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Section 502.30: R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
Subd. 1: Intent. It is the intent of this district to provide for the orderly development of
residential areas and to avoid urban sprawl within the City; permit the development of single
family dwellings; to provide reasonable standards for such development; to avoid overcrowding;
and to prohibit the use of land which would be incompatible with or detrimental to the essential
residential character of such districts.
Subd. 2: Permitted Uses.
a) Single family dwellings
b) Parks and playgrounds.
c) Horticulture, not to include the retail sale of products.
d) State licensed residential facility or a housing with services establishment
registered under chapter 144D serving six or fewer persons; licensed day care
facility serving twelve (12) or fewer persons; group family day care facility
licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0315 to 9502.0445 to serve fourteen
(14) or fewer children, except those residential facilities whose primary purpose is
to treat juveniles who have violated criminal statutes related to sex offenses or
have been adjudicated delinquent on the basis of conduct in violation of criminal
statutes relating to sex offenses shall not be permitted.
Subd. 3: Conditional Uses. The following uses shall require a Conditional Use Permit
based on the procedures set forth in this Ordinance:
a) Governmental and public utility buildings and structures necessary for the health,
safety and general welfare of the community.
b) Public or semi-public recreational buildings and community centers.
c) Public libraries.
d) Public and private schools.
e) Religious Institutions, including churches, synagogues, chapels and temples
including those related structures located on the same site which are an integral
part of the church proper, convents or homes for persons related to a religious
function on the same site.
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f) Nurseries and greenhouses.
g) Bed and breakfast.
h) Uses which in the judgment of the Planning Commission and City Council are
similar to those listed in this zoning district.
Subd. 4. Permitted Accessory Uses.
a) Parking spaces and carports for passenger cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and
equipment.
b) Structures used for storage of domestic equipment and non-commercial recreational
equipment.
c) Swimming pools, tennis courts, detached screen porch or gazebo, provided that
the maximum lot coverage requirement is not exceeded. All swimming pools
must be fenced around the perimeter. The fence must meet the requirements of
this Ordinance.
d) No accessory building nor structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the
time of construction of the principal building to which it is accessory.
e) Fences.
f) Home occupations.
g) Accessory building(s) and/or private garage(s), either attached or detached, subject to
the general requirements of Section 502.12.
h) A pet shelter or a structure designed and used exclusively for play by children in which
it shall not be considered an accessory building.
i) Signs as regulated within this Ordinance.
Subd. 5: Lot Area Requirements.
a) Minimum Area: 20,000 square feet where municipal sanitary sewer and water
services are not available.
b) Minimum Area where served by municipal sewer and water: 11,000 square feet.
c) Average width of not less than 75 feet and an average depth of not less than 125
feet.
Subd. 6: Setback Requirements.
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a) Front yard setbacks of not less than 30 feet from the property line, unless:
1. 30 percent or more of the frontage on the same side of the street between
two intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a
greater or less depth of front yard in which instance no new building or
portion thereof shall project beyond a straight line drawn between the
point closest to the street line of the residence upon either side of proposed
structure or,
2. If there are residences upon only one side, then beyond the straight line
projected from the front of the nearest residences.
3. Nothing in this regulation shall be interpreted to require a front yard of
more than 50 feet.
4. Where the street is curved, the line shall follow the curve of the street
rather than to be a straight line.
b) Side yard setbacks shall be ten (10) feet from the property line, except that where
the side yard abuts a public right of way, the side yard setback shall be thirty (30)
feet from the property line.
c) Rear yard setback shall be thirty (30) feet from the property line, except that
decks, patios, open and screened porches part of the principal structure shall be
setback a minimum of twenty (20) feet from the rear yard property line.
d) No part of the structure including footings, soffits, gutters or other overhangs shall
encroach on easement areas.
Subd. 7: Height Requirements.
a) No building shall exceed 35 feet in height. Elevation for the building shall be
determined by the average grade of the land.
Subd. 8: Site Coverage.
a) No structure or combination of structures shall occupy more than 30% of the lot
area.
b) Impervious surfaces shall not exceed 50% of the lot area. Impervious surfaces
shall include all structures, parking spaces and driveway connecting the parking
space with a street or alley.
Subd. 9: Yard Cover. Every yard on a premise on which a dwelling stands shall, within
3 months of issuance of a certificate of occupancy, be provided with lawn or combined lawn
cover of vegetation, gardens, hedges, shrubbery, and related decorative materials and such yards
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shall be maintained consistent with prevailing community standards. If a certificate of
occupancy is issued between the months of November and April, the 3 month period shall begin
to run on May 1st.
Subd. 10: Additional Requirements. Uses may be subject to additional requirements
contained in this Ordinance including, but not limited to the sections governing parking, home
occupation, floodplain, signs, etc.
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