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Anyone who benefits, directly or indirectly from the preservation and presentation of a national historic site or historic canal (or other specified issues).
The net increase in run-off from urban development due to water not being able to seep into the ground because of impervious surfaces, such as roofs and roads.
The visual elements of a street, including the road, footpaths, trees, landform, open space and interface to adjoining buildings that combine to form the street’s character. The scene as may be observed along a public street, composed of natural and man-made components including buildings, paving, planting, street hardware and miscellaneous structures.
A neighbourhood where a broad range of facilities and services are integrated with the residential areas. The distances people travel for different activities as part of their quality of life (access to work, home, community facilities, cultural and leisure, retail facilities) are short and conducive to the use of public transport, walking, cycling etc. The […]
The use of land, building or structure for a construction office, tool shed, or for the storage of scaffolds, equipment and material which is incidental to and necessary for construction work which has neither been finished nor abandoned on the same lot. A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to […]
The third place is the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”). Examples of third places include churches, cafes, clubs, public libraries, bookstores or parks.
Those materials which are capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical means when present in relatively small amounts.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter, including but not limited to gases, vapors, dusts, fumes, and mists containing properties which by chemical means are inherently harmful and likely to destroy life and impair health, or capable of causing injury to the well-being of persons or damage to property.
A voluntary, incentive- based program that allows landowners to sell development rights from their land to a developer or other interested party who then can use these rights to increase the density of development at another designated location.
Uses or structures permitted under the zoning ordinance, which, by their nature or level and scale of activity, act as a transition or buffer between two or more incompatible uses.
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