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<br />. <br /> <br />like tree removal, signs, lighting, parking, etc., can better be addressed without <br />writing an extremely complicated and lengthy ordinance. This ordinance <br />amendment is attached (Case # OA 99-11). <br /> <br />2. Residential <br />The city's Comprehensive Plan is at odds with the DNR's model Wild and Scenic <br />River Ordinance in two respects residentially. First, the DNR's version ofthe <br />ordinance allows rural lots of a size that the city considers too small to <br />accommodate a septic system and an alternative septic system, if the first one <br />fails. The DNR ordinance allows single family homes on lots as small as 20,000 <br />square feet, or less than 'l4 acre without urban services. This is not a major issue <br />since the city's more restrictive lot sizes would prevail. However, the DNR <br />ordinance also allows duplexes, triplexes, and quads without urban services. <br />Again, the city's zoning ordinance precludes this from happening, but an <br />inconsistent message is sent to potential purchasers of property. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The second and most important residential conflict between the DNR's Wild and <br />Scenic River Ordinance and the city's Comprehensive Plan is lots sizes for single <br />family lots with urban services. The DNR's ordinance does not necessarily <br />preclude urban service along the river, but their lot size requirements make these <br />services economically prohibited. The city contends that urban services provide a <br />benefit to both water quality and quantity by treating and retaining run-off and <br />eliminating septic systems. <br /> <br />The city is proposing that the DNR's required frontage and setback requirements <br />for single family lots along the river remain in place. These are the two factors <br />that dictate how many homes can be built along the river and, consequently, affect <br />its aesthetics. By leaving the DNR's frontage and setback requirements as <br />currently dictated while allowing the city's zoning ordinance to dictate lot sizes, <br />the benefits of urban services can be achieved without sacrificing the aesthetics <br />along the river. <br /> <br />The DNR's version of the Wild and Scenic River Ordinance is attached with <br />staff's proposed changes marked (Case # OA 99-10). You will note that very <br />few changes to the DNR's version of the ordinance are proposed, but the changes <br />do make this ordinance compatible with the city's Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />. <br />