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/'1 ORDINANCE NO. 66 CITY OF LINO LAKES COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA 9 AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO CONSTRUCTION ON RESTRICTIVE SOILS. The City Council of the City of Llno Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota ordains: 66.1 Legisaltive Findings and Purpose. a. The City of Lino Lakes finds that areas within the City of Lino Lakes are characterized by certain soil types, slopes, and water levels which, without proper corrective action, are unsuitable for development, inappropriate development in these areas increases soil erosion and sedimentation, the in- troduction of toxic materials into ground water, encourages pollution, destroys ecological and natural resources, and requires expenditures of public funds to correct deficiencies; thereby acting to the detriment of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lino Lakes, Therefore, the purposes of this Ordinance, are: b. To provide for the regulation of development on restrictive soils in such a way as to minimize the risk of environemntal damage and to protect private homeowners and governmental units from incurring high maintenance and capital costs resulting from the necessity to correct deficiencies encountered as a result of development on poorly suited soils. 66.2 District Boundaries This Ordinance shall apply to restrictive soils types as described and �efined in Appendix A herein, and which soils destricts are as a guideline, specifically delineated on the official Soil Resource Goude of the City of Lino Lakes prepared by the Anoka Soil and Water Conservation District. For purposes of determining the application of this Ordinance to any particular parcel of land, said Soil Reslurce Guide shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk -Treasurer and shall be available for inspection and copying during regular office hours of such Clerk -Treasurer; however, a reasonable fee for copies made by the Clerk -Treasurer shall be charged, which fee shall be set by the Council by Resolution from time to time. 66.3 Definitions a. Development - the construction, installation or alteration of any structure, the extraction, clearing or other alternation of terrestrial or aquatic veretation, land or the course current or cross section of any water body or water course or the division of land into two or more parcels. b. Dimensional Requirement - minimum and meximum setbacks, yard require- ments or structure height or size restrictions established in zoning ordinance No. 56, and any amendments thereto. c. Person - any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other private or governmental entity. d. Structure - anything manufactured, constructed or erected which is normally attached to or positioned on land, including portable structures. e. Very Wet Soils - soils located where the water table_is permanently or seasonably three feet or less from the ground surface, including those listed at I.A in Appendix A hereof. f. Wet Soils - soils located where the water table is permanently or seasonably three to five feet from the ground surface including those listed at II.A in Appendix A hereof. g. Soils With Very Slow Permeability - soils which have a permeability rate below 120 minutes per inch, including those listed at I.B in Appendix A