The lot area (in square feet) and lot width standards (in feet) for single, duplex, triplex and quad residential lots created after the date of enactment of this chapter for the lake and river/stream classifications are the following:
(A) Unsewered lakes:
(1) Natural environment:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 80,000 | 200 | 80,000 | 200 |
Duplex | 120,000 | 300 | 160,000 | 400 |
Triplex | 160,000 | 400 | 240,000 | 600 |
Quad | 200,000 | 500 | 320,000 | 800 |
(2) Recreational development:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 40,000 | 150 | 40,000 | 150 |
Duplex | 80,000 | 225 | 80,000 | 265 |
Triplex | 120,000 | 300 | 120,000 | 375 |
Quad | 160,000 | 375 | 160,000 | 490 |
(3) General development:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 20,000 | 100 | 40,000 | 150 |
Duplex | 40,000 | 180 | 80,000 | 265 |
Triplex | 60,000 | 260 | 120,000 | 375 |
Quad | 80,000 | 340 | 160,000 | 490 |
(B) Sewered lakes:
(1) Natural environment:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 40,000 | 125 | 20,000 | 125 |
Duplex | 70,000 | 225 | 35,000 | 220 |
Triplex | 100,000 | 325 | 52,000 | 315 |
Quad | 130,000 | 425 | 65,000 | 410 |
(2) Recreational development:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 20,000 | 75 | 15,000 | 75 |
Duplex | 35,000 | 135 | 26,000 | 135 |
Triplex | 50,000 | 195 | 38,000 | 190 |
Quad | 65,000 | 255 | 49,000 | 245 |
(3) General development:
Riparian Lots | Nonriparian Lots | |||
Area | Width | Area | Width | |
Single | 15,000 | 75 | 10,000 | 75 |
Duplex | 26,000 | 135 | 17,500 | 135 |
Triplex | 38,000 | 195 | 25,000 | 190 |
Quad | 49,000 | 255 | 32,500 | 245 |
(C) There is no minimum lot size requirements for rivers and streams. The lot width standards for single, duplex, triplex and quad residential developments for the six river/stream classifications are:
Urban and Tributary | ||||||
Remote | Forested | Transition | Agricultural | No Sewer | Sewer | |
Single | 300 | 200 | 250 | 150 | 100 | 75 |
Duplex | 450 | 300 | 375 | 225 | 150 | 115 |
Triplex | 600 | 400 | 500 | 300 | 200 | 150 |
Quad | 750 | 500 | 625 | 375 | 250 | 190 |
(D) (1) Residential subdivisions with dwelling unit densities exceeding those in the tables in divisions (A)(2) and (3) can only be allowed if designed and approved as residential planned unit developments under §§ 151.85 through 151.91. Only land above the ordinary high water level of public waters can be used to meet lot area standards and lot width standards must be met at both the ordinary high water level and at the building line. The sewer lot area dimensions in division (A)(2) above can only be used if publicly-owned sewer system service is available to the property.
(2) Subdivisions of duplexes, triplexes and quads on natural environment lakes must also meet the following standards.
(a) Each building must be set back at least 200 feet from the ordinary high water level.
(b) Each building must have common sewage treatment and water systems in one location and serve all dwelling units in the building.
(c) Watercraft docking facilities for each lot must be centralized in one location and serve all dwelling units in the building.
(d) No more than 25% of a lake’s shoreline can be in duplex, triplex or quad developments.
(3) One guest cottage may be allowed on lots meeting or exceeding the duplex lot area and width dimensions presented in divisions (A) through (C) above, provided the following standards are met.
(a) For lots exceeding the minimum lot dimensions of duplex lots, the guest cottage must be located within the smallest duplex-sized lot that could be created including the principal dwelling unit.
(b) A guest cottage must not cover more than 700 square feet of land surface and must not exceed 15 feet in height.
(c) 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.
(4) Lots intended as controlled accesses to public waters or as recreation areas for use by owners of nonriparian lots within subdivisions are permissible and must meet or exceed the following standards.
(a) They must meet the width and size requirements for residential lots and be suitable for the intended uses of controlled access lots.
(b) If docking, mooring or over-water storage of more than six 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 the percent of the requirements for riparian residential lots for each watercraft beyond six, consistent with the following table:
Controlled Access Lot Frontage Requirements | |
Ratio of Lake Size to Shore Length (Acres/Mile) | Required Increase in Frontage (Percent) |
Less than 100 | 25 |
100 to 200 | 20 |
201 to 300 | 15 |
301 to 400 | 10 |
Greater than 400 | 5 |
(c) They must be jointly owned by all purchasers of lots in the subdivision or by all purchasers of nonriparian lots in the subdivision who are provided riparian access rights on the access lot.
(d) Covenants or other equally effective legal instruments must be developed that specify which lot owners have authority to use the access lot and what activities are allowed. The activities may include watercraft launching, loading, storage, beaching, mooring or docking. They must also include other outdoor recreational activities that do not significantly conflict with general public use of the public water or the enjoyment of normal property rights by adjacent property owners. Examples of the non-significant conflict activities include swimming, sunbathing or picnicking. The covenants must 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, and must require centralization of all common facilities and activities in the most suitable locations on the lot to minimize topographic and vegetation alterations. They must also 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.
(Ord. 180, passed 12-13-93)