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EII'H. ILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 3, 2010 Item l.A TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case#09-003 Zoning Code Amendment Shoreland Regulation City_of Arden Hills Background The current set of shoreland regulations was updated in early 2002 to address certain requirements in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shoreland regulations. While that ordinance update did address some of the technical requirements set by the DNR, there were a number of holes and unaddressed issues remaining after that update. Concurrently, Staff has been faced with a number of questions and concerns expressed by local property owners that are not explicitly addressed in the existing ordinance. These scenarios have introduced the need for greater clarification to the City's shoreland ordinance so that Staff may _ be able to promptly address common issues and concerns as they pertain to public waters and wetlands. Over the past year Staff has met with the Planning Commission, the City Council, and the community to discuss amending the City's Shoreland Regulations. Over the course of several work sessions, Staff was able to identify common goals shared by the Planning Commission and the City Council for the revised regulations. A community meeting was held on May 21, 2009, to discuss ideas for the amendments with those individuals who lived within the Shoreland District. Approximately 80 lake shore lot owners attended the meeting. Once the initial input was gathered, Staff began drafting the proposed amendments. As revisions were made the City website was updated with new information, and new drafts were emailed out to participants of the community meeting. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed draft at both their July and August work sessions. At these meetings the Planning Commission discussed the proposed changes to the regulations and provided Staff with feedback. City of'Arden Hills City Council Work Session for February 16, 2010 \Metro-inet.usardenhillsTlanning\Planning Cases\2009\09-003 Shoreland Presmation Ordinance(Pending)\02-16-10-Work Session-Memo Shoreland Regulations.doc Page 1 of 5