Zoning Dictionary

Letter: S

Sustainable Development

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Sustainable Manner

The use of resources in a way that ensures their integrity is not destroyed.

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Sustainable Neighborhood

A neighbourhood where a broad range of facilities and services are integrated with the residential areas. The distances people travel for different activities as part of their quality of life (access to work, home, community facilities, cultural and leisure, retail facilities) are short and conducive to the use of public transport, walking, cycling etc. The […]

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Sustainable Use

A general term meaning that people can gain direct and indirect benefits from a resource over the long term without destroying.

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Swale

A depression in the ground that channels runoff.

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Swimming Pool

A tank or body of water which may be used for swimming purposes and which has a possible maximum depth greater than 0.6 metres but does not include an existing natural body of water or stream. A body of water of more than one hundred square feet in area, used for bathing, swimming or diving. […]

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Swimming Pool, Outdoor

Any privately owned body of water located outdoors, contained in part or in whole by artificial means, in which the depth of water of any point can exceed twenty-four inches and which is used or capable of being used for swimming, diving or bathing.

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