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