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Environmental protection § 9.21
<br /> regulations, a lot shall be considered to be an individual building site which shall be occupied by
<br /> no more than one principal structure equipped with sanitary facilities.
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<br /> Nonconforming Use Any use of land established before the effective date of
<br /> this Section which does not conform to the use restrictions of a particular zoning district. This
<br /> should not be confused with substandard dimensions of a conforming use.
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<br /> Ordinary High Water Mark A mark delineating the highest water level which
<br /> has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape. The
<br /> ordinary high water mark is commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from
<br /> predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary high
<br /> water mark is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel.
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<br /> Person Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other
<br /> private or governmental entity.
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<br /> Planned Cluster Development A development considered to be a type of
<br /> Planned Unit Development and is subject to the same review criteria.
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<br /> Planned Unit Development A type of development which may incorporate a
<br /> variety of land uses planned and developed as a unit. The Planned Unit Development is
<br /> distinguished from the traditional subdivision process of development in that zoning standards
<br /> such as density, height limits, and minimum lot sizes may be altered by negotiation and agreement
<br /> between the developer, the City and the Commissioner of Natural Resources.
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<br /> Protected Waters* Any waters of the State as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
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<br /> no lake, pond or flowage of less than ten acres in size and no river or stream having a total
<br /> drainage area less than two square miles shall be regulated for the purposes of these regulations.
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<br /> Setback The minimal horizontal distance between a structure or sanitary facility
<br /> and the ordinary high water mark, bluffline, or top of a bluff, or between a structure or
<br /> sanitary facility and a road, well, highway, or property lines.
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<br /> Shoreland Land located within the following distances from protected waters:
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<br /> a. 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water mark of a lake, pond, or
<br /> flowage; and
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<br /> b. 300 feet from a river or stream, or the landward extent of a flood plain
<br /> on such rivers or streams, whichever is greater. The practical limits of
<br /> shorelands may be less than the statutory limits where such limits are
<br /> designated by natural drainage divides at lesser distances, as shown on
<br /> the official zoning map of the City.
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<br /> Sign, Advertising A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
<br />service, activity or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered upon the premises
<br />where such sign is located.
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<br /> Slope The inclination of the natural surface of the land from the horizontal,
<br />usually measured in one of three ways: 1) as a ratio, the horizontal distance to the vertical distance;
<br />2) as a percentage, the vertical distance over the horizontal distance; and 3) by degrees, measured
<br />from the horizontal to the vertical.
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<br /> Steep Slope: Means land where agricultural activity or development
<br />is either not recommended or described as poorly suited due to slope steepness
<br />and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped and described in available county
<br />soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction
<br />techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of
<br />these regulations. Where specific information is not available, steep slopes are
<br />lands having average slopes over 12 percent, as measured over horizontal
<br />distances of 50 feet or more, that are not bluffs.
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