FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 80-85 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

V. Nonconformity. "Nonconformity" means any legal use, structure or parcel of land already in existance, recorded, or authorized before the adoption of zoning regulations or amendments thereto that would not have been permitted to become established under the terms of the zoning regulations as now written, if the zoning regulations had been in effect prior to the date it was established, recorded or authorized. W. Ordinary High Water ELEVATION. "Ordinary High Water Elevation" (OHW) means the boundary of public waters and wetlands, and shall be an elevation delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. For reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the normal summer pool. X. Public Waters. "Public Waters" means any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 105.37, Subdivisions 14 and 15. Y. Setback. "Setback" means the minimum horizontal distance between a structure, sewage treatment system, or other facility and an ordinary high water level, sewage treatment system, top of a bluff, road, highway, property line or other facility. Z. Sewage Treatment System. "Sewage Treatment System" means a septic tank and soil absorption system or other individual or Cluster type sewage treatment system as described and regulated in Section 5.8 of this ordinance. as. Sewer System. "Sewer System" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and forcemain, and all other construction, devices, appliances or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal. bb. Shore Impact Zone. "Shore Impact Zone" means land located between the ordinary high water level of a public water and a line parallel to it at a setback of 50 percent of the structure setback. cc. Shoreland. "Shoreland" means land located within the following distances from public waters: 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water level of a lake, pond or flowage; and 300 feet from a river or stream, or the landward extent of a floodplain designated by ordinance on a river or stream, whichever is greater. The limits of shorelands may be reduced whenever the waters involved are bounded by topographic divides which extend landward from the waters for lesser distances and when approved by the Commissioner. - 4 -