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Potential build site — identified from county GIS · as of 7/21/2026
A plain-language status — not a score. This page documents 5 facts from public records (one of them the 5 building rules cited to Maple Grove City Code §36-295), estimates 2 more from models, relies on 3 unverified screening defaults, and lists 8 things to verify before you rely on it.
This parcel in Maple Grove sits in the Osseo Public School District school district. Part of the parcel is mapped in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, so flood insurance and elevation requirements likely apply. Wetland indicators overlap the parcel in screening data — a field delineation is the next step, since mapped lines are not legal boundaries. On utilities, water service is undocumented and sewer service is inside the regional service area — a connection is not confirmed until the city or utility confirms it, so budget time to verify location and fees. The lot is partially wooded in the 2015 modeled estimate — some tree cover to work with, some open ground. We do not yet have data on terrain and water service — on this page, unknown never means "no concern."
Rules applied: Maple Grove single-family residential (R-2, typical) — Maple Grove City Code §36-295 (code current at retrieval, 2026-07) + regional screening defaults for rules not yet loaded This parcel is mapped as zoning district R-2 in the city’s published GIS layer. The values shown are the city’s typical single-family district standards, applied to this parcel regardless of its mapped district — confirm the standards for your district with the city. Some rules shown use a regional screening default — the Maple Grove ordinance is not yet loaded for them; verify locally before relying on any number.
Recorded, authoritative facts.
Modeled or preliminary — useful for screening, not decisions.
Professional and municipal confirmations before you build.
Written for homeowners; open “the details” on any card for the builder view and the raw measurement behind it.
Slope & terrain: not yet evaluated — unknown is not the same as no concern. no slope statistics
Builder view: Slope & terrain: no qualifying evidence in the current dataset (no slope statistics); treat as unresolved, not as clear.
Part of this parcel is mapped in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area (zone A); flood insurance and elevation requirements likely apply — confirm with the city and a surveyor.
Builder view: FEMA zone A (SFHA) per current NFHL data; floodplain ordinance and base flood elevation requirements apply — elevation certificate and local floodplain review required.
Mapped wetland/public-water indicators overlap this parcel. This is a screening result, not a confirmed legal boundary — a wetland delineation is recommended before design or purchase decisions.
Builder view: NWI/PWI overlap present — a SCREENING constraint, not a delineated boundary; a wetland delineation is recommended before design or purchase decisions. The local ordinance requires a vegetated buffer of 20–40 ft depending on the wetland's classification, plus a structure setback from the buffer (creeks (Elm/Rush/N. Fork Rush/Diamond) 25–50 ft; the district building setback is added on top of the buffer (§36-752(3)); watershed-district variation permitted (§36-752(6))) — a delineation and classification set the exact figure. WCA/LGU review applies if impacts are proposed.
Public utilities may be available nearby; connection location & fees require confirmation
Uses a regional screening default — the local ordinance is not yet loaded. Verify locally.
Builder view: sanitary sewer: inside the regional wastewater service area (MUSA) — membership is a planning designation, NOT a connection at the boundary; timing unknown, confirm staging with the city.
Water service: not yet evaluated — unknown is not the same as no concern. water service not documented
Builder view: Water service: no qualifying evidence in the current dataset (water service not documented); treat as unresolved, not as clear.
This parcel is in the Osseo Public School District school district per current boundary data.
Builder view: School district: Osseo Public School District (MDE boundary data; boundaries can change — verify for enrollment decisions).
Preliminary buildable envelope ≈ 7,474 sq ft (about 23.3% of the lot) — a conservative estimate; the actual buildable area is likely larger once lot edges are classified. The 40% total impervious surface cap (§36-787) allows ≈ 12,894 sq ft, so the setbacks are the binding limit here. That allowance covers house, garage, driveway, patio and walks together, so the house itself will be meaningfully smaller once a driveway is included. Based on Maple Grove single-family residential (R-2, typical) — Maple Grove City Code §36-295 (code current at retrieval, 2026-07); confirm your parcel's zoning. Governing setback is the shoreland OHWL standard (100 ft, §36-688(b)(1)) — Maple Grove S Shoreland District — Maple Grove City Code §36-688 / §36-687 / §36-691 (code current at retrieval, 2026-07); measured from the mapped water edge (DNR Public Waters Inventory basin delineation, retrieved 2026-08-08) — an approximation, not the surveyed ordinary high water line.
Builder view: Conservative uniform inward buffer at the largest applicable setback (30 ft): ≈ 7,474 sq ft (23.3% of lot). Under-approximates the true asymmetric envelope; edge classification will refine. Resolved setbacks: front 25 ft, side 5 ft, rear 30 ft, corner side 15 ft. The 40% total impervious surface cap (§36-787) allows ≈ 12,894 sq ft, so the setbacks are the binding limit here. That allowance covers house, garage, driveway, patio and walks together, so the house itself will be meaningfully smaller once a driveway is included. Based on Maple Grove single-family residential (R-2, typical) — Maple Grove City Code §36-295 (code current at retrieval, 2026-07); confirm your parcel's zoning. Governing setback is the shoreland OHWL standard (100 ft, §36-688(b)(1)) — Maple Grove S Shoreland District — Maple Grove City Code §36-688 / §36-687 / §36-691 (code current at retrieval, 2026-07); measured from the mapped water edge (DNR Public Waters Inventory basin delineation, retrieved 2026-08-08) — an approximation, not the surveyed ordinary high water line.
This lot is in a mapped shoreland zone of a Recreational Development-class water: structures must be set back 75 ft (sewered) / 100 ft (unsewered) from the ordinary high water line (§36-688(b)(1)). The OHWL location comes from a survey, not a map.
Builder view: Shoreland zone — DNR class Recreational Development. structures must be set back 75 ft (sewered) / 100 ft (unsewered) from the ordinary high water line (§36-688(b)(1)). Bluff and shoreland-impervious standards may also apply; OHWL per survey.
This lot is partially wooded — about 33.7% tree canopy (2015 modeled estimate): some tree cover, some open ground.
Builder view: Tree canopy ≈ 33.7% of parcel area (Partially wooded; bands: wooded ≥ 50%, partially wooded 20–50%). Source: 2015 UMN 1-m urban tree canopy (deciduous + coniferous classes); verify current conditions on site — clearing, storms and growth since 2015 are not reflected.
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The raw per-field record behind the interpretation above — the same rights-filtered fields, each with its own source and last-verified date.
Osseo Public School District
Source: MDE school district boundaries. Last verified: 7/21/2026.
Zone A (FEMA special flood hazard area, no base flood elevation determined) Preliminary site signal — not a determination.
Source: FEMA NFHL flood hazard zones (MN DNR GDRS mirror). Last verified: 7/21/2026.
Yes NWI is a planning tool; preliminary, not a delineation.
Source: Updated MN National Wetlands Inventory. Last verified: 7/21/2026.
No
Source: DNR Public Waters Inventory basins. Last verified: 7/21/2026.
R-2
Source: Maple Grove Neighborhood Parcels — ZONING (city AGOL). Last verified: 8/12/2026.
Shoreland — Recreational Development class water Part of this parcel is within 1000 ft of the OHWL of Cedar Island (DNR PWI). Zone membership derived spatially at the MN statutory shoreland distances; the mapped OHWL is not a survey.
Source: DNR Public Waters Inventory basins. Last verified: 7/25/2026.
33.7% Modeled from the 2015 UMN 1-m urban tree canopy raster (deciduous + coniferous classes); canopy may have changed since 2015. Screening only, not a survey.
Source: UMN 2015 TCMA Urban Tree Canopy (1 m, RSGAL/DRUM). Last verified: 7/25/2026.
sewered Inside the Met Council Current Wastewater Service Areas footprint — currently served, not merely planned.
Source: Met Council Current Wastewater Service Areas (LPH publication). Last verified: 8/4/2026.
Inside planned regional wastewater service area — not a sewer connection
Other potential building sites near this one — straight-line distance between parcel centres. Same preliminary signals, same caveats.