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BUILDING HEIGHT A distance to be measured from the mean curb level along the front lot line or from the mean ground level for all of that portion of the structure having frontage on a public right-of-way, whichever is higher, to the top of the cornice of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, to a point on the roof directly above the highest wall of a shed roof, to the upper -most point on a round or other arch type roof; to the height of the highest gable on a pitched or hip roof. CARPORT An automobile shelter having one or more sides open. CELLAR That portion ofthe building having more than one-half (%x)ofthefloor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground. 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. 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 wet land 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 make the portions created by the driveway not contiguous. CURB LEVEL The grade elevation as established by the City, of the curb in front of the center of the building. Where no curb level has been established,, the City Engineer shall determine a curb level or its equivalent for the purpose of this Ordinance. DWELLING A building or one (1) or more portions thereof occupied or intended to be occupied exclusively for residence purpose, but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes, boarding houses, nor trailers, tents, cabins or trailer coaches. DWELLING -ATTACHED A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling. DWELLING -DETACHED A dwelling which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot. EROSION CONTROL PLAN A plan developed in accordance with the requirements of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Regional, State of MN and Federal guidelines that includes all proposed alterations to real property and the methods to be employed before undertaking the proposed alterations to prevent potential erosion and contamination of shorelands, wetlands and watershed areas, streets and by -ways, and adjacent private and public real property using accepted best practices. ESSENTIAL SERVICES The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of public utilities or municipal departments of underground or overhead telephone, gas, electrical, communication, water and/or sewer. Radio and television broadcast, cellular and PCS transmission/reception support structures shall not be considered an essential service. ESSENTIAL SERVICE STRUCTURES Structures including, but not limited to, buildings such as telephone exchanges, substations, wells, purnping stations and elevated tanks. FAMILY An individual, or two or more persons each related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of persons not so related, maintaining a common household and using common cooking and kitchen facilities. FLOOR AREA The sum of the grass horizontal areas of the several floors of a building including interior balconies, mezzanines, basements and attached accessory buildings, but excepting that area primarily devoted to window display, storage, fitting rooms, stairs, escalators, unenclosed porches, detached accessory buildings utilized for dead storage, heating and utility rooms, inside off-street parking or loading space. Measurements shall be made from the outside of exterior walls. GARAGE -PRIVATE A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used primarily for storing passenger vehicles, trailers or one (1) truck of a rated capacity not in excess of seven thousand (7,000) pounds. HARDSHIP -UNDUE HARDSHIP. A situation in which real property in question cannot be put to reasonable use under the conditions allowed by official controls; the plight of the owner of the real property is due to circumstances unique to the owner's real property that were not created by the owner, the essential character of the locality will not alter if a variance is granted. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute undue hardship if a reasonable use for the real property exists under the terms of the official controls. HOBBY ACTIVITIES Any activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation and meeting all of the following requirernents: when normally engaged in only by the persons residing in the dwelling where the bobby is pursued; when evidence of the hobby is not visible from the street, or if visible is not offensive or such as to lower neighborhood property values; when pursuit of the hobby does not interfere with enjoyment of neighboring property by its owners. HOME OCCUPATION Any gainful occupation of non-residential nature conducted entirely within the dwelling or accessory building and carried on only by the inhabitants and no more than one (1) non-resident thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes. No articles may be sold or offered for sale except as may be produced on the premises by members of the immediate family residing therein. Home occupations shall not include the repair of internal combustion engines (other than small engine repair), body shops, machine shops, welding shops, or other objectionable uses as determined by the City Council. The home occupation shall not be conducted in more than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of the dwelling or four hundred (400) square feet, whichever is less. There shall be no outside display of goods or storage of equipment or material used in the "Home Occupation". KENNEL -ANIMAL Any place where three (3) or more of any single type of domestic animals, over four (4) months of age, are owned, boarded, bred or offered for sale.