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<br /> Revised August 21, 1998
<br /> under the terms of the official controls as now written, if the official controls had
<br /> been in effect prior to the date it was established, recorded or authorized.
<br /> 2.734 Ordinary high water level. "Ordinary high water level" means the boundary of
<br /> public waters and wetlands, and shall be an elevation delineating the highest water
<br /> 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
<br /> from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the
<br /> ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. For
<br /> reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of
<br /> the normal summer pool.
<br /> 2.735 Planned unit development. "Planned unit development" means a type of
<br /> development characterized by a unified site design for a number of dwelling units
<br /> or dwelling sites on a parcel, whether for sale, rent, or lease, and also usually
<br /> involving clustering of these units or sites to provide areas of common open space,
<br /> density increases, and a mix of structure types and land uses. These developments
<br /> may be organized and operated as condominiums, time -share condominiums,
<br /> cooperatives, full fee ownership, commercial enterprises, or any combination of
<br /> these, or cluster subdivisions of dwelling units, residential condominiums,
<br /> townhouses, apartment buildings, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, resorts,
<br /> hotels, motels, and conversions of structures and land uses to these uses.
<br /> 2.736 Public waters. 'Public waters" ears any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
<br /> section 103G.005, subdivisions 15 and 15a.
<br /> 2.737 Residential planned unit development. "Residential planned unit development"
<br /> means a use where the nature of residency is non - transient and the major or
<br /> primary focus of the development is not service - oriented. For example, residential
<br /> apartments, manufactured home parks, time -share condominiums, townhouses,
<br /> cooperatives, and full fee ownership residences would be considered as residential
<br /> planned unit developments. To qualify as a residential planned unit development,
<br /> a development must contain at least five dwelling units or sites.
<br /> 2.738 Semipublic use. "Semipublic use" means the use of land by a private, nonprofit
<br /> organization to provide a public service that is ordinarily open to some persons
<br /> outside the regular constituency of the organization.
<br /> 2.739 Sensitive resource management. "Sensitive resource management" means the
<br /> preservation and management of areas unsuitable for development in their natural
<br /> state due to constraints such as shallow soils over groundwater or bedrock, highly
<br /> erosive or expansive soils, steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, or occurrence
<br /> of flora or fauna in need of special protection.
<br /> 2.740 Setback. "Setback" means the minimum horizontal distance between a structure,
<br /> sewage treatment system, or other facility and an ordinary high water level, sewage
<br /> treatment system, top of a bluff, road, highway, property line, or other facility.
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