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as campgrounds, hunting & shooting camps, shooting ranges, driving ranges, golf
courses that are privately owned and operated with the intention of earning a profit by
providing entertainment for the public. The definition does not include movie theaters,
bowling alleys or lodging facilities that are unrelated to an outdoor recreational activity.
“RECREATION, PUBLIC” are uses such as tennis courts, ball fields, picnic areas, and
the like that are commonly provided for the public at parks, playgrounds, community
centers, and other sites owned and operated by a unit of government for the purpose of
providing recreation.
“RECREATIONAL VEHICLE” means a vehicle used to provide temporary living
quarters including, but not limited to: motorhomes, travel trailers, campers, camping
trailers, popups, or watercraft.
“REGIONAL FLOOD” is a flood that is representative of large floods known to have
occurred generally in the state and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to
occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of a 100-year recurrence interval.
“REFUSE” Waste products which are composed wholly or partly of such materials as
garbage, sweepings, swill, cleanings, trash, rubbish, litter, industrial solid wastes or
domestic solid wastes; organic wastes or residue of animals, fruit, or other vegetable or
animal matter from kitchen, dining room, market, food establishment or any place
dealing or handling meat, fowl, fruit, grain or vegetables; offal, animal excreta, or the
carcass of animals; tree or shrub trimmings, or grass clippings; brick, plaster, wood,
metal, roofing materials, pipe or other waste matter resulting from the demolition,
alteration or construction of buildings or structures; accumulated waste materials, cans,
used containers, boxes and packing materials, junk vehicles, ashes, tires, junk,
Christmas trees, rocks, sod, dirt, glass, jars, bottles, auto parts, cement brick, leaves,
burn barrels, household appliances, furniture, toys, floor coverings, fabric, drain oil,
solvents and fluids, or other such substances which may become a nuisance.
“RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT” means any district zoned for residential uses.
“RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT” means a use where the nature of
residency is nontransient 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 as residential planned unit developments.
“RESORT” has the meaning in Minnesota Statute, Section 103F.227.
“RETAINING WALL” is a wall or terraced combination of walls used to provide barrier
or restrain lateral forces of soil or other material and not used to support, provide a
foundation for, or provide a wall for a building or structure.