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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 26, 2010 Page 20 Gary Grefenberg, 91 Mid Oaks Lane Mr. Grefenberg, having served on the Lot Split Study CAG as well as the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, opined that neither document pro- vided credibility to the issue of reducing minimum lot sizes. Mr. Grefenberg reviewed discussions of both groups with substantial discussions held among the CAG resulting in the unanimous decision of the CAG to not make a spe- cific recommendation, and suggested that this proposal was emanating from staff, without much neighborhood input and the CAG being diametrically op- posed to reducing minimum lot size standards; which he also did not see justi- fied by the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Grefenberg suggested that this issue was severable and deserved public input as initiated at tonight's meeting; and suggested that the proposal was being fabricated out of ting area and was not being driven by either the CAG or Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee; and that both groups deserved more involvement again with this issue before it became part of the proposed new zoning code. b. Discuss Adoption of a new Zoning Text Amendment and Adoption of new Regulations for Title 10, Zoning Regulations, pertaining to the Residential Districts Councilmember Roe noted that the Lot Split Study CAG recommended three dif- ferent standards and questioned how the process for developing the currently pro- posed residential districts were developed and how they compared to the three residential districts (page 16 of the Lot Split Study) proposed by the CAG for small residential, the current standard, and shoreland standard and whether those were considered. Mr. Paschke noted discussions on how to potentially address each district, the cur- rent code, and how to address future considerations. Mr. Paschke noted that lake- shores had a much higher standard, and that staff was waiting for new shoreland requirements from the DNR to determine those standards. Mr. Paschke suggested reviewing the overall community with most areas able to subdivide already de- veloped with shoreland areas having no vacant land where one could change re- quirements to allow for additional subdivision of lots or higher setbacks and green area requirements as part of those lot dimensions; with most shoreland lots non- compliant even with current DNR standards. Councilmember Roe requested staff's perspective on potential changes to shorel- and requirements. Mr. Paschke advised that the DNR was currently developing their new standards, at which time staff would recommend modifications to shoreland zoning require- ments and determine if they should be separate and distinct from single-family residential standards.