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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 420.0.0tte.r Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 5511:0-3227 Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting -August .1, 2017 RE:. City of .Gem Lake --Consolidated Land Use Ordinance: Proposed amen dmerits .and recommendations to the Gem Lake.City Council. 6a.sed. on a review of the :Consolidated Land Use.Ordinance (CLU0) acid on the advice of the City Attorney, the: PIan ning Commission of the City of Gem Lake recommends the following amendments to the.CLUO be made before the CLUO be: accepted by the City Council. References are to the "Gen) Lake Consolidated Land Use: Ordinance — Final Draft (6..6.2017)' and "AppendixA—Consolidated Land Use Ordinance 652017"ava11able at Heritage Hall and as posted on the: official city website.for the City of Gem Lake (under'News & Updates'). 1. Determination ofthe ordinary high water level. of the body of water known as Gem Lake, and other bodies. of water within th.e city limits, shall be made by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,. not the Gem Lake. City Council. See for instance, Page 17: 6.S.1(C), 2. Page 59, Section 10 - Amend Section, 10 - "Open Space/Recreational District "OS/R" to read "Public Open Space/ Recreatlana10 !strict' and insert "public" 1htothe.appropriate locations ` throughout Section 10. For the purposes of the CLU0, "public open space," shall be considered within the tontext:ofthe Met Count!I's Regional Parks Policy Plan within "'Thrive.MSP 204.0/1 the Council's comprehensive development guide for the region. Met Council's Local Planning Handbook contains. the following fand use. categories: Open Space (05) -1) - Resou.rce protection or buffer; 2).suppart unorganized public recreational activities, may contain trails, picnic areas, publicfishing; etc -or 3) preservation of unaltered land in its natural..state for environmental or aesthetic purposes. Park & Recreation (PR) -.Primarily for public active recreation activities improved with playfields/grounds or exercise equipment, golf courses, zoos .ar other slmila.r areas. Ih addi'tion, a definition should be added to the "Appendix A - Consolidated Land Use Ordinance 6 5 2017;' such as: o. Public Open Space - Any parcel or area of land or.water.including, but not limited. to: wetlands, prairies and grasslands, pastures, forests and woodedcxreas, mixed.forest.& grasslands, or any other naturally occurring land form that is essentially unimproved and .which may be devoted to use for the purpose of i. .the preservation of natural areas. and resources,. Y. outdoor recreation (active & passlve),