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1) Board of Adjustment public hearing and regular meeting minutes dated October 3, 2002. 2) Board of Adjustment public hearing and regular meeting minutes dated October 10, 2002. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Board Members Kociscak, Reeve, Brauer, Johnson, and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: None. BOARD BUSINESS/PUBLIC HEARINGS Case #1: Request for a Variance to the Setbacks in the Shoreland Overlay District of Rogers Lake; Case of Ronald Canner, Jr. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Board of Adjustment meeting at 7:09 p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. Public Hearin~ Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:09 p.m. Presentation Community Development Director Frolik stated Ronald Canner, Jr. is in the process of platting a 2.5-acre lot from the family homestead located north of 179th Lane N.W. (County Road #27) and east of C.S.A.H. #7. The minimum lot size is 80,000 square feet; the proposed lot will be approximately 110,500 square feet in size. In Ramsey's City Code, Rogers Lake is classified as a Natural Environment Water, for which there is a structure setback from ordinary high water mark of 200 feet. The structure setback from a County road in 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 County Road #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 100 feet. City 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 limits of Ramsey to a Recreational Development Water, like Oak Grove and Bums. 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 feet 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. 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. Staff is not in favor of approving a 125-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 Board of Adjustment/November 7, 2002 Page 2 of 7