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<br />shallow water depths. <br /> <br />FLOOR AREA. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors ofa building or <br />dwelling unit, measured from the exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls separating <br />Buildings, excluding basements. . . <br /> <br />FLOOR AREA RATIO. The total floor area on a zoning lot divided by the total site area of the lot <br />or parcel being developed. <br /> <br />FREESTANDING SIGN. Any sign supported by structures or supports that are permanently <br />anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building or structure. <br /> <br />FRONT or FRONTAGE. That side of a lot abutting on a street or way and ordinarily regarded as <br />the front of the lot, but it shall not be considered as the ordinary sideline of a comer lot. <br /> <br />GARA GE, PRIVATE. Any accessory building or an accessory portion of a principal building <br />designed or used solely for the storage of motor vehicles, boats and other personal belongings which <br />are owned or used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory <br /> <br />GLARE. A sensation of brightness within the visual field that causes annoyance, discomfort or <br />loss in visual performance and visibility. <br /> <br />- --------- ~_..__._- -~ -' -_.' - ----,---- -" "-',-- ~-'.- -'--"- <br />""'"'-------=...-_~__,=____==_~"..=_._"~~.._~~.....,..._.. ----______ ----- _n" -'--'--'--=."~'O::,_==--_,"-,-~,:~",--=-=------,-,-"__,_,,,,_-----"-'-_"~'-_'~,c-==~...,~-_,._-'-----"'- <br /> <br />GRADE. The lowest point of elevation of the [mished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk <br />within the area between the building and the property line, or when the property line is more than 5 feet <br />from the building, between the building and a line 5 feet from the building. <br /> <br />HEIGHT OF BUILDING. The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade <br />at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard <br />roofs; and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. <br /> <br />HOME OCCUPATION. An occupation, profession, activity or use that is clearly a customary, <br />incidental and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the <br />property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood. <br /> <br />HOTEL. A building occupied as more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are <br />lodged with or without meals for compensation and in which there are more than lO sleeping rooms <br />usually occupied singly, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual apartment. <br /> <br />IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. Any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration of <br />stormwater into previously undeveloped land. IMPERVIOUS SURFACE shall include graveled <br />driveways and parking areas. <br /> <br />INDUSTRIAL PARK. A planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with 2 or more <br />separate industrial buildings. This development is planned, designed, constructed and managed on an <br />integrated and coordinated basis with special attention given to oncsite vehicular circulation, parking, <br />utility needs, building. design and orientation and open space. <br /> <br />JUNK YARD. Land or structures used for the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metals, <br />or for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, other than the <br />storage of materials which is incidental or accessory to any business or industrial use on the same lot. <br /> <br />KENNEL, COMMERCIAL. Any structure or premises on which 5 or more domestic animals <br /> <br />9 <br />