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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. R. ch. 6120. <br />Minn. R. ch. 7080. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115.55. Minn. <br />R. ch. 7080. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.362. <br />Minn. Stat. § 169.89, subd. 2. <br />Minn. Stat. §§ 609.02, subds. <br />3, 4a. <br />Minn. Stat. § 609.0332. <br />Minn. Stat. § 609.034. <br />See Handbook, Chapter 7 for <br />information on prosecution <br />responsibilities for violations <br />of local ordinances. <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 />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 <br />requirements of section 115.55 and Minn. R. ch. 7080, or are connected to a <br />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 />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/20/2015 <br />Zoning Guide for Cities Page 41 <br />