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<br />Chapter 16 - Shoreland Ordinance <br />Draft No. 7 - City Council 2nd Reading - April 4, 2005 <br />Page 20 of 38 <br /> <br />or other ro3ds or streets <br />not cl3ssified. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />C. Bluff Impact Zones. Structures and accessory facilities, except stairways and <br />landings, must not be placed within bluff impact zones. <br /> <br />D. Uses Without Water-oriented Needs. Uses without water-oriented needs must <br />be located on lots or parcels without public waters frontage, or, if located on lots <br />or parcels with public waters frontage, must either be set back double the normal <br />ordinary high water level setback or be substantially screened from view from the <br />water by vegetation or topography, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions. <br /> <br />2.2 Design Criteria For Structures. <br /> <br />A. High Water Elevations. Structures shall be placed in accordance with Chapter <br />13 Floodplain Requlations when floodplain regulations are applicable to the site. <br />Where no flood plain delineation exists, the lowest floor must be located at least <br />three feet above the hiqhest known water level or three feet above the ordinary <br />hiqh water level; whichever is qreater. <br /> <br />B. Water-oriented Accessory Structures. Each lot may have one water-oriented <br />accessory structure not meeting the normal structure setback in Section 5.21 of <br />this ordinance if this water-oriented accessory structure complies with the <br />following provisions: <br /> <br />(1) the structure or facility must not exceed ten feet in height, exclusive of <br />safety rails, and cannot occupy an area greater than 250 square feet. <br />Detached decks must not exceed eight feet above grade at any point; <br /> <br />(2) the setback of the structure or facility from the ordinary high water level <br />must be at least ten feet; <br /> <br />(3) the structure or facility must be treated to reduce visibility as viewed from <br />public waters and adjacent shorelands by vegetation, topography, <br />increased setbacks or color, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions; <br /> <br />(4) the roof may be used as a deck with safety rails, but must not be enclosed <br />or used as a storage area; <br /> <br />(5) the structure or facility must not be designed or used for human habitation <br />and must not contain water supply or sewage treatment facilities; and <br /> <br />(6) as an alternative for general development and recreational development <br />waterbodies, water-oriented accessory structures used solely for <br />watercraft storage, and including storage of related boating and <br />