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<br />Equipment rental means the temporary leasing of tools, materials, or equipment.
<br />Essential services (public utility uses) means underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water
<br />distribution systems, and collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles,
<br />wires, mains, drains, sewer, pipes, conduits, cables, traffic signals, hydrants, or other similar
<br />equipment and accessories in conjunction therewith, but not including buildings or transmission
<br />services.
<br />Excavation means the removal of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, soil, or other like material from the
<br />land. The material shall not leave the parcel from which it originated.
<br />Exterior storage means the storage of goods, materials, equipment, manufactured products and
<br />similar items not fully enclosed by a building.
<br />Façade means that portion of any exterior elevation on the building extending from grade to top
<br />of the parapet, wall, or eaves and the entire width of the building elevation.
<br />Family means any number of individuals generally, but not necessarily, related by blood and
<br />marriage, living together at one location as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as distinguished
<br />from a group occupying a boardinghouse or roominghouse, tourist home, hotel or motel.
<br />Farm dwelling means a building designed for residential occupation by human beings located on a
<br />farm, the occupant of which owns the farm or is employed thereon.
<br />Farm winery means an agricultural processing facility used for the fermenting and processing of
<br />grape and other fruit juices into wine or the refermenting of wine into sparkling wine. When on-site
<br />sales are included the facility shall be licensed and follow all provisions of Minn. Stats. § 340A.315.
<br />Feedlot means a confined area used for housing or feeding poultry or livestock where substantial
<br />amounts of animal waste will be generated, but not including barns or pens which are accessory uses
<br />incidental to a farming operation. For the purpose of section 30-803, feedlots shall include only
<br />those operations with more than ten animal units.
<br />Fence means a partition, structure, wall, or gate erected as a dividing marker, visual or physical
<br />barrier or enclosure.
<br />Festoon means a string of ribbons, tinsel, small flags, or pinwheels.
<br />Final plat means the final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is
<br />presented to the city council for approval and which, if approved will be submitted to the county
<br />recorder as required in state statutes.
<br />Financial institution means an establishment where the principal business is the receipt,
<br />disbursement or exchange of funds and currencies, such as: bank, savings and loan, credit union,
<br />mortgage office, or automated teller machine (ATM). Financial institution shall not include a
<br />currency exchange.
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<br />Fire chief means the fire chief for the city, or his designated agents authorized to enforce article
<br />III of this chapter pertaining to housing standards.
<br />Fire code means the current Minnesota Fire Code and its amendments as adopted by the city.
<br />Firearm means any device, designed to be used as a weapon, which will or is designed to or may
<br />readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other form or combustion,
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