Zoning Dictionary

Category: Regulatory Terms

Site Plan

A scale drawing showing the relationship between the lot lines and their uses, buildings or structures, existing or proposed on a lot, including such details as parking areas, access points, landscaped areas, building areas, setbacks from lot lines, building heights, floor areas, densities, septic tank tile fields, utility lines and currents, or a special or […]

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Social Organization

A non-government, not-for-profit, non-commercial organization which carries on social, cultural, welfare, athletic or recreational programs for the benefit of the community.

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Telecommunications Tower

A free-standing tower, pole or mast used as part of a telecommunications network that is not mounted on, or affixed to, any other structure

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Tree Girth

The circumference of the trunk of a tree measured at 1.4m above natural ground level. For trees with multiple trunks the girth measurement is the collective measurement of all trunks with a circumference of 250mm or more.

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Tree Types – Dangerous, Dead, Dying, Non-Native

Dangerous Tree is one where the condition of the tree presents a foreseeable danger of inflicting damage that cannot be alleviated by treatment or pruning. A tree may be dangerous because it is likely to injure people or damage vehicles, structures, or development, such as sidewalks or utilities. Dead Tree is a tree that is […]

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Tree, Class I Shade

Any plant having a central trunk, an expected maturity height of at least thirty-five (35) feet, and an expected minimum mature canopy spread of at least fifteen (15) feet.

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Tree, Class Ii Shade

Any plant having a central trunk and a maximum expected maturity height of twenty-five (25) feet.

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Units Per Hectare

The ratio of units of usable built space in an area to the number of hectares in the same area.

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Urban Limit Line/Urban Service Area

An area, identified through official public policy, within which urban development will be allowed during a specified time period.

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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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