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'rhead gas, electrical, steam, fuel, or water transmission or stribution system, collection, communication, supply or isposal system, including towers, poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers,- pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm and police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and similar equipment in connection to those services, but not including buildings, which are necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by the utilities or municipal departments for the general health; safety, or welfare. Subp. 29 . Family. "Family" means one or more persons, but not more than four if unrelated, living as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling. Subp. 30 . Fast food restaurant. "Fast food restaurant" means a business establishment whose principal business is the selling of standardized, preprepared, quick-order, and packaged foods in a ready-to-consume state, packaged in nonreturnable, disposable containers or wrappings, where the customer may consume these foods while seated at fixed tables or counters located within a -building or in a vehicle after being served at a drive-throu h -through C e considered fast food restaurants . . 31. Floor area. "Floor area" means the sum of the tal areas of all floors of a building measured from the r faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of eparating two buildings . The floor area is exclusive of f basements, unfinished attics, attached garages, or sed for off-street parking, breezeways, and enclosed and sed porches, elevator, stair, mechanical or other utilit and accessory structures as wellas enclosed and sible spaces . Subp. 32 . Floor area ratio (FAR) . "Floor area ratio (FAR) " means the total floor area of all buildings or structures on a zoning lot divided by the area of that lot. Subp. 33. Front setback line. "Front setback line" means a line parallel to the front lot line that establishes the minimum front yard depth of a zoning lot. Subp. 34 . Grade. "Grade" means the elevation established for the purpose of regulating the number of stories and the height of buildings . For buildings having a wall or walls on or within 15 feet of a street line, grade is curb level, or its equivalent, opposite the wall or walls . When a building has frontage on more than one street, the lowest curb level applies. For buildings having all walls more than 15 feet from a ine, grade is the mea el of the finished surface http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/2400/001 l.html 5/13/2002