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1 � 62ZI I 15 Oct 10 Page 2 of 3 Sec. 78-1279. Placement of structures on lots. When more than one setback applies to a site, structures and facilities must be located to meet all setbacks. Structures shall be located as follows: (5) Fences, docks, retaining walls. No fence shall be placed within the shore setback zone. Portions of dock located landward of the OHWL shall be considered as a landing, subject to the regulations for landings per section 78-128Z. Retaining walls shall not be placed within the shore setback zone. Sec. 78-1282. Driveways,stairways, lifts and landings. (a) A driveway no wider than eight feet is permitted in the shoreland or tributary setback zone if the property has no other frontage on or access to a public or private road. (b) Stairways and lifts are the preferred alternative to major topographic alterations for achieving access up and down bluffs and steep slopes to shore areas. Stairways, lifts and landings shali be allowed in the shore setback zone and must meet the following design requirements: (1) Stairways and lifts must not exceed four feet in width. (2) Landings for stairways and lifts shall not exceed 32 square feet in area. (3) Canopies or roofs are not allowed on stairways, lifts, or landings. (4) Stairways, lifts and landings may be either constructed above the ground on posts or pilings or placed into the ground, provided they are designed and built in a manner that ensures control of soil erosion. (5) Stairways, lifts and landings must be located in the most visually inconspicuous portions of lots, as viewed from the surface of the public water, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions, whenever practical. (6) Facilities necessary to provide shore area access to physically handicapped persons shall be allowed, provided that the dimensional and performance standards of subsections (1)--(5) of this section are completed in addition to the requirements of the Minnesota Regulations, chapter 1340. (7) A building permit shall be obtained for construction of stairways, lifts and landings regardless of whether such improvements are constructed above, at or below grade. (Ord. No. 101 2nd series, § 1(10.56(16)(F)), 2-24-1992; Ord. No. 59 3rd series, § 2, 5-11-2009) Sec. 78-1288. Hard cover limitations. (a) Hardcoverallotment.The following hardcover restrictions apply to all properties in the Shoreland Overlay District: (1) Hardcover zones. a. Within 75 feet of the Ordinary High Water Level (OHWL) of any lake or tributary, no hard cover or impervious surface shall be placed, located or constructed, except for driveways, stairways, lifts, landings and lockboxes as regulated elsewhere in this Code. b. Between 75 feet and 250 feet of the OHWL, there shall be no greater than 25 percent hardcover. c,____ _B_etween 250 feet and 500 feet of the_OHWL there shall be no_greater than_30_percent __ hardcover. d. Between 500 feet and 1,000 feet of the OHWL there shall be no greater than 35 percent hardcover. (2) Zone to zone credit/debit. a. The allowed allotment of hardcover for the 250 feet to 500 feet zone or the 500 feet to 1,000 feet zone may be increased up to an unused square footage of allowable hardcover of a zone closer to the OHWL. b. Unused hardcover cannot be transferred to a zone closer to the OHWL. c. If hardcover is credited from one zone to another, additional hardcover may not be later added to the zone closer to the OHWL if the presence of such hardcover would have prevented the crediting. d. The allowed hardcover in any zone shall be decreased by the amount of legal non- conforming hardcover in the zone next closer to the OHWL.