A. Subdivisions of duplexes, triplexes, and quads are conditional uses on Natural Environment Lakes and must also meet the following standards:
1. Each building must be set back at least 200 feet from the ordinary high water level;
2. Each building must have common sewage treatment and water systems in one location and serve all dwelling units in the building;
3. Watercraft docking facilities for each lot must be centralized in one location and serve all dwelling units in the building; and
4. No more than 25 percent of a lake’s shoreline can be in duplex, triplex, or quad developments.
B. One guest cottage may be allowed on lots meeting or exceeding the duplex lot area and width dimensions presented in Sections 6.25 and 6.26, provided the following standards are met:
1. For lots exceeding the minimum lot dimensions of duplex lots, the guest cottage must be located within an area equal to the smallest duplex-sized lot that could be created including the principal dwelling unit;
2. A guest cottage must not cover more than 700 square feet of land surface and must not exceed 15 feet in height; and
3. A guest cottage must be located or designed to reduce its visibility as viewed from public waters and adjacent shorelands by vegetation, topography, increased setbacks or color, assuming summer leaf- on conditions.
C. Controlled access lots are permissible if created as part of a subdivision and in compliance with the following standards:
1. The lot must meet the area and width requirements for residential lots, and be suitable for the intended uses of controlled access lots as provided in item D;
2. If docking, mooring, or over-water storage of more than six (6) watercraft is to be allowed at a controlled access lot, then the width of the lot (keeping the same lot depth) must be increased by a percentage of the requirements for riparian residential lots for each watercraft beyond six, consistent with the following table:
Ratio of lake size to shore length (acres/mile) | Required percent increase in frontage |
Less than 100 | 25% |
100 – 200 | 20% |
201 – 300 | 15% |
301 – 400 | 10% |
Greater than 400 | 5% |
3. The lot must be jointly owned by all purchasers of lots in the subdivision or all of the purchasers of nonriparian lots in the subdivision who are provided riparian access rights on the access lot; and
4. Covenants or other equally effective legal instruments must be development that:
a) Specify which lot owners have authority to use the access lot;
b) Identify what activities are allowed. The activities may include watercraft launching, loading, storage, beaching, mooring, docking, swimming, sunbathing, or picnicking;
c) Limit the total number of vehicles allowed to be parked and the total number of watercraft allowed to be continuously moored, docked, or stored over water;
d) Require centralization of all common facilities and activities in the most suitable locations on the lot to minimize topographic and vegetation alterations; and
e) Require all parking areas, storage buildings, and other facilities to be screened by vegetation or topography as much as practical from view from the public water, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions.
[Amended by Ord. No. 22-02, effective August 23, 2023]