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Strikethroughs to be removed <br />Underlines to be added <br />Last Updated March 2014 <br />Community solar. Any centrally located solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that provide electricity to <br />participating subscribers residing or located off-site from the location of the solar energy system <br />under the provisions of Minn. Stats 216B.1641 or successor statute. <br />Comprehensive development plan and comprehensive plan mean the City of Elk River Growth <br />Management Plan, as amended by the city, including a compilation of policy statements, goals, <br />standards and maps indicating the general locations recommended for various functional classes of <br />land use, places and structures, and for the general physical development of the city. It shall have the <br />same meaning as the term "comprehensive municipal plan" in the law. <br />Concentrated solar system (CSS). A system using low to high-temperature collectors (mirrors, lenses <br />or other reflective surfaces) for the use of heating water or air. <br />Conditional use means uses specifically designated in each zoning use district which may be <br />permitted in such use district only by a conditional use permit, unless otherwise defined in another <br />division (for example, floodplain management). <br />Conditional use permit means a permit issued by the city in accordance with section 30-651 et seq. <br />Condominium means a common interest community in which portions of the real estate are <br />designated as units, the remainder of the real estate is designated for common ownership solely by <br />the owners of the units, and undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit <br />owners. <br />Coniferous/evergreen tree means a woody plant which, at maturity, is at least 30 feet or more in <br />height, with a single trunk, fully branched to the ground, having foliage on the outermost portion of <br />the branches year-round. <br />Conservation easement means a legal agreement creating an interest in real property created in a <br />manner to impose limitations or affirmative obligations regarding the use of property, including the <br />retention, protection, and maintenance of open space. <br />Contour map means a map on which irregularities of land surface are shown by lines connecting <br />points of equal elevation. Contour interval is the vertical height between contour lines. <br />Cooperative gardening means any piece of land gardened by a group of people, utilizing either <br />individual or shared plots on private or public land. <br />Copy means the wording on a sign surface in either permanent or removable letter or picture <br />form. <br />Cornice means any horizontal projecting ornamental molding that finishes or crowns the top of a <br />building, wall, arch, etc. <br />County board means the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners. <br />Cul-de-sac means a street with a single common ingress and egress and with a turnaround at the <br />end. <br />Day care means the licensed facility for the care of one or more children on a regular basis, for <br />periods of less than 18 hours per day, in a structure other than the child’s own dwelling unit. <br />Deciduous overstory shade tree means a woody plant which, at maturity, is 30 feet or more in height, <br />with a single trunk unbranched for several feet above the ground, having a defined crown, and