Ord 442 Critical Area Permit
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 442
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 3
OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO CRITICAL AREA PERMITS
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: City Code Title 12 Chapter 3 is hereby amended as follows:
12-3-5: Site Planning Requirements:
SECTION 2 AMENDMENT:
D.Modifications: In the case of a minor development and/or change involving a single-family
dwelling, and if the site plans conform to the standards of the critical area overlay district, the
city administrator shall bring the request to the attention of the city council at its next regular
meeting following receipt of an application for critical area ordinance consideration. The city
council shall review such request and may, if it so determines, exempt the applicant from
complying with any inappropriate unduly burdensome requirements of this chapter. (Ord.
387, 10-7-2003)
Projects eligible for the exemptions of this paragraph include (but are not limited to) minor
building additions, decks, fences, accessory storage sheds, landscaping and similar structures.
Proposed projects and sites must comply with the following conditions:
1.No part of the subject property shall have slopes of greater than eighteen (18) percent.
2.No part of the subject property shall be within forty (40) feet, whether on the same
parcel or on abutting parcels of any area defined as a bluff by this chapter, or any area
with slopes greater than forty (40) percent.
3.The proposed project shall not expand the enclosed area of the principal or accessory
structures by more than 144 square feet.
4.The proposed project shall not increase the height of any existing structure.
5.The proposed project shall b in compliance with all other requirements of this
chapter, and any other applicable regulations.
6.The proposed project shall not result in changes to the existing finished grade.
SECTION 3 EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its publication according to law.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this twenty-first day of February, 2012.
Published: May 6, 2012