Zoning Dictionary

Letter: W

Waste Transfer Station

The use of land for the collection of waste into bulk containers for the further transport to a land fill site, recycling facility or other waste disposal facility. A facility where waste materials are collected for shipment and may be sorted and/or prepared for transportation.

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Water Based Recreation

Those recreational activities which depend directly, such as swimming, boating, fishing or indirectly, such as landscaping, on water bodies for their enjoyment.

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Water Frontage

The straight line horizontal distance from the two most widely separated points on any one shoreline of a lot. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a waterfront lot measured at right angles, but where such lot lines are not parallel, water frontage shall be measured perpendicularly to the line joining the mid-points […]

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Water Line

The boundary of a waterfront lot which directly abuts a navigable waterway, or a shore reserve.

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Water Setback

The straight line horizontal distance from the high water mark of a watercourse, bay or lake to the nearest part of any excavation, building, structure, or open storage use on the lot. The horizontal distance between the normal or controlled high water mark of a navigable waterway and the nearest part of the main wall […]

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Water Storage Dam

A dam constructed for the purposes of impounding water for water supply purposes.

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Water Supply

A distribution system of underground piping and related storage, including pumping and purification appurtenances owned and operated by the appropriate authority.

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Water Uses

The utilization of water for a range of beneficial purposes such as swimming, fishing, landscape, consumption, irrigation, manufacture and cleaning.

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Water Works or Facility

Any works by a public authority for the treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water.

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Waterbody

Any bay, lake, natural watercourse or canal, other than a drainage or irrigation channel.

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