct an accessory structure that would be nine and a half (9.5) feet tall and ninety-three and a half (93.5) square feet in size. However, the proposed structure still required a variance due to the proposed height and area that exceeded current ordinance standards. At its December 9, 2020 meeting the Planning Commission reviewed and discussed the updated application. The Planning Commission voted 4-3 to approve the planning case. At its January 11, 2021 meeting the City Council reviewed Planning Case 20-017. The City Council voted unanimously to table this planning case to allow them to review the existing accessory structure size standards for the Shoreland District. The Applicant signed a 6-month Extension Form (Attachment B), requiring the City Council to take action on the variance request by July 12, 2021. At its February 16, 2021 meeting the City Council discussed increasing the permitted size of accessory structures within the Ordinary High Water Level (OHWL) setback. The City Council directed staff to draft ordinance language to increase the size of accessory structures located within the OHWL setback. The City Council did not support increase the height of accessory structures located within the OHWL setback. Following this meeting, staff drafted ordinance language and sent the language to the DNR for review. At its April 19, 2021 Work Session, the City Council reviewed the proposed amendment to the zoning code and directed staff to bring the draft language to the Planning Commission for review. Staff received written comments from the DNR prior to the Planning Commission meeting (Attachment H). A full evaluation of the proposal was presented to the Planning Commission on May 5, 2021. At this meeting, the Planning Commission voted to approve Planning Case 21-008 with some amendments. The memo to the Planning Commission on this case is provided in Attachment D. Draft minutes from the meeting are included in Attachment E. During the May 5, 2021 Planning Commission Meeting, a resident noted that the classification of Lake Johanna in the Arden Hills City Code as a general development lake is inconsistent with the classification of Lake Johanna on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource’s website as a recreational development lake. Since this meeting, staff has been in contact with the DNR to discuss this inconsistency. The DNR noted that this inconsistency was identified in 1984 and the City of Arden Hills passed a resolution requesting the DNR to change their classification to Lake Johanna to a general development lake to match the classification in the Arden Hills City Code. Unfortunately, the resolution was never sent to the DNR, and the classification was never changed. With consent of the Arden Hills City Council, the DNR is willing to accept the 1985 resolution and update their classification of the lake to match that of Arden Hills. Correspondence between staff and the DNR is included in Attachment I. The 1985 Arden Hills Resolution is included in Attachment J.