A. Intent: The purpose of the RRT, Rural Residential Transition, District is to provide for large lot single family uses within a limited area of Nowthen, where smaller lot sizes, but still rural, residential development in the southeast area of the City is prevalent. This district is intended to create a transition from the 8/40 RRA District to the one-acre lot sizes around the Rogers Lake area and to the adjacent one to two and a half-acre rural residential lots in adjacent communities. The focus shall be the creation of more cohesive suburban neighborhoods, preservation of natural resources, integration of parks/trails and buffering of adjacent roads and existing residential uses. These areas typically involve lands where long term agricultural uses are no longer prevalent. Some of these areas may have moderate to severe environmental constraints on residential development; and because urban services, such as central sewer and water, will likely not be provided for in the near future, residential development in this district must be kept to a reasonable rural density. B. Application: Land zoned RRT is limited to the specific land areas shown on the following map. No additional land is to be zoned RRT. ZONING MAP ☐ C-1 - Commercial District (365 acres / 1.72%) ☒ 1-1 - Industrial District (225 acres / 1.06%) ☒ CON - Conservancy District (156 acres / 0.74%) ☐ RRA - Rural Residential Agriculture (19,897 acres / 94.20%) RRT - Rural Residential Transition (478 acres / 2.26%) ☒ Shoreland Overlay District Hwy. 47 CSAH 22 BENJAMIN LAKE Hwy. 47 Rogers Lake Area C. Permitted Uses and Structures: The following shall be permitted uses by right: 1\. Any and all forms of agriculture and horticulture as defined by this Chapter, except feed lots. 2\. Any farm buildings located on Agricultural Land, to be used for Agricultural Purposes and for the storage of Agricultural Products as defined in this Chapter. 3\. Accessory structures located on properties which contain a dwelling or principal structure, which meet the requirements set forth in this Chapter. 4\. Farm drainage and irrigation systems. 5\. Forestry, grazing, and gardening. 6\. Public parks and playgrounds. 7\. One family dwellings or temporary habitation (as approved by the City) 8\. Home occupations as provided for in this Chapter. 9\. In Home Day Care (employees prohibited). 10\. The uses identified as permitted by right shall only apply to uses that have no on-site consumers, no customers, no retail sales, no employees working or coming on the premises except as described as home occupation defined by this Chapter, no manufacturing, no merchandising, no signage, no outside storage of machinery or equipment, and no inside storage other than personally owned material and equipment.
D. Conditional Uses:
1\. Public buildings 2\. Churches 3\. Public and private schools 4\. Public utility buildings and equipment 5\. Cemeteries 6\. Planned Unit Developments 7\. Golf Courses 8\. Other operations determined by the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council to be equivalent to those listed above.
E. Interim Uses:
1\. None F. Prohibited Uses and Structures: All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted by right, by Conditional Use Permit or by Interim Use Permit shall be prohibited in the RRT (Rural Residential Transition) District. G. Minimum Lot Size: For one family dwelling units: two (2) acres (87,120 SF) with two (2) acre average density. H. Minimum Lot Dimension Requirements for Permitted Uses: 1\. All lots shall have a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage on a public street and shall be directly accessed from that frontage. 2\. Lots which contain public street access on the terminus end of a cul-de-sac with side lot lines that are radial from the center of the cul-de-sac, shall have a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet of frontage at the edge of the right-of- way provided special circumstances exist as outlined in Chapter 10 of the City Code to justify use of said cul-de-sac. 3\. All lots shall have a minimum lot width of two hundred (200) feet as measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building setback line. 4\. All lots shall have a minimum lot depth of three hundred (300) feet, measured as the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot. 5\. All front, side and rear building setbacks shall be a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) feet from centerline of any local road and a minimum of one- hundred-fifty (150) feet from the centerline of collector or arterial roads which shall include all roads under county or state jurisdiction. 6\. All front and rear yard building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty-five (35) feet from any lot line. This front yard setback applies to flag lots and other irregular-shaped lots which have front lot lines that are not synonymous with the street right-of-way line. The more restrictive setback applies when considering distance of the structure from the public right-of- way. 7\. All side yard building setbacks shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any lot line. 8\. Corner lots abutting two (2) streets are considered to have two (2) front yard setbacks and two (2) side yard setbacks. 9\. All driving or parking areas shall be setback a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from any lot line. 10\. All applicable setback and development standards of the Shoreland (11-3- 10), Floodplain (11-3-11) and Wetland Management (11-4-20) sections of this Chapter are met. I. Maximum Height: 1\. For farm buildings and farm accessory structures: None. 2\. For non-farm and special uses: Thirty (30) feet. 3\. Towers and antennas: As outlined in Section 11-8 of this Chapter. J. Impervious Surface Limitation: Thirty-five percent (35%) (Ordinance 2020-01, adopted January 12, 2021)