Approval of lot splits and adjustments of common boundaries.
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 69.304
in effectSec. 69.304. - Approval of lot splits and adjustments of common boundaries.
Lot splits and adjustments of common boundaries are permitted without platting, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The lot or lots have frontage on an existing improved street (except for back lots) and access to municipal services. For back lots, an easement for pedestrian and municipal services access and house number visibility must be provided as required under 69.508(j).
(2) The lot or lots to be divided are previously platted land.
(3) The lot or lots meet the minimum standards for lot width and area for the zoning district in which they are located.
(4) The division of the lots shall not cause a remaining part of a lot to become a separately described tract which does not meet the minimum standards of the zoning district in which it is located or which does not have street frontage and access to municipal services.
(5) The division does not result in a split zoning classification on a single lot.
(6) The division does not result in the creation of a nonconforming structure or use.
(7) No lot shall be created where the building pad area for the principal structure has an existing slope steeper than eighteen (18) percent or where a driveway steeper than twenty (20) percent is required to reach the building site. However, the planning administrator may approve the creation of a steeper lot, as an exception to this regulation, where the steeper lot is specifically consistent with a city-approved neighborhood plan or redevelopment project.
(C.F. No. 95-794, § 2, 8-9-95; C.F. No. 03-235, § 1, 4-16-03; C.F. No. 03-1028, § 1, 4-7-04; Ord 23-43, § 8, 10-18-23)
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITVIIIZOCO_CH69ZOCOUBRE_ARTIIIGEPRPESUAPPLRE_S69.304APLOSPADCOBOFetched: 11/1/2026