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§ 10.56 <br />F. Stairways, Lifts and Landings. Stairways and lifts are the preferred <br />alternative to major topographic alterations for achieving access up and down bluffs and steep slopes <br />to shore areas. Stairways, li^ and la'«dings shall be allowed in the shore setback zone and must meet <br />the following design requirements. <br />1. Stairways and lifts must not exceed 4 feet in width. <br />2. Landings for stairways and lifts shall not exceed 32 square feet in <br />area. <br />3. Canopies or roofs are not allowed on stairways, lifts, or landings. <br />4. Stairways, lifts and landings may be either constructed above the <br />ground on posts or pilings or placed into the ground, provided they are designed and built in a <br />manner that ensures control of soil erosion. <br />5. Stairways, lifts and landings must be located in the most visually <br />inconspicuous portions of lots, as viewed from the surface of the public water assuming summer, <br />leaf- on conditions, whenever practical. <br />6. Facilities necessary to provide shore area access to physically <br />handicapped persons shall be allowed provided that the dimensional and performance standards of <br />subitems 1 > 5 are completed in addition to the requirements of the Miimesota Regulations, Chapter <br />1340. <br />7. A building permit shall be obtained for construction of stairways, <br />lifts and landings regardless of whether such improvements are constructed above, at or below grade. <br />G. Steep Slopes. Any applicant requesting a permit for construction of <br />sewage treatment^y^ems, roads, driveways, structures, or other improvements on steep slopes, shall <br />provide adequate inlbnaq^n to allow the City to evaluate possible soil erosion impacts and <br />development of visibility from'pub^c^ters before such permit may be issued. When determined <br />necessary, conditions shall be attache2No4smed permits to prevent erosion and preserve existing <br />vegetation screening of structures, vehicles, andtxh^facilities as viewed from the surface of public <br />waters, assuming summer, leaf-on vegetation. <br />H. Height of Structures. No structure within dteShocelmd Overlay District <br />shall exceed the height limitations set forth in the standards for the underlying^tmios district <br />ORONO CC 3.V-13 (2-24-92)