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1 necessary to fulfill the purposes of this subdivision. Such conditions may include,but are 2 not limited to, the following: 3 1. Increased setbacks from the ordinary high water level; 4 2. Limitations on the natural vegetation to be removed or the requirement that 5 additional vegetation be planted; and 6 3. Special provisions for the location, design, and use of structures, sewage treatment 7 systems, watercraft launching and docking areas, and vehicle parking areas. 8 (7) Water supply and sewage treatment. 9 a. Water supply. Any public or private supply of water for domestic purposes must meet or 10 exceed standards for water quality of the state department of health and the state pollution 11 control agency. 12 b. Sewage treatment. Any premises used for human occupancy must be provided with an 13 adequate method of sewage treatment, as follows: 14 1. Publicly owned sewer systems must be used where available. 15 2. All private sewage treatment systems must meet or exceed the Minn. Rules. ch. 16 7080, a copy of which is adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this 17 subdivision. 18 3. On-site sewage treatment systems must be set back from the ordinary high water 19 level in accordance with the setbacks contained in this subdivision. 20 4. All proposed sites for individual sewage treatment systems shall be evaluated in 21 accordance with the criteria in subsections (g)(7)b.4(i)through(iv)of this section. 22 If the determination of a site's suitability cannot be made with publicly available, 23 existing information, it shall then be the responsibility of the applicant to provide 24 sufficient soil borings and percolation tests from on-site field investigations. 25 Evaluation criteria: 26 (i) Depth to the highest known or calculated groundwater table or bedrock; 27 (ii) Soil conditions,properties, and permeability; 28 (iii) Slope; 29 (iv) The existence of lowlands, local surface depressions, and rock outcrops. 30 5. Nonconforming sewage treatment systems shall be regulated and upgraded in 31 accordance with section 945 32 33 944 Shoreland Overlay PUDs 34 (A) Types of PUDs permissible. Planned unit developments (PUDs) are allowed for new projects on 35 undeveloped land, redevelopment of previously built sites, or conversions of existing buildings and 36 land. The land use districts in which they are an allowable use are identified in the land use district 37 descriptions in this subdivision and the official zoning map. 38 (B) Processing of PUDs. Planned unit developments must be processed as a conditional use, except that 39 an expansion to an existing commercial PUD involving six or less new dwelling units or sites since 40 the adoption date of the ordinance from which this subdivision is derived is permissible as a permitted 41 use provided the total project density does not exceed the allowable densities calculated in the project 42 density evaluation procedures. Approval cannot occur until the environmental review process 43 (EAW/EIS)is complete. 44 (C) Application for a PUD. The applicant for a PUD must submit the following documents prior to final 45 action being taken on the application request: 46 (1) A site plan and/or plat for the project showing locations of property boundaries, surface water 47 features, existing and proposed structures and other facilities, land alterations, sewage 48 treatment and water supply systems (where public systems will not be provided), and 49 topographic contours at ten-foot intervals or less. When a PUD is a combined commercial and 50 residential development,the site plan and/or plat must indicate and distinguish which buildings 51 and portions of the project are residential, commercial, or a combination of the two. Page 127 of 141