Zoning Dictionary

Letter: W

Pier

Any fixed or floating structure for securing vessels and the loading or unloading persons or property projecting form a lot or parcel in private ownership or which may be accessed by the public.

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Walk-up Apartment

An apartment building of more than two stories that is not equipped with an elevator.

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Walk-up Service Window

An opening in a building designed and intended to permit pedestrians to receive a service or obtain a product without entering the building.

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Walk, Private

A walkway within a site designed for pedestrian traffic.

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Walkable

Local facilities are within walking distance, generally considered to be no more than a 10 minute walk (800m radius

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Walkable Catchment

The area within a specified walking distance of a destination and where paths provide a specific level of service and amenity. Often a 400m walking distance is defined as walkable, being about a five minute walk for most people. More important destinations, such as train stations or major centres, may serve a wider walkable catchment.

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Warehouse

A building or part of a building used for the storage and distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, substances or articles and may include facilities for a wholesale or retail commercial outlet, but shall not include facilities for a truck or transport terminal or yard. A building or part thereof, which is used primarily for the […]

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Warehouses, Personal Storage

A compartmentalized warehouse facility or complex designed for rental of separate storage areas usually with individual external access, for storage of personal property.

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Waste Disposal Area/Site

A land fill site where garbage, refuse, domestic or industrial waste, exclusive of liquid industrial waste, is disposed of or dumped. A place where garbage, refuse or domestic or industrial waste is dumped, destroyed or stored in suitable containers. Any land upon, into or through which waste is deposited or processed and any machinery or […]

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Waste Processing Station

A facility that receives, stores and/or processes waste materials for the purpose of creating new products or materials.

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