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for a permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator on forms provided. The application <br /> shall include the necessary information so that the Zoning Administrator can determine the <br /> site's suitability for the intended use and that a compliant sewage treatment system will be <br /> provided. <br /> B. A building permit authorizing an addition to an existing structure shall stipulate that <br /> an identified nonconforming sewage treatment system, as defined in Section 1102. 11, shall <br /> be reconstructed or replaced in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. <br /> Subd. 2. Certificate of Zoning Compliance. The Zoning Administrator shall issue a <br /> certificate of zoning compliance for each activity requiring a permit as specified in 1102.04, <br /> Subd. 1 of this ordinance. This certificate will specify that the use of land conforms to the <br /> requirements of this ordinance. Any use, arrangement, or construction at variance with that <br /> authorized by permit shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and shall be punishable as <br /> provided in 1102.02, Subd. 3 of this ordinance. <br /> Subd. 3. Variances. <br /> A. Variances may only be granted in accordance with Minnesota Statues, Chapter 462, <br /> as applicable. A variance may not circumvent the general purposes and intent of this <br /> ordinance. No variance may be granted that would allow any use that is prohibited in the <br /> zoning district in which the subject property is located. Conditions may be imposed in the <br /> gran ting of a variance to ensure compliance and to protect adjacent properties and the public <br /> interest. in considering a variance request, the zoning Administrator must also consider <br /> whether the property owner has reasonable use of the land without the variance, whether the <br /> property is used seasonally or year- round, whether the variance is being requested solely on <br /> the basis of economic considerations, and the characteristics of development on adjacent <br /> properties. <br /> B. The City Council shall hear and decide requests for variances in accordance with the <br /> rules that it has adopted for the conduct of business in Section 5, Subd. 7 of the City Zoning <br /> Ordinance. When a variance is approved after the Department of Natural Resources has <br /> formally recommended denial in the hearing record, the notification of the approved variance - <br /> required in 1 102.04, Subd. 413 shall also include the City Council's summary of the public <br /> recorditestimony and the findings of facts and conclusions which supported the issuance 01 <br /> the variance. <br /> C. For existing developments, the applications for variance must clearly demonstrate <br /> whether a conforming sewage treatment system is present for the intended use of the <br /> property. The variance, if issued, must require reconstruction of a nonconforming sewage <br /> treatment system. <br /> Subd. 4. Notification to the Department of Natural Resources <br /> A. Copies of all notices of any public hearings to consider variances, amendments, or <br /> conditional uses in the Shoreland Overlay District must be sent to the Commissioner of the <br /> Department of Natural Resources or the Commissioner's designated representative and <br /> postmarked at least ten (10) days before the hearings. Notices of hearing to consider <br /> proposed subdivision /plats must include copies of the subdivision /plat. <br /> Page 7 <br />