Minimum lot and parcel sizes in the shoreland area are established
to afford protection against danger to health, safety and welfare,
and protection against pollution of the adjacent body of water.
A.
In calculating the minimum area or width of a lot or parcel, the
beds of navigable waters shall not be included.
Minimum area and width for each lot or parcel.
Minimum area and width for each lot or parcel.
A.
A legally created lot or parcel that met minimum area and minimum
average width requirements when created, but does not meet current
size requirements, may be used as a building site if all of the following
apply:
(1)
The substandard lot or parcel was never reconfigured or combined
with another lot or parcel by plat, survey, or consolidation by the
owner into one property tax parcel.
(2)
The substandard lot or parcel has never been developed with one or
more of its structures placed partly upon an adjacent lot or parcel.
(3)
The substandard lot or parcel is developed to comply with all other
requirements of this chapter.
B.
Notes: The intent of this provision is to allow lots and parcels
that were legally created that currently do not meet the minimum width
and area requirements to be considered a building site provided all
ordinance requirements can be met. Substandard lots and parcels that
have been reconfigured by a certified survey map or consolidated into
one legal description with the Register of Deeds, which result in
a larger (closer to conforming) lot or parcel, should be allowed to
be utilized as a building site. Additionally, lots that have a legal
description for each substandard lot on record with the Register of
Deeds but have one tax parcel number assigned by the Real Property
Lister or Assessor for taxing/assessing purposes, should be considered
separate building sites and should not be considered consolidated.
Lots or parcels that have had development over the lot lines should
be combined with a legal description and recorded with a new deed
prior to new development occurring.
