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I o REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 10-24-93 ITEM NO.: F-6 Department Approval: ~ Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: Hearing Item Description: Amendments to the Shoreland, Wetland, and Stonn Pond Management Ordinance. Backgroupd 1. The City of Roseville is updating its shoreland regulations and adding new enVÌromnental protection requirements for the wetlands and stonn water ponds in the community. This update is required by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Metropolitan Council) the Minnesota Board of Water and SoiJ Resources, and other agencies. Hearings have been held by the Planning Commission each month since June) 1994 and broadcast on the cable system. Public notices announcing these hearings have been published and press releases provided. The staff has been available prior to Commission and COlIDCil meetings to discuss the proposed ordinance. The ordinance has been poisted at City Hall, the Conununity Center) Nature Center, and the Library (reference desk). 2. The City ofRoseville has one of the first (and oldest) shoreland management ordinances in the State. The City saw this as a means to protect the ".. .natural ecology and aesthetic environment of the community'l. When adopted in 1974, the ordinance was considered an innovative method of protecting the shorelines of lakes in the community from dense development too close to the water's edge. After 1974, all single family homes with shoreline were required to be set back 75 feet ITom the shoreline; the lot had to be at least 12,500 sq. ft. in sÌze, The minimum lot width for new lots adjacent to theJake was 100 feet. In addition, business and apartments were required to have at least a 30,000 sq. ft. lot and a minimum lot width of 150 feet. In total, the ordinance affected 299 acres of state designated lakes and 421 acres of land sUITOlmding the five