Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Glyndon, Minnesota

Glyndon’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  A building or other structure erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered inside Glyndon city limits.

  • No building permit may be issued except in conformity with the zoning ordinance.

  “No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered without a permit issued by the Building Official authorizing the action.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  All land and structures within Glyndon city incorporated limits.

  • The ordinance also states that properties identified in joint-powers and/or orderly-annexation agreements may be subject to its zoning or subdivision regulations.

  “As of the effective date of this Ordinance, the use of all land and every structure within the incorporated limits of the City of Glyndon shall be subject to the provisions within this Ordinance.”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts and mapped land inside Glyndon city limits.

  • The official zoning map is the final authority for current zoning status and is posted at City Hall.

  number of zoning districts: 8

  “For the purpose of this Ordinance, the City of Glyndon is hereby divided into eight (8) zoning districts as shown on the Zoning Map and as provided hereinafter.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Creation of lots by subdivision, deed, or otherwise inside Glyndon city limits.

  • Lots must conform to applicable zoning, subdivision, and other city requirements; lots may not be reduced or altered below the ordinance's minimum requirements.

  “No lot of record (platted property) that did not exist on the effective date of this Ordinance shall be created, by subdivision, deed or otherwise, that does not conform to the applicable requirements of this Zoning Ordinance and any other subdivision regulations or other provisions as established by the City of Glyndon.”

Rules another office applies inside Glyndon

Glyndon does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Lots in the Agricultural (A) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • Subject to additional requirements, exceptions, and modifications set forth in the zoning ordinance.

  minimum lot area: 10 acres · minimum lot width: 150 feet · minimum lot depth: 300 feet

  “a. Lot area: Ten (10) acres. b. Lot width: One hundred fifty feet (150’). c. Lot depth: Three hundred feet (300’).”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Single-family lots in the Low Density Residential (R-1) District inside Glyndon city limits.

    “a. Lot area: i. Single-family: Seven thousand (7,000) square feet. b. Lot width: Seventy feet (70’). c. Lot depth: One hundred feet (100’).”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Structures in the Agricultural (A) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • The ten-foot side setback applies to all other permitted and conditional uses; accessory-building or use rear setback is five feet, except twelve feet on the street-abutting side of a corner lot.

  front setback: >= 25 feet · single- and two-family interior side setback: 8 feet · single- and two-family corner side setback: 12 feet · principal-building rear setback: 25 feet

  “a. Front yard: Not less than twenty-five feet (25’). b. Side yard: i. Single and two-family: 1. Interior Lots: Eight feet (8’); 2. Corner Lots: Twelve feet (12’). ii. All other permitted and conditional uses: Ten feet (10’).”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Structures in the Low Density Residential (R-1) District inside Glyndon city limits.

    “a. Front yard: Not less than twenty-five feet (25’). b. Side yard: i. All permitted or conditional uses: 1. Interior Lots: Eight feet (8’); 2. Corner Lots: Twelve feet (12’).”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  Lots in the Agricultural (A) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • The maximum applies unless otherwise permitted within the ordinance.

  maximum lot coverage: <= 10 percent

  “No structure or combination of structures shall occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the lot area unless otherwise permitted within this Ordinance.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Lots in the Low Density Residential (R-1) District inside Glyndon city limits.

    “No structure or combination of structures shall occupy more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the lot area unless otherwise permitted within this Ordinance.”

• Building heightSpecified

  Dwelling units in the Agricultural (A) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • Accessory-building height is governed by Chapter 19; farm buildings have no height limit under this section.

  maximum dwelling-unit height: <= 35 feet

  “a. Dwelling units: Thirty-five feet (35’); b. Accessory buildings: As governed by Chapter 19 of this Ordinance; c. Farm buildings: None”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Dwelling units or principal buildings in the Low Density Residential (R-1) District inside Glyndon city limits.

    “a. Dwelling units or principal buildings: Thirty-five feet (35’); b. Accessory buildings: As governed by Chapter 19 of this Ordinance.”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Overnight travel-trailer park facilities in the Manufactured Housing Residential (R-4) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • The ordinance classifies overnight travel-trailer park facilities as conditional uses in R-4.
  • conditions for approval are governed by the ordinance's conditional-use process.

  “The following are conditional uses in the Manufactured Housing Residential (R-4) District: [...] b. Overnight travel trailer park facilities.”

• Camping on your landProhibited

  Outdoor camping anywhere in a manufactured housing park in the Manufactured Housing Residential (R-4) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  “c. Outdoor camping: There shall be no outdoor camping anywhere in a manufactured housing park;”

• Manufactured homesAllowed

  Single-family detached manufactured housing in the Manufactured Housing Residential (R-4) District inside Glyndon city limits.

  • Existing mobile-home parks may not be expanded or modified unless zoned R-4.

  “Single-family, detached, manufactured housing, and manufactured home park offices shall be permitted uses within the R-4 District unless otherwise specified in the provisions of this Ordinance.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Glyndon or Clay County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residences inside Glyndon city limits.
• Inspections — Building construction inside Glyndon city limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside Glyndon city limits.
• Minimum dwelling size — Single-family dwellings in the Low Density Residential (R-1) District inside Glyndon city limits.
• Tiny homes — Tiny-home occupancy inside Glyndon city limits.

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.