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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - JULY 17, 2002 2 I CASE #02-15 - FRED AND SYLVIA BERNDT. 1575 EDGEWATER AVENUE, SPECIAL USE PERMIT - PUBLIC HEARING Chair Sand opened the public hearing at 7:44 p.m. Staffreviewed their report dated July 11, 2002. Staff stated the City had not processed a Special Use Permit for this type of structure. Staff outlined general options for approval or denial of the application as opposed to providing a formal recommendation. Commissioner Ricke inquired about the regulation regarding pennitting only one structure on the property. Mr. Parrish replied they were allowed only one principal structure on a property, but a boathouse was considered an accessory structure, such as a shed. Chair Sand asked how the three-foot requirement on thc shoreline related to the City Zoning Ordinance regarding lakeshorc setbacks. Mr. Parrish replied that was for a primary structure, not an accessory structure. Commissioner Bezdicek asked for elarification regarding new structures not allowed to be built on the shore. Mr. Parrish replied he did not know the history of the shoreline Ordinance, but when the City recodified the Ordinances, this Ordinance was essentially the same. He stated he did not know of any requirement that allowed only one structure I on lakcfront propelty. Commissioner Bezdicek asked when the DNR stopped regulating this kind of activity. Mr. Parrish replied he did not have that infonnation. Commissioner Ricke asked for a definition of a boathouse. Mr. Parrish replicd it was a structure for the house of a boat and miscellaneous items. Fred Berndt, applicant, stated he had lived in the home for 20 years. He indicated they could not add onto the home and they needed additional storage. He stated they were planning on buying a boat. He indicated the proposed boat house would look nice. Steve Nelson, 3475 Siems Court, stated when they built in 1985, they were told they could only have one permanent structure on the property and they could not put any structure within 75 feet of the lake. He stated if they would have been allowed to put build a boathouse, he would have done that for storage of his boat. He stated boathouses were unsightly and blocked the view of the lake. He indicated other residents would put boathonses in if they could. He objected to the two stories on the proposed boathouse. He asked they put a limitation on the Special Use Permit. He indicated he understood that structures could be built within 50 feet of the lakeshorc, so Mr. Berndt could add onto his home ifhe was 75 feet from the lakeshore. I Chair Sand asked who told him they could not build within 75 feet of the lakeshore. Mr. Nelson replied the City had informed him that a boathouse was not allowed because it would be a pennanent structure, which was against DNR regulations and the City had adopted the DNR regulations. ----