03-18-2024 Planning Commission Packet

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Created: 2022-07-19 16:12:49 [EST] (Supp. No. 20, Update 2) Page 3 of 10 Building height means the vertical distance between the highest existing ground level or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the top of the cornice of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof, or the median height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. Topographic changes which elevate the adjoining ground level above the existing terrain shall not be considered in determining building height. Bulk station means distributors' warehouses for materials which are stored in tanks above ground in aggregate capacity on the site of 6,000 gallons or more. Camp means a parcel of land with permanent buildings, tents or other structures together with appurtenances thereon, established or maintained as living quarters where both food and lodging or facilities therefore are provided for ten or more people, operated continuously for a period of five days or more each year for educational, recreational, or vacation purposes, and the use of the camp or participation in its programs are provided to adults and/or children free of charge or for payment of a fee. This definition does not include cabin and trailers camps, fishing and hunting camps, resorts, penal and correctional camps, industrial and construction camps, nor does it include homes operated for care or treatment of children and for the operation of which a license is required by state law or structures used as a dwelling. Carport means an automobile shelter having one or more sides open. Cellar means that portion of the building having more than half of the floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground. City means the City of Orono, Minnesota. Clean fill means all native soils as described in the Unified Soils Classification System. Organic, manmade and reprocessed materials, topsoil and rocks larger than 0.25 cubic yard (2.9 feet diameter) shall not be considered clean fill. Clinic for human care on an outpatient basis only means a place where a group of licensed medical practitioners provide medical treatment or advice on an outpatient only basis. Columbarium means a repository for the interment of cremated human remains within cinerary urns, including the burial of cremated human remains within cinerary urns or inurnment gardens for the burial or scattering of cremated human remains. Columbaria are accessory to places of worship, cemeteries or mausoleums. Commercial kennel means any premises where three or more domestic animals over six months of age are owned, boarded, bred or offered for sale. Commercial operations means operations where business is conducted by the sale or exchange of goods and/or services on the site for money or other valuable consideration. Commercial recreation means indoor amusement centers, bowling alleys, billiard halls, miniature golf, roller and ice skating rinks, driving ranges, movie theaters, gyms, swimming pools, and sports and health facilities. No commercial recreation use shall take place outside of an enclosed building. An air-supported structure shall not be considered a building for purposes of this section. As used in this ordinance, commercial recreation does not include an adult use defined in section 78-1377b., any use involving the discharge of a firearm, a class II restaurant that provides live entertainment, or any permitted or conditional use in the B-2 district. Commission means the planning commission. Cornice means any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or wall. County dock means a dock owned and operated by Hennepin County for the sole purpose of facilitating lake to ground transportation of patrons in emergency or law enforcement situations. 123