Lakeville, MN Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Lakeville City Code § 11-75-13.B
- District
- O-P, Office Park
- Required landscaped area
- 30 percent of lot as grass plot
- Minimum lot area
- 30,000 square feet
- Minimum lot width
- 100 feet
- Enforcing office
- Planning and Community Development Department
Summary
In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, the O-P, Office Park zoning district caps how much of a lot can be covered by anything other than landscaping. Lakeville City Code section 11-75-13.B requires that 30 percent of every O-P lot, parcel, or tract remain a grass plot with shrubbery, plantings, or fencing, on top of a 30,000 square foot minimum lot area and 100 foot minimum lot width.
B. Lot Requirements And Setbacks: Lot area 30,000 square feet 30 percent of the lot, parcel or tract of land shall remain as a Lot coverage grass plot including shrubbery, plantings, or fencing and shall be landscaped
Full Breakdown
The O-P district's design and performance standards in Lakeville City Code section 11-75-13 set out lot requirements in a table under subsection B. That table pairs a 30,000 square foot minimum lot area and a 100 foot minimum lot width with the coverage limit: 30 percent of the lot, parcel, or tract of land must remain landscaped as a grass plot that includes shrubbery, plantings, or fencing rather than building footprint, pavement, or hardscape. Because this figure is expressed as land that must stay green rather than a maximum building or impervious footprint, it functions as Lakeville's O-P lot coverage ceiling: roughly seventy percent of the lot can carry buildings, parking, loading, and other improvements, with the remainder held in planted area.
The same section 11-75-13 also sets the O-P setbacks (50 foot front yard; 30 or 40 foot rear yard depending on abutting use; 10, 30, or 40 foot side yards), a six story or 65 foot building height limit under subsection C, and a 20 percent cap on any outdoor storage area under subsection J, all of which interact with the coverage standard on a given site plan. The zoning administrator in the Planning and Community Development Department reviews compliance with these lot requirements at site plan and building permit review for O-P parcels, which include office, clinic, and similar low-intensity commercial development. The standard traces to Ordinance 867, section 112, adopted May 17, 2010, and was last amended by Ordinance 1065 on April 4, 2022.
Violations & Fines
A site plan that leaves less than 30 percent of an O-P lot as landscaped grass plot fails the section 11-75-13.B standard, and the zoning administrator can withhold building permit or site plan approval until the plan is revised to restore the required green area. Because this coverage rule sits within Title 11, an owner who covers required landscape area without approval is also subject to the citywide misdemeanor penalty in Lakeville City Code section 1-4-1, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense under section 1-4-2.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Lakeville limit how much of an Office Park lot can be built on?
What other lot requirements apply to O-P parcels besides coverage?
Who reviews lot coverage compliance for O-P development in Lakeville?
What happens if an O-P site plan exceeds the coverage limit?
Sources & Official References
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