07-14-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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CITY OF ORONO HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO.315 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 78 REGARDING THE DEFINITIONS OF ANIMALS AND THE KEEPING OF FARM ANIMALS AND DOMESTIC POULTRY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: SECTION 1.Orono City Code Title VI, Chapter 78, Article I, Section 78-1 is hereby amended by adding the underlined language and deleting the s+,.;vethf!et language as follows: Sec. 78-1. Derinitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Unless specifically defined in this section, the words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in chapter 82. Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) means a subordinate habitable dwelling unit, which has its own basic requirements of shelter, heating, cooking and sanitation, which is attached or detached from a single family dwelling. Accessory use, building, or structure means a use, building, or structure subordinate to and serving the principal use or building on the same lot and customarily incidental to the principal use or building. Agriculture means the utilization of land by raising plants, trees or shrubs or the raising of domestie animals ^r fowl, "" beth, farm animals for the purpose of selling to secure a profit. Airport and heliport mean any land, water or structure which is used or intended for use for the landing or takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant land structure used or intended for use for port buildings or other port structures or right-of-way. Alley means a public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. Amusement center means a business at one location devoted primarily to the operation of amusement machines as described below and open for public use and participation; or locations with four or more amusements machines and open for public use and participation. Amusement machine means a mechanical amusement device of any of the following types: (1) A machine or electronic contrivance, including "pinball" machines, mechanical miniature pool tables, bowling machines, shuffle boards, electric rifle or gun ranges, miniature mechanical and electronic devices and games or amusements patterned after baseball, basketball, hockey or similar games and like devices, machines or games which may be played solely for amusement and not as a gambling device and which devices or games are played by the insertion of a coin or coins or at a fee fixed and charged by the establishment in which such devices or machines are located, and which contain no automatic payoff devices for the return of money, coins, merchandise, checks, tokens or any other thing or item of value; provided, however, that such 83