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Proposed changes to Zoning Ordinance - City of Gem Lake, MN <br />Ordinance 43H Version 2 <br />General Statement - The proposed changes to the Gem Lake Zoning Ordinance being <br />considered tonight, by the City Council, end an approximate 2 years of effort by the Gem <br />Lake Planning Commission and City Council to update the City of Gem Lake Zoning <br />Ordinance. <br />1) Reason for these proposed changes: <br />All of these proposed changes have been made to get this Ordinance in better <br />agreement with Section 2 of the Zoning Ordinance which describes this <br />Ordinance to be for the purpose of: <br />A) protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort. convenience and <br />general welfare. <br />B) dividing the city into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein <br />the location, construction, re -construction, alteration and use of structures <br />and land. <br />C) promoting orderly development of the residential, business and industrial <br />uses. <br />D) providing adequate light, air and convenience of access to property <br />E) preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by <br />regulating the use of land and building and the bulk of buildings in <br />relation to land and buildings surrounding them <br />F) providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most <br />appropriate use of the land throughout the city. <br />2) In addition the proposed changes also: <br />A) try and get the Zoning Ordinance in step with new building practices, building <br />methods and trends <br />B) get the Zoning Ordinance to be in agreement with the suggested changes and <br />additions identified in the City of Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan of 1997. <br />C) have the Zoning Ordinance reflect the new regulations on Soil Erosion and <br />Storm Water Management. <br />3) If has taken many Planning Commission meetings and numerous public hearings <br />(the latest on on June 5, 2006), in the last 2 years, to get to where we are today on the <br />proposed Zoning Ordinance changes now being considered for adoption.. <br />Executive Summary <br />Here are the proposed changes given in the form of an "Executive Summary". Not every <br />change is described in this summary, but the points that have the greatest impact are <br />covered. <br />(GLzoneingchangesexecsummary) Page 1 of 3 <br />