Zoning Dictionary

Category: General Terms

Undeveloped

Any area which remains free of buildings, structures or human activities, except for agricultural or conservation purposes.

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Use

When used as a verb, includes arranged, designed, or intended to be used. Use shall mean the purpose for which a lot or a building or structure, or any portion thereof, is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained, and “used” shall have a corresponding meaning. Use shall mean the purpose for which the building, structure […]

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Use, Continuous

The continuous use of any lot, building or structure notwithstanding a change of ownership of the property where the use is located. Use shall further be deemed to be continuous if, after having ceased, the same use recommences within a period of six months from the date of cessation, and/or if a structure is destroyed […]

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Use, Principal

The main or primary purpose for which a building, other structure and/or lot is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which may be used, occupied or maintained under this Ordinance. The use of any other building, other structure and/or land on the same lot and incidental or supplementary thereto and permitted under this Ordinance shall […]

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Vacant

A lot or a building, or a portion of a lot or of a building, that is not actively occupied by or maintained for any use.

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Visitor Activity

Visitor activities are defined as educational or recreational pursuits that contribute to an understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of heritage resources.

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Walkable

Local facilities are within walking distance, generally considered to be no more than a 10 minute walk (800m radius

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Wind Turbine

Means a rotary engine that is used to collect kinetic energy from the wind and convert it to electricity. A mechanism or device that converts wind energy into electrical power, including windmills and residential wind turbines, towers, and supporting structures and such directly connected facilities as generators, alternators, inverters, batteries, and associated control equipment. A […]

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Wooded Area

An area of contiguous wooded vegetation where trees are at a density of at least one six-inch or greater caliper tree per 325 square feet of land and where the branches and leaves form a contiguous canopy.

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Woodlot

A hardwood, softwood or mixed wooded area of more than one hectare, covered in trees to a density of 1) at least 1000 trees per hectare of all sizes; or 2) 750 trees per hectare measuring over 5 centimeters in diameter, or 3) 500 trees per hectare measuring over 12 centimeters in diameter, or 4 […]

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