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w <br /> Zoning Code <br /> BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance measured from the elevation of the lot grade at the <br /> building setback line, to the top of the cornice of a flat roof, to the top of a mansard roof, to a point on <br /> the roof directly above the highest wall of a shed roof, to the uppermost point on a round or other arch <br /> type roof, to the average distance of the highest gable on a pitched or hip roof. <br /> BUILDING SETBACK. The distance between a building and a given lot line. <br /> COMMONAREAS. Privately-owned land in a residential development which is used for <br /> recreational purposes or is of an aesthetic nature, or provides access and is generally intended for the <br /> use and/or enjoyment of the residents of the development. <br /> CONDITIONAL USE. A use which is not classified as a permitted use but which may be <br /> permitted subject to conditions imposed by the City Council. <br /> CONDOMINIUM. Property to be owned and conveyed in accordance with the Minnesota <br /> Condominium Act, M.S. Chapter 515, as it may be amended from time to time. <br /> DAY-CARE FACILITY. A facility regulated by state law where adult supervision and care is <br /> provided for 3 or more children. <br /> DECK. A platform projecting from the wall of a building or constructed on top of a building <br /> designed to be used by people as space which is part of the structure. <br /> DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY. A facility from which a product or service is dispensed, sold, <br /> rendered, or from which business is transacted, between a business establishment and persons in <br /> vehicles. <br /> DWELLING and DWELLING UNIT. A building or a unit in a building intended to be occupied <br /> by a person or persons as a place of residence, but excluding rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes <br /> and boarding homes, and excluding trailers and tents. <br /> DWELLING, MULTIPLE. A building with 3 or more dwelling units, access to which is provided <br /> from a common internal hallway. <br /> DWELLING,SINGLE-FAMILY. A dwelling designed to accommodate 1 family. <br /> DWELLING, 2-FAMILY, A dwelling designed to accommodate 2 families in separate dwelling <br /> units, each unit with its own means of access. <br /> FAMILY. One person or 2 or more persons each related to the others by blood, marriage, <br /> adoption, or foster care, or a group of not more than the owner of a residence plus 3 persons not so <br /> related occupying the residence and maintaining a common household and using common cooking and <br /> kitchen facilities. <br />