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changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary
<br />high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. For reservoirs and
<br />flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the normal summer pool.
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<br />Planned unit development. A type of development characterized by a unified site design for a
<br />number of dwelling units or dwelling sites on a parcel, whether for sale, rent, or lease, and also
<br />usually involving clustering of these units or sites to provide areas of common open space,
<br />density increases, and a mix of structure types and land uses. These developments may be
<br />organized and operated as condominiums, time-share condominiums, cooperatives, full fee
<br />ownership, commercial enterprises, or any combination of these, or cluster subdivisions of
<br />dwelling units, residential condominiums, townhouses, apartment buildings, campgrounds,
<br />recreational vehicle parks, resorts, hotels, motels, and conversions of structures and land uses to
<br />these uses.
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<br />Public waters. Any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivisions 15
<br />and 1 Sa.
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<br />Residential planned unit development. A use where the nature of residency is nontransient and
<br />the major or primary focus of the development is not service-oriented. For example, residential
<br />apartments, manufactured home parks, time-share condominiums, townhouses, cooperatives, and
<br />full fee ownership residences would be considered as residential planned Unit developments. To
<br />qualify as a' residential planned unit development, a development must contain at 'least five
<br />dwelling units or sites.
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<br />Semipublic use. The use of land by a private, nonprofit organization to provide a public service
<br />that is ordinarily open to some persons outside the regular constituency of the organization.
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<br />Sensitive resource management. The preservation and management of areas unsuitable for
<br />development in their natural state due to constraints such as shallow soils over groundwater or
<br />bedrock, highly erosive or expansive soils, steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, or occurrence
<br />of flora or fauna in need of special protection.
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<br />Setback. The minimum horizontal distance between a structure, sewage treatment system, or
<br />other facility and an ordinary high water level, sewage treatment system, top of a bluff, road,
<br />highway, property line, or other facility.
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<br />Sewage treatment system. Septic tank and soil absorption system or other individual or cluster
<br />type sewage treatment system as described and regulated in this ordinance.
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<br />Sewer system. The pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force main, and all other
<br />construction, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or industrial
<br />waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.
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<br />Shore impact zone. Land located between the ordinary high water level of a public' water and a
<br />line parallel to it at a setback of 50 percent of the structure setback.
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