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<br />'" <br /> <br />SECTION III: DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />As used in this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires: <br /> <br />"AIRPORT" means the Gateway North Industrial Airport located in Anoka <br />County, Minnesota, T32NR25W, Sections 21, 22, 27, 28 and 34. <br /> <br />"AIRPORT ELEVATION" means the established elevation of the useable <br />landing which elevation is established to be 870 feet above mean sea <br />level. <br /> <br />"AIRPORT HAZARD" means any structure or tree or use of land which <br />obstructs the airspace required for, or is otherwise hazardous to, the <br />flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at the airport; and any <br />use of land which is hazardous to persons or property because of its <br />proxi.ity to the airport. <br /> <br />"DWELLING" means any building or portion thereof designed or used as a <br />residence or sleeping place of one or more persons. <br /> <br />"ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN A BUILT-UP URBAN AREA" <br />(ERN-BUUA) means an area, which, if it existed on or before January 1, <br />1978 (for low density structures and lots) as an area which, if it <br />existed on or before July 2, 1979 (all other land uses), shall be <br />considered a conforming ~ that shall not be prohibited except-as <br />provided below in V B 5 EXEMPTIONS-ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL <br />NEIGHBORHOODS. The following criteria shall be applied and considered <br />in determining what constitutes an ERN-BUUA: <br /> <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />(3) <br />(4) <br />(5) <br /> <br />(6) <br />(7) <br />(8) <br /> <br />(9) <br /> <br />(10) <br /> <br />(11) <br /> <br />Location of the airport; <br />Nature of the terrain within Safety Zones A and B; <br />Existing land uses and character of the neighborhood around the <br />airport; <br />Population of the community; <br />That the average population density in all areas within one mile <br />of any point on a runway be equal to or greater than one dwelling <br />unit per acre; <br />Population density near the airport compared with population <br />density in other areas of the community; <br />The age and the economic, political and social stability of the <br />neighborhood and the community as a whole; <br />The proximity of supporting school, commercial, religious, <br />transportation and other facilities and their degree of <br />integration with residential land uses; <br />Presence or absence of public utilities including, but not <br />limited to, public sanitary sewer system, electric service and <br />gas mains; <br />Whether or not the factors listed in subparagraphs (8) and (9) <br />above tend to make the community surrounding the airport a self- <br />sufficient unit; <br />Whether the areas within one mile of the perimeter of the airport <br />property would be considered primarily residential in character; <br />and <br /> <br />5 <br />