Laserfiche WebLink
BUILDING A NEW HOUSE OR property. They apply when a building is You can find out about allowed levels of <br /> ADDING ON TO YOUR HOUSE expanded upward as well as outward. hardcover on a particular properly by <br /> In addition to setbacks from property There are also setbacks from wetlands reviewing the property files at City <br /> lines the Orono zoning code regulates: and between buildings. offices. <br /> HARDCOVER Any impervious or FLOODPLAIN regulations require that FENCES <br /> partially impervious surface including houses and basements be set high Fences are not allowed in the required <br /> enough to protect against flooding. <br /> weed control fabric, boulders, and They also limit the changes that can be �akeshore setback. The height and <br /> gravel driveways. Hardcover is location of fencing in other locations is <br /> regulated based on the distance from made to existing houses that do not also regulated. Check the regulations <br /> the lake. With few exceptions no comply with these regulations. before you erect a fence. <br /> hardcover is allowed within 75 feet of <br /> the lake. Up to 25% of the portion of PERMITS RIpRqp <br /> the lot between 75 and 250 feet of the In addition to those required by building Installation or maintenance of riprap <br /> lake may be covered with hardcover. code, Orono requires permits for: requires a permit from the Minnehaha <br /> This increases to 30% between 250 and All retaining walls Creek Watershed District (MCWD). <br /> 500 feet from the lake and 35% Any amount of grading or earthmoving <br /> between 500 and 1,000 feet from the within 75 feet of a lake DOCKS <br /> lake. Removal of live or dead tree six or On Lake Minnetonka the location and <br /> inches more in diameter within 75 feet size of docks is regulated by the Lake <br /> AVERAGE LAKESHORE SETBACK This is of a lake <br /> Lakeshore ste Minnetonka Conservation District <br /> a line drawn between the points on the ps <br /> adjacent houses closest to the lake. Small sheds and freestanding decks (LMCD). <br /> Buildings, swimming pools and other On other lakes a construction permit is <br /> structures cannot be located lakeward of ILLEGAL HARDCOVER required when a dock is installed at a <br /> this line. Because permits are not required to location where there has not been a <br /> install all types of hardcover it is not dock previously <br /> STRUCTURAL COVERAGE No more than uncommon for properly to have <br /> 15 percent of the entire lot may be hardcover in excess of amounts allowed On any lake installation of a permanent <br /> covered with buildings or structures that by code or a variance. For hardcover to dock requires a conditional use permit <br /> are more than six feet high. be considered legal nonconforming and construction permit from the City. <br /> (sometimes called grandfathered) it <br /> BUILDING HEIGHT Houses are limited must have been allowed by the code It is illegal to rent out a boat slip. The <br /> to two and a half stories and 30 feet. when it was constructed. Hardcover registered owner of all boats kept at <br /> There are special ways of ineasuring has been regulated since 1975. Illegal your dock must be a resident of the <br /> height and the number of stories. nonconforming hardcover may have to property. <br /> be removed in conjunction a building <br /> SETBACKS from side and street property project or because of an enforcement <br /> lines depend on the zoning of the action. <br />