D-1. Update on Wetland Regulations and Fox/Dorsey Appeals
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM:
Kate Aanenson AlCP, Community Development Director
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August 13, 2007
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Update on Wetland Regulations and FoxlDorsey Appeals
The purpose of this work session item is to review the following:
. Wetland Conservation Act
. City's role as the Local Govemmental Unit (LGU)
. Provide a brief overview of the Fox/Dorsey Appeals of Wetland Exemption
Determinations
Staff will be prepared to answer questions.
A TT ACHMENT
PowerPoint Presentation
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Fox/Dorsey
Wetland Exemption Appeal
Location Map
Exemption Appeals
1. Applications made
2. Staff decisions made
3. Appeals to Minnesota Board of Water
and Soil Resources (BWSR)
4. Remanded to Chanhassen City Council
5. Council decision
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Decisions to Make
1. Are the exemption standards applied
correctly?
2. Is the interpretation of the 10 year deed
recording correct?
If yes, the Council should uphold staff's
decisions and affirm the Technical
Evaluation Panel findings, issuing the
Findings of Fact from the staff report.
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Basin 1
· Dorsey
- Request: Exemption under Subpart 1 A
· Area must be planted with annually seeded crops
or must be in a crop rotation of pasture grass or
legumes 6 of 10 years before 1991
· Must be type 1 or 2 wetland
· Fox
- Request: Exemption under Subpart 1 D
· Must be bottomland hardwood type 1 wetland or a
type 2 or type 6 wetland less than 2 acres in size
Basin 1
· Dorsey
- Decision: Denied.
· Aerial photography and best professional judgment
by TEP.
· Not annually seeded crop or in rotation of pasture
grass and legumes.
· Not type 1 or 2 wetland. (Type 3)
· Fox
- Decision: Denied.
· Not bottomland hardwood type 1 wetland or a type
2 or type 6 wetland. (Type 3)
· Not less than 2 acres in size. (Approx. 3.3 acres)
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Basin 2
· Dorsey
- Request: Exemption under Subpart 1 A
· Area must be planted with annually seeded crops
or must be in a crop rotation of pasture grass or
legumes 6 of 10 years before 1991.
· Must be type 1 or 2 wetland.
- Decision: Approved.
· Area was annually seeded with crops from 1981
through 1986.
· Type 1 wetland.
· Subject to 10 year deed restriction.
Basin 3
· Dorsey
- Request: Exemption under Subpart 1 A
· Area must be planted with annually seeded crops
or must be in a crop rotation of pasture grass or
legumes 6 of 10 years before 1991.
· Must be type 1 or 2 wetland.
- Decision: Denied.
· Area was not planted with annually seeded crops
or in a rotation of pasture grass or legumes.
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Basin 4
· Dorsey
- Request: Exemption under Subpart 1 A
· Area must be planted with annually seeded crops
or must be in a crop rotation of pasture grass or
legumes 6 of 10 years before 1991 .
· Must be type 1 or 2 wetland.
- Decision: Approved.
· Area was annually seeded with crops 6 of 10 years
prior to 1991.
· Type 1 or 2 wetland.
· Subject to 10 year deed restriction.
Contested Points
· Activities are exempt; wetland basins
are not exempt.
· The exemptions apply at the time of
application, not automatically with the
passage of the Wetland Conservation Act
(1991).
· 1 0 Year Deed Restriction applies.
- Consistent with BWSR interpretation
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1 0 Year Deed Restriction
8420.0115 SCOPE OF EXEMPTION STANDARDS.
Present and future owners of wetlands drained or filled
without replacement under an exemption in part 8420.0122,
subparts 1 and 2, item 8, can make no use of the wetland area
after it is drained, excavated, or filled, other than as
agricultural land, for ten years after the draining, excavating,
or filling, unless it is first replaced under the requirements
of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222. Also, for ten years
the wetland may not be restored for replacement credit. Except
for land in public ownership, at the time of draining,
excavation, or filling, the landowner shall record a notice of
these restrictions in the office of the county recorder for the
county in which the project is located.
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