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Chapter 918 Interpretation Lot and Parcel Controls <br />Page 918-4 <br />b. A yard or other open area required about a building shall not be included as part <br />of a yard or other open space for another building. <br />F. Division of a Zoning Lot <br /> No zoning lot shall be divided into two (2) or more zoning lots unless all zoning lots <br />resulting from such division conform to all applicable regulations of this ordinance. <br />G. Existing Lots <br />1. A lot or parcel of land in a residential district which was of record as a separate lot or <br />parcel in the Office of the County Recorder or Registrar of Titles on or before the <br />date of adoption of this chapter may be used for single-family detached dwelling <br />purposes provided the area and width are within 66 percent of the minimum <br />requirements of this chapter and provided that it can be demonstrated that safe and <br />adequate sewage treatment systems can be installed to serve the permanent dwelling. <br />2. In the Shoreland Overlay Zoning District, lots of record in the Office of the County <br />Recorder on the date of enactment of local shoreland controls that do not meet the <br />requirements of Chapter 910, Shoreland Overlay District, may be allowed as building <br />sites without variances from lot size requirements provided: <br />a. The use is permitted in the zoning district; <br />b. The lot has been in separate ownership from abutting lands at all times since it <br />became substandard; <br />c. The lot was created compliant with official controls in effect at the time; <br />d. Sewage treatment and setback requirements of this chapter are met; <br />e. Impervious surface coverage does not exceed 25 percent of the lot. <br />3. In the Shoreland Overlay Zoning District, a group of two or more contiguous lots of <br />record under a common ownership, an individual lot must be considered as a separate <br />parcel of land for the purpose of sale or development, if it meets the following <br />requirements: <br />a. The lot must be at least 66 percent of the dimensional standard for lot width and <br />lot size for the shoreland classification consistent with Minn. Rules, Ch. 6120; <br />b. The lot must be connected to safe and adequate sewage treatment; <br />c. Impervious surface coverage must not exceed 25 percent of each lot; and <br />d. Development of the lot must be consistent with an adopted comprehensive plan. <br />4. A lot subject to sub-section (C), above, not meeting the requirements of sub-section <br />(C) must be combined with the one or more contiguous lots so they equal one or <br />more conforming lots as much as possible. <br />5. Notwithstanding sub-section (C), contiguous non-conforming lots of record in <br />shoreland areas under a common ownership must be able to be sold individually if <br />each lot contained a habitable dwelling at the time the lots came under common <br />ownership and the lots are connected to safe and adequate sewage treatment. <br />6. In the Shoreland Overlay Zoning District, when evaluating variances, zoning and <br />building permit applications or conditional use requests, the zoning authority shall <br />require the property owner to address, when appropriate, storm water runoff,