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Gem Lake Planning Cornmission Minutes. Page 3 of 4 Commission Marier suggested striking the second sentence on Section 4.2 — Target Archery. Open Public Hearing at 7:55 p.m. Tom B. does a lot of bow hunting and feels this ordinance is an anti -hunting ordinance. He went through the bow hunting part of the ordinance to give his. view points. He would like to request different provisions on bow hunting and firearm hunting. He is part of the DNR and has hunted on state land, city property and private land. Because of the wordage of the ordinance, the landowner would have to have an agreement with an attorney to let hunters hunt on their land. Laws for this have already been established by the state. Land owners can call the state to let them know that they will allow hunting an their property. He. suggested following the state law that is already in place for bow and firearms hunting. Bow hunting season is from September 15th to December 31 st. He feels the permit should comply with state law. A written permit from the city would have to specify what the permit will say as it will be questioned by the land owners. Tom gave his notes to the Planning Commission to look over and will talk to the Hunting Association to see if there are any good hunting ordinances to copy from. The Planning Commission stated they need a hunting ordinance that can be enforced by the Sheriff department for the City of Gem Lake. The Planning Commission decided to re -discuss and will report to the City Council to continue this discussion. Upon motion by Commissioner Herzog and seconded by Commissioner Marier, it was decided to table this ordinance for discussion. Ayes-4, Nays—O. Public Hearing closed at 8:26 p.m. Letter to City from Kunins and Hoeschlers challenging Five Acre Estate Zoning Language: The Planning Commission received a letter from the Kunins and the Hoeschlers regarding the zoning code in the April Planning Commission meeting and feel that their two properties are the only two affected. Mr. Jack Hoeschler spoke to the. Planning Commission regarding the language used in the Comprehensive. Plan which is already in the comp plan, but not in the zoning code. They object on the merits of implications that it raises. Language in the plan wants acreage west of the lake to have a sewer put in. Mr. Hoeschler feels that taxes are being raised due to the big parcels of land. He feels the city and the two families that own these properties should be more pro active. He is concerned that the code isn't written in as a five acre zone. They would withdraw their letter of concern if the city has plans for a minimum five acre zone lots. He suggested using help from the U of M to work with traditional zoning. Mr. Hoeschler feels both parties need to sit down and reach an agreement. Can be superseded by a PUD. The city is most interested in knowing what it is, versus the density. There is a PUD process to help with the best interest of the community. Councilmember Lindner discussed that the original idea behind the five acre zoning was to hold off requirements that the Met Council wanted so Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakeinn.org.