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Updated January 2025 – Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 138 Approved by the City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota This Day of , 20 Signed: Mayor Attest: City Clerk 11. Design Standards. 1. Blocks. 1. Block Length. In general, intersecting streets, determining block lengths, shall be provided at such intervals so as to serve cross traffic adequately and to meet existing streets. Where no existing plats control, the blocks in residential subdivisions should not exceed one thousan d eight hundred (1800) feet nor be less than four hundred (400) feet in length, except where topography or other conditions justify a departure from this maximum. In blocks longer than twelve hundred (1200) feet, pedestrian ways and/or easements through the block may be required near the center of the block. 2. Block Width. The width of the block shall normally be sufficient to allow for two (2) tiers of lots of appropriate depth. Blocks intended for business or industrial use shall be of such width as to be considered most suitable for their respective use, including adequate space for off-street parking and deliveries. 2. Lots. 1. Area. The minimum lot area, width and depth shall not be less than that established by this Ordinance in the appropriate Section in effect at the time of adoption of the Final Plat. 2. Corner lots. Corner lots for residential use shall have additional width to permit appropriate building setback from both streets as required in this Ordinance. 3. Side lot lines. Other than for good reason, side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles to street lines or radial to curved street lines. 4. Frontage. Every lot must have minimum frontage on a City approved existing or platted street or road other than an alley, as required in this Ordinance. 5. Setback lines. Setback or building lines shall be shown on all lots intended for residential use and shall not be less than the setback required in this Ordinance. 6. Water courses. Lots abutting a water course, wetland, ponding area or stream shall have additional depth and width, and other restrictions as required in this Ordinance. 7. Features. In the subdividing of land, due regard shall be shown for natural features, such as tree growth, water courses, historic spots or similar conditions that if preserved will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development. 8. Lot remnants. All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots rather than being allowed to remain as unusable parcels. 9. Political boundaries. No singular plat shall extend over a political boundary or school district line without documented notification to affected units of government. 10. Frontage on two streets. Double frontage, or lots with frontage on two (2) roughly parallel streets, shall be avoided except where lots back on an arterial street or highways, or where topographic or other conditions render subdividing otherwise unreasonable. Such double -frontage lots shall have an additional depth of at least twenty (20) feet in order to allow space for screen planting along the back lot line. 11. Turn around egress. When proposed residential lots abut a collector or arterial street, they should be platted in such a manner as to encourage turn around egress on each lot.