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They oiten are characierized by moderate le\'els of recreational use and existing development. <br />Development consists mainly of seasonal and year-round residences and recreationally-oriented <br />commercial uses. Many of these lakes have capacities for accommodating additional <br />development and use. <br />13. Sensitive Resource Management: The preservation and managemer.! of areas unsuitable for <br />development in their natural state due to constraints such as shallow soils over ground water or <br />bedrock, highly erosive or expansive soils, steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, or occurrence <br />of flora or fauna in need of special protection. <br />14. Sewer System: Pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force main, and all other <br />constructions, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or indcstrial <br />waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal <br />15. Shore Impact Zone: Land located between the ordinary high water level of a public water and a <br />line paralle. io It at a setback of 50 percent of the structure setback. <br />16. Shoreland: Land located within the following distances from public waters: 1,000 feet from the <br />ordinary high water level of a lake, pond, or flowage; and 300 feet from a river or stream, or the <br />landvrard extent of a floodplain designated by Ordinance on a river or stream, whichever is <br />greater. The limits of shorelands may be reduced whenever the waters involved are bounded by <br />topographic divides which extend tarxjward from the waters for lesser distartces arxJ when <br />approv^ by the commissioner. <br />17. Significant Historic Site: Any archaeological site, standing structure, or oth' * property that meets <br />the criteria for eligbility to the National Register of Historic Places or is listed in the State Register <br />of Historic Sites, or is determined to be an unplatted cemetery that falls under the provisions of <br />Minnesota Statutes, Section 307.08. A historic site meets these criteria if it is presently listed on <br />either register or if it is determined to meet the quamis^tions for listing after review by the <br />Minnesota State Archaeologist or the Director of the Minnesota Historical Society. All unplatted <br />cemeteries are automatically considered to be signiTicant historic sites. <br />18. Steep Slope: Land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or <br />described as poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped <br />and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate <br />design and construction techniques and farmirtg practices are used in accordance with the <br />provisions of this Ordinance. Where speciTic information is not available, steep slopes are lands <br />having slopes over 12 percent, as measured over horizontal distances of 50 feet or more, that <br />are not bluffs. <br />19. Surface Water-Oriented Commerc'al Use: The use of land for commercial purposes, where <br />access to and use of a surface water feature is an integral part of the normal conductance cf <br />business. Marinas, resorts, and restaurants with transient docking facilities are examples of such <br />use. <br />20. Toe of the Bluff: The point on a bluff where there is. as visually observed, a cleariy identifiable <br />break in the stopr, from gentler to steeper slope above. If no break in the slope Is apparent, the <br />toe of the bluff shall be determine to be the lower end of a 50 foot segment, measured on the <br />ground, with an average slope exceeding 18 percent <br />21. Top of the Bluff: The point on a bluff where there is, as virtually observed, a cleariy identifiabie <br />break in the slope, from steeper to gentler slope above. If r>o break in the slope is apparent, the <br />top of the bluff shall be determined to be the upper end of a 50 foot segment, measured on the <br />ground, with an average slope exceeding 18 percent. <br />22. Water-Oriented Accessory Structure or Facility: A small, above ground building or other <br />Improvement, except stairways, fences, docks, and retaining walls, which, because of the <br />relationship of its use to a surface water feature, reasonably needs to be located closer to public <br />waters than the normal structure setback. Examples of such structures and facilities include <br />boathouses, gazebos, screen houses, fish houses, pump houses, and detached decks. <br />Sign Related: <br />April 1992 2.15