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CITY OF ORONO <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO.313 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 78-1279, ARTICLE IX OF THE <br />CITY CODE REGARDING AVERAGE LAKESHORE SETBACK <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: <br />SECTION 1.Orono City Code Title VI, Chapter 78, Article IX, Section 78-1279 is hereby <br />amended by adding the underlined language and deleting the stfikethr-o ,h language as follows: <br />(6) Average lakeshore setback. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line <br />connecting the most lakeward protrusions of the principal buildings on the immediately <br />adjacent lakeshore lots over the subject lakeshore lot. No principal or accessory <br />building, or accessory structure shall be located closer to the Ordinary High Water <br />Line (OHWL) on a lakeshore lot than the average dirt nee from the shoreline Ef <br />;sting pr-ineipalbuildings on adjacent letslakeshore setback line;_ This does not apply <br />to patios and other accessory structures less than 42 inches above existing grade.-; <br />stairways, lifts, landings (as regulated under Section 78-1282); or; lockboxes, <br />flagpoles-, and pump houses (defined as water -oriented accessory structures in Section <br />78-1281). Further, the average Lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes <br />and shall not apply to tributaries. <br />a. In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or <br />right-of-way, the average lake zlakeshore setback shall be equivalent to the <br />setback of the most lakeward protrusion of the principal building on the <br />immediately adjacent improved lakeshore lot. <br />b. In situations where the average lake lakeshore setback line bisects the <br />principal building located on either of the adjacent lakeshore lots, the next most <br />adjacent lake -side point of the bisected principal building shall be used Ito <br />determineing the average lakeshore setback. If the adjusted line continues to <br />bisect the principal building, the next-, most lakeside point of that principal <br />building "shall be used until the setback line does not bisect the principal <br />buildings on either of the arradjacent lakeshore lots. <br />SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and <br />publication. <br />ADOPTED this 14 day of April,2025, by the City Council of the City of Orono, <br />Minnesota. <br />64 <br />