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exceed 25 percent of the total floor area. Included within this use is the off -sale of malt liquor produced on site in refillable growlers pursuant to M. S. §340A.285. BREWER TAPROOM. Facility on the premises of, or adjacent to, a malt liquor beverage production facility / brewery intended for the on -sale and consumption of malt liquor produced by the brewer pursuant to M. S. §340A.26. A brewer taproom may include a restaurant. BUFFER. The use of land, topography, difference in elevation, space, fences or landscape plantings to screen or partially screen a use or property from another use or property or to shield or mitigate noise, lights or other impacts. BUFFER YARD. A strip of land utilized to screen or partially screen a use or property from another use or property or to shield or mitigate noise, lights, or other impacts. BUILDABLE AREA. The portion of a lot remaining after yards have been provided. BUILDABLE LAND, CONTIGUOUS. Land area occurring within the lot lines of a parcel or lot excluding wetlands and/or water bodies and not separated by those wetlands and/or waterbodies. BUILDING. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature. BUILDING COVERAGE. The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls and supporting columns of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot. BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, whichever yields a greater height of building: (a) The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five (5) foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such sidewalk or ground surface is not more than 10 feet above lowest grade. (b) An elevation 10 feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground surface described in (a) above is more than 10 feet above lowest grade. BUILDING LINE. A line parallel to a lot line, street right of way, street easement, or the ordinary high water level at the required setback which establishes the area within which the principal structure must be constructed or located. BUILDING, POLE. Any structure possessing the following characteristics: structural wood poles or timbers buried in ground without footings or with individual footings; and metal wall coverings hung in a manner that the wall coverings provide structural support for the wood frame. Such definition shall not include or apply to decks, sign supports, earth retention structures, 14