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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2021-04-05 11:46:16 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 19, Update 1) <br /> <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />(1) A nonconforming single lot of record may be allowed as a building site without variances from lot size <br />and width requirements, provided that: <br />a. All setback requirements can be met; <br />b. A Type 1 sewage treatment system consistent with Minnesota Rules, chapter 7080, can be <br />installed or the lot is connected to a public sewer; and <br />c. The impervious surface coverage meets all hardcover location and square footage restrictions of <br />this chapter and the total square footage of hardcover does not exceed 25 percent of the entire <br />lot area. <br />d. All other zoning district standards can be met. <br />(2) In a group of two or more contiguous lots of record under a common ownership, an individual lot must <br />be considered as a separate parcel of land for the purpose of sale or development, if it meets the <br />following requirements: <br />a. The lot must be at least 66 percent of the dimensional standard for lot width and lot size for the <br />shoreland classification consistent with Minnesota Rules, chapter 6120; <br />b. The lot must be connected to a public sewer, if available, or must be suitable for the installation <br />of a Type 1 sewage treatment system consistent with Minnesota Rules, chapter 7080, and local <br />government controls; and <br />c. Impervious surface coverage must meet all hardcover location and square footage restrictions of <br />this chapter and the total square footage of hardcover must not exceed 25 percent of the entire <br />lot area; and <br />d. Development of the lot must be consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br />(3) A lot subject to either subsections 78-72(c)(1) or (2) remains subject to the hardcover restrictions of <br />this chapter, as follows: <br />a. Where the hardcover square footage allotment as calculated based on the assigned tier exceeds <br />25 percent of the entire lot area, hardcover shall be limited to 25 percent of the entire lot area. <br />b. No portion of the impervious surface square footage allowed shall be placed within in 75 feet of a <br />lake OHWL or tributary bank, except for those items normally allowed in such location as <br />regulated elsewhere in this chapter. <br />(4) A lot subject to subsection 78-72(c)(2) not meeting the requirements of subsection 78-72(c)(2) must be <br />combined with the one or more contiguous lots so they equal one or more conforming lots as much as <br />possible. <br />(5) Notwithstanding subsection 78-72(c)(2), contiguous nonconforming lots of record in shoreland areas <br />under a common ownership must be able to be sold or purchased individually if each lot contained a <br />habitable residential dwelling at the time the lots came under common ownership and the lots are <br />suitable for, or served by, a sewage treatment system consistent with the requirements of Minn. Stat. <br />§ 115.55 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7080, or connected to a public sewer. <br />(6) In all variance requests, zoning and building permit applications or conditional use requests, the <br />property owner shall address, when determined as appropriate by the city engineer or city staff, <br />stormwater runoff management, reduction of impervious surfaces, setback increases, restoration of <br />wetlands, vegetative buffers, sewage treatment and water supply capabilities, and other conservation- <br />designed actions.