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ORDINANCE NO. 79-3 AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 170.04 OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, ~I[NNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 170.04 ENTITL~D "SOILS" SECTION 1. Amendments Section 170.041(4) is hereby amended to read as follows: 170. 041 PURPOSES AND FINDINGS 4. The city adopts the standard requir~t that sufficient area of Class I land be available within each lot or parcel for the construction of an adequately sized soil absorption system and the reconstruction or duplication of the soil absorption or final disposal unit of that system. In no case shall the area of contiguous Class I land available on each lot be less than as follows: a. 1990 Urban Area b. Transitional Area c. Rural Area 50% of lot area 25% of lot area 25% of lot area Ail areas shall be exclusive of public rights of way, including publicly dedicated easements. All required areas of contiguous ClassI land avail- ability may include that portion of the lot or parcel used for building construction and all such areas may include building set-back requirements, except that there must be adequate area for septic tank construction in the 1990 Urban Development Area and adequate area for septic tank consf_ruction and reconstruction in the Transitional and Rural Development Areas. Section 170. 046 is hereby added to Chapter 170.04 and said section shall read as follows: 170.046 LOTS OF RECORD This chapter is intended to apply to all parcels of land within the City of Ramsey, regardless of whether a parcel was of record before or after the time of enactment of this chapter. Section 170. 047 is hereby added to Chapter 170.04 and said section shall read as follows: 170. 047 VARIANCES Variances from the strict enforcement of this chapter may be granted in accordance with the procedures and requir~ts of the variance section of the zoning chapter of this code, which is specifically Section 170.018.