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1 (2) Has external modifications to the structure or body, where external modifications are defined
<br />2 as both dealer and non -dealer modifications which result in pick-up trucks that do not have the
<br />3 traditional pick-up truck bed and side walls, and vans that have an expanded cargo area that is
<br />4 taller or wider than a passenger van, except those modified for use as either a recreational
<br />5 vehicle or to accommodate handicapped passengers and which are currently being utilized for
<br />6 this purpose. Motorized vehicles that have racks, storage boxes, or shells added to the
<br />7 traditional pick-up bed are exempt from this definition.
<br />8 Equipment, private use, means any motorized or non -motorized apparatus whose primary use is for personal
<br />9 activities not related to generating revenue or profit.
<br />10 Erosion means the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of wind, water and/or
<br />11 ice or any process that wears away the surface of the land by the action of water, wind, ice, or gravity.
<br />12 Erosion can be accelerated by the activities of people and nature.
<br />13 Erosion and sediment practice specifications or practice means the management procedures, techniques,
<br />14 and methods to control soil erosion and sedimentation as officially adopted by either the city, county
<br />15 or local watershed group, whichever is more stringent.
<br />16 Essential services. Underground or overhead gas, electrical, communications, steam, or water distribution,
<br />17 collection, supply, or disposal systems, including storm water. Essential services include poles, wires,
<br />18 mains, drains, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alaini boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, navigational
<br />19 structures, aviation safety facilities or other similar equipment and accessories in conjunction with
<br />20 the systems. Essential services does not include buildings, treatment works as defined in Minn. Stats.
<br />21 § 115.01, electric power facilities or transmission services.
<br />22 Exterior solid .fuel fired heating device means an external device designed for solid fuel combustion so that
<br />23 usable heat is derived for the interior of a building, and includes solid fuel -fired stoves, fireplaces,
<br />24 solid fuel -fired cooking stoves, and combination fuel furnaces or boilers which burn solid fuel. Solid
<br />25 fuel -fired heating devices do not include natural gas -fired fireplace logs.
<br />26 Family means an individual; two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care; or
<br />27 not more than six persons not related by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care occupying a
<br />28 dwelling unit as an individual housekeeping organization.
<br />29 Farm means a tract of land used for agricultural uses which is under cultivation or is fenced and utilized as
<br />30 pasture.
<br />31 Farm fence means an open type fence of posts and wire, which is peiniitted to accommodate agricultural
<br />32 activities and the raising of livestock and animals in certain zoning districts, and is not considered to
<br />33 be a structure with regard to floodplain regulations.
<br />34 Farming means process of operating a fall for the growing and harvesting of crops which shall include
<br />35 those necessary accessory buildings, related to operating a fall, and the keeping of domestic faint
<br />36 animals. See also Agriculture.
<br />37 Feedlot. Having the meaning given for animal feedlots under Minnesota Rules chapter 7020.
<br />38 Fence means any partition, structure, wall or gate erected as a dividing marker, barrier or enclosure.
<br />39 Fill means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means so as to elevate the grade of a work site.
<br />40 Fitness Center means a gym, health club, or exercise business and auxiliary uses customary to them such
<br />41 as locker rooms, swimming pools, and the like.
<br />42 Flood means a temporary increase in the flow or stage of a stream or in the stage of a wetland or lake that
<br />43 results in the inundation of noinially dry areas.
<br />44 Flood frequency means the frequency for which it is expected that a specific flood stage or discharge may
<br />45 be equaled or exceeded.
<br />46 Flood fringe means that portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway. The term "flood fringe" is
<br />47 synonymous with the term "floodway fringe" used in the flood insurance study for the city.
<br />48 Floodplain. Having the meaning given the meaning given under Minnesota Rules chapter 6120.
<br />49 Floodproofng means a combination of structural provisions, changes, or adjustments to properties and
<br />50 structures subject to flooding, primarily for the reduction or elimination of flood damages.
<br />51 Floodwav means the channel of the watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplain which are
<br />52 reasonably required to carry and discharge the regional flood.
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