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designated a Minnesota State Champion, United States Champion or World Champion by the American Forestry
<br />Association. The city shall keep a record of all specimen trees so designated and their location.
<br />Landscape plan means the design and specifications for the placement of any live plant materials such as
<br />trees, shrubs, ground cover and grasses as well as humanmade structures such as walls, fences, and berms. This
<br />also includes the retention of existing vegetation for the purposes of enhancing property value and aesthetics,
<br />protecting the community's environment, and minimizing negative impacts on visual order of the community.
<br />Landscaping means the use of natural plant materials including but not limited to, ground covers, shrubs,
<br />and trees (deciduous and evergreen). Landscaping also involves the placement, preservation, and maintenance of
<br />such plant materials and includes such elements as fences, walls, lighting, and earth mounding.
<br />Large tree means any tree expected to reach a height in excess of 30 feet at maturity.
<br />Leachate means liquid that has percolated through solid or processed waste and has extracted, dissolved, or
<br />suspended materials from it.
<br />License fee means the annual charge for a permit as required herein. The term "license," "conditional use
<br />permit" and "permit" as used herein may be used interchangeably.
<br />Light manufacturing means the processing and fabrication of certain materials and products where no
<br />process involved will produce noise, vibrations, air pollution, fire hazard or noxious emission which will disturb or
<br />endanger neighboring properties.
<br />Litter means slightly decomposed organic material on the floor of a wooded area.
<br />Lot means a parcel of land designated by plat, metes and bounds, registered land survey, auditors plot, or
<br />other accepted means and separated from other parcels or portions by said description for the purpose of sale,
<br />lease, or separation.
<br />Lot, depth of, means a mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean
<br />direction of the side lot lines.
<br />Lot, frontage, means the front of a lot shall be, for purposes of complying with this Code, that boundary
<br />abutting a public right-of-way having the least width.
<br />Lot, interior, means a lot, other than a corner lot, including through lots.
<br />Lot, minimum area of, means the surface of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of
<br />any public street or thoroughfare for all commercial and industrial lots and all residential lots. In the event of more
<br />than one street frontage, the measurement will be taken at the street where driveway access is gained unless
<br />otherwise approved by the city.
<br />Lot, through, means a lot fronting on two parallel streets.
<br />Lot line means a property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership; except that where
<br />any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley
<br />right-of-way.
<br />Lot of record means any lot which individually, or as part of a subdivision, was a separate parcel of record on
<br />April 28, 1972.
<br />Lot width means the uniform width measured at the property line abutting the street at the minimum
<br />building setback line of the underlying zoning district. In the case of a lot abutting a cul-de-sac, the lot width is the
<br />width measured at right angles to the depth at the building setback requirement.
<br />Lowest floor means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood
<br />resistant enclosure, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a
<br />basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor.
<br />(Supp. No. 10, Update 3)
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