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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. R. ch. 7080. <br />Minn. R. ch. 6120. <br />Minn. R. ch. 7080. <br />• All structure and septic system setback distance requirements can be <br />met. <br />• A Type 1 sewage treatment system, consistent with Minn. R. ch. 7080, <br />can be installed or the lot is connected to a public sewer. <br />• The impervious surface coverage does not exceed 25 percent of the lot. <br />In evaluating all variances, zoning and building permit applications, or <br />conditional use requests related to nonconforming shoreland lots, the city <br />must require the property owner to address, when appropriate: <br />• Stormwater runoff management. <br />• Reducing impervious surfaces. <br />• Increasing setbacks. <br />• Restoration of wetlands. <br />• Vegetative buffers. <br />• Sewage treatment and water supply capabilities. <br />• Other conservation- designed actions. <br />A portion of a conforming shoreland lot may be separated from an existing <br />parcel as long as the remainder of the existing parcel meets the lot size and <br />sewage treatment requirements of the zoning district for a new lot and the <br />newly created parcel is combined with an adjacent parcel. <br />b) Contiguous lots without habitable residential dwellings <br />In a group of two or more contiguous shoreland lots of record under a <br />common ownership, the city must allow an individual lot to be considered as <br />a separate parcel of land for the purpose of sale or development, if it meets <br />the following requirements: <br />• The lot must be at least 66 percent of the dimensional standard for lot <br />width and lot size for the shoreland classification consistent with Minn <br />R. ch. 6120. <br />• The lot must be connected to a public sewer, if available, or must be <br />suitable for the installation of a Type 1 sewage treatment system <br />consistent with Minn. R. ch. 7080, and local government controls. <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 />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/10/2012 <br />Zoning Guide for Cities Page 42 <br />