12.4 Other Key Terms Defined
When used in this Ordinance, the following words and terms shall have the
meaning set forth in this section, unless other provisions of this
Ordinance specifically indicate otherwise.
ACCELERATED EROSION
ACCESSORY USE
ACTIVE
CONSTRUCTION
ADDITION
(to an existing building)
ADJACENT
ADULT CABARET
AESTHETIC NUISANCE
AFFORESTATION
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PLAN
AGREEMENT,
DEVELOPER’S
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS
AGRI-TOURISM
APARTMENT
ARCADE
AREA OF
SHALLOW FLOODING
AREA OF
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD
ARTIFICIAL
OBSTRUCTION
ASSISTED LIVING
ATTENTION-ATTRACTING
DEVICE
AWNING
BANNER
BASEMENT
BASE FLOOD
BASE FLOOD
ELEVATION (BFE)
BEACON
BENEFIT DISTRICT
BERM
BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP)
BILLBOARD
BONA FIDE GIFT
BORROW MATERIAL
BREAKAWAY WALL
BUFFER, PERIMETER
BUFFER, INTERIOR
BUFFER, STREAM
BUFFER,
UNDISTURBED
BUILDING
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
BUILDING PERMIT
BUILDING,
ACCESSORY
BUILDING,
PRINCIPAL
BUILDING SETBACK
LINE
BUILDING WALL
CALIPER
CANOPY
CERTIFICATE
OF EROSION CONTROL COMPLIANCE
CHAMPION TREE
CHEMICAL
STORAGE FACILITY
CLEAN WATER ACT
CLUSTER
DEVELOPMENT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
COMMERCIAL MESSAGE
COMPATIBLE
CONDOMINIUM
CONSERVATION
EASEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY (for purposes of NPDES PhII Permit)
CONSTRUCTION
DRAWINGS
CONTIGUOUS
CONTROLLED-ACCESS
HIGHWAY
COPING
COSMETIC
AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHSIVE PLAN
CRITICAL ROOT ZONE
CUL-DE-SAC
CURRENT
CONDITIONS HYDROLOGY
DEAD END STREET
DECK
DENSITY, GROSS
DENSITY, NET
DETACHED
DETENTION
DETENTION FACILITY
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT,
EXISTING
DIAMETER
AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH)
DIRECTOR
OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
DIRECTOR OF
PLANNING
DISPOSAL
DRIVE-THROUGH
FACILITY
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
ELEVATED BUILDING
ENCROACHMENT
ENCROACHMENT
(for the purposes of floodplain management)
ENERGY DISSIPATOR
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL
ENGINEER
ENGINEERED
STORMWATER CONTROL STRUCTURE
EROSION
EROSION
CONTROL MEASURE, STRUCTURE, OR DEVICE
EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION
FAMILY
FARM, BONA FIDE
FARM MARKET
FENCE
FENESTRATION
FLAG
FLAG LOT
FLOOD OR FLOODING
FLOOD FRINGE
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
FLOOD
HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP (FHBM)
FLOOD
INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD INSURANCE
STUDY
FLOODPLAIN
FLOODPLAIN
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
FLOODPLAIN
MANAGEMENT
FLOODPLAIN
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
FLOODPROOFING
FLOODPLAIN
ADMINISTRATOR
FLOODWAY
FLOOD ZONE
FLOOR AREA
FLOOR AREA RATIO
(FAR)
FOOT-CANDLES
FOOT-CANDLES,
AVERAGE
FOOT-CANDLES,
INITIAL
FOOT-CANDLES,
MAINTAINED
FOREST OR FOREST
STAND
FOUNDATION
PLANTINGS
FREEBOARD
FUNCTIONALLY
DEPENDENT FACILITY
FUTURE
CONDITIONS FLOOD
FUTURE
CONDITIONS FLOOD ELEVATION
FUTURE
CONDITIONS FLOOD HAZARD AREA
FUTURE
CONDITIONS HYDROLOGY
GLARE
GREENWAY
GROUND COVER
GROWTH
MANAGEMENT PLAN
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
HAZARDOUS
WASTE FACILITY
HIGH DENSITY
DEVELOPMENT
HIGHEST
ADJACENT GRADE (HAG)
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS
HOME OCCUPATION
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE
ILLICIT CONNECTION
IMPERVIOUS
SURFACE AREA
IMPROVEMENT
INACTIVE
APPLICATION
INDEPENDENT
LIVING UNIT
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL
DISCHARGE
INFORMATION,
PIECE OF
INOPERABLE VEHICLE
INSTITUTIONAL USE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
JUNKED MOTOR
VEHICLE
LAKE OR
NATURAL WATERCOURSE
LAND BANKING
LAND-DISTURBING
ACTIVITY
LANDOWNER
LANDSCAPED AREA
LIGHT, CUTOFF
LIGHT, NONCUTOFF
LOCAL STREETS
LOGO
LOT
LOT, CORNER
LOT, NONCONFORMING
LOT OF RECORD
LOW DENSITY
DEVELOPMENT
LOWEST
ADJACENT GRADE (LAG)
LOWEST FLOOR
MANUFACTURED
HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
MARKET VALUE
MARQUEE
MEAN POOL DEPTH
MEAN SEA LEVEL
MECHANICAL
AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT
MENU BOARD
MINOR ENTRANCE
MINOR MODIFICATION
MIXED USE CENTER
MODEL SALES HOME
MULTI-OCCUPANT
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
MUNICIPAL
SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATING SYSTEM (NPDES) STORMWATER DISCHARGE
PERMIT
NATIVE
ORNAMENTAL SPECIES
NATURAL EROSION
NATURAL
OBSTRUCTION
NET
RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE
NEW CONSTRUCTION
NONCONFORMITY
NON-ENCROACHMENT
AREA
NON-EROSIVE
NON-RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
CENTERS
NON-STORMWATER
DISCHARGE
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
BUSINESS
NUISANCE VEHICLE
OFF-SITE TOWER
LOCATION
OFFICE PARK
OFFSET
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE, COMMON
OUTDOOR
DISPLAY OF GOODS
OUTPARCEL
OVERLAY DISTRICT
PARAPET WALL
PARENT
PARKING
SPACE, OFF-STREET
PARKING SPACE,
TANDEM
PEAK HOUR TRIPS
PEAK STORMWATER
RUNOFF
PENNANT
PERSON
PHASE OF GRADING
PLAN, AS-BUILT
PLAN, CONCEPT
PLAN, LANDSCAPING
PLAN, MASTER
PLAN, PLOT
PLAN, SITE
PLAN, SKETCH
PLAN, SUBDIVISION
PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT
PLAT
PLAT, FINAL
PLAT,
RECOMBINATION
POD
POLLUTANT
PORCH
POROUS PAVEMENT
PORTICO
POSTER BOX
POST-FIRM
PREMISES
PRESENT USE
VALUE STANDARD
PRE-FIRM
PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE
PRINCIPALLY
ABOVE GROUND
PROFESSIONAL
APPRAISER
PROPERTY
PUBLIC ART
PUBLIC
SAFETY and/or NUISANCE
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC VEHICULAR
AREA
QUALIFIED
PROFESSIONAL
RADIO
AND T.V. TRANSMISSION TOWERS
REAL ESTATE
SALES OFFICE
RECREATION
LAND, ACTIVE
RECREATION
LAND, PASSIVE
RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE (RV)
REFERENCE LEVEL
REGULATORY
FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION
REMEDY A VIOLATION
RESERVOIR
WATERSHED
RESIDENTIAL
RESOURCE
DELINEATION
RETENTION FACILITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY
ROUGHLY
PROPORTIONAL
SALVAGE YARD
SANDWICH BOARD
SECURED
SEDIMENT
SEDIMENTATION
SETBACK
SETBACK, BUFFER
SETBACK, ROADWAY
SEVERE OR
EXCESSIVE PRUNING
SIGHT TRIANGLE
SIGN
SIGN,
ACCESSORY BUILDING
SIGN, ANIMATED
SIGN, ATTACHED
SIGN, AWNING
SIGN, BOX
SIGN, BUILDING
SIGN, BUILDING
MARKER
SIGN, CANOPY
SIGN, CHANGEABLE
COPY
SIGN, CONSTRUCTION
SIGN, DIRECTORY
SIGN, FLASHING
SIGN, GROUND
SIGN,
IDENTIFICATION
SIGN, ILLEGAL
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
SIGN, INCIDENTAL
SIGN,
INSTITUTIONAL
SIGN, MAILBOX
SIGN, MARQUEE
SIGN, MENU BOARD
SIGN,
NONCONFORMING
SIGN, OFF-SITE
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL
SIGN, POLITICAL
SIGN, POLE
SIGN, PORTABLE
SIGN, PRINCIPAL
GROUND
SIGN, PROJECTING
SIGN, REAL ESTATE
SIGN,
REAL ESTATE, OFF-PREMISE OPEN HOUSE
SIGN, RESIDENTIAL
SIGN, ROOF
SIGN,
SUBDIVIDION IDENTIFICATION
SIGN SURFACE AREA
SIGN, SUSPENDED
SIGN, TEMPORARY
SIGN, TRAFFIC
SIGN, VEHICULAR
SIGN, VERANDAH
SIGN, WALL
SIGN, WINDBLOWN
SIGN, WINDOW
SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCE
SIGNIFICANT TREES
SIGNIFICANT
VEGETATION
SIGNIFICANT WORK
SILTATION
SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL
SITE
SITE DESIGN
GUIDELINES
SITE PLAN
SLOPE
SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY
SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL SITE
SPECIAL EVENT
SPECIAL
FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)
SPECIAL USE
SPECIMEN TREES
START OF
CONSTRUCTION
STATEMENT
OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPATIBILITY (SAC)
STEALTH
STORM
DRAINAGE FACILITIES
STORM DRAINAGE
SYSTEM
STORM SEWER SYSTEM
STORM, TEN-YEAR
STORM,
TWENTY-FIVE YEAR
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT ENGINEER
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN
STORMWATER RUNOFF
STREAM
STREET
STREET, ARTERIAL
STREET, COLLECTOR
STREET, LOOP
STREET, MAJOR
COLLECTOR
STREET, MINOR
COLLECTOR
STREET, PUBLIC
STREET, PRIVATE
STREET,
RESIDENTIAL
STREET,
THOROUGHFARE
STREET FRONTAGE
STREET TREES
STREETSCAPE
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE,
NONCONFORMING
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
SUBSTANTIAL
IMPROVEMENT
SUBSTANTIAL
PROGRESS
SUBSTANTIALLY
IMPROVED EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
SUBSTANTATIVE
AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
SURFACE WATER
SURVEY
SWALE
SWIMMING POOL
TABLED APPLICATION
THEATER
THOROUGHFARE,
LIMITED ACCESS
TOWN
TOWN ENGINEER
TOWN-RECOGNIZED
EVENT
TOWN-RECOGNIZED
HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION
TOWNHOUSE
DEVELOPMENT
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
TRACT
TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICES
TRAIL,
MULTI-PURPOSE
TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES
TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN
TRAVEL TRAILER
TREE, CANOPY
TREE, LARGE
TREE, SMALL
TREE, UNDERSTORY
TREE SURVEY
TRUNKLINE
UNCOVERED AREA
UNDERDEVELOPED
LAND
UNIFORM SIGN PLAN
URBAN
TRANSITION BUFFER (UTB)
USE, ANCILLARY
USE, INCIDENTAL
USE, NONCONFORMING
USE, PERMITTED
USE, SPECIAL
USE, TEMPORARY
UTILITY TRAILER
VARIANCE
VARIANCE, MAJOR
VARIANCE, MINOR
VEGETATION USE
AREA
VEHICULAR GATE
VEHICULAR
SECURITY GATE
VEHICULAR USE AREA
VELOCITY, FLOW
VESTED RIGHT
VIOLATION,
FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
WALL, EXTERIOR
WALL, FIRE
WALL, PARTY
WASTE
WASTEWATER
WATER
SURFACE ELEVATION (WSE)
WATERCOURSE
WATERSHED
WATERSHED
CRITICAL AREA
WATERSHED OVERLAY
WATERSHED
PROTECTED AREA
WETLANDS
WINDBLOWN DEVICE
WORKING DAYS
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
YARD SALE
ZONING DISTRICT
ZONING
DISTRICT, NON-RESIDENTIAL
ZONING
DISTRICT, OVERLAY
ZONING
DISTRICT, RESIDENTIAL
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