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<br />Apartment means a room or suite of rooms which is designed for, intended for, or occupied as a <br />housekeeping unit and is equipped with cooking facilities. <br />Applicant means a person who is applying for a license, certification or permit as required by this chapter. <br />The term "applicant" also means that person's agents, employees, and others acting under this person's direction. <br />Approval means written approval pursuant to a duly executed application for approval made on a form <br />promulgated by the city. <br />Area identification sign means a freestanding or wall sign which identifies a single-family or multifamily <br />residential subdivision, a commercial development or an industrial park or office park and which is located on the <br />same parcel as the development it identifies. <br />Armstrong Boulevard Interchange Overlay District means a district for purposes of allowing additional <br />signage in a specified area, described as all commercially zoned property located within 750 feet of the Centerline <br />of Highway 10 and extending to the Centerline of Traprock Street and extending to the Centerline of Llama Street. <br />Parcels located within The COR District are exempted from this overlay district, as sign regulations for that district <br />are located in a separate section of City Code. <br />Ash means the incombustible material that remains after a fuel or solid waste is incinerated. <br />Attached townhouse means structures housing three or more dwelling units contiguous to each other only <br />by the sharing of one or more common walls; such structures are of the back-to-back or row-house type as <br />contrasted to multiple dwelling apartment structures. <br />Attraction board manual (changeable copy sign) means a sign on which the copy is changed manually. <br />Auto salvage. See Vehicle wrecking yard. <br />Awning means a hood or cover which projects from the wall of a building. <br />Banner means a sign made of fabric or non-rigid material with no enclosing framework. <br />Base flood elevation means the elevation of the "regional flood". The term "base flood elevation" is used in <br />the flood insurance study. <br />Basement means any area of a structure, including crawl spaces, having its floor or base subgrade (below <br />ground level) on all four sides, regardless of the depth of excavation below ground level. <br />Bay means cantilevered area of room. <br />Bench sign means a sign which is affixed to a bench. <br />Berm means an earthen mound designed to provide visual interest, screen undesirable views, and/or <br />decrease noise. <br />Best management practices (BMPs) means erosion and sediment control and water quality management <br />practices that are the most effective and practicable means of controlling, preventing, and minimizing degradation <br />of surface water, including construction-phasing, minimizing the length of time soil areas are exposed, <br />prohibitions, and other management practices published by state or designated area-wide planning agencies. <br />(Refer to the current versions of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's publications, "Protecting Water Quality <br />in Urban Areas," and, "Storm-Water and Wetlands: Planning and Evaluation Guidelines for Addressing Potential <br />Impacts of Urban Storm-Water and Snow-Melt Runoff on Wetlands," the United States Environmental Protection <br />Agency's, "Stormwater Management for Construction Activities: Developing Pollution Prevention Plans and Best <br />Management Practices," and the state department of transportation's, "Erosion Control Design Manual" for <br />suitable BMPs.) <br />Billboard means a sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, entertainment, or <br />attraction sold, offered or existing elsewhere than upon the same lot or parcel where such sign is displayed. <br /> <br /> #±¤ ³¤£Ÿ ʆʂʆʅŻʂʋŻʂʅ ʅʈŸʈʆŸʈʇ Ơ%34ơ <br />(Supp. No. 10, Update 2) <br /> <br />Page 4 of 34 <br /> <br />