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the City Council after review thereof by the Planning Commission .as a flexibility device to enable the City
<br />Council to assign dimensions or conditions to a proposed use, after consideration of the impacts on or
<br />functions of adjacent and nearby properties and the special problems that the proposed use presents.
<br />DECK: A horizontal, unenclosed platform with or without attached railings, seats, trellises, or other features,
<br />attached or functionally related to a principal use or site and at any point extending more than three feet (3')
<br />above ground.
<br />DOCK: A seasonal water -oriented accessory structure or walkway extended from the ordinary high water
<br />level into the bed of public waters for access to open water and anchorage of water craft.
<br />DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUAD: A dwelling structure on a single lot, having two (2), three (3), and four (4)
<br />units, respectively, being attached by common walls and each unit equipped with separate sleeping, cooking,
<br />eating, living, and sanitation facilities.
<br />DWELLING SITE: A designated location for residential use by one or more persons using temporary or
<br />movable shelter, including camping and recreational vehicle sites.
<br />DWELLING UNIT: Any structure or portion of a stricture, or other shelter designed as short- or long-term
<br />living quarters for one or more persons, including rental or timeshare accommodations such as hotel, and
<br />resort rooms and cabins.
<br />EXTRACTIVE USE: The use of land for surface or subsurface removal of sand, gravel, rock, industrial
<br />minerals, other nonmetallic minerals, and peat not regulated under Minnesota Statutes, sections 93.44 to
<br />93.51.
<br />GAZEBO: A seasonal water -oriented accessory structure used as a detached nonheated shelter. It may have a
<br />roof, floor, screen walls, but has no sewer or water service.
<br />GUEST COTTAGE: A structure used as a dwelling unit that may contain sleeping spaces and kitchens and
<br />bathroom facilities in addition to those provided in the primary dwelling unit on a lot.
<br />HARDSHIP: The same as that term is defined in Minnesota Statutes chapter 462 (for municipalities).
<br />HEIGHT OF BUILDING: "Height of building" shall be as defined in the Minnesota State Building Code. It
<br />means the vertical distance between the highest adjoining ground level at the building or ten feet (10') above
<br />the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the highest point of a flat roof or average height of the
<br />highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof.
<br />INDUSTRIAL USE: The use of land or buildings for the production, manufacture, warehousing, storage, or
<br />transfer of goods, products, commodities, or other wholesale items.
<br />INTENSIVE VEGETATION CLEARING: The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch,
<br />strip, row, or block.
<br />LIFT: A mechanical device used to lift a boat from the water.
<br />LOT: A parcel of land designated by plat, metes and bounds, registered land survey, auditors plot, or other
<br />accepted means and separated from other parcels or portions by said description for the purpose of sale, lease,
<br />or separation.
<br />LOT WIDTH: The shortest distance between lot lines measured at the midpoint of the building line.
<br />NONCONFORMING USE: A nonconforming use is any use or arrangement of land or structures legally
<br />existing prior to the enactment of a Code provision prohibiting such use.
<br />NONCONFORMING USES: Any use of a building or premises which, on the effective date of this Chapter,
<br />does not, even though lawfully established, comply with all of the applicable use regulations of the zoning
<br />district in which such building or premises is located (also see definition of Substandard Use).
<br />ORDINARY HIGH WATER LEVEL: The boundary of public waters and wetlands, and shall be an elevation
<br />delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence
<br />upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to
<br />predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the
<br />bank of the channel. For reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of
<br />the normal summer pool.
<br />PATIO: An inground surface of paving or wood materials, not attached to the main structure.
<br />PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD): See chapter 1008 of this title.
<br />PORCH, SCREENED: A seasonal habitable addition to a residential stricture, considered part of the
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