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Appendix ‘A’ Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 10/19/2023 Page 16 <br /> <br />Vehicle, Junked Motor Vehicle - Any motor vehicle which is either abandoned, wrecked, partially dismantled or legally inoperative, <br />or which is not currently licensed for operation within the State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />Wall Sign - Any sign attached to or painted on the wall of a building or structure in a plane parallel or approximately parallel to the <br />plane of said wall. <br /> <br />Wastewater - Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water, discharged from a facility. <br /> <br />Water Body - a body of water (such as a lake or pond) or a depression of land or expanded part of a river, or an enclosed basin that <br />holds water. <br /> <br />Waters Of The State - All stream, lakes, ponds, wetlands, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation <br />systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, publ ic or private, <br />which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof. Streams include both intermittent and <br />perennial. <br /> <br />Watercourse - a channel or depression through which water flows continuously or intermittently, such as rivers, streams, or creeks. <br /> <br />Watershed - the area drained by a natural or artificial drainage system, bounded peripherally by a ridge or stretch of high land dividing <br />drainage areas. <br /> <br />Way, Authorized Private - a road with a right-of-way not less than forty (40) feet wide across private land designed and built for <br />vehicular traffic between a public street and two or more private residences. This road shall have been authorized or approve d by the <br />City Council, to be built and maintained by private interests. Authorized private ways are allowed only in residential districts. <br /> <br />Wetland - Any wetland as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 19. <br /> <br />Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS) - An electrical generating facility consisting of a turbine, tower, and associated control <br />and conversion electronics. <br /> <br />Window Sign - Any sign viewable through and/or/affixed in any manner to a window or exterior glass door such that it is intended to <br />be viewable from the street, including signs located inside a building but primarily visible outside of the building. <br /> <br />Woodland - An area of at least one-half (½) acre in size of land, utility easements, or rights-of-way, with at least twenty (20) significant <br />trees on the parcel or with tree cover over at least thirty -five (35%) percent of the total land area. <br /> <br />Yard - A required open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure from its lowest ground level to the sky <br />except as expressly permitted in this Ordinance. A yard shall extend along a lot line and at right angles to such lot line to a depth or <br />width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located. <br /> <br />Yard, Front - A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line between side lot lines and extending from the abutting front <br />street right-of-way line to a depth required in the yard regulations for the district in which such a lot is located. In the case of a corner <br />lot abutting one or more major roads, both yards shall be considered front yards. A major road is any road that is of a colle ctor designation <br />or greater. <br /> <br />Yard, Rear - A yard extending along the full width of the rear lot line between the side lot lines and extending toward the front lot line <br />for a depth as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located. <br /> <br />Yard, Side - A yard extending along a side lot line between the front and rear yards, having a width as specified in the yard regulations <br />for the district in which such lot is located. <br /> <br />Zoning Administrator - Any person(s) duly appointed by resolution of the Gem Lake City Council for the purpose of interpreting and <br />enforcing the several local land use and development controls including, but not limited to, local controls known as the Consolidated <br />Land Use Ordinance. <br /> <br />Zoning Compliance Permit - This permit is granted after determination that all steps of the planning process are completed and <br />authorizes the commencement of the project. <br /> <br />Zoning District - An area or areas within the limits of the City for which the regulations and requirements governing use are uniform.