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body of water created by a private user where there was no previous shoreland, as defined <br />herein, for a designated private use authorized by the commissioner of natural resources, <br />shall be exempt. <br /> ή Railroad right-of-way. A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track <br />operation, but not including depots, loading platforms, station, train sheds, warehouses, car <br />shops, car yards, locomotive shops or water towers. <br /> ή Reach. A hydraulic engineering term to describe a longitudinal segment of a stream or <br />river influenced by a natural or man-made obstruction. In an urban area, the segment of a <br />stream or river between two consecutive bridge crossings would most typically constitute <br />a reach. <br /> ή Recreation, commercial. Recreational facilities which are operated for profit or render <br />a service which is customarily considered as a business. <br /> ή Recreation, residential. Play apparatus such as swing sets and slides, sandboxes, poles <br />for nets, picnic tables, lawn chairs, barbecue stands, and similar equipment or structures, <br />when used on residential property, but not including electronic towers, tree houses, <br />swimming pools, playhouses exceeding twenty-five (25) square feet of floor area, or sheds <br />utilized for storage of equipment. <br /> ή Recreational vehicles (RVs). Vehicles for recreational or utilitarian uses that can be <br />driven, towed, or hauled. Including, but not limited to, motor homes and travel trailers, <br />snowmobiles, pull campers, all terrain vehicles (ATVs), tent trailers, or other similar <br />vehicles. (revised 02/07/08) <br /> ή Recreational vehicles (for the purposes of Section 1335 only). A vehicle that is built on <br />a single chassis, is 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal <br />projection, is designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck, <br />and is designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living <br />quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. For the purposes of Section <br />1335, the term recreational vehicle shall be synonymous with the term travel trailer/travel <br />vehicle. (added 05/05/10) <br /> ή Recreational Vehicles, Utility Trailers, Riding Lawn Mowers, and Watercraft Height. <br />The distance as measured from the ground to the highest point of the recreational vehicle, <br />utility trailer, or watercraft, including any covering, as stored. This does not including <br />antennas and utility/mechanical systems provided they are accessory and take up no more <br />than ten (10) percent of the roof surface area. RVs and watercraft on a trailer shall be <br />measured as one. (revised 02/07/08) <br /> ή Recreational Vehicles, Utility Trailers, Riding Lawn Mowers, and Watercraft Length. <br />The distance as measured from end to end of the recreational vehicle, utility trailer, or <br />watercraft, including any hitch, motor, and covering, as stored. RVs and watercraft on a <br />trailer shall be measured as one. (revised 02/07/08) <br /> ή Regional flood. A flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred <br />generally in Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on