07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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It M M § 6.12.050 ORONO CODE public health which occurs with exces- sive crowding of private sewage disposal systems on substandard building sites. (3) The city has recognized that many of the open space policies which have previ- ously provided the basic direction of the land use policies have proven to be inadequate. It is now clear that on -site disposal systems must not be allowed on any site of less than two acres. It is now clear that the physical characteristics of the city make the extension of public services such as sewer extremely expensive and almost impossible in some areas. The city and other governmental agencies have learned that the premature development of open areas can be costly and disastrous to the environment. (4) Of paramount importance to the citizens of the city and to the citizens of the metropolitan area is the preservation of Lake Minnetonka and the wetlands that provide the only practical system of filtra- tion and purification of the stormwater so vital to the preservation of Lake Min- netonka and the groundwater supplies in the area. The disastrous effects of intense residential and commercial development within the city, and especially in those areas adjacent to Lake Minnetonka and the wetlands, are painfully evident. The adoption of additional regulations, rezon- ing of certain areas and the creation of larger lot sizes in unsewered areas is mandatory in order to protect the safety, health and welfare of the citizens of the city. (5) The guiding principles of maintaining open spaces, avoiding the ill effects of overcrowding, avoiding premature development, avoiding the future pollu- tion problems which are inherent in any plan to intensely develop land adjacent to wetlands and Lake Minnetonka, and the need to change some allowed uses in order to preserve the quality of the groundwater supplies in the area were recognized in the comprehensive municipal plan. (b) Intent and purpose. This chapter is adopted for the purposes of: (1) Protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare; (2) Dividing the city into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and use of structures and land; (3) Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, recreation and public areas; (4) Providing adequate light, air and convenience of access to property; (5) Limiting congestion in the public right- of-way; (6) Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of the land and build- ings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them; (7) Providing for the compatibility of differ- ent land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city, prevent- ing the destruction of the natural environmental assets located within the city, protecting the quality of stormwater runoff, Lake Minnetonka, Long Lake, the wetlands and marshes within the city; (8) Providing for a more orderly transition from a rural agricultural to rural residential environment; (9) Providing for the administration of this chapter; (10) Denning the powers and duties of the administrative, officers and bodies; and (11) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1984, § 10.01(1), (2); Code 2003, § 78-5; Ord. No. 299(3rd series), § 1, 3-11-2024) CD6:30