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• • NURP - Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (sec Appendix). Ordinary high water level (OHW) - the elevation delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape. The ar-dinaFy--high- water IeveIOHW is commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial If an OHW has been established for a waterbody by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, that will constitute the OHW under this definition. Parcel - any quantity of and capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries may be established. Person - any natural person, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, municipal corporation, state agency, political subdivision of the State of Minnesota. Public ditch - a county or judicial ditch over which the District has jurisdiction, or a ditch or tile established, constructed, or transferred to the District and over which the District has jurisdiction under Minnesota Statutes Chapters 103D, 103E, or 103B. Public waters - all waters identified as public waters under Minnesota Statutes section 103G.005, subdivision 15. Public waters wetlands - all wetlands identified as public waters wetlands under Minnesota Statutes section 103G.005, subdivision 15a. Redevelopment - any proposal to subdivide•-er -re- subdivide land, or any land- disturbing activity or creationaddition of impervious surface ent4 a developed site. Sedimentation basin - a natural or man -made depression that temporarily stores storm -water runoff for the purpose of allowing a portion of the suspended solids in the runoff to settle out. - structure or ordinary water mark -GF between a store -ef- sanitary facility and a road, may, -er property line. Shoreland zone - land areas within 1,000 feet of the OHWOHWL of a public waters lake or 300 feet of a public waters watercourse. Standards , - value. Subdivision, subdivide - the separation of an area, parcel, or tract of land under single ownership into two or more parcels, tracts, lots. Waterbasin - an enclosed natural depression with definable banks capable of containing water, that may be partly filled with waters of the state. Watercourse - a channel that has definable beds and banks capable of conducting confined • runoff from adjacent land. DRAFT DOCUMENT 7