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Aquaculture or Aquaponics

Land devoted to the hatching, raising and breeding of fish or other aquatic plants or animals for sale or personal use. A fish farm. The cultivation of marine or freshwater food fish, shellfish, or plants under controlled conditions. The farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants under controlled conditions

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Aquatic Habitat

The lake, river and stream margins, banks and beds which sustain diverse populations of plants and streams.

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Aquatic Migration Corridor

River corridors and associated streams and wetlands upon which a number of animals are dependent for their movement and survival in the region.

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Aquatic Recreation Facility

The use of land for a sporting, exercise, pastime or leisure activity, whether or not operated for gain, which is based on the recreational use of an adjacent water feature, but does not include a swimming pool or an aquarium.

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Aquifer

A geological unit in which porous and permeable conditions exist and thus are capable of yielding usable amounts of water. A permeable water bearing geological formation capable of yielding, storing, receiving or transmitting water at a sufficient rate to be a practical water supply.

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Area of Shallow Flooding

An area within which the base flood depths range from one (1) to three (3) feet; a clearly defined channel does not exist; the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and velocity flow may be evident.

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Base Flow

The part of river flow derived from groundwater seeping into the river.

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Bioretention

Mean a process where contaminants and sedimentation are removed from stormwater runoff by collecting stormwater into a treatment area that consists of a grass buffer strip, sand bed, ponding area, organic layer or mulch layer, planting soil, and plants for exfiltration into the underlying soils.

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Boat Launch

Means a ramp or similar structure or area used for the placement of a boat into the water and for the retrieval of a boat from the water to a trailer or device.

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Boat Slip

A single parking space for a boat or other marine vessel forming part of a dock, boathouse or other mooring facilities.

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