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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, litter,
<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.
<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.
<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 development. It is
<br />submitted to the Zoning Administrator who distributes it to the parties who will be reviewing this document.
<br />Premises - Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and
<br />parking strips.
<br />Preservation Area - A delineated area which designates trees and vegetation which will be preserved during the construction and land
<br />alteration process.
<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:
<br />2. A total enrollment of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than one -hundred eighty two (182);
<br />3. A maximum of one -hundred eighty two (182) "full -day equivalent" students with a full -day* defined as ten (10) hours.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<br />Public Open Space - Any parcel or area of land or water including, but not limited to: wetlands, prairies and grasslands, pastures, forests
<br />and wooded areas, mixed forest & grasslands, or any other naturally occurring land form that is essentially unimproved and which may
<br />be devoted to use for the purpose of:
<br />1. The preservation of natural areas and resources,
<br />2. Outdoor recreation (active & passive),
<br />3. Support of public health and safety, or,
<br />4. Maintaining a high quality of life
<br />Public Utility - Persons, corporations, or governments supplying gas, electric, transportation, water, sewer, data, or telephone services
<br />to the general public. For the purposes of this Ordinance, commercial broadcast services and commercial wireless telecommunications
<br />services shall not be considered public utility uses and are defined separately.
<br />Public Waters - Any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15.
<br />Recreational Equipment (Residential) - Play apparatus such as swing sets and slides, sand boxes, poles for net games, unoccupied
<br />boats and trailers, picnic tables, lawn chairs, barbecue stands, and similar equipment.
<br />Appendix A' Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 1011912023 Page I
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