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. . . reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the normal summer pool. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: "Planned unit development" means a type of development characterized by a unified site design for a number of dwelling units or dwelling sites on a parcel, whether for sale, rent, or lease, and also usually involving clustering of these units or sites to provide areas of common open space, density increases, and a mix of structure types and land uses. These developments may be organized and operated as condominiums, time-share condominiums, cooperatives, full fee ownership, commercial enterprises, or any combination of these, or cluster subdivisions of dwelling units, residential condominiums, townhouses, apartment buildings, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, resorts, hotels, motels, and conversions of structures and land uses to these uses. PUBLIC WATERS: "Public waters" means any waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 1036.005 subdivisions 15 and 18. RESIDENTIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT: "Residential planned unit development" means a use where the nature of residency is non transient and the major or primary focus of the development is not service-oriented. For example, residential apartments, manufactured home parks, time-share condominiums, townhouses, cooperatives and full fee ownership residences would be considered planned unit developments. To qualify as a residential planned unit development, a development shall contain at least five dwelling units sites. SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM: "Sewage treatment system" means a septic tank and soil absorption system or other individual or cluster type sewage treatment system as described and regulated in Section 904.08(8) of this Ordinance. SEWER SYSTEM: "Sewer system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force main, and all other construction, devices, appliances, or appurtenances used for conducting sewage or industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal. SHORE IMPACT ZONE: "Shore impact zone" means 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: "Shoreland" means land located within the following distances from public waters: 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water level of the lake, pond, or flowage; and 300 feet from a river or stream, or the landward extent of a floodplain designated by ordinance on a river or stream, whichever, is greater. The limits of shore lands may be reduced whenever the waters involved are bounded by topographic divides which extend landward from the waters for lesser distances and when approved by the commissioner. 9.149