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Chapter 15: General Development Requirements <br /> <br />Page 915-40 <br />915.210 Single Family Dwellings <br />Except in the R-4 Zoning District, all single family detached homes shall meet the following <br />requirements: <br />(A) All single family homes shall be constructed upon a continuous perimeter foundation that meets <br />the requirements of the State Uniform Building Code. <br />(B) All single family homes shall receive a building permit. The exterior architectural design of a <br />proposed dwelling may not be so at variance with, nor so similar to, the exterior architectural <br />design of any structure or structures already constructed or in the course of construction in the <br />immediate neighborhood, nor so at variance with the character of the surrounding neighborhood <br />as to cause a significant depreciation in the property values of the neighborhood or adversely <br />affect the public health, safety or general welfare. <br />(C) All single family homes shall meet the requirements of the State Uniform Building Code, as may <br />be applicable. <br />(D) All single family homes shall have a minimum roof overhang of one foot. <br />(E) All single family homes shall have an earth covered, composition, shingled, or tiled roof. <br />(F) With the exception of passageways, single family homes shall not be less than 30 feet in length <br />and not less than 24 feet in width over that entire minimum width. Width requirements shall not <br />take into account overhangs and other projections that extend beyond principal walls. <br />(G) Passageways used to connect dwelling components (either principal or accessory uses) shall meet <br />the following requirements: <br />(1) The passageway shall be secured upon a foundation that meets the requirements of the <br />Minnesota Uniform Building Code. <br />(2) The passageway shall be covered and constructed above ground. <br />915.220 Tree Preservation and Replacement. <br />(A) With respect to existing trees in new developments, all trees on the site are to be saved which do <br />not have to be removed for street, buildings, utilities, or drainage. <br />(B) Trees over six (6) inches in diameter that are to remain are to be marked with a red band and to <br />be protected with snow fences or other suitable enclosure prior to any excavation. The City may <br />further require that the developer retain a professional forester to prepare a forest inventory and <br />management plan for the development, in order to control and abate any existing or potential <br />shade tree disease. <br />(C) Prior to construction, the developer or contractor shall schedule an on-site inspection with the <br />Building Official to identify significant trees to be removed. Significant trees shall be defined as <br />those existing trees of six (6) caliper inches or more, as measured five (5) feet above the existing <br />grade level. All such trees to be removed to accommodate the project shall be tagged and <br />catalogued by size. <br />(D) The landscape plan shall be required to show replacement of the lost significant trees on a one <br />hundred (100) percent caliper inch basis, up to a maximum thirty (30) caliper inches per acre of <br />aggregate disturbed area.