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boats, such as pontoons, in the water all summer, and regulating how these are stored will be dealt with in the Shoreland Management Ordinance; however, once these watercraft are brought on land they will fall under the purview of this ordinance, and must be stored at least ten feet from the ordinary high water mark. Staff Recommendation Staff recommends maintaining the current code prohibiting RV storage within fifty feet from the lake, and permitting water-oriented RVs to be stored as near as ten feet from the ordinary high water mark, as is written in the proposed code. DNR Regulations 8. Staff spoke with Ramsey County's water hydrologist with the DNR, and the DNR does not have any specific regulations or preferences as to where boats, boatlifts, or other such devises are stored when on shore. They do regulate the location of water oriented structures (i.e. boathouses), but not vehicles. The DNR hydrologist did not have a concern over water quality being impacted by the proximity of these vehicles to the lake. Variance Criteria At the October 3Td Planning Commission Meeting, the Commission came 10 a consensus 1hat the conditional use permit process should be removed from the proposed ordinance. However, as with others parts of the Zoning Code, property owners could still apply for a variance in nnique situations. 9. Currently, the variance process requires applicants to show that an undue hardship, not created by the property owner, is present in order to gran1 the variance. This criterion is set by State Statute. Based on the S1ate Statutes, it seems unlikely that a variance for any RV, regardless of situation, would be possible because the property owner is the one who purchased the RV, thus creating the need for the variance. However, s1aff acknowledges that in creating this new RV ordinance, there will be properties on which, because of the setback requirements and other regulations, the storage of an RV is impossible. With this knowledge, i1 is possible to create a specific set of criteria for gran1ing an RV variance that would permi1 alternative locations for s10rage if issues such as lot configuration or topographic features prohibited normal location regulations to be met. 10. Regardless of the criteria that are decided upon, the variance process can be administered one of two ways; the process can be an administrative one, issued by City S1aff based on the determined set of criteria, or be a variance process similar to other variances that required review from the Planning Commission and City Council. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Work Session for November 7, 2007 \\Ahdocsl\AH\AHdatalPlanoinglPlanning Cases\2007\07-025 RV Regalalions Zoning Amendment (PENDING)\II0703 - PC Work Session - RV Ordinance. doc Page 6 of7