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<br />4. Controlled Access Lots <br /> <br />5.0 - ZONING AND WATER SUPPLY/SANITARY PROVISIONS <br /> <br />5.1 Lot Area and Width Standards. <br /> <br />5.14 Additional Special Provisions. <br /> <br />D. Lots intended as controlled accesses to public waters or as recreation areas for <br />use by owners of nonriparian lots within subdivisions are permissible and must <br />meet or exceed the following standards: <br /> <br />(1) they must meet the width and size requirements for residential lots, and <br />be suitable for the intended uses of controlled access lots. <br /> <br />(2) If docking, mooring, or over-water storage of more than six (6) <br />watercraft is to be allowed at a controlled access lot, then the width of the <br />lot (keeping the same lot depth) must be increased by the percent of the <br />requirements for riparian residential lots for each watercraft beyond six, <br />consistent with the following table: <br /> <br />Controlled Access Lot Frontage Requirements <br />Ratio of lake size Required increase to shore length in frontage <br />(acres/mile) (percent) <br />Less than 100 25 <br />100-200 20 <br />201-300 15 <br />301-400 10 <br />Greater than 400 5 <br /> <br />(3) they must be jointly owned by all purchasers of lots in the subdivision <br />or by all purchasers of nonriparian lots in the subdivision who are <br />provided riparian access rights on the access lot; and <br /> <br />(4) covenants or other equally effective legal instruments must be <br />developed that specify which lot owners have authority to use the access <br />lot and what activities are allowed. The activities may include watercraft <br />launching, loading, storage, beaching, mooring, or docking. They must <br />also include other outdoor recreational activities that do not significantly <br />conflict with general public use of the public water or the enjoyment of <br />normal property rights by adjacent property owners. Examples of the <br />nonsignificant conflict activities include swimming, sunbathing, or <br />picnicking. The covenants must limit the total number of vehicles allowed <br />to be parked and the total number of watercraft allowed to be continuously <br />moored, docked, or stored over water, and must require centralization of <br />all common facilities and activities in the most suitable locations on the lot <br /> <br />DNR Model Ordinance Excerpts <br /> <br />8 <br />