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. . . Warehouse space means the space used for storing merchandise or commodities. The area occupied by the act of shipping or receiving merchandise shall not be included in the floor area calculation for warehouse space. Water-oriented accessory structure or facility means a small, aboveground building or other improvement, except stairways, fences, docks, and retaining walls, which, because of the relationship of its use to a surface water feature, reasonably needs to be located closer to public waters than the normal structure setback. Examples of such structures and facilities include boathouses, gazebos, screen houses, fish houses, pump houses, and detached decks. Wayside stand means a structure used for the seasonal retail sale of agricultural goods, floriculture, and horticulture produced by the operator of the wayside stand. The operator of the stand must provide written permission of the property owner to the city. Wetland, as used in article VI, division 13, ofthis chapter, means land that is annually subject to periodic or continual inundation by water, commonly referred to as a bog, swamp, or marsh. Wetland means a surface water feature classified as a wetland in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Circular No. 39 (1971 edition) or as defined in Minn. Stats. ~ 103F.612, subd. 1. Window sign means a sign installed inside a window and intended to be viewed from the outside. Such signs shall not include holiday messages, murals or merchandise that is for sale or display, but shall include messages designed specifically for the purpose of advertising or identifying any establishment, products, goods, or service. Yard means an open space on the same lot with a building or structure, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up except for accessory structures or as otherwise permitted by city ordinance. (See figure A at the end ofthis section.) Yard, front, means a yard extending along the full width of a front lot line between side lot lines and from the front lot line to the nearest building line in depth. On a comer lot, the front yard shall be on each street, with the rear yard being opposite the address side. (See figure A at the end ofthis section.) Yard, garage side, means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between the side lot line and the nearest attached accessory building line. (See figure A at the end of this section.) Yard, rear, means a yard extending along the full width of a rear lot line (opposite the addressed side) between side lot lines and from the rear lot line to the nearest building line in depth. (See figure A at the end of this section.) In determining the depth of the rear yard for any building where the rear yard opens into an alley, one-half the width of the alley, but not exceeding ten feet, may be considered as a portion ofthe rear yard. Yard, side, means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between the side lot line and the nearest principal building line or detached accessory building line. (See figure A at the end of this section.) Zero lot line means the location of a building on a lot of record in such a manner that one or more of the building's sides rests directly on a lot line of a lot of record and which shares a common wall with one or more buildings within the zoning lot. Zoning lot means a parcel of land occupied or used or intended for occupancy or use for a purpose identified in article VI of this chapter and identified as such for the purposes of zero lot line development. The parcel shall abut a public street and shall be of sufficient 25