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∙ Floor area ratio (F.A.R.). The ratio obtained by dividing the sum of a building's floor <br />area by the amount of lot area. <br /> ∙ Frontage. The uninterrupted front boundary line of a lot, or the length of such line, <br />which abuts on a street. <br /> ∙ Garage, private. An accessory building or portion of the principle building which is <br />intended and used for the storage of the private passenger vehicles of the family or families <br />who reside upon the lot upon which the garage is located. <br /> ∙ Garage, repair. A building or space for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, <br />including body work, painting and vehicle wash, and incidental display and sales of <br />automotive products but not including factory assembly of such vehicles, auto wrecking, or <br />junkyards. <br /> ∙ Garage, truck. A building that is used or intended to be used for the storage of motor <br />trucks, truck trailers, tractors and commercial vehicles exceeding one-ton rated capacity. <br /> ∙ Grading and Excavating. The act of excavation or filling or combination thereof to alter <br />the contour of land for development purposes. (added 7/14/10) <br /> ∙ Higher education, campus. The facilities for technical colleges, junior colleges, colleges <br />and universities approved by the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board for the <br />Minnesota Department of Education. These facilities can include, but are not limited to, <br />classrooms; laboratories; seminaries; dining and residence halls; athletic, wellness, and <br />spiritual facilities; administrative offices; performance art centers; parking and transit <br />structures; and child care facilities. (added 9/25/2017) <br /> ∙ Home occupation. The accessory or conditional accessory use of a residential <br />structure for any gainful occupation or profession. <br /> ∙ Hospital. An institution licensed by the state department of health, providing primary <br />health services and medical or surgical care, to sick or injured persons, primarily <br />inpatients. May include related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, or <br />training facilities. (added 7/14/10) <br /> ∙ Hotel/motel. Any building, or group of buildings, having five (5) or more guest rooms <br />intended or designed to be rented or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for <br />sleeping purposes by transient guests. (revised 7/14/10) <br /> ∙ House of worship. A place of worship or religious assembly and its accessory facilities <br />used by the congregation such as the following: rectory, meeting hall, offices for <br />administration of the institution, licensed child or adult daycare, playground, or cemetery. <br />A house of worship does not include buildings or uses used exclusively for residential, <br />schools, recreational, commercial, or other uses not normally associated with worship. <br />(revised 7/14/10) <br /> ∙ Household. The person or persons occupying a single dwelling unit. A household may <br />consist of a single family, one (1) person living alone, two (2) or more families living <br />together or any group of related or un-related persons who share living arrangements.