Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/25/2022

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conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in conjunction therewith, but not including buildings or transmission services; or (2) The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems by public utilities, municipal or other governmental agencies. Excavation means the mechanical removal of earth material below finish grade and shall be limited to only those areas needing soil correction, and shall not include the exporting of earth material from the work site. Existing grade means the grade prior to grading. Exposed soil areas means all areas of the construction site where the vegetation (trees, shrubs, brush, etc.) has been removed. This includes topsoil stockpile areas, borrow areas and disposal areas within the construction site. It does not include stockpiles or surcharge areas of sand, gravel, concrete or bituminous. Exterior solid fuel fired heating device means an external device designed for solid fuel combustion so that usable heat is derived for the interior of a building, and includes solid fuel -fired stoves, fireplaces, solid fuel -fired cooking stoves, and combination fuel furnaces or boilers which burn solid fuel. Solid fuel -fired heating devices do not include natural gas -fired fireplace logs. External illumination means illumination of a sign which is affected by an artificial source of light which is not contained within the sign itself. Extractive use means the use of land for surface or subsurface removal of sand, gravel, rock, industrial minerals, other nonmetallic minerals, and peat not regulated under Minn. Stats. §§ 93.44-93.51. Farm means a tract of land used for agricultural uses which is under cultivation or is fenced and utilized as asture. p Farm fence means an open type fence of posts and wire, which is permitted to accommodate agricultural activities and the raising of livestock and animals in certain zoning districts, and is not considered to be a structure with regard to floodplain regulations. Farming means process of operating a farm for the growing and harvesting of crops which shall include those necessary accessory buildings, related to operating a farm, and the keeping of domestic farm animals. Fence means any partition, structure, wall or gate erected as a dividing marker, barrier or enclosure. Fill means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means so as to elevate the grade of a work site. Filling means the act of depositing any rock, soil, gravel, sand or any other material. Filter strips means a vegetated section of land designed to treat runoff as overland sheet flow. They may be designed in any natural vegetated form from a grassy meadow to a small forest. Their dense vegetated cover facilitates pollutant removal and infiltration. Final stabilization means that all soil disturbing activities at the site have been completed, and that a uniform perennial vegetative cover with a density of 75 percent of the cover for unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures has been established or equivalent permanent stabilization measures have been employed. Acceptable vegetative cover practices can be found in the current version of the state department of transportation's publication, "Supplemental Specifications to the (Year) Standard Specifications for Construction." Simply sowing grass seed is not considered stabilization. Finish grade means the final grade of the work site which conforms to the approved plan. Flashing or scrolling signs or lights means a sign or lighting, other than a manual changeable copy sign, including dynamic display, which contains an intermittent or sequential flashing light source used primarily to attract attention. (Supp. No. 10, Update 3) Created: 2021-10-01 10:38:19 [EST] Page 12 of 34