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easily be brought in and out of the water. In addition, storing small, non-motorized craft may have less of a visual impact on the lake than larger boats, fishing boats, and even boatlifts. In order to better control the number of permitted RVs, one solution would be to exclude one or two person non-motorized water craft from this ordinance, but then include boat lifts as water-oriented RVs. The setbacks and other storage issues for these small non-motorized craft, as well as docks, can be dealt with in the shoreland ordinance. In this way, the RV ordinance deals only with 1hose vehicles and boats that impose the most visual impact, and are the most difficult to store. Thus, the total number of RVs that can be stored outdoors on shoreline properties could be the same or slightly more than is permitted on other properties, while also acknowledging that owners of shoreland properties are more likely to have RVs, and more of them, then owners of other types of properties. The definition of Water Orien1ed Recreational Vehicles could read: Water-Oriented Recreational Vehicles and Equipment. Motorized boats, watercraft, and 1heir trailers including, but not limi1ed to, power boats, cruisers, jet skies, fishing/hunting boats/pontoon boats, boatlifts, as well as sail boats and other non-motorized craft with greater than two person capacitv. This definition excludes non-motorized one and two person crafts such as canoes. kavaks. and paddle boats. Staff Recommendation Staff does not have a recommendation for or against this change in the definition of wa1er-oriented RVs, just a request that the Planning Commission discusses it and provides feedback. 7. A question regarding setbacks from the ordinary high water mark was discussed at the October 3rd Planning Commission meeting. Current code prohibits RVs from being stored within fifty feet from the ordinary high water mark (OHM), with the exception of water-oriented RVs which may be stored as near as ten feet from the OHM. Staff believes that a ten foot setback is reasonable for properties along the lake shore, that having a setback greater than ten feet could create an undue hardship for many of the lake shore property owners. Some of these properties have somewhat extreme grade changes and other challenges, such as trees, that would prohibit the storage of boats in the back yard entirely if they had to be pulled up greater than ten feet. In addition, increasing the setback from ten feet would constitute a significant change from what current regulation allows. Again, most people s10re their larger City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Work Session for November 7, 2007 llAhdocsllAHlAHdata\Planning\Planning Cases\2007107-025 RV Regulations Zoning Amendment (PENDING)lll0703 - PC Work Session - RV Ordinance. doc Page 5 of?