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PC Exhibit I <br /> DIVISION 3. -SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS <br /> Sec. 78-1282. - Driveways, stairways, lifts and landings. <br /> (a) A driveway no wider than eight feet is permitted in the shoreland or tributary setback zone if the <br /> property has no other frontage on or access to a public or private road. <br /> (b) Stairways and lifts are the preferred atternative to major topographic alterations for achieving access <br /> up and down bluffs and steep slopes to shore areas. Stairways, lifts and landings shall be allowed in <br /> the shore setback zone and must meet the following design requirements: <br /> (1) Stairways and lifts must not exceed four feet in width. <br /> (2) Landings for stairways and lifts shall not exceed 32 square feet in 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 ground on posts or pitings or <br /> placed into the ground, provided they are designed and built in a manner that ensures control of <br /> soil erosion. <br /> (5) Stairways, lifts and landings must be located in the most visually inconspicuous portions of lots, <br /> as viewed from the surface of the public water, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions, whenever <br /> practical. <br /> (6) Facilities necessary to provide shore area access to physically handicapped persons shall be <br /> allowed, provided that the dimensional and performance standards of subsections (1)—(5) of <br /> this section are completed in addition to the requirements of the Minnesota Regulations, chapter <br /> 1340. <br /> (7) A building permit shall be obtained for construction of stairways, lifts and landings regardless of <br /> whether such improvements are constructed above, at or below grade. <br /> (Ord. No. 101 2nd series, § 1(10.56(16)(F)), 2-24-1992; Ord. No. 59 3rd series, § 2, 5-11-2009) <br /> Sec. 78-1288. - Hardcover limitations. <br /> Hardcover on all lots within the shoreland overlay district shall comply with the requirements of <br /> Article XII I: Stormwater Quality Overlay District. <br /> (Ord. No. 94 3rd series, § 6, 9-24-2012) <br /> Editor's note—Ord. No. 94 3rd series, § 6, adopted Sept. 24, 2012, repealed the former § 78- <br /> 1288, and enacted a new § 78-1288 as set out herein. The former section pertained to similar <br /> subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 101 2nd series, § 1(10.56(16)(L)), 2-24-1992; Ord. No. <br /> 59 3rd series, § 3, 5-11-2009. <br /> Sec. 78-1680. - Hardcover restriction zones. <br /> Within 75 feet of the ordinary high water level (OHWL) of any lake or tributary, and within any bluff or <br /> shore impact zone, no hardcover shall be placed, located or constructed, except for driveways, stairways, <br /> lifts, landings and lockboxes as regulated-by the shoreland overlay district. <br /> (Ord. No. 94 3rd series, § 11, 9-24-2012) <br /> Page 1 <br />