Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/25/2022

Home

Block means a tract of land bounded by streets, or a combination of streets, parks, cemeteries, railroad right- of-way, shorelines, waterways, or corporate boundary lines of the city. Bluff means a topographic feature such as a hill, cliff, or embankment having the following characteristics (an area with an average slope of less than 18 percent over a distance for 50 feet or more shall not be considered part of the bluff): (1) Part or all of the feature is located in a shoreland area; (2) The slope rises at least 25 feet above the ordinary high water level of the water body; (3) The grade of the slope from the toe of the bluff to a point 25 feet or more above ordinary high water level average 30 percent or greater; and (4) The slope must drain toward the waterbody. Bluff impact zone means a bluff and land located within 20 feet from the top of a bluff. Bluff line means: (1) A line along the top of a slope connecting the points at which the slope of land becomes more than 12 percent. This applies to those slopes within the land use district which are beyond the setback provisions from the ordinary high water level; or (2) The line which generally follows the river bank where the slope changes from steep (more than 12 percent) to less than 12 percent). Board means the board of adjustment established by this chapter. Boathouse means a structure designed or used solely for the storage of boats or boating equipment. Boulevard means that part of the property not covered by sidewalk or other paving, lying between the property line and the curbline of any street. In the absence of a curb, the curbline of a street shall be deemed to be the edge of that portion of the public right-of-way maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of public travel. Buffer means a protective vegetated zone located adjacent to a natural resource, such as a water of the state, that is subject to direct or indirect human alteration. The width of a buffer strip is the width along each bank of a stream. Therefore a 30-foot-wide stream with 100-foot buffer strips has a total width of 230 feet. Acceptable buffer vegetation includes preserving existing predevelopment vegetation and/or planting locally distributed native Minnesota trees, shrubs and grassy vegetation. Alteration of such areas is strictly limited. Buffer areas are designated with permanent signs. Refer to the Ramsey Tree Book and Minn. Rules ch. 6216 for a list of exotic, prohibited, regulated, unlisted and unregulated plant species. Buffer widths in the city are defined in the Wetland Buffer, Shoreland Protection and River Corridor ordinances found in this Code. Buffer area means the outer area of a site where the site activity is screened, distanced, or muffled from adjacent land uses. At a minimum the buffer area must be consistent with the intent of Minn. Stats. § 473.823, subd. 3. Buildable area means the area of a lot remaining after minimum yard, open space requirements have been met and after lowland, wetland, or steep slopes are taken into account. Building means any structure, with the exception of enclosed trailers with or without axles, having a roof which may provide shelter, support, protection or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind. Building height means a distance to be measured from the mean ground level to the highest point of a flat roof, or average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hip roof. Building -integrated solar energy system means a solar energy system that is an integral part of a principal or accessory building, rather than a separate mechanical device, replacing or substituting for an architectural or (Supp. No. 10, Update 3) Created: 2021-10-01 10:38:19 [EST] Page 5 of 34