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§ 10.56 7. "Dwelling Site, Transient" - A designated location for teraporar>* or transient residential use by one or more persons using temporary or movable shelter, including camping and recreational vehicle sites. 8. "Dwelling Site" - A designated location where a dwelling unit is intended to be constructed. 9. "Dwelling Unit" - A building or a portion of a building designed or intended to be occupied e.xclusively for residential pmposes, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation for not more than one family, but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes, boarding houses, nor trailers, tents, cabins, recreational vehicles, nor lodging rooms. 10. "Extractive Use" - The use of land for surface or subsurface removal of sand, gravel, rock, industrial minerals, other nonmetallic minerals, and peat not regulated under Minnesota Statutes Sections 93.44 - 93.51. 11. "Forest Land Conversion" - The clear cutting of forested lands to prepare for a new land use other than re- establishment of a subsequent forest stand. 12. "Industrial Use" - The use of land or buildings for the production, manufacture, warehousing, storage, or transfer of goods, products, commodities, or other w holesale items. 13. "Intensive Vegetation Clearing" - The complete removal of trees or i4. 'Ordinary High Water Level (OHWL)" • 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 tiie channel. For reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the normal summer pool. The designated OHWL has been determined by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for certain water bodies as shown in Subdivision 7 of this section. 15. 'Planned Unit Development (PUD)" - A type of development characterized by a unified site design for a number of residential dwelling units or non-residential sites on a parcel, whether for sale, rent, or lease, often involving clustering of units or sites to provide areas of common open space or a mixture of structure types and land uses. Two types of PUD are provided for in the zoning code: ORONO CC 376-3 (2-24-92) n j