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<br />Office means a commercial land use involving predominantly administrative, clerical, or professional
<br />operations. Commercial offices may include professional administrative training, but shall not include direct retail
<br />commercial transaction activities.
<br />Office—Showroom means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor floor area in
<br />which large or bulk goods are both on display and being warehoused in the same space. Examples of such uses
<br />commonly include furniture, building materials, or other similar uses. Characteristics of such uses include a lack of
<br />other on-site warehousing. Office—Showroom shall not include direct, on-site retail transactions to the end
<br />consumer.
<br />Office—Warehouse means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor space in
<br />which materials and equipment are being stored for shipping to other locations for eventual resale or use. Office —
<br />Warehouse does not include on-site retail transactions or display.
<br />OHWL means ordinary high-water level.
<br />Outdoor storage means the keeping of materials or equipment on a parcel of land for the purpose of
<br />transporting, using or employing such materials or equipment at a future date at another location, either on - or
<br />off-site. The keeping of motorized vehicles for more than 24 hours, or other equipment that is not capable of self -
<br />powered movement (such as trailers), shall be included in the term "outdoor storage."
<br />Parking means the keeping of passenger automobiles and light trucks for a temporary period (usually less
<br />than 24 hours) in a space designated and improved for such use according to the requirements of the zoning
<br />ordinance. Parking does not include storage.
<br />Pasture means open, non-treed land containing vegetation which can support grazing by horses, cattle or
<br />other domestic animals. Calculations of minimum pasture acreage for the keeping of farm animals shall not include
<br />any land defined as a wetland or wetland buffer under section 6.12.8110.
<br />Performance standards means criteria established to control noise, odor, toxic or noxious matter, vibration,
<br />fire and explosive hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
<br />Permeable lining (landscaping fabric) means a porous material used for weed prevention that allows storm
<br />water to permeate into the ground.
<br />Pervious paver means concrete, asphalt or similar blocks with holes of some kind that allow water to go
<br />through the surface into a specialized aggregate base, consistent of an open-graded aggregate, and into the soils
<br />below.
<br />Pervious surface means naturally occurring ground cover or a variety of types of pavement, pavers and other
<br />devices that provide stormwater infiltration while serving as a structural surface.
<br />Place of worship means a building or space that is principally used as a place where people of the same faith
<br />or religion regularly assemble for worship. The term "place of worship" does not include community education or
<br />art centers, schools, instructional centers, day care facilities, family day shelters, conservatories, convention
<br />centers, libraries, museums, residential dwellings, recreational and entertainment facilities, theaters or social
<br />service distribution facilities.
<br />Planning commission means the city planning commission.
<br />Public service structures means underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or
<br />distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains,
<br />sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants or other similar equipment and
<br />accessories, but not including buildings or major structures located above ground level. Personal wireless services
<br />and commercial broadcasting antennas and towers shall not be considered public service structures.
<br />Residential treatment facility means a location licensed for residential treatment as defined in Minn. Stats. §
<br />245.462, subd. 23, or a facility licensed to provide residential substance use disorder treatment under Mi nn. Stats.
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