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Appendix ‘A’ Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 06/17/2025 Page 11
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<br />Performance Standard - Qualitative or quantitative criterion established to control for the benefit of public health, safety and welfare
<br />such things as noise, odor, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosive hazards, or glare or heat generated or inh erent in
<br />particular or ordinary uses of land or buildings.
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<br />Plan Review - A review process of potential projects by designated authorities including, but not limited to, the Zoning Administrator,
<br />City Planner, Plan Review Board, Planning Commission, Building Inspector, City Engineer, city -appointed/contracted architect and/or
<br />engineer, or any other individual or group authorized by the City to review plans in an official capacity.
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<br />Planning Commission - A panel of persons appointed by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gem Lake charged with reviewing
<br />all matters related to land use development within the City; reviewing, modifying and developing the Comprehensive Municipal Plan
<br />and such local controls as may be necessary to achieve the goals of the Comprehensive Municipal Plan; and, making recommendations
<br />to the City Council as to approval and adoption of such matters.
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<br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) - A tract of land which is developed as a unit under single or unified ownership control and which
<br />includes two or more buildings grouped or clustered in and around a common open space area in accordance with a pre -arranged site
<br />plan.
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<br />Pollutant - Anything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and
<br />solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, l itter,
<br />or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordinances, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution;
<br />floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens ; dissolved
<br />and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or
<br />offensive matter of any kind.
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<br />Pre-Development Condition - The land use on a site that exists immediately prior to a proposed alteration. All pre-development Runoff
<br />Curve Numbers must reference the Minnesota Hydrology Guide.
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<br />Preliminary Plan - This development plan is one component of the steps of describing what the applicant plans to do for this project in
<br />the Gateway District. The Preliminary Plan with all of its details is used to identify exactly what will be done in this deve lopment. It is
<br />submitted to the Zoning Administrator who distributes it to the parties who will be reviewing this document.
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<br />Premises - Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and
<br />parking strips.
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<br />Preservation Area - A delineated area which designates trees and vegetation which will be preserved during the construction and land
<br />alteration process.
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<br />Private Child Care and Education Facilities - Child Care Facilities currently licensed by the State of Minnesota and Educational
<br />Facilities with:
<br />1. An enrollment with an age not to exceed twelve (12) years:
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<br />2. A total enrollment of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than one-hundred eighty two (182);
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<br />3. A maximum of one-hundred eighty two (182) “full-day equivalent” students with a full-day* defined as ten (10) hours.
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<br />4. The “full-day equivalent” shall be calculated by adding together the total number of students present during each hour of the
<br />“full-day” of school. This total shall not exceed 1,820, which is 182 students’ times 10 hours.
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<br />Projecting Sign - A sign which projects from and is supported by a wall, parapet, arcade or gallery of a building with the display surface
<br />of the sign perpendicular to or approximately perpendicular to the wall.
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<br />Public Facilities - Parks, playgrounds and similar uses owned and operated by the City of Gem Lake; or, libraries and other City of
<br />Gem Lake owned facilities.
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<br />Public Improvement - Any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, tree, lawn, off -street parking area, lot
<br />improvement or other facility for which the City of Gem Lake does or may ultimately assume responsibility for maintenance and
<br />operation, or that may affect an improvement for which local government responsibility is established.
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