HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd #234 3rd Ser/Amending Average Lakeshore Setback ORDINANCE NO. 234, THIRD SERIES
CITY OF ORONO
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
PERTAINING TO AVERAGE LAKESHORE SETBACK
THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter Sec. 78-1279 Placement of Buildings and structures on lots
shall be amended to read as follows:
(6) Average lakeshore setback. No principal or accessory building shall be located closer to
the lakeshore Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL) than the average distance from the shoreline
of existing residence principal buildings on adjacent lots; The most lakeward protrusion except
that tThis does not apply to patios and other accessory structures less than 42 inches above
existing grade, and/ or stairways, lifts, landings, lockboxes, flagpoles and pump houses.
Further, the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply
to tributaries. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most
lakeward protrusions of the residence principal buildings on the immediately adjacent
lakeshore lots.
a. In situations where improvement is proposed on a lot adjacent to a vacant lot or right-
of-way, the average lake shore setback shall be equivalent to the setback of the most
lakeward protrusion of the residence principal building on the immediately adjacent
improved lakeshore lot.
b. In situations where the average lake shore setback line bisects the principal structure
building located on either adjacent lot, the next most adjacent lake side point of the
bisected principal structure building shall be used for determining the average
lakeshore setback. If the line continues to bisect the principal building, the next most
lakeside point is to be used until the setback line does not bisect the principal building
on an adjacent lot.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
passage and publication.
ADOPTED this 14th day of October,2019 on a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays by the City
Council of Orono, Minnesota.
ATTEST:
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Anna Carlson, City Clerk Dennis Walsh, Mayor
Ordinance published in The Laker and The Pioneer newspapers the week of November Ito, 2019.
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