Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/25/2022

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Development means the construction, installation or alteration of any structure, the extraction, grading or filling, clearing or other alteration of terrestrial or aquatic vegetation, land or the course current or cross section of any water body or watercourse or the division of land into two or more parcels. Development activity means any alteration of the natural environment that requires the approval of a development or site plan and issuance of a development permit. Development activity shall also include the thinning or removal of trees from any undeveloped land, including that carried out in conjunction with a forest management program, and the removal of trees incidental to the development of land or to the marketing of land for development. Development agreement means an agreement between the subdivider and the city that clearly establishes the subdivider's responsibility regarding project phasing, the provision of public and private facilities, and improvements and any other mutually agreed to terms and requirements. Development regulations means the adopted regulations provided for the subdivision and development of real property within the city, as amended from time to time by the city. Diameter at breast height (DBH) means the diameter of a tree at a height of 54 inches above the ground. Directional or instructional sign means a sign providing no advertising of any kind, which provides direction or instruction to guide persons to facilities intended to serve the public, including but not specifically limited to those signs identifying restrooms, public telephones, public walkways, affiliation with motor clubs, acceptance of designated credit cards, and other similar signs providing direction or instruction to persons using a facility but not including those signs accessory to parking areas. Discharge means the conveyance, channeling, runoff, or drainage, of stormwater, including snowmelt, from a construction site. Disposal facility has the meaning given it in Minn. Stats. § 115A.03, subd. 10. District means: (1) A section of the city for which the regulations and provisions governing the use of buildings and lands are uniform for each class of use permitted therein; or (2) A specific zoning district as defined in the zoning ordinance. Domestic sewage means sewage that might be generated by a dwelling; a toilet facility at an establishment open to the public; rental units, such as motels and resort cabins, or showers and toilet facilities for schools or campgrounds. Domestic wastewater means any water generated by a use used for personal hygiene such as lavatories and related sinks. This definition shall apply only to sections 117-118 and 117-120. Draining means the removal of surface water or groundwater from land. Dripline means an imaginary vertical line which extends from the outermost branches of a tree's canopy to the ground. Drive-in establishment means an establishment which provides a service or commodity to the occupants of a motor vehicle. Driveway means an onsite prepared surface traffic lane, which shall be the traffic lane leading directly from a public street to the primary garage on the subject parcel; the width of which cannot exceed the primary garage width by more than 15 feet, or in the absence of a garage, a traffic lane to a parking pad that cannot exceed 20 feet in width. Driveway parking may not extend beyond the front of the primary garage without meeting the performance standards for side or rear yard parking. (Cannot exceed maximum width at roadway under zoning district bulk standards). (Supp. No. 10, Update 3) Created: 2021-10-01 10:38:19 [EST] Page 9 of 34