Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/09/1995

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Environmental protection § 9.21 regulations, a lot shall be considered to be an individual building site which shall be occupied by no more than one principal structure equipped with sanitary facilities. Nonconforming Use Any use of land established before the effective date of this Section which does not conform to the use restrictions of a particular zoning district. This should not be confused with substandard dimensions of a conforming use. Ordinary High Water Mark A mark delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape. The ordinary high water mark is commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary high water mark is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. Person Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other private or governmental entity. Planned Cluster Development A development considered to be a type of Planned Unit Development and is subject to the same review criteria. Planned Unit Development A type of development which may incorporate a variety of land uses planned and developed as a unit. The Planned Unit Development is distinguished from the traditional subdivision process of development in that zoning standards such as density, height limits, and minimum lot sizes may be altered by negotiation and agreement between the developer, the City and the Commissioner of Natural Resources. Protected Waters* Any waters of the State as defined in Minnesota Statutes, ]rlgn..~u~.,. §ln~ '1"~.,~.~..,,, ~.,..,....o..~.e"*'~;";~':~'n .-~1~ section 103G.005, subdivisions 15 and 18. However, no lake, pond or flowage of less than ten acres in size and no river or stream having a total drainage area less than two square miles shall be regulated for the purposes of these regulations. Setback The minimal horizontal distance between a structure or sanitary facility and the ordinary high water mark, bluffline, or top of a bluff, or between a structure or sanitary facility and a road, well, highway, or property lines. Shoreland Land located within the following distances from protected waters: a. 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water mark of a lake, pond, or flowage; and b. 300 feet from a river or stream, or the landward extent of a flood plain on such rivers or streams, whichever is greater. The practical limits of shorelands may be less than the statutory limits where such limits are designated by natural drainage divides at lesser distances, as shown on the official zoning map of the City. Sign, Advertising A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, activity or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located. Slope The inclination of the natural surface of the land from the horizontal, usually measured in one of three ways: t) as a ratio, the horizontal distance to the vertical distance; 2) as a percentage, the vertical distance over the horizontal distance; and. 3) by degrees, measured from the horizontal to the vertical. - ' ' Steep Slope: Means. land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or described as poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. Where specific information is not available, steep slopes are lands having average slopes over 12 percent, as measured over horizontal distances of 50 feet or more, that are not bluffs. 75}