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INTENSIVE VEGETATION CLEARING: The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch, strip, row, or block. NONCONFORMITY: Any legal use, structure or parcel of land already in existence recorded or authorized before the adoption of official controls or amendments to those controls that would not have been permitted to become established under the terms of the official controls as now written PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A type of development characterized by a unified site design for a number of dwelling units or dwelling sites on a parcel whether for sale rent or lease, and also usually involving clustering of these units or sites to provide areas of common open space density increases and a mix of structure types and land uses These developments may be organized and operated as condominiums time-share condominiums cooperatives full fee ownership commercial enterprises or any combination of these or cluster subdivisions of dwelling units residential condominiums townhouses apartment buildings dwelling grounds resorts, hotels, motels, and conversions of structures and land uses to these uses. PUBLIC WATERS: Any water as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 103G.005 Subd 15 15a. RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A use where the nature of residency is nontransient and the major or primary focus of the development is not service -oriented. For example, residential apartments, manufactured home parks time-share condominiums townhouses, cooperatives, and full fee ownership residences would be considered as residential planned unit developments To qualify as a residential planned unit development a development must contain at least five dwelling units or sites. SEMIPUBLIC USE: The use of land by private nonprofit organization to provide a public service that is ordinarily pen to some persons outside the regular constituency of the organization. SEWER SYSTEM: Pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force main and all other construction, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.