Zoning Dictionary
Letter: C
Compatibility
Harmony in the appearance of two or more external design features in the same vicinity.
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Compatible
A building, structure, activity or use that blends with, conforms to, or is harmonious with the surrounding ecological, physical, visual or cultural environment. That which is harmonious with and similar to surrounding buildings and/or uses.
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Compensation
The receiving of goods, services, or money in exchange for or as a result of a service performed.
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Compensatory Storage – Flood Plain
Compensatory storage is new, excavated storage volume equivalent to any flood storage which is lost by building, filling or grading within the flood plain.
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Complementary Uses
Additional uses in close proximity to a use that have the effect of supplying a use with services to accompany and complement the primary use.
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Compost Pile
A collection of decaying plant product for the purpose of producing a stabilized humus-like material that is potentially beneficial to plant growth and usable as a soil conditioner, top soil, growing medium additive, or other similar use.
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Composting Facility
A facility whose primary purpose is the composting of food waste and organic materials. Any facility which processes source- separated organic materials to a stabilized state through controlled biological decomposition where the resultant material is beneficial to plant growth or soil structure when used as a soil amendment. Materials may initially be chipped, shredded, and/or […]
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Concentration
The amount of a given pollutant per unit volume of air, for example, grains per standard cubic foot, micrograms per cubic metre.
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Conditional Rezoning
The attachment of special conditions to a rezoning which are not spelled out in the text of the ordinance.
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