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9 Revised 10/03/2019 Ordinance Language Commentary resorts, and restaurants with transient docking facilities are examples of commercial uses typically found in shoreland areas. 2.559 Wetland. “Wetland” has the meaning given under Minnesota Rule, part 8420.0111. 3.0 ADMINISTRATION 3.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to identify administrative provisions to ensure the ordinance is administered consistent with its purpose. 3.2 Permits. 3.21 A permit is required for the construction of buildings or building additions (including construction of decks and signs), the installation and/or alteration of sewage treatment systems, and those grading and filling activities not exempted by Section 8.3 of this ordinance. 3.22 A certificate of compliance, consistent with Minnesota Rules Chapter 7082.0700 Subp. 3, is required whenever a permit or variance of any type is required for any improvement on or use of the property. A sewage treatment system shall be considered compliant if the only deficiency is the system’s improper setback from the ordinary high water level. 3.3 Application materials. Application for permits and other zoning applications such as variances shall be made to the (insert designated official) on the forms provided. The application shall include the necessary information so that the (insert designated official) can evaluate how the application complies with the provisions of this ordinance. 3.4 Certificate of Zoning Compliance. The (insert designated official) shall issue a certificate of zoning compliance for each activity requiring a permit as specified in Section 3.2 of this ordinance. This certificate will specify that the use of land conforms to the requirements of this ordinance. Any use, arrangement, or construction at variance with that authorized by permit shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and shall be punishable as provided in Section 2.2 of this ordinance. 3.5 Variances. Variances may only be granted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 394.27 (for counties) or Section 462.357 (for municipalities) and are subject to the following: 3.51 A variance may not circumvent the general purposes and intent of this ordinance; and 3.52 For properties with existing sewage treatment systems, a certificate of compliance, consistent with Minnesota Rules Chapter 7082.0700 Subp. 3, is required for variance approval. A sewage treatment system shall be considered compliant if the only deficiency is the system’s improper setback from the ordinary high water level. 3.6 Conditional Uses. All conditional uses in the shoreland area are subject to a thorough evaluation of the waterbody and the topographic, vegetation, and soil conditions to ensure: 3.1. All purpose statements in the model are optional but strongly encouraged. They help explain the intent of zoning provisions, which is useful to local governments for explaining provisions to property owners and developing findings for variance decisions. 3.5. The statutory criteria for evaluating variance applications are broad, one-size-fits-all, for use with all variances. Variances to shoreland protection standards affect public waters, resources to be protected for all state residents. Because of the special status of these waters, communities may want to establish special criteria for evaluating shoreland variances to ensure variances do not adversely affect public water resources.