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Planning commission means the city planning commission. <br /> Public service structures means underground or overhead gas, electrica,steam or water transmission or <br /> distribution systems, collection, communication,supply or disposal systems, ncluding poles,wires, mains,drains, <br /> sewers, pipes, conduits, cables,fire alarm boxes,traffic signals, hydrants or o her 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 p blic 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 .isorder treatment under Minn.Stats. <br /> ch. 245G. <br /> Restaurants(Class I)means a restaurant in which food is served to the ustomer and consumed by him while <br /> seated at a counter or table, and the restaurant does not serve intoxicating li.uor or provide live entertainment. <br /> Food is selected by a customer while going through a serving line and taken to a table for consumption. <br /> Restaurants(Class II) means fast food convenience,drive-in and liquor .ervice restaurants;a restaurant <br /> where a majority of customers order and are served their food at a counter i packages prepared to leave the <br /> premises, or to be taken to a table,counter, automobile or off the premises to be consumed;or a drive-in where <br /> most customers consume their food in an automobile regardless of how it is .erved;or restaurants which serve <br /> intoxicating liquor or have live entertainment. <br /> Retaining wall means a structure designed to hold back and prevent lat-ral movement of earth.Two or more <br /> abutting boulders, 24 inches in diameter or greater, placed to hold back the :arth are considered to be a retaining <br /> wall. Landscape edging, less than six inches tall, is not considered a retaining all.Tiered walls are considered a <br /> single wall unless the walls are each separated by a horizontal distance twice the height of the lower wall. <br /> Separation will be measured from the back of the lower wall to the face of th- upper wall. <br /> Riding academy means a building,structure or other facility which is us-d for the instruction and training in <br /> the care and handling of horses, mules, donkeys or ponies for a fee or other aluable consideration. <br /> Shelter,fallout or blast, means a structure or portion of a structure intended to provide protection to human <br /> life during periods of danger to human life from nuclear fallout, blasts, air rains,storms or other emergencies. <br /> Sign means any written announcement,declaration,demonstration,display, illustration, insignia or <br /> illumination used to advertise or promote the interest of any person when di.played or placed outside in view of <br /> the general public, and shall include every detached sign. <br /> Sign, advertising(billboard), means a sign which directs attention to a .usiness,community service or <br /> entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign is loca ed or to which it is affixed. <br /> Sign, business, means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or to a <br /> commodity,service or entertainment sold or offered on the premises on whi,h such sign is located or to which it is <br /> affixed. <br /> Sign, business, temporary, means a sign permitted for a limited period of time used to advertise or promote <br /> the interests of a single-or multi-use commercial or industrial use.A tempor.ry sign may be attached to a principal <br /> structure or detached.Such signage shall include mobile/message board sign., banners and balloons that meet all <br /> applicable federal and state standards. <br /> Sign,flashing, means an illuminated sign on which the artificial light is of maintained stationary or constant <br /> in intensity and color at all times in which such sign is in use. <br /> Sign, gross area of, means the area within the frame,which shall be us:d to calculate the square feet; except <br /> that the width of the frame exceeding 12 inches shall constitute advertising s.ace;or should such letters or <br /> graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in any such way as to be ithout a frame,the dimensions for <br /> calculating the square footage shall be the area extended six inches beyond t e periphery formed around such <br /> letters or graphics bounded by straight lines connecting the outermost point.;and each surface utilized to display <br /> a message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign. <br /> Page 8 of 19 <br />