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394.36, 2013 Minnesota Statutes Page 2 of 2 <br /> practicable and reasonable conditions are placed upon a zoning or building permit to <br /> mitigate created impacts on the adjacent property or water body. <br /> Subd. 5. Existing nonconforming lots in shoreland areas. (a)This subdivision <br /> applies to shoreland lots of record in the office of the county recorder on the date of <br /> adoption of local shoreland controls that do not meet the requirements for lot size or lot <br /> width.A county shall regulate the use of nonconforming lots of record and the repair, <br /> replacement,maintenance, improvement,or expansion of nonconforming uses and <br /> structures in shoreland areas according to this subdivision. <br /> (b)A nonconforming single lot of record located within a shoreland area may be <br /> allowed as a building site without variances from lot size requirements,provided that: <br /> (1)all structure and septic system setback distance requirements can be met; <br /> (2)a Type 1 sewage treatment system consistent with Minnesota Rules,chapter 7080, <br /> can be installed or the lot is connected to a public sewer;and <br /> (3)the impervious surface coverage does not exceed 25 percent of the lot. <br /> (c)In a group of two or more contiguous lots of record under a common ownership, <br /> an individual lot must be considered as a separate parcel of land for the purpose of sale or <br /> development, if it meets the following requirements: <br /> (1)the lot must be at least 66 percent of the dimensional standard for lot width and lot <br /> size for the shoreland classification consistent with Minnesota Rules,chapter 6120; <br /> (2)the lot must be connected to a public sewer,if available,or must be suitable for <br /> the installation of a Type 1 sewage treatment system consistent with Minnesota Rules, <br /> chapter 7080,and local government controls; <br /> (3)impervious surface coverage must not exceed 25 percent of each lot;and <br /> (4)development of the lot must be consistent with an adopted comprehensive plan. <br /> (d)A lot subject to paragraph(c)not meeting the requirements of paragraph(c)must <br /> be combined with the one or more contiguous lots so they equal one or more conforming i <br /> lots as much as possible. j <br /> (e)Notwithstanding paragraph(c),contiguous nonconforming lots of record in f <br /> shoreland areas under a common ownership must be able to be sold or purchased <br /> individually if each lot contained a habitable residential dwelling at the time the lots came <br /> under common ownership and the lots are suitable for,or served by,a sewage treatment <br /> system consistent with the requirements of section 115.55 and Minnesota Rules,chapter <br /> 7080,or connected to a public sewer. <br /> (f)In evaluating all variances,zoning and building permit applications,or conditional <br /> use requests,the zoning authority shall require the property owner to address,when <br /> appropriate,storm water runoff management,reducing impervious surfaces,increasing <br /> setback,restoration of wetlands,vegetative buffers,sewage treatment and water supply <br /> capabilities,and other conservation-designed actions. <br /> (g)A portion of a conforming lot may be separated from an existing parcel as long as <br /> the remainder of the existing parcel meets the lot size and sewage system requirements of <br /> the zoning district for a new lot and the newly created parcel is combined with an adjacent <br /> parcel. <br /> History: 1959 c 559 s 16: 1974 c 571 s 41-43;2002 c 366 s 5:2006 c 270 art I s 3-5; <br /> 2009 c 149 s 1.2;2013 c 143 art 14 s 61 <br /> Copyright Ccs 2013 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All rights reserved. - <br /> https://www.revisor.nm.gov/statutes/?id=394.36 5/19/2014 <br />