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Condominium, Office - the absolute ownership of an office or a commercial unit (generally in a multi -unit building) based on a legal
<br />description of the airspace of the unit actually occupies, plus an undivided interest in the ownership of the common elements, which are
<br />joined with the other office condominium unit owners all as provided by state law.
<br />Critical Root Zone - An area under a tree equal to one and one-half (1'6") feet of radius for every one (I") inch of tree diameter (e.g A
<br />20" tree has a critical root zone of 30' radius or 60' diameter).
<br />Dead Storage - The permanent pool volume of a water basin, or the volume below the runout elevation of a water basin.
<br />Deciduous Tree - A woody plant which, at maturity, is at least twenty (20') feet in height, with a single trunk, un-branched for several
<br />feet above the ground, having a defined crown which loses leaves annually.
<br />Detached House, Single Family - One dwelling on one lot, detached from other adjoining lots. Note - This is Building Template 6 for
<br />the Gateway District
<br />Detention Basin - Any natural or manmade depression for the temporary storage of runoff.
<br />Development - The construction of any public improvement project, infrastructure, structure, street, or road, or the subdivision of land.
<br />Development (Or Master) Plan - A plan supplied by the applicant for a project that contains all of the up -dates and changes identified
<br />in the Preliminary Plan. See Section 9.7.1. Step No. 4 for details.
<br />Development Agreement- An agreement supplied to the City by the applicant to describe the development that will be completed and
<br />the time table for completion.
<br />Dewatering - The removal of water for construction activity.
<br />Drain Or Drainage - Any method for removing or diverting water from waterbodies, including excavation of an open ditch, installation
<br />of subsurface drainage tile, filling, diking or pumping.
<br />Dwelling - A building or one (1) or more portions thereof occupied or intended to be occupied exclusively for residential purposes by a
<br />person, but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes, boarding houses, nor trailers, tents, cabins, motor homes or trailer
<br />coaches. Types of dwellings include:
<br />1. Attached - A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling.
<br />2. Detached - A dwelling which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot. (See also, Detached House, Single Family)
<br />3. Two -Family - A structure containing two (2) dwelling unit, neither of which is an accessory apartment, each of which is totally
<br />separated from the other by an un-pierced wall extending from the ground to roof, or an un-pierced ceiling and floor extending
<br />from the exterior to both dwelling units.
<br />Dynamic Display - Any characteristics of a sign that appear to have movement or that appear to change, caused by any method other
<br />than physically removing and replacing the sign or its components, whether the apparent movement or change is in the display, the sign
<br />structure itself, or any other component of the design. This includes a display that incorporates a technology or method allowing the
<br />sign face to change the image without having to physically or mechanically replace the sign face or its components, such as light -
<br />emitting diode (LED) displays, plasma displays, liquid -crystal displays (LCD) or other technology used in commercially available video
<br />monitors.
<br />Easement - A grant by an owner of land for the use of that land or a specific portion thereof for a specific limited purpose by a person
<br />or persons. The purpose generally shall be for public utility facilities such as underground utilities, including but not limited to sanitary
<br />sewers, water mains, electric lines, telephone lines, storm sewer or storm drainage ways and gas lines.
<br />Encroachment - A porch, deck, balcony, patio or similar unenclosed space, or an awning, that extends into space that is otherwise
<br />reserved for setbacks or public right-of-way. Permitted encroachments are indicated on the Building Type Templates.
<br />Energy Dissipation - Methods employed at pipe outlets to prevent erosion including but not limited to concrete aprons, riprap, splash
<br />guards, and gabions.
<br />Erosion And Sediment Control Plan - A plan of BMPs or equivalent measures that includes all proposed alterations to real property
<br />and the methods to be employed before undertaking the proposed alterations to control runoff and erosion and to retain or control
<br />sediment on land during the period of land disturbing activities.
<br />Appendix A' Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Definitions Updated 1011912023 Page 4
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