HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 566 - Amendment Title 11 Chapter 3CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 566
THE CITY COUNICL OF THE CITY OF ANDOVER HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE TITLE 11: SUBDVISION, CHAPTER 3: LOTS, SECTION B:
BUILDABILITY REQUIREMENTS
City Code 11-3-6-B-2
2. Residential Lots Lacking Municipal Sanitary Sewer: No plats within the Metropolitan Urban Service
Area (MUSA) shall be approved unless municipal sanitary sewer, municipal water and storm sewer are
constructed to serve the proposed development. All lots lacking municipal sanitary sewer shall adhere to
the following:
a. A building pad shall be created for each lot with a minimum size of three thousand six hundred
(3,600) contiguous square feet. The building official shall determine that the dimensions of the
building pad are adequate to locate a house in compliance with all applicable requirements.
b. The building pad shall be required to have a finished gr-ade of at least six �� (6') above th
seasonal high water- mark.
Eb. All organic material shall be removed from the designated building pad area and replaced
with granular material with no more than five percent (5%) organic material by volume.
dc. There shall be two (2) designated by an MPCA licensed septic designer for the primary and
secondary on -site drainfields. Such areas combined shall total at least 5,000 square feet and be
staked after approval of the preliminary grading plan. The designated drainfield locations as
stated above shall comply with City Code Title 10-4 "Individual Sewage Disposal Systems" as
amended.(Amended 9/18/07, Ord. 355; Amended 11/4/20, Ord. 512)
ed. The location of the primary and secondary drainfield sites shall be designated on the
preliminary grading plan. The complete septic system design and specifications shall be prepared
by an MPCA licensed septic designer and shall be submitted at the time of building permit
application for new homes. (Amended 11/4/20, 512)
All other Titles, Chapters, and Sections of the City Code shall remain as written and adopted by the
Andover City Council.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 7t' day of August 2024.
ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER:
Mic �IleHmner, City Clerk heri B a, Mayo
CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.566 SUMMARY
AN ORDINANCE ORDAINING AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE TITLE 11: SUBDVISION,
CHAPTER 3: LOTS, SECTION B: BUILDABILITY REQUIREMENTS
STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND POLICY
Statutory Authorization
This ordinance amendment is adopted pursuant to the authorization and policies contained in Minnesota
Statute 412.
Policy
The purpose of the Ordinance is to protect the public health, safety, morals and welfare of residents of the
City of Andover. The amendments address issues of clarity, consistency and relevance in the City Code
relative buildability requirements of residential lots lacking municipal sanitary sewer by deleting an
outdated requirement stating "the building pad shall be required to have a finished grade of at least six feet
(6') above the seasonal high water mark".
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Jurisdiction
The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the City of Andover.
Enforcement
The City Administrator or his/her designee shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this
ordinance.
Interpretation
Interpretation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements and shall
be liberally construed in the favor of the governing body.
A printed copy of this ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular hours of the City
Clerk.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 7' day of August 2024.
ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER
Mich ftleHmer, City Clerk Shen'_B Wavor __....