2016.04.19 Planning Packet Combined

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3 COMMISSIONER The Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Minnesota. DEVELOPMENT The making of any material change in the use or appearance of any structure or land including reconstruction; alteration of the size of any structure; alteration of the land; alteration of a shore or bank of a river, stream, lake or pond; a commencement of drilling (except to obtain soil samples); mining or excavation; demolition of a structure; clearing of land as an adjunct to construction; deposit of refuse, solid or liquid waste, or fill on a parcel of land; the dividing of land into two (2) or more parcels. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT LAKES Lakes that have more than 225 acres of water per mile of shoreline and 25 dwellings per mile of shoreline, and are more than 15 feet deep. IMPERVIOUS SURFACE A constructed hard surface that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil, and causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities and at an increased rate of flow than existed prior to development. Examples include rooftops, sidewalks, patios, driveways, parking lots, storage areas, and concrete, asphalt, or gravel roads. INTENSIVE VEGETATION CLEARING The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch, strip, row, or block. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT LAKES Lakes that have less than 150 total acres, less than 60 acres per mile of shoreline, and less than three (3) dwellings per mile of shoreline. They may have some winter kill of fish; may have shallow, swampy shoreline; and are less than fifteen (15) feet deep. ORDINARY HIGH WATER LEVEL (OHWL) The boundary of public waters and wetlands, and shall be an elevation delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. PUBLIC WATER Any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivisions 15 and 15a. SETBACK The minimum horizontal distance from a building, structure, fence, or parking lot to a lot line or Ordinary High Water Level or top of bluff. SHORE IMPACT ZONE The 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. SHORELAND Land located within 1,000 feet from the normal high water level of a lake, pond, or flowage and land within 300 feet of a river or stream.