(A) Shoreland classification system. The public waters of the city have been classified below consistent with the criteria found in Minnesota Rules, Part 6120.2500, Subp. 13, and the Protected Waters Inventory Map for Wright County, Minnesota. Other surface waters affected by this chapter, generally having less than ten acres, are classified as wetland systems and thus are regulated under the provisions of § 155.340 of this code.
(B) The surface waters affected by this section and which require controlled development of their shoreland (Shoreland District) are identified below and include any and all navigable inlets, channels, bays and waterways, whether naturally created or manmade, sharing the water of a body of water identified below.
(1) Certain water bodies. The shoreland area for the water bodies listed in this section shall be as defined in subdivision (2) and as shown on the Official Zoning Map.
(2) Lakes.
(a) Natural environment lakes:
Protected Waters Inventory ID
Foster 86-1
Unnamed 86-16W
Unnamed 86-18
Gonz 86-19
Uhl 86-17
Wagner 86-10
Mud 86-21
Steele 86-22
Moore 86-28
Schmidts 86-29
School 86-15P
Pelican 86-31
(b) Recreational development lakes:
Protected Waters Inventory ID
Wilhelm 86-20
Beebe 86-23
(c) General development lakes:
Protected Waters Inventory ID
Charlotte 86-11
(3) Rivers and streams are as follows:
(a) Agricultural rivers:
Protected Waters
Crow River
(b) Tributary streams:
Protected Waters
Unnamed*
(c) Ditches:
Protected Waters
Unnamed
*All protected watercourses in the city shown on the Protected Waters Inventory Map for Wright County, a copy of which is hereby adopted by reference, not given a classification shall be considered “tributary.”
(C) Land use district descriptions.
(1) Land use districts. The city’s Official Comprehensive Land Use Plan Map and Zoning Map delineate allowable land uses. The land use districts within the Shoreland Overlay District consist of the base districts identified in this chapter. All land uses allowed as permitted, accessory, or conditional uses within the base district are allowed within the Shoreland Overlay District, provided all standards of the base district and the shoreland district are met.
(2) Criteria for designation. The land use districts in this section and the delineation of a land use district's boundaries on the Official Zoning Map must be consistent with the goals, polices, and objectives of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the following criteria, considerations, and objectives:
(a) General criteria. General considerations and criteria for all land uses shall be:
1. Preservation of natural areas;
2. Present ownership and development of shoreland areas;
3. Shoreland soil types and their engineering capabilities;
4. Topographic characteristics;
5. Vegetative cover;
6. In-water physical characteristics, values, and constraints;
7. Recreational use of the surface water;
8. Road and service center accessibility;
9. Socioeconomic development needs and plans as they involve water and related land resources;
10. The land requirements of industry which, by its nature, requires location in shoreland areas; and
11. The necessity to preserve and restore certain areas having significant historical or ecological value.
(b) Planned unit developments. Standards found in this section may vary using the PUD process (PUD Zoning Ordinance). Factors and criteria for planned unit developments shall be:
1. Existing recreational use of the surface waters and likely increases in use associated with planned unit developments;
2. Physical and aesthetic impacts of increased density;
3. Suitability of lands for the planned unit development approach;
4. The level of current development in the area; and
5. The amounts and types of ownership of undeveloped lands.
(Ord. 110, passed 11-15-97; Am. Ord. 0408, passed 12-14-04)