HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 10-21 City to control lake development THE REVIEW VOLUME 20,NUMBER 24 Publication 4328680 Q(//,€(,t3 Maplewood, Minnesota uk•w-^sr" ,n116.e CLrr, .... WED.,OCT.21,1981
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By MARY LEE HAGERT Piletich is in the process of developing a shoreline development moratorium." enact the ordinance because it has a large
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Editor housing development on a parcel of land President of the lakes improvement amount of shoreline and public water
north of Kohlman Lake and Beam Avenue association, Don Christianson, 1111 E. surface within its limits, according to
`''t i ,_. ,,.G•k _ s -. Within a year,Maplewood will have an and west of Highway 61.His development County Road C,echoed the other citizens Geoff Olson,Maplewood city planner.
`'_2 " r developmentwill probably be affected by the enact- in calling for a temporary halt of The model state ordinance temporarily
i ordinance regulatingfuture
v "3 a yyyire' - ,�- of property along or near many of its ment of a shoreline ordinance. development along the Maplewood adopted by the city council does not
lakes and streams. According to the state, Kohlman is shorelines until a city regulating or- prohibit development,Olson emphasized.
z. $- -- The state Department of Natural classified as a recreational development dinance is adopted."I'd rather close the The model law will establish guidelines
Resources (DNR) has ordered the lake.Under that classification,the state door now than allow variances later,"he for the city council regarding standards
., „,..-.41.„s �� community to enact an ordinance to is recommending that 15,000 square feet said. for development, including building
._ `ye - '` � '"ffi govern construction along its shorelines. be the minimum size for interior lots in setback requirements from the shoreline
,4 ,, ” - \ The ordinance will regulate land within the vicinity of Kohlman Lake and 20,000 ACCORDING TO A state law,all cities and minimum lot areas.
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�.-, - - 1,000 feet of the hi water mark of cer-
a gh square feet for those directly fronting the and townships in Minnesota are required The model ordinance is designed
"�^^ fain designated public waters.The taw water. sometime to adopt a shoreline ordinance, primarily to regulate development
r"_..,"i1 r+ ,,, must go into effect by September 1982. Peter Beck,Piletich's attorney,told the but they are not required to do so within around undeveloped lakes,Olson said.
a �-- The DNR's order appeared to please city council that his client has already the immediate future unless officially The Maplewood Planning Commission
s .� shr�-- many citizens at the Oct.13 Maplewood drawn up a preliminary plat for the notified by the state. is in the process of drawing up a shoreline
f- City Council meeting.Several of those development of his parcel of land north of On Sept.21,the DNR told Maplewood it management ordinance. The Illcorn-
... -."0." individuals said they have been con- the lake.The majority of lots in that plat had one year to adopt a shoreline missioners are expected to forward that
`' cerned about the city's lack of regulations are about 13,000 square feet. The lots management ordinance. The state ordinance to the city council for its ap-
- ` regarding the development of"fragile" directly along the lake are 15,000 square probably is requiring the community to proval within the next three months.
shoreline and adjacent wetland feet,which is well under the minimum
1 properties. size recommended by the state. Beck
1 At that meeting,the council deliberated requested the city council adopt smaller
whether to place a moratorium on lot size standards than those suggested by
development of shoreline properties until the state.He maintained the littler lots
lkill an ordinance is enacted. would "be more than adequate in
The council finally settled on an safeguarding the quality of Kohlman
alternative to an outright moratorium.By hake."
a unanimous vote, council members Arguing in favor of the larger lot sizes
adopted a model shoreline ordinance were members of the Kohlman-Gervais-
drafted by the state DNR to be used Keller Lakes Improvement Association.
t strictly as a guideline for land develop- Marilyn Vars, 1140 Beam Ave.,
ment applications in affected areas.The secretary of the association, stated,
model ordinance will be used until the city "Most people living on Beam Avenue
Perfect holiday weather council adopts its own law governing agree with the larger lots size
shorelines in Maplewood. classification." The Vars family owns
That decision came after a lengthy,and three and a half acres of land along the
THE SUN AND THE CALENDAR combined so the Minnesota Education Conference sometimes heated discussion between north shore of Kohlman Lake,adjacent to
Oct.15 and i6 provided an ideal holiday for local youth.Noting that they had already council members, citizens and an at- piletich's proposed housing development.
fished all summer,David and Alice Rudeen,1184 Frisbee Ave.,Maplewood,enjoyed torney representing Voya Piletich, a Bill Howard,931 E. County Road C,
an afternoon relaxing at Lake Phalen. Maplewood resident and land developer. said,he was"emphatically in favor of the