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1305.04 Definitions • A deciduous softwood tree that is at least twelve (12) caliper inches, including but not limited to, cottonwood, poplars/aspen, box elder, willow, silver maple and elm. • A coniferous evergreen tree having foliage on the outermost portion of the branches year-round and which is at least fifteen (15) feet or more in height. • A group of deciduous trees that are at least eight (8) caliper inches or coniferous trees that are at least fifteen (15) feet in height, that provide a buffer or screening along an adjacent public street or between differing land uses. • Soil processing. The processing of sand, gravel or other materials mined from the land. • Solar Energy System. A system or set of devices whose primary purpose is to collect, convert, store and distribute solar energy, including for heating and cooling of buildings, electricity generation, water heating and other energy -using processes. (added 4/10/2023) • Staging Area. Any exterior area that is used to load, unload, stack, pile, store or assemble materials, equipment or vehicles to be used either on site or off site. • Story. That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if no such floor above, the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it. • Story, half. A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area is finished for use. A half -story containing independent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story. • Streets. A public or private way, consisting in the case of a private way of a roadway and in the case of a public way of a roadway and a boulevard (the latter of which may contain a sidewalk), used primarily for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, avenue, parkway, road, lane, throughway, expressway, highway, place or however otherwise designated. The term "streets" includes the following classifications: • Collector street. A street which carries traffic from local streets to streets and highways of higher classifications. It provides for both land access service and local traffic movements within residential neighborhoods, commercial areas and industrial areas. Cul-de-sac. A street with a circular turn -a -round and only one outlet. Local street. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to the abutting properties and the local needs of a neighborhood. • Minor arterial. A street system that interconnects with and augment the urban major arterial system and provide service to trips of moderate length at somewhat lower level of travel mobility than major arterials. This system distributes travel to geographical areas smaller than those identified with the higher system. 20