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1 arena, baseball park, stadium, circus or gymnasium is a recreation field or building for the purpose
<br /> 2 of this Code.
<br /> 3 Recreational vehicle means a vehicle that is built on a single chassis, is 400 square feet or less when
<br /> 4 measured at the largest horizontal projection, is designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable
<br /> 5 by a light duty truck,and is designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as a temporary
<br /> 6 living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. For the purposes of subdivision III
<br /> 7 (floodplain overlay districts), the term recreational vehicle is synonymous with the term 'travel
<br /> 8 trailer/travel vehicle'.
<br /> 9 Regional flood means a flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in
<br /> 10 Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an average frequency
<br /> 11 in the magnitude of the 100-year recurrence interval. The term"regional flood" is synonymous with
<br /> 12 the term "base flood" used in the Flood Insurance Study.
<br /> 13 Regulatory flood protection elevation means an elevation no lower than one foot above the elevation of
<br /> 14 the regional flood plus any increases in flood elevation caused by encroachments on the floodplain
<br /> 15 that result from designation of a floodway.
<br /> 16 Religious Institution means a building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, where persons
<br /> 17 regularly assemble for religious worship and which building, together with its accessory buildings
<br /> 18 and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship.
<br /> 19 Resource agency. A federal, state, regional, or local agency that engages in environmental, natural, or
<br /> 20 cultural resource protection or restoration activities, including planning, implementation, and
<br /> 21 monitoring.
<br /> 22 Retaining wall. A vertical or nearly vertical structures constructed of mortar and rubble masonry, rock, or
<br /> 23 stone regardless of size, vertical timber pilings, horizontal timber planks with piling supports, sheet
<br /> 24 pilings, poured concrete, concrete blocks, or other durable materials.
<br /> 25 Right-of-way means the area within the limits of a street, alley,pedestrian way, thoroughfare or easement.
<br /> 26 River corridor boundary. The boundary approved and adopted by the Metropolitan Council under Minn.
<br /> 27 Stats. § 116G.06,as approved and adopted by the legislature in Minn. Stats. § 116G.15,and as legally
<br /> 28 described in the Sate Register, volume 43, pages 508 to 518.
<br /> 29 River-dependent use. The use of land for commercial, industrial, or utility purposes, where access to and
<br /> 30 use of a public water feature is an integral part of the normal conduct of business and where the use
<br /> 31 is dependent on shoreline facilities.
<br /> 32 Rock Riprap. Natural coarse rock placed or constructed to armor shorelines, streambeds,bridge abutments,
<br /> 33 pilings and other shoreline structures against scour, or water or ice erosion.
<br /> 34 Sales Yard means a place outdoors where products for sale are kept and/or displayed.
<br /> 35 Sediment means the product of an erosion process; solid material both mineral and organic, that is in
<br /> 36 suspension, is being transported, or has been moved by water, air, or ice, and has come to rest on the
<br /> 37 earth's surface either above or below water level.
<br /> 38 Sediment control means the methods employed to prevent sediment from leaving the development site.
<br /> 39 Sediment control practices include silt fences, sediment traps, earth dikes, drainage swales, check
<br /> 40 dams, subsurface drains,pipe slope drains, storm drain inlet protection, and temporary or permanent
<br /> 41 sedimentation basins.
<br /> 42 Sedimentation means the process or action of depositing sediment caused by erosion.
<br /> 43 Selective cutting means the removal of single scattered trees.
<br /> 44 Selective vegetation removal. The removal of isolated individual trees or shrubs that are not in a contiguous
<br /> 45 patch, strip,row, or block and that does not substantially reduce the tree canopy or understory cover.
<br /> 46 Setback means the minimum horizontal distance between a use and lot line or other distinguished area.
<br /> 47 Distances are to be measured from ground level except as provided hereinafter.
<br /> 48 Setback(MRCCA). A separation distance measured horizontally.
<br /> 49 Semi-public use means the use of land by a private, nonprofit organization to provide a public service that
<br /> 50 is ordinarily open to some persons outside the regular constituency of the organization.
<br /> 51 Sewage treatment system means:
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