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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 seg.), 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/residents and reducing the cost and impact of infrastructure development and service delivery. COLDFRAME - 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. COLLAR BUILDING - Structures accompanying a commercial use with large parking requirements, intended to maintain storefronts and entrances on the public street. This is Building Template 14b for the Gateway district. 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 and 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 or 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 one 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 the larger cam man plan will ultimately disturb equal to or greater than one acre. This includes a disturbance to the land that results in a change in the topography, existing soil cover, both vegetative and nonvegetative, or the existing soil topography that may result in accelerated storm water runoff that may lead to soil erasion and movement of sediment. Construction activity does not include a disturbance to the land of less than five acres for the purpose 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 overtay 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 snake the portions 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. CONDOMINIUM, OFFICE - the absolute ownership of an office or a commercial unit (generally in a multi -unit 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 office condominium unit owners all as provided by state law. Updated November 7, 2017 Appendix 'A' Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Defrnidions Page 4