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(1) A nonconfoRning single lot of record may be allowed as a building site without variances from <br /> lot size and width requirements, provided that: <br /> a. All setback requirements can be met; <br /> b. A Type 1 sewage treatrnent 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 a!f hardcaver location and square footage <br /> restrictions of this chapter and the total square footage of hardcover does not exceed 25 <br /> percent of the entire lot area. <br /> d. All otf�er zaning 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 <br /> must be considered as a separate parcel of land for the purpose of sale or development, if it <br /> meets the following requirements: <br /> a. The lot must be at le�st B6 percent of the dimensional standard for Iot width and lot size for <br /> the shoreland classification consistent with Minnesota Rules, chapter 6120; <br /> b. The fot must be connected to a public sewer, if availab(e, or must be suitable for the <br /> installation of a Type 1 sewage treatment system consistent with Minnesota Rules, chapter <br /> 7080, and local govemment controls; and <br /> c. lmperviaus surtace c:overage must meet all harcicover location and square footage <br /> restrictions of this chapter and the total square footage of hardcover must not exceed 25 <br /> percent of the entire lot area; and <br /> d. Devefflpment of the lot must be cflnsistent with the comprehensive plan. <br /> (3) A lot subject to either subsections 78-72(c}(1) or (2) remains subject to the hardcover <br /> restrictions of this chapter, as follows: <br /> a. Where the hardcover square footage allotment as calculated based on the assigned #ier <br /> exceeds 25 percent of the entire lot area, hardcover shall be limited to 25 percent of fhe <br /> entire lot area. <br /> b. No portion of the impervious surFace square footage affowed shall be placed within in 75 <br /> feet of a lake OHWL or tributary bank, except for those items normally allowed in such <br /> iocation as 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) <br /> must be combined with the one or more contiguous lots so they equal one or more conforming <br /> lots as much as possible. <br /> (5) Notwithstanding subsection 78-72{c)(2}, contiguous nonc:onforming Eots of record in shoreland <br /> areas under a common ownership must be able to be sald ar purchased indi�idually if each lot <br /> contained a habitable residential dwellirtg at the time the lots came under common ownership <br /> and the lots are suitable fo�, or served by, a sewage treatment system consistent with the <br /> requirements af Minn, Stat. § 115.55 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7080, or connected to a <br /> 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 surtaoes, setback increases, <br /> restoration of wetlands, vegetative buffers, sewage treatment and water supply capabilities, and <br /> other conservation-designed actions. <br /> (7) A portion of a conforming lot may be separated from an existing parcel as long as the remainder <br /> of the existing parcel meets the lot size and sewage treatment requirements of the zoning <br /> district for a new lot and the newly created parcel is combined with an adjacent parcel. <br /> Page 2 <br />