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L 1/4., persons, not of the principal family therein, pursuant to previous arrangements and not to anyone who may apply, but not including a building providing these services for more than ten (10) persons. BOATHOUSE. A structure used solely for the storage of boats or boating equipment. BREW PUB. A restaurant that conducts the retail sale of malt liquor brewed on the premise and licensed under Minnesota Statute section 340A.301, subdivision 6(d). Areas used exclusively for brewing operations shall not 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 Minnesota Statutes section 340A.301, subdivision 7(b). 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 Minnesota Statute section 340A.301, subdivision 6b. 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 property lines of a parcel or lot excluding wetlands and/or water bodies. 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 or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. 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 ten (10) feet above lowest grade. 1-13