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1 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 265, THIRD SERIES <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />PERTAINING TO LOTS OF RECORD WITHIN THE SHORELAND OVERLAY <br />DISTRICT <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS: <br />SECTION 1. Sec. 78-72. Lots of record. shall be amended by adding or deleting text to read as <br />follows: <br />Sec. 78-72. Lots of record. <br />(a) A lot of record is any lot for which a deed or registered land survey has been recorded in the office of <br />the register of deeds or the registrar of titles for Hennepin County prior to January 1, 1975, and after <br />approval by the council if required. <br />(b)A lot of record located within an R (Residential) or RR (Rural Residential) district but not within the <br />Shoreland Overlay district, RS Seasonal Recreational district, or any of the LR-Lakeshore Residential <br />districts, which does not meet the requirements of this chapter as to area or width may be utilized for a <br />single-family detached dwelling purpose, provided that in the judgment of the council or <br />administrative approval by the planning director, such use does not adversely affect public health or <br />safety and the following requirements are met: <br />(1)In R districts of one acre or less and served by public sanitary sewer. A lot of record existing <br />upon January 1, 1975, in any R district of the city of up to and including one acre, which lot is <br />serviced by public sanitary sewer and which does not meet the requirements of this chapter as to <br />area or width only, may be utilized for single-family detached dwelling purposes without council <br />approval if all other requirements of the underlying zoning district are met, including but not <br />limited to required yards, setbacks, lot coverage by structures, hardcover, etc. However, the lot <br />of record shall not be more intensely developed unless combined with one or more abutting lots <br />or portions so as to create a lot meeting the requirements of this chapter. <br />(2)In R or RR districts of greater than one acre and served by public sanitary sewer. A lot of record <br />in any R or RR district in the city in excess of one acre which does not meet the requirements of <br />this chapter as to area or width only may be utilized for single-family detached dwelling <br />purposes by administrative approval if the planning director finds that the following conditions <br />are met: <br />a. It is at least one acre in size, and the average width of the lot is at least 100 feet; <br />b.It is served by public sanitary sewer; and <br />c. It otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter or other applicable Code <br />provisions. <br />(3) In R or RR districts not served by public sanitary sewer. A lot of record in any R or RR <br />district in the city not served by public sanitary sewer must meet the area and width <br />requirements of this chapter and shall not be utilized for single-family detached dwelling <br />purposes without council approval. Administrative approval may be granted for a lot of <br />record not meeting the lot area and width requirements if the planning director finds that <br />the following conditions are met: <br />a. The lot area and lot width each meet at least 50 percent of the district standard.