04-19-2021 Planning Commission Packet

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• Plumbing in Accessory Structures Working draft Dated 4-13-21 Sec 78-1. Guest apartment means an apartment within a principal residence structure for the sole use of the occupants of the principal residence, including their domestic employees or their nonpaying guests, with at least one access door to the apartment from within the principal structure, such door being the primary access to the apartment. Guest house means an accessory separate dwelling dwelling unit in a detached accessory building constructed on an existing undivided lot for the sole use of the occupants, including their domestic employees or their nonpaying guests, of the primary dwelling. All regular lot requirements shall be met by the guest house. For the purposes of this Chapter, a guest house is considered a dwelling unit if it meets all of the requirements of a dwelling unit outlined in the Minnesota State Building Code, as amended from time to time. These requirements include complete independent living facilities with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. Sec.78-1437. Plumbing. • Because the provision of plumbing fixtures and wastewater plumbing in accessory buildings has the potential to allow such buildings to be used as dwelling units, and because it is the policy of the city to limit residential development density to the allowed densities within the respective zoning districts, plumbing in accessory buildings shall be regulated as follows: (1) The provision of outside sillcocks and indoor water supply shall be allowed in any accessory building. (2) Installation of any combination of fixtures requiring wastewater plumbing that does not • . •_ _ .. • . _ . . . . -: in any accessory building-,subject to provision of municipal sanitary sewer or a conforming sewage treatment system designed to handle the anticipated flows from such fixtures, and subject to the property owner's executing a covenant providing that the accessory building will not be: a. Used for a home occupation unless specifically approved by the city or if allowed by this Code. b. Used as a dwelling unless a guest house conditional use permit is obtained. c. Rented, leased or otherwise provided for use as a dwelling under any circumstances. (3) Installation of any combination of fixtures requiring wastewater plumbing that includes a shower or bathtub shall be allowed only in an accessory building which meets one of the following criteria: a. The accessory building has been approved for a guest house conditional use permit;or b. The accessory building has been approved for a bathtub or shower in accessory building • conditional use permit.