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Redevelopment - The rebuilding, repair, or alteration of a structure, land surface, road or street, or facility.
<br />Residential WECS - A WECS with a rated generating capacity of 40 kilowatts (kw) or less which is intended primarily for producing
<br />electrical power used on -site.
<br />Retention - The prevention of direct discharge of stormwater runoff into receiving water; examples include systems which discharge
<br />through percolation, exfiltration, and evaporation processes and which generally have residence times less than three days.
<br />Runoff - Rainfall, snowmelt or irrigation water flowing over the ground surface.
<br />Sketch Plan - An informal plan that is used as the first step for a proposal for developing of land areas in the Gateway District of the
<br />City of Gem Lake. See Section 9.7.1, Step No. 1 for details.
<br />Sediment - The solid mineral or organic material that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its original location
<br />by erosion and has been deposited at another location.
<br />Sedimentation - The process or action of depositing sediment.
<br />Setback - The distance between a building, structure or other improvement and a lot line or designated right-of-way.
<br />SHED - a roofed demountable structure not to exceed two -hundred fifty (250 s� Ft2) square feet in total area. A shed shall be considered
<br />an Accessory Structure.
<br />SHED - A structure on a property that is not a primary building nor a structure intended to house parked cars or trucks. Generally a
<br />smaller building intended for the storage of home maintenance equipment and other personal belongings. When allowed, a shed with a
<br />footprint of 200 square feet or less may be built and maintained without a permit from the City.
<br />Shore Land - That area surrounding Gem Lake or any other recognized wetland and extending horizontally seventy-five (75') feet back
<br />from the mean high water line.
<br />Shoreline - The ordinary water level of the body of water known as Gem Lake and any lake, pond, or flowage in the City of Gem Lake
<br />as determined by a federal, state, regional or local regulatory agency with the authority to make such determinations, along with all
<br />wetlands attendant to each body of water.
<br />Sight Triangle - A triangle beginning at the corner of two intersecting street rights -of -way, shaped by two lines extending 30 feet along
<br />the edge of each right-of-way and the line connecting the two resulting points.
<br />Sign - Any name, figure, character, outline, display, announcement, or device, or structure supporting the same, or any other device of
<br />similar nature designed to attract attention outdoors, and shall include all parts, portions, units and materials composing the same,
<br />together with the frame, background, and supports or anchoring thereof. A sign shall not include any architectural or landscape features
<br />that may also attract attention.
<br />Sign Face - An exterior display surface of a sign including non-structural trim exclusive of the supporting structure.
<br />Significant Tree - A healthy deciduous tree measuring eight (8") inches or greater in diameter, at a point four and one half feet above
<br />grade, or a healthy coniferous tree measuring ten (10') feet in height or greater.
<br />Single Family Detached House - One dwelling on one lot, detached from other adjoining lots.
<br />*Note — This is Building Template 6 for the Gateway District.
<br />Site Plan - The development plan for one (1) or more lots on which is shown the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including
<br />topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes and waterways, open spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, utility
<br />services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and screening devices and other information that reasonably may be required in
<br />order that an informed decision can be made by the approving authority.
<br />Sketch Plan - An informal plan that is used as the first step for a proposal for developing of land areas in the Gateway District of the
<br />City of Gem Lake. See Section 9.7.1 Step No. 1 for details.
<br />Soil Treatment System - A system where sewage effluent is treated and disposed of into the soil by percolation and filtration, and
<br />includes trenches, seepage beds, drain fields, at -grade systems, and mound systems.
<br />Appendix A' Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 1011912023 Page 12
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