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<br /> Created: 2025-05-22 16:40:50 [EST]
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<br />Dwelling means a building or portion thereof, designated exclusively for residential occupancy, but not
<br />including hotels, nursing homes, boarding or rooming houses, tents, seasonal cabins, or motor homes or travel
<br />trailers.
<br />Dwelling, Apartment means a building designed with three (3) or more dwelling units exclusively for
<br />occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other but sharing hallways and main
<br />entrances and exits.
<br />Dwelling, Attached means a building where a dwelling unit is joined in a horizontal fashion to one or more
<br />dwelling units by party wall or walls.
<br />Dwelling, Detached means a dwelling unit entirely surrounded by open space.
<br />Dwelling, Multi-family means three (3) or more dwelling units grouped into one building.
<br />Dwelling, Single-family means a building designed for and occupied exclusively by one (1) family.
<br />Dwelling, Two-family means a building designed for occupancy by two (2) families in separate dwelling units.
<br />Dwelling, Townhouse means a single structure consisting of at least three attached dwelling units, each unit
<br />having its own direct exterior entrance at or near the ground level with no sharing of a common hallway for entry.
<br />Dwelling Unit means a residential building or portion thereof intended for occupancy by one or more
<br />persons with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. The definition does not include hotels, tents,
<br />seasonal cabins, boarding or rooming houses, motor homes, or travel trailers, nor does it include licensed
<br />residential facilities (e.g., assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing) that do not provide cooking facilities within
<br />resident rooms.
<br />Dwelling Unit, Accessory apartment means a room or suite of rooms, including sleeping facilities, dedicated
<br />for the use of persons living separately from others in the building that is attached to the principal structure.
<br />Dwelling unit, Accessory means supplemental living quarters, detached from a primary single-family
<br />residence and clearly secondary to a primary residence. The living quarters are not intended to provide a second
<br />dwelling unit on the property for a second family or for rental purposes.
<br />Easement means a grant of one or more of the property rights pertaining to a parcel of land by the owner to,
<br />or for the use by, the public, a corporation, or another person or entity.
<br />Edible cannabis product means a product as defined under Minn. Stat. § 342.01, subd. 31.
<br />Engineer, professional (registered) means a person licensed by the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land
<br />Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design, to practice engineering in the state.
<br />Escrow means a cash deposit, or other acceptable security of monetary value, held by an individual or firm in
<br />trust to ensure payment of expenses, costs, or other financial commitments.
<br />Essential government facility means a building, structure, plant or property utilized by a government entity
<br />and necessary for accomplishing one or more of its public responsibilities.
<br />Essential public service means the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public or private
<br />utilities of underground or overhead telephone, natural gas, electrical, steam, hot water, or water transmission,
<br />distribution, collection, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, hydrants, and other
<br />similar equipment. Transmission reception antennas are not an essential service. The term includes any essential
<br />government facility as defined in this section. The term also includes any government services.
<br />Exterior storage means the storage of goods, materials, equipment, manufactured products, and similar
<br />items not enclosed in a building with four walls and a roof. This definition includes motor vehicles kept for periods
<br />greater than 24 hours for commercial purposes.
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