HomeMy WebLinkAboutLA18-000056 Neugent (710 Big Island) VAR Exhibit F City Code 78-1282Sec. 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 shall 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)