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Ai <br /> L a n <br /> Ho ' an Larkin Hoffman Daly&Lindgren Ltd. <br /> MATT <br /> 1500 Wells Fargo Plaza <br /> 7900 Xerxes Avenue South <br /> Minneapolis,Minnesota 55431-1194 <br /> GENERAL_ 952-835-3800 <br /> FAX: 952-896-3333 <br /> WEB- www.larkinhoffman.com <br /> February 2, 2010 <br /> Ms. Meagan Beekman, Planner Via Email <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> 1245 Highway 96 West <br /> Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> Re: Proposed Amendment to the City of Arden Hills' zoning Code Section 1330.03, subd. <br /> 6(B) (the"Adjacent Lot Setback Rule") <br /> Dear Ms. Beekman: <br /> We represent the.family of Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton(the "Stantons"), 1569 Edgewater Avenue, in -- <br /> connection with the City of Arden Hills's("City") proposed amendment to the Adjacent Lot <br /> Setback Rule. While the Stantons are generally supportive of efforts to close potential loopholes <br /> in the Adjacent Lot Setback Rule, they object to two phrases of the recently proposed language <br /> as unnecessary and against public interest. Specifically, the Stantons object to the recent changes <br /> in the definition of adjacent dwellings to include "two or more" dwellings and the language that <br /> would allow new dwellings or additions to be built 10 feet closer to the lakeshore than-existing <br /> adjacent dwellings. Other than the phrases "or more" and"minus ten (10) feet," the Stantons <br /> support the proposed amendment. <br /> Adjacent Lot Setback Rule and Evolution of Proposed Amendment <br /> As it sits today, the Adjacent Lot Setback Rule states: <br /> Adjacent Lots. On undeveloped shoreland lots that have two (2) <br /> adjacent lots with existing principal structures on both such <br /> adjacent lots, any new residential structure may be set back the <br /> average setback of the adjacent structures from the ordinary high <br /> water mark or fifty(50) feet, whichever is greater, provided all <br /> other provisions of the shoreland management districts are <br /> complied with. <br /> Since at least May 2009, the City has been considering an amendment to the Adjacent Lot <br /> Setback Rule as part of a broader update of shoreland regulations. As the matter has come <br /> before the Planning Commission on July 8, 2009,November 4, 2009, and February 4, 2010, the <br /> stated purpose of the review was to alleviate "a number of holes and unaddressed issues <br /> remaining" in the shoreland regulations following a 2002 update. <br /> In November 20091, City Staff prepared relatively minor, but important, proposed changes to the <br /> Adjacent Lot Setback Rule as follows: <br />