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• Trucking Terminal. Land or buildings used primarily as a relay station for the transfer of freight from one vehicle to another or one party to another rather than permanent or long term storage. The terminal facility might include storage areas for trucks and buildings for truck maintenance and repair. Variance. A modification of the strict provisions of this Ordinance as applied to a specific piece of property in order to provide relief for a property owner because of undue hardship imposed upon the property by this Ordinance. A variance shall normally be limited to height, density and yard requirements. A modification in the allowable uses within a district shall not be considered a variance. Veterinary Hospital. A place for the treatment, hospitalization, surgery, care and boarding of animals and birds, under the direction of one or more licensed veterinarians. Wading Pool. An above - ground or in- ground structure containing less than eighteen (18) inches of water. Warehouse. A building used for warehousing. Warehousing and Distribution. The storage, wholesaling, or distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment. Waterbody or Watercourse. Any natural or man -made passageway on the surface of the earth so situated and having such a topographical nature that surface water stands or flows through it from other areas. The term includes ponding areas, drainage channels, swales, waterways, creeks, rivers, lakes, streams, wetland areas, and any other open surface water flow which is the result of storm water or ground water discharge. This term does not include man -made piping systems commonly referred to as storm sewers. Watershed. The area drained by the natural and artificial drainage system, bounded peripherally by a bridge or stretch of high land dividing drainage areas. Wetlands. An area where water stands near, or above the soil surface during a significant portion of most years, saturating the soil and supporting a predominantly aquatic form of vegetation, and which may have the following characteristics: 1. Vegetation belonging to the marsh (emergent aquatic), bog, fen, sedge meadow, shrub land, southern lowland forest (lowland hardwood), and northern lowland forest (conifer swamp) communities. (These communities correspond roughly to wetland types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 described by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Circular 39, 'Wetlands of the U.S. 1956 ".) Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance Title / Application / Rules Amended per Ord. 21 -03 1 -39