1983-002 Council Ordinances DRAFT

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proposed use or development after consideration of the adjacent land uses and the special characteristics which the proposed use presents. (29) Condominium - A building, or group of buildings, in which units are owned individually, and the structure, common areas and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis. (30) Condominium Association - The community association which administers and maintains the common property and common elements of a condominium. (31) Construction - To construct, to build, devise, or put together systematically. (Source: Websters New World Dictionary of the American Language) (32) Critical Area - An area with one or more of the following characteristics: (1) slopes in excess of twenty percent; (2) floodplain; (3) soils classified as having a high water table; (4) soils classified as highly erodible, subject to erosion; (5) land incapable of meeting percolation requirements; (6) land formerly used for landfill operations or hazardous industrial use; (7) fault areas; (8) stream corridors; (9) estuaries; (10) mature stands of native vegetation; (11) aquifer recharge and discharge areas. (33) Density - The number of families, individuals, dwelling units, or housing structures per unit of land. In this Ordinance, it shall mean number of dwelling units per acre of buildable land. (34) Detached Domesticated Farm Animal Building. A one-story accessory building used or intended for the shelter of domestic farm animals and/or related feed or other farm animal supportive materials. Said building shall require a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Feedlot Permit, and shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet in gross area on a parcel of between two and one-half (2-1/2) and ten (10) acres. (35) Detached Garage. A one-story accessory building used or intended for the storage of motor driven passenger vehicles with a maximum gross area of seven hundred sixty (760) square feet. Access doors or other openings shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height. (36) Detached Outdoor Living Area - A flat surfaced seasonal outdoor room intended for casual human use which may be screened but may not have permanent structural walls or be covered by a permanent roof. (37) Detached Rural Storage Building. A one-story accessory building used or intended for the storage of hobby tools, garden equip- ment, workshop equipment, boats, snowmobiles, etc. The gross area of said building shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet in gross area on a parcel between two and one-half (2-1/2)