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SECTION 1001
GENERAL SUBDIVISION PROVISIONS
SUBSECTIONS:
1001.100: SHORT TITLE
1001.200: PURPOSE
1001.300: APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISION PLATS
1001.400: CONDITIONS FOR RECORDING
1001.500: BUILDING PERMITS
1001.600: EXCEPTIONS
1001.700: DEFINITIONS
1001.100: SHORT TITLE: This Part 10 and the regulations set forth herein shall be known as
the SUBDIVISION CODE OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE and will be referred to
herein as the "Subdivision Code" (It also may be referred to throughout the City Code
as the Subdivision Ordinance”).
1001.200: PURPOSE: In order to safeguard the best interests of the City and to assist in
balancing and harmonizing the interests of the subdivider with those of the City at
large, the following regulations are adopted so that the adherence to same will bring
results beneficial to both parties. It is the purpose of the Subdivision Code to make
certain regulations and requirements for the subdivision and platting of land within
the City, pursuant to the authority contained in Minnesota Statutes which regulations
the City Council deems necessary to promote and protect the health, safety and
general welfare of this community, to provide for the orderly, economic, and safe
development of land, to preserve agricultural lands, to promote the availability of
housing affordable to persons and families of all income levels, and to facilitate
adequate provision for transportation, water, sewage, storm drainage, schools, parks,
playgrounds, and other public services and facilities.
1001.300: APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISION PLATS: Before
any plat shall be recorded or be of any validity, it shall be referred to the Planning
Commission and be approved by the City Council as having fulfilled the requirements
of the Subdivision Code.
1001.400: CONDITIONS FOR RECORDING: No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled to
recording in the County Recorder's or Registrar’s office or have any validity until the
plat thereof has been prepared, approved and acknowledged in the manner
prescribed by the Subdivision Code.
1001.500: BUILDING PERMITS: No building permits shall be considered for issuance by the
City for the construction of any building, structure or improvement to any land or lot
that has been or is to be combined or subdivided, until all requirements of the
Subdivision Code have been fully complied with.
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1001.600: EXCEPTIONS: The following land subdivisions and combinations are exempted from
the provisions of the Subdivision Code and within 15 business days of such a request,
the City shall certify that the Subdivision Code does not apply to such land
subdivisions or combinations:
(1) The subdivision of land where the purpose is to permit the adding of a piece of
property to an abutting lot (lot line adjustment) when the newly created property line
will not cause the land or any structure to be in violation of the provisions of the
Subdivision Code or the Zoning Code.
(2) Two or more lots, or combination of lots and portions of lots, with continuous frontage,
in single ownership, and of record, which are considered to be an individual lot
according to the provisions of Subsection 1101.501(3) of the Zoning Code.
(3) The combination of 2 or more nonconforming lots of record separated by a private
street as permitted under the provisions of Subsection 1101.501(3d) of the Zoning
Code.
(4) The subdivision of a lot upon which a two-family dwelling, townhouse or a
quadrominium has been constructed that is already a part of a recorded plat where
the purpose of the subdivision is to permit individual private ownership of a single
dwelling unit within such a structure and the newly created property lines will not
cause any of the units, lots or the structure to be in violation of the Subdivision Code
or the Zoning Code.
1001.700: DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this Subdivision Code, certain words and terms
are defined as set forth in Subsection 1101.400 of the Zoning Code.
(Ord. Amd. 118-13, publ. 08/11/2018)
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