Zoning Dictionary

Category: Water Related Terms

Top of Bank

A point or line which is the beginning of a significant change in the land surface, thence from which the land surface slopes downward towards an abandoned or existing water course. When two or more slopes are located together, the slope that is highest and farthest away from the watercourse shall be the slope considered […]

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Top of Streambank

The upper edge of the slope of the stream valley where the land levels off, or where there is a flood plain, to the top of the slope above the floodplain.

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Tunnel

An underground conduit constructed by tunneling methods for the purposes of transporting water supply, sewage or other services.

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Vessel

A craft designed to float on the water including a boat, a barge or a ship.

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Water Frontage

The straight line horizontal distance from the two most widely separated points on any one shoreline of a lot. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a waterfront lot measured at right angles, but where such lot lines are not parallel, water frontage shall be measured perpendicularly to the line joining the mid-points […]

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Water Line

The boundary of a waterfront lot which directly abuts a navigable waterway, or a shore reserve.

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Water Setback

The straight line horizontal distance from the high water mark of a watercourse, bay or lake to the nearest part of any excavation, building, structure, or open storage use on the lot. The horizontal distance between the normal or controlled high water mark of a navigable waterway and the nearest part of the main wall […]

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Water Storage Dam

A dam constructed for the purposes of impounding water for water supply purposes.

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Water Supply

A distribution system of underground piping and related storage, including pumping and purification appurtenances owned and operated by the appropriate authority.

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Water Uses

The utilization of water for a range of beneficial purposes such as swimming, fishing, landscape, consumption, irrigation, manufacture and cleaning.

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