Zoning Dictionary

Letter: M

Marina

A commercial establishment or premises, containing docking facilities or mooring facilities where boats or boat accessories are berthed, stored, serviced, repaired, constructed or kept for sale or rent and where facilities for the sale of marine fuels or lubricants, accessory retail sales and a taxi and/or barging service are provided and where waste water pumping […]

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Marina Facility, Accessory

An accessory structure which is used to take a boat into or out of a navigable waterway, or to moor a boat. This definition includes a launching ramp, boat lift, or dock but does not include any building or any boat servicing, repair or sales facility.

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Marine Air Base

A marine air base is comprised of buildings used for the docking, servicing and repairing of all aircraft, for the storing and retailing of gasoline and oils, parts and accessories for aircraft, and for the storing and parking of aircraft, watercraft and automobiles.

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Marine Dependent Industrial Uses

Marine terminals and related structures for the transfer between ship and shore of goods and/or passengers transported in waterborne commerce; facilities associated with marine terminals for the storage of goods transported in waterborne commerce; manufacturing facilities relying on the bulk receipt of shipments of goods by waterborne commerce; wharves, piers, docks, and processing and storage […]

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Marine Fuel Dock Facility

A business where flammable or combustible liquids or gases used as fuel for marine vessels are stored and dispersed from fixed equipment into the fuel cells of marine vessels.  Marine Fuel Dock Facilities may also include automotive oriented fueling, boat launching and retail (convenience items and parts) uses.

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Marine Landing

Lands and marine facilities used exclusively to provide mainland parking and docking facilities accessory to water access properties.

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Marine Railway

A structure which is used to take a boat into or out of a body of water.

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Marine Terminal

The use of premises for the mooring of boats, ships, float planes, ferries and other water vessels, but not including pleasure craft, for the land or water trans- shipment of goods or transfer of passengers, for the operations of a water taxi service, piloting service, boat rental or charter service, or for related marine services […]

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Maritime Forest

Woodlands growing on high ground adjacent to the marshfront or waterfront. Trees and shrubs here are specially adapted for survival in sandy soil, dune-swale topography, and strong sea breezes laden with salt-spray and sand.

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Market Garden

Land used for the growing of vegetables, berry fruit crops, flowers and mushrooms, nurseries and nursery sales stations and greenhouses.

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