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. ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 29, 2002 7 sanitary facilitics in the boat house. lIe stated this request could be approved for only the boat house without anything above it. lIe stated Mr. and Mrs. Bemdt wcre willing to makc the design fit with all of the City's requirements. lIe stated Mr. and Mrs. Bemdt believcd a boat house was an improvement over what was on the lake now. He pointed out that a boat house did not mean bigger boats because of the DNR size restrictions. He indicatcd thc restrictions that were originally placed on thc lots had expired. He statcd this proposed boat house was permitted by the Ordinance. Monty Kronsted, stated he was not in favor of the boat house. He stated boat houses would be an eyesore on the lakeshore. Roberta Thompson, 3413 Snelling Avenue North, stated a boat house would impact thc shoreline, while a covered boat lift would not. She stated a lot of the residents would like boat houses, but they did not want boat houses on Lake Johanna. She stated most of the residents did not know this was allowcd by a Special Use Permit. She indicated it was a mindset of the residents on the lake that this was not allowed and she believed they wanted to keep it that way. . Lowell Franklin, 3203 Shorewood Drive, statcd they liked the elear lines of the lake and boat houses WOLdd obstruct those lines. He expressed conccm about selling a precedence if this would be allowed. . Jerry Minke, 1463 Bussard Court, stated Mr. Bemdt was a friend of his and he also owned a lake home in Wisconsin. He indicated the environmental issue, once researched, would be different than what they were assuming. lIe stated this was a residential lake and he stated he could not envision many boat houses on this lake. He stated boat houses offered security and they were a lot nicer to look at than shore stations. Chuck Mertensotto, 3473 Lake Johanna Boulevard, statcd this was a City lake and peoplc had the enjoyment of looking at the lake. He stated if boat houses were added, that would make an obstruction for the enjoyment of the citizens. He indicated he was not in favor of boat houses being allowed on the lake. Warren Forslund, 3197 Shorewood Drive, stated if one boat house was allowed on the lake, more boat houses would be requestcd and it would bc harder to tum down boat house pennits in the future if this was allowed. He asked where would it end and how would they be regulate the boat houses if this Special Use Permit was granted. He requested Council deny this request.