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Ordinance 2010-004 Subd. 192 Vehicle Wash. A building, or portion thereof, which principal use is the washing of vehicles. Subd. 193 Vehicle wrecking yard. Any open space where three (3) or more used motorized vehicles are stored which do not possess current state auto licenses. Subd. 194 Warehousing. The storage of materials or equipment as a principal use within an enclosed building. Subd. 195 Watercraft. Motorized water -oriented vehicles including, but not limited to, power boats, cruisers, jet skies, fishing/hunting boats, pontoon boats, and any non - motorized craft with greater than a two person capacity. This definition excludes non - motorized one and two person crafts such as canoes, kayaks, and paddle boats. Revised February 7, 2008. Subd. 196 Waterfront uses. Boat docks and storage, water recreation equipment and other uses normally associated with to lakeshore property. Subd. 197 Wetlands. Transitional low-lying areas between terrestrial and aquatic systems, either created or natural, covered with shallow and sometimes temporary or intermittent waters as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Circulator No. 39. This includes, but is not limited to swamps, marshes, bogs, sloughs, wet meadows, and shallow lakes and ponds with emergent vegetation. Subd. 198 Wetland Alteration. Alteration of a wetland includes changes to the wetland and/or wetland buffer strip in regards to size, depth or contour; dredging; tilling; damming; alteration of the watercourse; ditching; tiling; grading; draining; discharge of water; appropriation of water; changes in vegetation; or otherwise altering or destroying a wetland or wetland buffer or their functions. Alterations would not include Native Vegetation plantings or selective clearing or pruning of prohibited or restricted noxious weeds, unless within a Drainage and Utility Easement in which case submission of and written approval by the City is required. Subd. 199 Wetland Buffer Strip. An area of vegetated ground cover around the perimeter of a wetland that, either in its natural condition or through intervention, has the characteristics of buffering the wetland from surrounding landscaping. Subd. 200 Wetland Delineation. An assessment tool utilized to determine the boundary of a wetland using the US Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual (January 1987) as well as any additional boundary determination requirements established in Minnesota Rules Chapter 8420. A "Wetland Delineation Report" is a document that summarizes the observations, results and conclusions performed during the assessment when wetlands are present Subd. 201 Yard, front. A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines.