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Appendix ‘A’ Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 10/19/2023 Page 3 Bungalow Court - Four or more smaller, standalone homes around a shared central court or walk on a single lot, with pedestrian access to the street. Note - This is Building Template 10 for the Gateway district. Canopy - A freestanding permanent roof-like shelter no attached to or requiring support from an adjacent structure. Carport - An automobile shelter having one or more sides open. Changeable Copy - The letters, symbols, logos or other graphics which make up a sign’s communicative message, if they are placed on the sign by electronic or electrical means (a message center or dynamic display) or which can be replaced manually through use of letters and symbols in a panel mount or track system. City Architect - The City Architect is appointed to review all applications requiring evaluation of the Design Standards in Section 10.7 of the Gateway District. If deficiencies are noted, the City Architect shall describe the deficiency and suggest at least one complying alternative. City Council - The City of Gem Lake City Council. City Forester - A forester appointed by the City of Gem Lake. Clean Water Act - The federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto. Clustering - A grouping of residential or other structures arranged without regard to normal lot lines and set -backs but with the express intent of preserving open spaces and natural resources for community use, establishing a sense of community among owners/resi dents and reducing the cost and impact of infrastructure development and service delivery. Cold Frame - An unheated outdoor structure with a frame of wood or similar material and a top of glass or clear plastic, used for protecting seedlings and plants from the cold. Commercial Broadcast Services - Licensed commercial radio or television services transmitting signals for reception by the general public. Commercial Wireless Telecommunications Services - Licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal communications services (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobilized radio (ESMR), paging a nd similar services that are marketed to the general public. Community Garden - An area of land managed and maintained by a group of individuals to grow plants and harvest food crops for personal or group use, consumption or donation. Community gardens may be divided into separate plots for cultivation by one o r more individuals or may be farmed collectively by members of the group, and may include common areas maintained and used by group members. Coniferous/Evergreen Tree - A woody plant which, at maturity, is at least thirty (30') feet in height, with a single trunk, fully branched to the ground, having foliage on the outermost portion of the branches year round. Construction Activity – Means activities including clearing, grading, and excavating, that result in land disturbance of equal to or greater than once acre, including the disturbance of less than one acre of total land area that is part of a larger common plan of development or sale if larger common plan will ultimately disturb equal to or greater than one acre. This includes a disturba nce to the land that results in a chance in the topography, existing soil cover, both vegetative an d non-vegetative, or the existing soil topography that may result in accelerated stormwater runoff that may lead to soil erosion and movement of sediment. Construction activit y does not include a disturbance to the land of less than five acres for the purp ose of routine maintenance performed to maintain the original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, and original purpose of the facility. Routine maintenance does not include activities such as repairs, replacement and other types of non-routine maintenance. Pavement rehabilitation that does not disturb the underlying soils (e.g., mill and overlay projects) is not construction activity. Contiguous - Areas of real property actually in contact with one another or touching along a boundary and also touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence. Real property separated by a body of water or designated wetland shall not be considered contiguous regardless of whether the real property under the body of water or wetland has common ownership. The routing of a driveway through a parcel of real property shall not be considered as separating same so as to make the port ions created by the driveway not contiguous. Condominium, Residential - the absolute ownership of an apartment or a residential unit (generally in a multiunit building) based on a legal description of the airspace of the unit actually occupies, plus an undivided interest in the ownership of the common elements, which are joined with the other condominium unit owners all as provided by state law.