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-9- BUILDING SIZE AND LOCATION (a) In every dwelling house hereafter erected there should be at least three livable rooms and the overall dimensions shall contain an area of not less than 768 square feet or any building less than two full stories, and an area of 672 square feet on the first floor for all buildings contain- ing two full stories, To constitute a full second story the second floor of the building must have a ceiling of seventy-six (76) inches. No liviable room, excepting the kitchen, shall contain less than ninety (90) square feet. (b) Any structure used for human habitation shall have not less than two exits located as far apart as practicable. (c) No building shall hereafter be placed upon a single lot so that there shall be a dwelling in the rear of another with the same frontage. (d) Garages and/or accessory buildings shall be so located on the property as to conform with the side yard specificaction of the Lino Lakes Zoning Plan, in the particular classification for which the property is zoned. Farm buildings are excepted. (e) No private garage shall be located so that its doors when open project over public property. (f) No detached private garage and/or accessory buildings shall be located closer to any dwelling on the adjoining property than ten (10) feet unless the owner of such dwelling agrees in writing to allow such garage and/or accessory buildings to be erected closer. (g) No dwelling or other structure shall be built upon frozen ground. (h) No dwelling or other structures shall be placed upon filled ground until the inspector has been satisfied that the fill has compacted sufficiently to support the contemplated load. (i) Each property upon which the construction of a building is contemplated shall have adequate or immediate access to a public street or way, or to a private way protected by a permanent easement which shall be of width and construction suitable to the traffic requirements of the neighborhood in which the property is located. This shall not be construed to include alleys or service ways. (j) It shall be mandatory upon the owner of any property that he construct any dwelling or accessory buildings to conform to the established grade of adjacent highway or street. (k) The construction of concrete driveways will not be permitted unless the grade thereof meets an established grade of the adjacent street. (1) Outside toilets shall not be closer than thirty (30) feet to the dwelling to which they are accessory, and must also not be closer than ten (10) feet to any side lot lines. (m) Outside toilets or cesspools shall not be closer to wells from which drinking water is obtained than fifty (50) feet. (n) Outside toilets shall be located in the rear of the dwelling to which they are accessible. (o) Every floor of a multiple dwelling and every floor area enclosed by fire and/or exterior walls shall have not less than two (2) exits. (p) When a floor has two or more exits they shall be placed as far apart as practicable. (q) In computing yard dimensions, measurements shall be taken from the nearest point of the building, or the nearest point of an enclosed portion of the building to the street or lot line. In any residential destrict where twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the lots in any block located in the same district, exclusive of the frontage along the side of a corner lot, have been improved with buildings at the time of the passage of this resolution, which buildings are of a character permitted in said districts, and the front yard on such lots vary in depth to an extent not greater than ten (10) feet, then the required front yard depth for such district shall