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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. <br />6 12/30/2020 <br /> <br /> <br />