Electromagnetic Fields
Invisible lines of force that are produced by the flow of electrons in a wire or electrical device.
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Zoning Dictionary
Letter: E
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Eleemosynary Institution
Any building or group of buildings devoted to and supported by charity.
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Elevated Building
A non-basement building built to have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, columns (post and piers) or sheer walls.
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Embodied Carbon
Embodied carbon refers to the emissions associated with all the activities of procuring, mining, harvesting raw materials, transforming these materials into construction products, transporting them to site and incorporating them into a building, and subsequently maintaining, replacing and removing and disposing at the end of their life.
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Emergency Shelter/Mission
A facility providing temporary housing for one or more individuals who are otherwise homeless. A non-profit, charitable or religious organization providing boarding and/or lodging and ancillary services on its premises to primarily indigent, needy, homeless or transient persons. A facility that provides immediate short-term housing and supplemental services for the homeless. Supplemental services may include […]
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Emergency Tree Works
The alteration or removal of any tree or vegetation immediately necessary to avoid any actual and imminent threat to the safety of persons or damage to property or to maintain or restore utility services.
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Eminent Domain
The legal right of government to acquire or “take†private property for public use or public purpose upon paying just compensation to the owner.
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Emission Rate
The release per unit time of air pollutants from a given source.
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Employee
A person hired by another, or a business company or firm, to work for another for wages, salary, commission or other consideration. For the purpose of calculating off street parking, the term employee shall also include business owners and managers on the site.
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Enclosed Walkway
A structure with a roof connecting a detached accessory building and the main building on the lot.
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