Zoning Dictionary

Letter: R

Ridge/Hill/Cliff Brow (edge)

The uppermost point of the ridge/hill/cliff, slope or face. It may be the top of a rock cliff, or where the bedrock is buried, the most obvious break in slope associated with the underlying bedrock.

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Ridge/Hill/Cliff Related Landforms

The physical features of the land associated with a ridge/hill/cliff and created by erosion, sedimentation and glaciation, often including such features as moraines, lakes, river valleys, beach ridges, drumlins and kames.

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Ridge/Hill/Cliff/Slope (face)

The area between the brow and toe of the ridge/hill/cliff and usually characterized by a steep gradient. Where the rise occurs in the form of a series of steps, the slope also includes the terraces between the steps.

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Ridge/Hill/Cliff/Toe (base)

The lowest point on the ridge/hill/cliff, slope or face determined by the most obvious break in slope associated with the bedrock or landforms overlying the bedrock.

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Ridgeline

A line connecting the highest points along a ridge and separating drainage basins or small-scale drainage systems from one another.

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Riding Academy

A stable for the housing of horses for hire, or for a private riding club. An establishment where horses and ponies are boarded and cared for, where instruction in riding, jumping, and showing may be offered, or where the general public, for a fee, may hire horses for riding. A building and land in which […]

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Riding School or Boarding Stable

An area of land which is used as an educational center for horse training, handling, care, or for the lodging of horses.

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Riding/Horse Stable

Land and buildings used to house horses and for their exercise and training may include a school, boarding stables, tack shop or other related uses. Means any structure or land within the City at or from which horses are boarded, bred, sold, or rented for riding, driving, or other purposes. Any structure or land used, […]

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Right-of-way

An area of land that is legally described in a registered deed for the provision of private access on which there is usually a lane.

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River Dependent

A use which can be carried out only on, in, or adjacent to a river because it requires access to the river for waterborne transportation or recreation. River-dependent also includes development, which by its nature, can be built only on, in, or over a river. Bridges supported by piers or pillars, as opposed to fill, […]

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