Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/27/2023

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1 Glare means direct light emitting from a luminaire that causes reduced vision or momentary blindness. 2 Ground source heat pump system (geothermal system) means a system that uses the relatively constant 3 temperature of the earth or a body or water to provide heating in the winter and cooling in the 4 summer. System components include open or closed loops of pipe, coils, or plates; fluid that absorbs 5 and transfers heat; and a heat pump unit that processes heat for use or disperses heat for cooling; 6 and an air distribution system. 7 Grade means the vertical rise or drop from any fixed horizontal line or point. 8 Grading means: 9 (1) Changing the natural or existing topography of land; or 10 (2) The placement, removal or movement of earth by use of mechanical equipment on a 11 property. 12 Groundcover means turf grass or natural native landscaping. 13 Hard -surface trail. A trail surfaced in asphalt, crushed aggregate, or other hard surface, for multi -purpose 14 use, as determined by local, regional, or state agency plans. 15 Hedge means a row of closely planted shrubs or low growing trees forming a fence or boundary. 16 Heliport means an area of land that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of 17 helicopters, and includes its buildings and facilities. 18 Historic property. An archaeological site, standing structure, site, district, or other property that is: 19 1. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the state register of historic places or 20 locally designated as a historic site under Minn. Stats. ch. 471; 21 2. Determined to meet the criteria for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places or the 22 State register of historic places as determined by the director of the Minnesota Historical 23 Society; or 24 3. An unplatted cemetery that falls under the provisions of Minn. Stats. ch. 307, in consultation 25 with the office of the state archaeologist. 26 Home Occupation means any occupation or profession engaged in by the occupant of a residential 27 dwelling unit which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises, does 28 not change the character of said premises, and satisfies the requirement of this Code. 29 Homeowner? association (HOA) means an organization comprising neighbors concerned with managing 30 the common areas of a subdivision, governed by a board, that create a set of bylaws, in addition to 31 city regulation, to govern themselves. These boards own and maintain commonly -held land within 32 a townhouse or single-family development, and are responsible for private street maintenance, 33 snow removal, landscaping, and/or building maintenance. Each homeowners' association varies in 34 its scope and responsibilities. The homeowners' association is responsible for enforcing any 35 covenants, conditions, and restrictions that apply to the property. 36 Horse boarding, commercial, means the housing or keeping of horses for profit. Horse boarding will be 37 considered to be commercial when horse care is offered to the general public through any form of 38 advertising. 39 Horse boarding, noncommercial, means the housing or keeping of horses for friends, neighbors, and 40 relatives when the charge for such boarding is limited to the actual costs incurred and the person 41 providing the service has not attempted to solicit business through any form of advertising. 42 Hotel means a building or group of detached, semi-detached or attached buildings containing guestrooms 43 or units, each of which has a separate entrance directly from the outside of the building or corridor, 44 with garage or parking space conveniently located to each unit, and which is designed, used or 45 intended to be used primarily for the accommodation of transient guests. 46 Hydroponics (hydrophytic vegetation) means macrophytic (large enough to be observed by the naked eye) 47 plant life growing in water, soil or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a 48 result of excessive water content. Page 12 of 160