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GREEN SPACE - An area. of real property on a lot wlueh is similar to Open Spaces but the.genexal intent is to promote natural areas. Green Space includes, but is not.lirtiited to, wetlands, prairies and grasslands, pastures, forests and. wooded areas, mixed Of impervious surfaces within the: landscaped areas, :or: any other naturally forest and grasslands, landscaped areas exclusive occurring laud form. GROUNDWATER RECHARGE - The. replenishmentof groundwater storage through infAttation of surface runoff into subsurface aquifers. HEIGHT, BUILDING - A distance to be`measured. fronnthe:ground level six (00") feet. from the .front door of a. structure to the highest point of the.roof, excluding chimneys,.rxieath. vanes, cupolas,: antennas and tkie like. HOBBY ACTIVITIES - Any activity orinterest pursued. for pleasure or:relikatxon and. not as a main occupation.and meeting all the following. requirements: when normally engaged in only by the;peirsois. residing in the: dwelling where the hobby is pursued; when evidence of the liobhy.is. not.visible from the street„or if; visible`is:not offensive or such to lower neighborhood prop..erty values; when pursuit of the hobby does not interfere witl enioyrnent of neigliboririg property by: its owners. HOME OCCUPATION - Any gainful occupation of n& residential nature conducted.;.entirely within the dwelling or accessory building and carried an only by the..inhabitants. and no. more .than one (1) non-resident thereof, which .use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling. for residential`p.p;pgseS p articles may be`sald or offered for sale except as may be produced on the:prerrtises. by rneinbers:of the immediate family residing therein. Home occupations. shall not include the repair of internal combustion eagiries (other::tl ari small.engine repair); body shops; machineshops, welding shops, contracting or landscape type businesses requiring :on site: storage of coin percial equipment or other objectionablc uses- as determined by the City Council. The home. oceupatiorishall not: beeconducted M.inore than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of the dwelling or four. hundred (J.00)„square feet, wliiehever`is;lem.,There. sfiall. be no outside display of goods or storage of equipment or material used in the Horne ,Dccupatioz ";:.. HOOPHOUSE - A structure round or -hoop shape. HOUSING, LIFKCYCLE. - li single farnsiy detacl ecl .housing or `co another, due.to changing needs andc meet the changing needs: of people as of PVC piping or a covered with .translucent. plastic, constructed in a half for people.:at all stages of their.lives, This housing may be owned or rented and townhouses. Most people. when..they move from :one housing type to ;`want to stay in the.sarzie: community if.passible:.Life-cycle housing needs to :s ai'circumstances .change: f`saturation, flooding or ponding.long enough during the growing HYDitIG SOILS - A soil that:< -formed under conditions o season to develop .anaerobic conditions.in:tlac upper .part IMPERVIOUS SURFACE .1ne*" a.'coristructed hard surface that tither prevents :or retards the entry of water into the soil and causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities and at an:inrxeased rate of flow than. prior to. development.: Examples. include rooftops; sidewalks, patios, driveways, parking lots, storage areas; and concrete, asphalt, or gravel roads.. INCENTIVES .-The: -City. Council -may establish incentives. which can he applied to encourage certain types of land use or preservation activity within the Gateway District..These incentives may be set by adopting a separate City Ordinance which identifies clearly the item or items the Council seeks to encourage, theaIlowances which the Coun ..Is willing to offer applicants, and sufficient criteria to all the Zoning Administrator and the City Consultants to evaluate score applications seeking to apply for these incentives and allowances. See Section 9.2.4.for an examplc: Appendix .4' updated March 21, 20I.7 Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance. Definitions Page. 8