2006-03-08 Set Agenda and Attachments

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USE, PERMITTED. A use that is permitted in the district under which it is listed. VARIANCE. The waiving by Board action of the literal provisions of the zoning chapter in instances where their strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the individual property under consideration. VEHICLE. Any vehicle which is self-propelled or designed to be pushed or pulled and shall include but not be limited to automobiles, busses, motorbikes, motorcycles, motor scooters, trucks, tractors, go-carts, golf carts, campers, trailers, boats, planes and gliders. VEHICLE, ABANDONED. Any vehicle as defined in this section, which does not have lawfully affixed or attached thereto an unexpired state registration or license plate or plates, or the condition of which is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperative, abandoned or discarded. WATER-ORIENTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR FACILITY. A small above- ground building or other improvement except stairways, fences, docks and retaining walls which, because of the relationship of its use to a surface water feature, reasonably needs to be located closer to public waters than the normal structure setback. Examples of these structures and facilities include boathouses, gazebos, screen houses, fish houses, pump houses and detached decks. WETLAND. Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land or is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this definition, WETLANDS must have the following 3 characteristics: (1) Predominance of hydric soils; (2) Are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence ofhydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and (3) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of that vegetation. YARD. A required open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided for herein. The measurement of a YARD shall be construed as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the building line. YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the front lot between side lot lines and extending from the abutting street right-of-way line to a depth required in the yard regulations of the district in which the lot is located. On a comer lot the street address or narrowest street dimension of the street shall be the FRONT YARD. The other street frontage will be considered a FRONT YARD for principal structure setbacks and a side yard for purposes of calculating setbacks for accessory structures.