Subd. 1. Conveyance by metes and bounds.
A. No conveyance of land by metes and bounds description, reference to an unapproved registered land survey, or to an unapproved plat shall be made or recorded after the effective date of this chapter unless:
B. The legal description for the parcel was of record before the effective date of this chapter;
C. The parcel existed as a separate tax parcel before the effective date of this chapter;
D. The parcel meets the minimum lot standards in their zoning district.
Subd. 2. Large subdivisions.
A. The general principles of design and minimum requirements for the layout of subdivisions set forth in this chapter, may be varied by the Council in the case of a subdivision large enough to constitute a more or less self-contained neighborhood, such as planned unit development (PUD), which is to be developed in accordance with the comprehensive plan, safeguarded by appropriate restrictions which, in the judgment of the Council, makes adequate provisions for all necessary requirements.
B. However, the applicable regulations of this chapter must be followed.
Subd. 3. Unusual physical conditions.
A. In any particular case where the subdivider can show that, by reason of exceptional topographic or other physical conditions, strict compliance with any requirements of these regulations would cause unusual difficulty or exceptional and undue hardship, the Council may relax requirements to the extent deemed just and proper, so as to relieve the difficulty or hardship, provided that the relief may be granted without detriment to the public good and without impairing the intent and purposes of these regulations and the desirable general development of the neighborhood and the community in accordance with the comprehensive plan and the zoning chapter.
B. Any modification thus granted shall be entered in the minutes of the Council setting forth the reasons which, in the opinion of the Council, justified the modification.
(Ord. 699, passed 1-18-22)