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Strikethroughs to be removed Underlines to be added Last Updated March 2014 Block means the enclosed area within the perimeter of roads, property lines or boundaries of the subdivision. Bluff means a topographic feature such as a hill, cliff, or embankment having the following characteristics (an area with an average slope of less than 18 percent over a distance for 50 feet or more shall not be considered part of the bluff): (1) Part or all of the feature is located in a shoreland area; (2) The slope rises at least 25 feet above the ordinary high-water level of the water body; (3) The grade of the slope from the toe of the bluff to a point 25 feet or more above the ordinary high-water level averages 30 percent or greater; and (4) The slope shall drain toward the water body. Bluff impact zone means a bluff and land located within 20 feet from the top of a bluff. Boardinghouse means any dwelling other than a hotel, motel, or apartment where meals and lodging are provided for compensation to four or more persons unrelated to the owner or possessor, pursuant to previous arrangement. Boulevard means the portion of the street right-of-way between the curb line and the property line. Brewer taproom means a state licensed brewer under Minn. Stats. § 340A.301 subdiv. 6(c), (i), or (j) permitting the on-sale consumption of malt liquor produced by the brewer for consumption on the premises of a brewery or an abutting property in common ownership of the brewer, which may include the sales of malt liquor produced and packaged at the brewery for off-premises consumption as allowed by Minnesota Statutes. Brewpub means a state licensed brewer under Minn. Stats. 340A.301, subdiv. 6(d) with a restaurant use operated on the same premises as the brewery. To sell their own malt liquor, a brewpub is required to obtain an intoxicating on-sale liquor license and may obtain an on-sale Sunday liquor license if they want to be open on Sundays. Buildable land area means the gross land area less the unbuildable land area that includes floodways, hydric and restrictive soils, land with slopes over 33 percent, wetlands and areas that cannot accommodate septic systems. Building means any structure having a roof which provides shelter or enclosure for persons, animals, chattel, or property of any kind. When separated by bearing walls without openings, each portion of such building so separated shall be deemed a separate building. Building official means the building official of the city as designated by the city council, who is authorized to enforce the Minnesota Building Code. Building code means the current Minnesota building code and its amendments as adopted by the city. Building height and height of building mean the vertical distance between the highest adjoining ground level at the building or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the highest point of a flat roof or average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. Building height (downtown) within the downtown district (DD) means the dimension taken from the sidewalk on Main Street to uppermost portion of the cornice.