HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd #206 - 3rd Ser/Amending the Definitions ORDINANCE NO. 206 ,THIRD SERIES
CITY OF ORONO
HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
PERTAINING TO DEFINITIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 78-1 Definitions shall be amended by adding and deleting text to read as
follows:
Animal Unit: Animal unit means,for one animal unit equivalency, one cow or steer; one horse, donkey
alpaca, or llama; two pigs,three sheep or goats; or 25 fowl.
Building Height: Building height means the vertical distance between the highest existing ground level
or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the top of the cornice of a flat roof,
or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof,or the
median height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof.Topographic changes which elevate
the adjoining ground level above the existing terrain shall not be considered in determining building
height.
Cornice means any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or wall.
Dry Buildable: Dry Buildable means that portion of the lot not encumbered by the waters of a duly
recorded lake or river,wetlands, bluffs, or slopes greater than 18%.
Dwelling:Dwelling means a building or part of a building containing independent living, sleeping,
housekeeping accommodations, and sanitary facilities for occupancy by one family, intended to be
occupied exclusively for residence purposes, but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing
homes, boardinghouses, nor trailers,tents, cabins or trailer coaches. A dwelling shall not be
interpreted to include lodging rooms.
Family: Family means any number of individuals generally, but not necessarily, related by blood or
marriage, living together at one location maintaining a common household as a single, nonprofit
housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse or rooming house, hotel
or motel.
In-Kind: In-kind, when used in the context of replacement of a non-conforming building or structure,
means the replacement of a building or structure completely within the limits (location, height, width,
and depth)of the previous building or structure.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE:This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and
publication.
ADOPTED this 14th day of May ,2018 on a vote of ayes and nays by the City
Council of Orono,Minnesota.
ATTEST:
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Anna Carlson,City Clerk Dennis Walsh,Mayor
Ordinance published in The Laker and The Pioneer newspapers the week of May 19 2018.