Lake
An inland water body fed by springs or surrounding runoff.
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Zoning Dictionary
Category: Physical/Landform/Natural
Landscape, Cultural
Any geographic area that has been modified, influenced or given special cultural meaning by people.
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Maritime Forest
Woodlands growing on high ground adjacent to the marshfront or waterfront. Trees and shrubs here are specially adapted for survival in sandy soil, dune-swale topography, and strong sea breezes laden with salt-spray and sand.
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Metallic Mineral
Minerals which have a high specific gravity and a metallic lustre from which metals (such as copper, nickel, or gold) are derived.
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Mineral Aggregate
Sand, gravel, shale, limestone, dolostone, sandstone and other mineral materials suitable for construction, industrial, manufacturing, and maintenance purposes, but excluding metallic minerals, fossil fuels, and non-aggregate industrial minerals such as asbestos, gypsum, nepheline syneite, peat and rock salt.
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Mineral Resource
Any solid material, aggregate, or substance of commercial value, whether consolidated or loose, found in natural deposits on or in the earth, including (but not limited to) clay, distomaceous earth, gravel, marl, metallic ores, sand, shell soil and stone.
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Mineral Resource Notification Area
An area within one-half mile of a mineral resource in which notification of property owners and clustering away from the mineral resource are required.
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Mineral Resource Recovery Area
An area which is underlain by a mineral resource under which mineral resource recovery is a principal permitted use.
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Mineral Resource Recovery Operation
An operation composed of extractive operations and/or processing operations.
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