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City of Lino Lakes - ZONING ORDINANCE • Site Plan. The development plan for one or more lots on which is shown the existing and proposed conditions of the lot including: topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes and waterways' open spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and screening device; any other information that reasonably may be required in order that an informed decision can be made by the approving authority. Slope. The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually, expressed in percent or degrees. Soil Conservation Plan. A description of the soils of the site and information on soil suitability. Also included shall be any remedial steps taken by the developer to render the soils suitable and any erosion and sedimentation controls indicating type and location of control measures. The plan should provide for the protection of soils during the construction process and/or the long-term occupancy of the site. Steep Slope. Land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or described as poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's oil, characteristics, as mapped and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Where specific information is not available, steep slopes are lands having average slopes over twelve (12) percent, as measured over horizontal distances of fifty (50) feet or more, that are not bluffs. Storage Building. A one-story accessory building used or intended for the storage of hobby tools, garden equipment, workshop equipment, boats, snowmobiles, etc. Story. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or unused under -floor space is more than six (6) feet above grade as defined herein for more than fifty (50) percent of the total perimeter or is more than twelve (12) feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such basement or unused under -floor space shall be considered as a story. Story, First. The lowest story in a building which qualifies as a story, as defined herein, except that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a first story, provided such floor level is not more than four (4) feet • below grade, as defined herein, for more than fifty (50) percent of the total perimeter, or more than eight (8) feet below grade, as defined herein, at any point. 1-?7