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Minn. Stat. § 115.55, <br />Minn R ch 7080 <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.362 <br />Minn. Stat. § 169.89, <br />subd. 2. <br />Minn. Stat. §§ 609.02, <br />subds. 3, 4a; <br />609.0332; 609.034. <br />See Handbook, <br />Chapter 7 for <br />information on <br />prosecution <br />responsibilities for <br />violations of local <br />ordinances <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.362 <br />City of Minneapolis v. <br />F and R, Inc. 300 <br />N.W.2d 2 (Minn. <br />1980); Rockville Tp. v. <br />Lang, 387 N.W.2d <br />200 (Minn. Ct. App. <br />1986); Hall Nursery v <br />Chanhassen, 763 NW <br />2d 42 (Minn. Ct. App. <br />2009) <br />• The lot's impervious surface coverage does not exceed 25 percent of <br />each lot. <br />• The development of the lot is consistent with the city- adopted <br />comprehensive plan (if any). <br />c. Contiguous lots with habitable residential dwellings <br />Two or more contiguous nonconforming shoreland lots of record in <br />shoreland areas under a common ownership must be able to be sold or <br />purchased individually if each lot contained a habitable residential dwelling <br />at the time the lots came under common ownership and the lots are suitable <br />for, or served by, a sewage treatment system consistent with the requirements <br />of section 115.55 and Minn R. ch. 7080, or are connected to a public sewer. <br />B. Violations of the zoning ordinance: criminal <br />penalties <br />Cities may provide for criminal penalties for violation of the city zoning <br />ordinance. In an ordinance, cities may designate ordinance violations as <br />misdemeanors or petty misdemeanors. Cities may impose maximum <br />penalties for misdemeanors of a $1,000 fine or 90 days in jail, or both. In <br />addition, the costs of prosecution may be added. The maximum penalty for a <br />petty misdemeanor is a fine of $300. <br />C. Violations of the zoning ordinance: civil <br />remedies <br />In many instances, criminal sanctions will not cure a zoning violation. Where <br />the city desires removal of building or use that violates the zoning ordinance, <br />civil remedies may be more effective than even repeated criminal fines. A <br />city may enforce its zoning ordinance through requesting an injunction (a <br />court order requiring someone to stop a particular activity or type of conduct) <br />or other appropriate remedy from the court. These remedies can be used to <br />compel owners to cease and desist illegal uses of their property or even to <br />tear down structures that have been built in violation of the city's zoning <br />ordinance <br />50 LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA. CITIES <br />