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Effective 9/5/00 City of CentervilJe On:!. #4 Variance - The waiving by Board action of the literal provisions of the Zoning Ordinance 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, automobile, 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 un-expired 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 such 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 three characteristics: A. Predominance of hydric soils; and B. Are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and C. Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such 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 such lot is located. On a corner 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. Yard, Rear - A yard extending along a side lot line between the front and rear yard lot line, having a width as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located. Yard, Side - A yard between the sideline of the lot and the nearest line of the building and extending 1m the front yard to the rear yard. Zoning District - An area or areas for which the regulations and requirements governing use, lot and bulk of buildings and premises are uniform. Page 12 of 59