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(2) Planned unit development(PUD), Highway 12 Corridor, in which t e nature of allowed uses may include residential, commercial,institutional, public and semipub is uses as set forth in the city's comprehensive plan amendment No. 2,and it is limited to areas ithin the Highway 12 Corridor as defined in that amendment.The Highway 12 PUD offers a mixtur• of land uses, housing types and densities. Note: No properties which could be developed via the Highway 12 PUD are ithin the shoreland overlay district. Public use means the use of land by the general public or by a public ag-ncy on behalf of the general public, for any purpose. Public waters means any waters as defined in Minn.Stats. §103G.005, .ubds. 15 and 16. Semipublic use means the use of land by a private, nonprofit organizati i n to provide a public service that is ordinarily open to some persons outside their regular constituency of the or:anization. Sensitive resource management means the preservation and managem-nt of areas unsuitable for development in their natural state due to constraints such as shallow soils ov-r groundwater or bedrock, highly erosive or expansive soils,steep slopes,susceptibility to flooding, or occurre ce of flora or fauna in need of special protection. Sewage treatment system means septic tanks and a soil absorption sys'em or other type of on-site sewage treatment system as described in chapter 5.24,article II. Sewerage system means pipelines or conduits,pumping stations and force main, and all other construction, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or industr al waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal. Shore impact zone means land located between the ordinary high-water level of a public water and a line parallel to it at a setback of 50 percent of the structure setback. Shore setback zone means land located between the ordinary high-wat•r level of a public water and a line parallel to it at the structure setback. Shoreland means land located within 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water level of a lake, pond or flowage and 300 feet from a river or stream,or the landward extent of a floodplain designated by ordinance on a river or stream,whichever is greater.Where topographic divides occur at lesser distances from the involved water,the limits of shoreland have been modified per the official map entitled "Shorela d Overlay District," on file at the city offices. Significant historic site means any archaeological site,standing structur- or other property that meets the criteria for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places or is listed in t e state register of historic sites,or is determined to be an unplatted cemetery that falls under the provisions of Minn.Stats. §307.08.An historic site meets these criteria if it is presently listed on either register or if it is determi ed to meet the qualifications for listing after review by the state archaeologist or the director of the state historical society.All unplatted cemeteries are automatically considered to be significant historic sites. Steep slope means lands having average slopes of 12 percent or greate as measured over horizontal distances of 50 feet or more,that are not bluffs. Surface water-oriented commercial use means the use of land for corn ercial purposes,where access to and use of a surface water feature is an integral part of the normal conductance .f business. Variance means the same as that term is defined or described in Minn. .tats. ch.462. Water-oriented accessory structure or facility means a small,abovegro nd building or other improvement, except stairways,fences, docks and retaining walls,which, because of the rel:tionship of its use to a surface water feature, reasonably needs to be located closer to public waters than the nor al structure setback. Examples of such structures and facilities include boathouses,gazebos,screen houses,fis houses, pump houses, lock boxes, and detached decks. Page 12 of 19