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D} The roof may be used. as. a deck with safety rails,:but.mustrnt be enclosed or used as a..storage area.. E} The structure or facility :must not be designed or used £or human habitation and. roust not contain water supply -or sewage treatment.faailities. F} Any accessory strictures or.facilities. not meeting the: above criteria,: of any additional accessory structures or facilities must meet or exceed structure setback. standards. 21.2.4 Stairways, lifts, and landings. Stairways and lifts.are the preferred alternative to.majoz topographic alterations for achieving access up and down blufEs and steep slopes to shore areas. Stairways and lifts must meet the following design requirements. A} Stairways and lifts must riot exceed four feet i_n: width.. B} Landings for stairways and lifts must not exceed 32.square. feet in area.. C} Canopies or roofs are not. allowed on stairways, lifts,:or landings.: D. Stairways,. lifts, and landings may be either constructed .above .the ground on posts or pilings, or placed.into the ground, provided -they are designed..and built lit a manner that ensures control of soil erosion. E} Stairways, lifts, and landings must be located in the most visually inconspicuous portions of lots, as viewed from the surfac �fthe^publtc water assuming s m,,,er, leaf -on cpnditiou6, vv ieneve pxactiGai: F; ;;u .F) ramps, lifts U mobility a ..`'for persons th physical. disabilities ar aTso allowed for shore areas ;provided t1atlie ensional. "'''sl performance standardof �a) to �e} -are 2:5. Deck kept as 7Epra?viiied. iri 4`` coon 21.2.3 �di cksusEmeet the s""y"elute setback. standards. I?ecks to be.added struciUres xrstin on a date.the s '.0 el rid stn `:" o f ` g setbacks .ere es bushed by ordinance may b'allowed without ax3ance'=a all of the f ilvwing arteria `'cl'stanilaxds are met. - A} thorough evaluation of theproperty and structure reveals no reasonable location for a deck -meeting. or exceeding the existing ordinary high water level setback of the. structure; B} the deck encroachment toward the ordinary high water level does not exceed 15 percent of the existing shoreline setback of the structure .frorn the ordinary high water levelor does not encroach closer than 30 feet, whichever is morerestrictive; and C). the deck is constructed primarily of wood, and is. not roofed or screened 21.2.6 Driveways and parking areas. Driveways and parking areas must meet all applicable structure: setbaeks; :and must be:designed to take advantage of natural vegetation and topography to achieve maximum screening.from view from the water body. Access. ramps and. approach roads arc not allowed:' the structure: setback area surrounding Gem Lake.. 21.2:7 Shoreline alteration, Alterations of vegetation and topography in a shoreland district is controlled to prevent erosion into public waters, fix nutrients, preserve shoreland aesthetics, preserve historic.values, prevent bank slumping, and protectwildlife habitat. A} Removal or alteration of vegetation is:lirnited'to the amount necessary to construct an approved structure, and to maintain the health. of the vegetation, provided that no such removal or. alteration shall substantially reduce the screening; of structures, vehicles and other facilities as viewed frotxt the water. This. provision .shall not restrict the removal of trees, limbs or branches that are dead, diseased, or pose safetyhazards, or the removal of buck -thorn. and similar. invasive spedes identified. by the Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources. Updated June 5,.2017 Gem Line Consolidated Land Use Ordinihice---Page.109