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Minnesota Rules, Chapter 6120. Page 8 of 14 <br /> in width on residential lots. Wider stairways may be used for <br /> commercial properties, public open-space recreational <br /> properties, and planned unit developments. <br /> (2) Landings for stairways and lifts on <br /> residential lots must not exceed 32 square feet in area. <br /> Landings larger than 32 square feet may be used for commercial <br /> properties, public open-space recreational properties, and <br /> planned unit developments. <br /> (3) Canopies or roofs are not allowed on <br /> stairways, lifts, or landings. <br /> (4) Stairways, lifts, and landings may be either <br /> constructed above the ground on posts or pilings, or placed into <br /> the ground, provided they are designed and built in a manner <br /> that ensures control of soil erosion. <br /> (5) Stairways, lifts, and landings must be <br /> located in the most visually inconspicuous portions of lots, as <br /> viewed from the surface of the public water assuming summer, <br /> leaf-on conditions, whenever practical. <br /> (6) Facilities such as ramps, lifts, or mobility <br /> paths for physically handicapped persons are also allowed for <br /> achieving access to shore areas, provided that the dimensional <br /> and performance standards of subitems (1) to (5) are complied <br /> with in addition to the requirements of chapter 1341. <br /> J. Decks. Except as provided in item H, decks must <br /> meet the structure setback standards. Decks that do not meet <br /> setback requirements from public waters may be allowed without a <br /> variance to be added to structures existing on the date the <br /> shoreland structure setbacks were established by ordinance, if <br /> all of the following criteria and standards are met: <br /> (1) a thorough evaluation of the property and <br /> structure reveals no reasonable location for a deck meeting or <br /> exceeding the existing ordinary high water level setback of the <br /> structure; <br /> (2) the deck encroachment toward the ordinary <br /> high water level does not exceed 15 percent of the existing <br /> shoreline setback of the structure from the ordinary high water <br /> level or does not encroach closer than 30 feet, whichever is <br /> more restrictive; and <br /> (3) the deck is constructed primarily of wood, <br /> and is not roofed or screened. <br /> Subp. 4. Shoreland alterations. Vegetative alterations <br /> and excavations or grading and filling necessary for the <br /> construction of structures and sewage treatment systems under <br /> validly issued permits for these facilities are exempt from the <br /> vegetative alteration standards in this subpart and separate <br /> permit requirements for grading and filling. However, the <br /> grading and filling conditions of this subpart must be met for <br /> issuance of permits for structures and sewage treatment <br /> systems. Alterations of vegetation and topography must be <br /> controlled by local governments to prevent erosion into public <br /> http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=RULE CHAP&year=current... 4/27/2007 <br />