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<br />30 <br />198575v4 <br /> <br /> Watercraft. Motorized water-oriented vehicles including, but not limited to, power boats, <br />cruisers, jet skies, fishing/hunting boats, pontoon boats, and any non-motorized craft with greater <br />than a two person capacity. This definition excludes non-motorized one and two person crafts <br />such as canoes, kayaks, and paddle boats. (revised 02/07/08) <br /> <br /> Waterfront uses. Boat docks and storage, water recreation equipment and other uses <br />normally associated with to lakeshore property. <br /> <br /> Wetlands. Transitional low-lying areas between terrestrial and aquatic systems, either <br />created or natural, covered with shallow and sometimes temporary or intermittent waters as <br />defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Circulator No. 39. This includes, but is <br />not limited to swamps, marshes, bogs, sloughs, wet meadows, and shallow lakes and ponds with <br />emergent vegetation. (revised 02/22/10) <br /> <br /> Wetland alteration. Alteration of a wetland includes changes to the wetland and/or <br />wetland buffer strip in regards to size, depth or contour; dredging; tilling; damming; alteration of <br />the watercourse; ditching; tiling; grading; draining; discharge of water; appropriation of water; <br />changes in vegetation; or otherwise altering or destroying a wetland or wetland buffer or their <br />functions. Alterations would not include Native Vegetation plantings or selective clearing or <br />pruning of prohibited or restricted noxious weeds, unless within a Drainage and Utility Easement <br />in which case submission of and written approval by the City is required. (added 02/22/10) <br /> <br /> Wetland buffer strip. An area of vegetated ground cover around the perimeter of a <br />wetland that, either in its natural condition or through intervention, has the characteristics of <br />buffering the wetland from surrounding landscaping. (added 02/22/10) <br /> <br /> Wetland delineation. An assessment tool utilized to determine the boundary of a wetland <br />using the US Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual (January 1987) as well as <br />any additional boundary determination requirements established in Minnesota Rules Chapter <br />8420. A "Wetland Delineation Report" is a document that summarizes the observations, results <br />and conclusions performed during the assessment when wetlands are present. (added 02/22/10) <br /> <br /> Yard, front. A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side <br />lot lines. <br /> <br /> Yard, minimum required. The minimum open space extending between a minimum <br />building setback line and the adjoining lot line in which a principle building may not be placed <br />and in which accessory buildings may only be placed as regulated in this Code. <br /> <br /> Yard, rear. A yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured between the <br />rear line of the lot and the rear line of the main building. <br /> <br /> Yard, side. A yard between the building and the adjacent sideline of the lot and <br />extending from the front yard to the rear yard.