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173 and significant existing vegetative stands, tree canopies, and other resources identified in local
<br />174 government plans.
<br />175 bf. Private facilities. Private roads, driveways, and parking areas, private water access and viewing
<br />176 facilities, decks and patios in setback areas, and private signs.
<br />177 bg. Professional engineer. An engineer licensed to practice in Minnesota.
<br />178 bh. Public facilities. Public utilities, public transportation facilities, and public recreational facilities.
<br />179 bi. Public recreation facilities. Recreational facilities provided by the state or a local government and
<br />180 dedicated to public use, including parks, scenic overlooks, observation platforms, trails, docks,
<br />181 fishing piers, picnic shelters, water access ramps, and other similar water-oriented public
<br />182 facilities used for recreation.
<br />183 bj. Public river corridor views. Views toward the river from public parkland, historic properties, and
<br />184 public overlooks, as well as views toward bluffs from the ordinary high water level of the
<br />185 opposite shore, as seen during the summer months and documented in the MRCCA plan/chapter
<br />186 of the comprehensive plan.
<br />187 bk. Public transportation facilities. All transportation facilities provided by federal, state, or local
<br />188 government and dedicated to public use, such as roadways, transit facilities, railroads, and
<br />189 bikeways.
<br />190 bl. Public utilities. Electric power facilities, essential services, and transmission services.
<br />191 bm. Public waters. Having the meaning given under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005.
<br />192 bn. Readily visible. Land and development that are easily seen from the ordinary high water level of the
<br />193 opposite shore during summer months.
<br />194 bo. Resource agency. A federal, state, regional, or local agency that engages in environmental, natural,
<br />195 or cultural resource protection or restoration activities, including planning, implementation, and
<br />196 monitoring.
<br />197 bp. Retaining wall. A vertical or nearly vertical structures constructed of mortar and rubble masonry,
<br />198 rock, or stone regardless of size, vertical timber pilings, horizontal timber planks with piling
<br />199 supports, sheet pilings, poured concrete, concrete blocks, or other durable materials.
<br />200 bq. Rock Riprap. Natural coarse rock placed or constructed to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge
<br />201 abutments, pilings and other shoreline structuresagainst scour, or water or ice erosion.
<br />202 br. River corridor boundary. The boundary approved and adopted by the Metropolitan Council under
<br />203 Minnesota Statutes, section 116G.06, as approved and adopted by the legislature in Minnesota
<br />204 Statutes, section 116G.15, and as legally described in the Sate Register, volume 43, pages 508 to
<br />205 518.
<br />206 bs. River-dependent use. The use of land for commercial, industrial, or utility purposes, where access to
<br />207 and use of a public water feature is an integral part of the normal conduct of business and where
<br />208 the use is dependent on shoreline facilities.
<br />209 bt. Selective vegetation removal. The removal of isolated individual trees or shrubs that are not in a
<br />210 contiguous patch, strip, row, or block and that does not substantially reduce the tree canopy or
<br />211 understory cover.
<br />212 bu. Setback. A separation distance measured horizontally.
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