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) <br />ORDINANCE NO. 97-778 Page 4 <br />storage area must be created in a manner that prevents erosion into any nearby <br />wetland. <br />I) Tree removal on property with an existing home or other principal structure shall <br />be exempt from this subdivision, exc ipt as stated in paragraph (j) above, unless <br />the tree removal is to accommodate new development or the expansion of the <br />existing development. <br />Section 5. City Code §300.22, Subd. 3{a) is amended to read as follows: <br />a) Each P.U.D. shall have a minimum area of five acres, excluding areas within a <br />designated Wetlands, Floodplain or Shoreland district or right-of-way, unless the <br />applicant can demonstrate the existence of one of the following: <br />1) unusual physical features of the property itself or of the surrounding <br />neighborhood such that development as a P.U.D. will conserve a physical <br />or topographic feature of importance to the neighborhood or community; <br />2) the property is directly adjacent to or across a right-of-way from property <br />which has been developed previously as a P.U.D. or planned unit resident <br />development and will be perceived as and will function as an extension <br />of that previously approved development; <br />3) the property is located in a transitional area between different land use <br />categories or on an intermediate or principal arterial as defined in the <br />comprehensive plan; <br />4) the property is proposed to be developed with single family dwelling lots <br />having a minimum area of 15,000 square feet; or <br />5) the property contains a significant amount of significant trees which <br />could be preserved through the clustering of buildings or other design <br />techniques not generally allowed by the existing zoning district. <br />Section 6. City Code §300.10, Subd 5 {g){2){b){3) is amended to read as follows: <br />b.variances to permit lots with reduced frontage on public right-of-way, <br />neck lots or lots with no frontage on public right-of-way which access by <br />psrmanently recorded easements will be considered, but not necessarily <br />granted, only upon evidence that the following standards are met: