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ORDINANCE NO. 846
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
BY PROHIBITING DEVELOPMENT OF SLOPES
The City Council of the City of Stillwater does ordain:
I. Amending. The Stillwater City Code Chapter 31, Zoning, is changed to adopted
Section 5, Conservation Regulations to hereafter read as follows:
"a. Pw:pose. The purpose and intent of the conservation regulations is to protect the
public health, safety and community welfare and to otherwise preserve the natural
environmental resources of the City of Stillwater in areas having significant and
critical environmental characteristics. The conservation regulations have been
developed in general accord with the policies and principles of the
Comprehensive Plan as specified in the Middle River and Brown's Creek
Watershed Management Plans and the Bluffland/Shoreland Regulations and
adopted area or specific plans. It is furthermore intended that the conservation
regulations accomplish the following purposes:
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Minimize cut, fill, earth moving, grading operations and other such
manrnade effects on the natural terrain;
Minimize water runoff and soil erosion caused by human modifications to
the natural terrain;
Minimize fire hazard and risks associated with landslides and unstable
slopes by regulating development in areas of steep slopes and potential
land slide areas;
Preserve riparian areas and other natural habitat by controlling
development near the edge of ponds, streams and rivers;
Encourage developments which use the desirable, existing features of land
such as natural vegetation, climatic characteristics, viewsheds, possible
geologic and archaeological features and other features which preserve a
land's identity; and
Maintain and improve to the extent feasible existing water quality by
regulating the quantity and quality of runoff entering local water courses.
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b. General Provisions.
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Applicability. The conservation regulations apply to every zoning district
within the City except as specifically provided herein. Where conflict in
regulations occurs, the regulations set forth in this part shall apply.
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Relationship to Minor Land Division and Subdivisions. To the greatest
extent feasible no minor land division or subdivision may create lots
which would necessitate exceptions to these regulations. Where a division
of land would require an exception to these regulations, precise building
envelopes must be specified on parcel and tentative maps so that
maximum feasible conformance with these provisions can be attained.
Slope Regulations.
A. Applicability and Pw:pose. The following regulations are enacted
to minimize the risks associated with project development in areas
characterized by vegetation and steep or unstable slopes. These
areas include ravines, blufflands and shorelands. A further purpose
is to avoid the visual impact of height, bulk and mass normally
associated with building on any steep slope.
I. Building permit applications for new structures on slopes of
twelve percent (12%) or greater must include an accurate
topographic map. The map must contain contours of two
foot (2') intervals for slopes of twelve percent (12%) or
greater. Slopes over twenty-four percent (24%) shall be
clearly marked.
2. Slopes twenty-five percent (25%) or greater may not be
considered in meeting the lot area size requirements.
3. Parcels with a portion of the area in slopes of twenty-five
percent (25%) or greater require the minimum lot area of
the applicable zoning district in slopes of less than twenty-
five percent (25%). The area in slopes ofless than twenty-
five percent (25%) must be contiguous to the proposed
building site.
4. No structure may be located on a slope of greater than
twenty-four percent (24%) or within thirty (30) feet of a
twenty-five percent (25%) or greater slope.
5. All roads and paved surfaces must be setback ten (10) feet
from the top ofthe slopes greater than twenty-four percent
(24%).
6. Structures located in slopes greater than twenty-four
percent (24%) in commercial districts require a conditional
use permit.
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B. Driveway Design Standards.
I. Driveways must be designed to conform with existing
contours to the maximum extent feasible.
2. Driveways must enter streets so as to maintain adequate
line of sight.
3. Driveways may have a maximum grade of twelve percent
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2. Savin~s. In all other ways the City Code will remain in full force and effect.
3. Effective Date. This Ordinance will be effective after its passage and publication
according to law.
Enacted by the City Council of the City of Stillwater this 7th day of October, 1997.
CITY OF STILLWATER
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Publish; Stillwater ~azette - October 15~ 199.7