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Lot. A parcel of land designated by plat, metes and bounds, registered land survey, auditors plot,
<br />or other accepted means and separated from other parcels or portions by said description for the
<br />purpose of sale, lease, or separation.
<br />Lot width. The shortest distance between lot lines measured at the midpoint of the building line.
<br />Nonconformity. Any legal use, structure or parcel of land already in existence, recorded, or
<br />authorized before the adoption of official controls or amendments thereto that would not have
<br />been permitted to become established under the terms of the official controls as now written, if
<br />the official controls had been in effect prior to the date it was established, recorded or authorized.
<br />Ordinary high water level. The boundary of public waters and wetlands, and shall be an
<br />elevation delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of
<br />time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation
<br />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.
<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.
<br />Public waters. Any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivisions 15
<br />and 15a.
<br />Residential planned unit development. A use where the nature of residency is non-transient 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.
<br />Semi-public 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.
<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.
<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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