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ORDINANCE NO. 1 I - _ CITY OF ELK RIVER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AMENDING SECTION 30-I, DEFINITIONS, AND PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE VI, DIVISION I I, FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, OF THE ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA, CITY CODE ALL PERTAINING TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 30-1 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances, titled Definitions, shall be amended to add or amend the following definitions, as follows: Conditional Use means uses specifically designated in each zoning use district which mawpermitted in such use district only by a conditional use hermit, unless otherwise defined in another di~rision (for example, floodplain management) Flood fringe means that portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway. The term "flood fringe" is synonymous with the term "floodway fringe" ~ -used in the Flood Insurance Study, Sherburne County, Minnesota 13nd Incorporated Areas. Manufactured home, means a structure, not affixed to or part of real estate, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight feet or more in width or 40 feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical system contained in it. A manufactured home is a dwelling.- Tlie term `manufactured home' does not include the germ `recreatiotaal vehicle'. Principal Use or structure-me~~ns all uses or strLrctures that are. not accessorlr uses or stnzctures. > > Structure unless otherwise defined in another division ffor example, floodplain managements as used in article VI of this chapter, means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground. When a structure is divided into separate parts by an unpierced wall, each part shall be deemed a separate structure. .Variance, unless otherwise defined in another division (for example floodplain management) means a modification or variation of the provisions of this chapter as provided in section 30-325. -`ariance, uThen u`ed in Division l1 of this article, aneans a modification of a specific permitted development standards required in an official control includiza¢ tlvs ordinance but onl~p~lied to Tarticular prope~mT for the ~umose of allec~iating a hardship, practic~~l difficultti-, or unique circumstances as defined znd elaborated upon in a comn-aunitr s respective planning and zoning enablit~l;~ legislation-