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. . . (1) The sale, barter, rental, or distribution of printed matter, pictures, slides, videotape, audiotape or film depicting specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities; (2) The sale, barter, rental or distribution of sexual devices or paraphernalia; or (3) Services or entertainment, if such service or entertainment is characterized by, depicts or exhibits specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities. Sexually oriented land uses do not include any building, structure, establishment or use of property for retail or rental of merchandise where ten percent or less of the display floor area is used for sexually provocative material as proscribed in Minn. Stats. S 617.293 and where the merchandise described in this definition is screened and controlled to prohibit access by minors. Shore impact zone means land located between the ordinary high-water level of public water and a line parallel to it at a setback of 50 percent of the structure setback. Shore/and 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 of the state department of natural resources. Sign means any device, structure, fixture, or placard using graphics, symbols, and/or written copy designed specifically for the purpose of advertising or identifying any establishment, product, goods, or services. Sign area. (1) Projecting or freestanding signs. The area of a freestanding or projecting sign shall be the area of the largest face, including its border area. If a sign has an irregular shape or has open spaces within its border, the sign area shall be the area of the smallest single rectangular figure that encloses it. If the sign is composed of two or more individual cabinets or other structures containing advertising messages, the sign area shall be the sum of all the areas of the individual cabinets or structures, including their border areas. If a freestanding sign or sign structure is constructed so that the faces are not back to back, the angles shall not exceed ten degrees. If the angle is greater than ten degrees, the total area of both sides added together shall not exceed the maximum allowable sign area for that district. If a freestanding sign or sign structure is constructed so that the faces are back to back, if the distance between the faces exceeds two feet, the total area of both sides added together shall not exceed the maximum allowable sign area for that district. (2) Wall signs. The area ofa wall sign shall be the area of the advertising message and the border that encompasses it. If the sign is composed of individual letters or symbols using the wall as the background, the total sign area shall include the area within a single contiguous perimeter composed of the smallest single rectangular figure that encloses the extreme limits of the advertising message. Significant historic site means any archaeological site, standing structure, or other property that meets the criteria for eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places or is listed in a state register of historic sites, or is determined to be an unplatted cemetery that falls under the provisions of Minn. Stats. S 307.08. A historic site meets these criteria if it is presently listed on either register or if it is determined to meet the qualifications for listing after review by the state archaeologist or the director of the Minnesota Historical 20