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<br />Land use plan is a chapter of the Community Management Plan and means a combination of policy 84
<br />statements, goals, standards, maps and action programs for guiding the future development of private and 85
<br />public property. The term includes a plan designating types of uses for the entire city as well as a 86
<br />specialized plan showing specific areas or specific types of land uses, such as residential, commercial, 87
<br />industrial, public or semipublic uses or any combination of such uses. A land use plan may also include 88
<br />the proposed densities for development. 89
<br />State Law reference— Similar provisions, Minn. Stat. § 462.352, subd. 6. 90
<br />Lot means a tract, plot or portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the 91
<br />purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or for building development. Every 92
<br />platted lot shall be a Bbuildable Llot or an outlot. 93
<br />Lot area means the area of a lot in a horizontal plane bounded by the lot lines, but not including 94
<br />any area occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river or wetland or area which has been 95
<br />dedicated as public right -of-way. 96
<br />Lot area, minimum, means minimum area required for each proposed lot as prescribed in chapter 78. 97
<br />In rural zones not served by sanitary sewer, each lot must contain a minimum of two acres of contiguous 98
<br />dry buildable land exclusive of wetlands, public and private rights-of-way, vehicular or pedestrian 99
<br />easements, surface areas below the ordinary high water mark of any surface water or areas at or below the 100
<br />floodplain elevation for a specific property. All rural lots must comply with chapter 58, article II. In urban 101
<br />areas served by sanitary sewer, each lot must contain contiguous dry buildable land equal to the minimum 102
<br />areas as prescribed in chapter 78 or half-acre, whichever is less (exclusive of public and private rights-of-103
<br />way, vehicular or pedestrian easements, surface areas below the ordinary high water mark of any surface 104
<br />water wetlands or areas at or below the floodplain elevation for a specific property), and have legal access 105
<br />to the building site without encroachment of a wetland or floodplain area. 106
<br />Lot, back, means a lot typically separated from a public or private road by another lot and which 107
<br />gains access to the public or private road via a narrow corridor. Such a separated lot is considered to be a 108
<br />back lot when the corridor is platted as an outlot. A separated lot is considered to be a flag lot when the 109
<br />corridor is platted as part of the lot. When the corridor is merely an easement over another lot, the 110
<br />separated lot is considered to be an easement back lot. 111
<br />Lot, buildable, means a lot or combination of lots or outlots which meet all of the requirements of 112
<br />chapter 78 and this chapter for the intended purpose. 113
<br />Lot, corner, means a lot situated at the junction of, and abutting on, two or more intersecting 114
<br />streets, or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a continuous street, the interior angle of which 115
<br />does not exceed 135 degrees a lot situated at the intersection of two streets, the interior angle of such 116
<br />intersection not exceeding 135 degrees. 117
<br />Lot, front, means a lot abutting a public or private road across which an outlot has been platted for 118
<br />access to a back lot. 119
<br />Lot, outlot, means a lot depicted on a final plat which intended for open space preservation, access, 120
<br />future development or other use. which is intended only for public or private roadways, open space or 121
<br />other use, which use must be restricted by the appropriate easement and which use must be approved by 122
<br />the city at the time of final plat approval. The use of the outlot will thereafter be restricted by the 123
<br />appropriate restrictive covenant or open space easement. 124
<br />Lot width means the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the following locations: 125
<br />Commented [JB8]: Uses zoning chapter definition
<br />Commented [JB9]: Contains regulation, relocated to 82-
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<br />Commented [JB10]: Use Zoning definition.
<br />Commented [JB11]: Regulations added to to 82-254
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