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Lake Elmo Municipal Code Chapter 5 Section 505 -General Provisions, Culverts, Excavating and Grading, Private Roads, Moving Buildings into City, Exterior Finish, Expiration of Permit, Bond of Cash Deposit, Surveys. Pole Building Construction, Incompatible Structures. Suspension or Revocation of Permit 505.09 Survey The building inspector may require a certificate of survey showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built on, the exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings to be erected, and other information as may be necessary to determine compliance with the City Code, before issuing a building permit for new construction on any lot. 505.10 Pole Construction Buildingsl Pole buildings shall be permitted in the Agricultural and Rural Residential Zoning Districts only, except they shall be prohibited where a Conditional Use Permit has been issued for an Open Space Preservation Development. 505.11 Incompatible Structures. Subd. I Referral by Inspector and Clerk Whenever an application is filed with the City for a building permit for any structure to be built, enlarged, or altered within, or moved in or into the City, and the building inspector finds that the application, plans, and specifications, and the plot plan submitted (the application papers) comply with the Code of the City except that the application papers provide for a structure, the exterior design, appearance, and functional plan which the building inspector and the clerk feel may be so at variance or so similar with the exterior design. appearance, and functional plan of structures in the neighborhood and same zoning district of the proposed structure as to cause a material depreciation generally to property in the neighborhood, then the building inspector shall within 10 days after the receipt of the application papers, file the papers and the opinion in writing, signed by the building inspector and the clerk, with the planning commission. Subd. 2 Call of Hearirte Within ten day after the receipt of the application papers and opinions, the clerk shall give notice to each member of planning commission and to the public by publication in the official paper and to any other persons the clerk deems advisable, of a hearing to be held by the Planning Commission with respect to the application. The notice shall state the purpose of the hearing and the location of the structure. Notice to the applicant shall be by registered mail at least three days in advance of the hearing, provided appearance at the hearing shall constitute a waiver of any defect in the notice of the hearing. The hearing on the application shall be held not less than one week nor more than two weeks after receipt of the application by the City. Subd. 3 Hearing and Findings Before or during the hearing, each member of the planning commission may view the premises upon which the structure is located or to be located, and at the hearing the commission shall examine the application papers and hear the applicant. It may also hear any citizens of the neighborhood and other individuals who request to be heard Within 48 hours of the dose of the hearing, the commission shall, pursuant to a majority vote of all the members of the commission, file written findings of the fact. It shall determine whether the exterior design, appearance and functional plan of the structure is or is not at a variance or so similar with the exterior design, appearance and functional plan of structures constructed or in the course of construction in the Amended Ordinance 97-91 10/16/01 505-8 2/18/97