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Boatel

A tourist establishment associated with a marina or marine facility and containing 5 or more guest rooms. Accessory uses may include accommodation for permanent staff and one or more beverage rooms, dining rooms, meeting rooms or similar uses. A combination of a motel and marina that is accessible to boats as well as automobiles and […]

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Boathouse

A building used for the storage of boats and boating equipment. A building or structure or part thereof not over one storey in height, used for the storage of private boats and equipment accessory to their use, as an accessory use to a residential use, no part of which shall be used for residential or […]

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Boathouse Width

The longest perpendicular measurement from any point on the outside of one side wall of a Boathouse to any point on the outside of the opposite side wall. For the purpose of this definition, a side wall means the outside wall of a Boathouse which is the closest to being perpendicular to the High Water […]

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Boathouse, Private

A detached accessory building or structure, which is primarily designed and intended to be used for the sheltering of a boat and may include the storage of other forms of transportation and the storage of household equipment incidental to the residential occupancy on the lot.

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Boatslip

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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Breakwater

Means offshore coastal defense structures built of stone parallel to the coastline that help absorb the energy of breaking waves.

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Bulkhead

A retaining wall created along a body of water behind which fill is placed. A man-made retaining wall constructed along shorelines with the purpose of controlling erosion.

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Canal

An artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation.

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Carrying Capacity

Capacity of a site to support a use without substantial negative impact on environmental features such as water quality, natural vegetation, soil, wildlife population and visual attractiveness. The level of land use, human activity, or development for a specific area that can be accommodated permanently without an irreversible change in the quality of air, water, […]

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Coastal cell

A stretch of coast, typically bounded by rock headlands, where there is no significant net loss of sediment by waves and currents.

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