01-08-2018 Council Meeting Packet

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CLEAR CUTTING. The removal of an entire stand of trees. COMMERCIAL USE. The principal use of land or buildings for the sale, lease, rental or trade of products, goods and services. COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources. CONDITIONAL USE. A land use or development as defined by ordinance that would not be appropriate generally but may be allowed with appropriate restrictions as provided by official controls upon a finding that certain conditions as detailed in the official Zoning Chapter exist, the use or development conforms to the comprehensive land use plan of the community and the use is compatible with the existing neighborhood. DECK. A horizontal, unenclosed platform with or without attached railings, seats, trellises or other features, attached or functionally related to a principal use or site and at any point extending more than three feet above the ground. DWELLING SITE. A designated location for residential use by one or more persons using temporary or movable shelter, including camping and recreational vehicle sites. DWELLING UNIT. Any structure or portion of a structure or other shelter designed as short- or long- term living quarters for one or more persons, including rental or timeshare accommodations such as motel, hotel, and resort rooms and cabins. EXTRACTIVE USE. The use of land for surface or subsurface removal of sand, gravel, rock, industrial minerals, other nonmetallic minerals and peat not regulated under M.S. §§ 9.44 to 9.51, as it may be amended from time to time. FOREST LAND CONVERSION. The clear cutting of forested land to prepare for a new land use other than reestablishment of a subsequent forest stand. HARDSHIP. The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls; the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property, not created by the landowner; and the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute a HARDSHIP if a reasonable use for the property exists under terms of the official controls. HEIGHT OF BUILDING. The vertical distance between the highest adjoining ground level at the building or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the highest point of a flat roof or average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hipped roof. INDUSTRIAL USE. The use of land or buildings for the production, manufacture, warehousing, storage or transfer of goods, products, commodities or other wholesale items. INTENSIVE VEGETATION CLEARING. The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch, strip, row or block. LOT. A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by plat, subdivision, or as otherwise permitted by law, to be used developed or built upon as a unit. LOT WIDTH. The shortest distance between lot lines measured at the midpoint of the building line. NONCONFORMING USE. Any legal use, structure or parcel of land already in existence, recorded or authorized before the adoption of official controls or amendments thereto that would not have been permitted to become established under the terms of the official controls as now written, if the official controls had been in effect prior to the date it was established, recorded or authorized. OPEN SPACE. Undeveloped land of the subdivided property providing visual expanses and recreational areas clear of obstructions other than natural vegetation, or structures directly related to the use and