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structure.
<br />PUBLIC WATERS: Any "waters" as defined in Minnesota statutes, section 1036.005, subdivisions 15 and
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<br />RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A use where the nature of residency is nontransient
<br />and the major or primary focus of the development is not service oriented. For example, residential
<br />apartments, manufactured home parks, timeshare condominiums, townhouses, cooperatives, and full fee
<br />ownership residences would be considered as residential planned unit developments. To qualify as a
<br />residential planned unit development, a development must contain at least five (5) dwelling units or sites.
<br />SEMIPUBLIC USE: The use of land by a private, nonprofit organization to provide a public service that is
<br />ordinarily open to some persons outside the regular constituency of the organization.
<br />SENSITIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: The preservation and management of areas unsuitable for
<br />development in their natural state due to constraints such as shallow soils over ground water or bedrock,
<br />highly erosive or expansive soils, steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, or occurrence of flora or fauna in
<br />need of special protection.
<br />SETBACK: The minimum horizontal distance between a structure, sewage treatment system, or other facility
<br />and an ordinary high water level, sewage treatment system, top of a bluff, road, highway, property line, or
<br />other facility.
<br />SEWER SYSTEM: The combination of public and private pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force
<br />main, and all other construction, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or
<br />industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal in a public sewage treatment facility.
<br />SHORE IMPACT ZONE: Land located between the ordinary high water level of public water and a line
<br />parallel to it at a setback of fifty percent (50%) of the structure setback.
<br />SHORELAND: Land located within one thousand feet (1,000) from the ordinary high water level of the lakes
<br />classified in section 1016.13 of this chapter. The limits of the shorelands may be reduced whenever the waters
<br />involved are bounded by topographic divides which extend landward from the waters for lesser distances and
<br />when approved by the MnDNR commissioner.
<br />SHORELAND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT: Land located within three hundred feet (300') from the ordinary
<br />high water level; or the first tier of riparian lots or the first tier of lots or the first tier of lots beyond a public
<br />street when the street is adjacent to a public water body, whichever is greater, of certain public waters as
<br />established by the City Council as established by this code.
<br />SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC SITE: Any archaeological site, standing structure, or other property that meets the
<br />criteria for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places, is listed in the State Register of Historic
<br />Sites, or is determined to be an unplatted cemetery that falls under the provisions of Minnesota statutes,
<br />section 307.08. An historic site meets these criteria if it is presently listed on either register or if it is
<br />determined to meet the qualifications for listing after review by the Minnesota state archaeologist or the
<br />director of the Minnesota Historical Society. All unplatted cemeteries are automatically considered to be
<br />significant historic sites.
<br />STEEP SLOPE: Land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or described as
<br />poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped and described in available
<br />county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction techniques and
<br />farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Where specific information is not
<br />available, steep slopes are lands having average slopes over twelve percent (12%), as measured over
<br />horizontal distances of fifty feet (50') or more, that are not bluffs.
<br />STORM WATER POND: A manmade pond capable of holding water seasonally or permanently, the purpose
<br />of which is to collect runoff, nutrients, and sediment prior to releasing water into wetlands and natural water
<br />bodies.
<br />STRUCTURE: Any building or appurtenance, including attached or detached decks and fences. "Structure"
<br />does not include aerial or underground utility lines, such as sewer, electric, telephone, telegraph, gas lines,
<br />towers, poles, seasonal docks, and other supporting facilities such as at grade driveways and patios.
<br />SUBDIVISION: Land that is divided for the purpose of sale, rent, or lease, including planned unit
<br />developments.
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