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this Shoreland Overlay District is 50 feet. And, as part of the platting process, Anoka County is requesting an additional 27 feet of right-of-way be dedicated on the plat for CountylRoad #27. The combination of the extra County right-of-way requested and the setbacks from the ordinary high water mark and County roads in a shoreland overlay district eliminates the possibility of a building pad on a lot that exceeds the minimum lot size for the Shoreland District by 30,500 square feet. Rogers Lake also extends into Burns and Oak Grove. Those communities have classified Rogers Lake as a Recreational Development Water, for which the structure setback from ordinary high water mark is 1.00 feet. Gity Staff is currently drafting an ordinance to update Chapter 9 (Zoning and Subdivision of Land) of the Ramsey City Code. Staff will be proposing for purposes of consistency, to reclassify Rogers Lake within the City of limits of Ramsey to a Recreational Development Water, like Oak Grove and Burns. Also, Staff will be propOsing to eliminate the 50 foot setback from County roads in Shoreland Overlay Districts. 'Staff is of the opinion that this extra 10 fee~ of setback, over and above the standard 40 foot setback, is not warranted as the 40 foot setback is measured 60 feet from the centerline of any CoUnty road. Mr. Carmer has presented images from the U.S. Geological Survey that he obtained on the internet. The images seem to indicate that all or most of the existing homes around the lake encroach on the 100 and 200 foot setbacks established in the 3 communities. However, this information cannot be verified. Mr. Canner is requesting that a 75 foot setback from the ordinary high water mark be established for this new lot so that his daughter's home can be placed comparable to existing homes around the lake. Recommendation: Staff is not in favor of approving 1.25 foot variance to the current 200 foot structure setback from the ordinary high water mark of Rogers Lake. However, Staff is of the opinion that it is preferable to grant some amount of variance to the Rogers Lake setback and maintain the standard 40 foot setback from the County fight-of-way. The recommendation is to grant a 100 foot variance to the 200 foot ordinary high water mark setback and a 10 foot variance to the 50 foot County road setback. Board Action: Motion to adopt Resolution #02-11-__ adopting Findings of Fact #~ relating to a request from Ronald Canner, Jr. for a variance to Section 9.21.04 of the Ramsey City Code regarding the setback from 'the ordinary high water mark and the County road in the Rogers Lake Shoreland Overlay District. -and- 2