HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 313 Average Lakeshore Setback CITY OF ORONO
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 313
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 78-1279, ARTICLE IX OF THE
CITY CODE REGARDING AVERAGE LAKESHORE SETBACK
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Orono City Code Title VI, Chapter 78, Article IX, Section 78-1279 is hereby
amended by adding the underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
(6) Average lakeshore setback. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line
connectin_ the most lakeward .rotrusions of the s rinci s al buildin•s on the immediately
adiacent lakeshore lots over the subject lakeshore lot. No principal or accessory
building, or accessory structure shall be located closer to the Ordinary High Water
Line (OHWL) on a lakeshore lot than the average distance from the shoreline of
existing principal buildings on adjacent lotJlakeshore setback line;_This does not apply
to patios and other accessory structures less than 42 inches above existing grade;.;
and/or stairways, lifts, landings (as regulated under Section 78-1282); or lockboxes,
flagpoles and pump houses (defined as water-oriented accessory structures in Section
78-1281). Further, the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes
and shall not apply to tributaries. =-hc average lakeshore setback 1.-1 :--3-- _ : :-
lineenneeting the most Of the prawipal-buildings-en-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 shorelakeshore setback shall be equivalent to the
setback of the most lakeward protrusion of the principal building on the
immediately adjacent improved lakeshore lot.
b. In situations where the average lake shorelakeshore setback line bisects the
principal building located on either of the adjacent lakeshore lots, the next most
adjacent lake-side point of the bisected principal building shall be used for to
determineing the average lakeshore setback. If the adjusted line continues to
bisect the principal building, the next,.most lakeside point of thatprincipal
building is-teshall be used until the setback line does not bisect the principal
buildings on either of the adjacent lakeshore lots.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
ADOPTED this 14 day of Apri1,2025, by the City Council of the City of Orono,
Minnesota.
CITY OF ORONO
By:
Bob Tunheim, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine usian, Clerk