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Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground. Among other things, structures include, but are not limited to, buildings, manufactured homes, walls, fences, billboards, and poster panels. Structure, Temporary. Anything constructed or erected, or placed, the use of which requires temporary location on or below the ground or attached to something having a temporary location on or below the ground. Substantial Damage. Means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to it’s before damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty (50) percent of the market value of the structure either: 1. Before the improvement or repair is started, or 2. If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purpose of this designation, “substantial improvement” is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either:
Telecommunications Facilities. Means any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas, and any other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or reception of communications which a person seeks to locate or has installed upon or near a tower or antenna support structure. However, telecommunications facilities shall not include:
Temporary Fireworks Sales Stand. A structure utilized for the licensed resale of fireworks during the time period allowed by South Dakota State Law. Ten Year Time of Travel Distance. The distance that ground water will travel in ten (10) years. This distance is a function of aquifer permeability and water table slope. Tower. A self-supporting lattice, guyed, or monopole structure constructed from grade which supports telecommunications facilities. The term tower shall not include amateur radio operators' equipment, as licensed by the FCC. Townhouse. A townhouse is an attached, privately owned single-family dwelling unit which is a part of and adjacent to other similarly owned single-family dwelling units that are connected to but separated from one another by a common party wall having no doors, windows, or other provisions for human passage or visibility. Differing from condominiums, townhouse ownership does include individual ownership of the land. There can also be common elements, such as a central courtyard, that would have shared ownership Tree, Ornamental. A deciduous tree which is typically grown because of its shape, flowering characteristics, or other attractive features, and which grows to a mature height of about twenty-five (25) feet or less. Tree, Shade. For the purposes of this Ordinance, a shade tree is a deciduous tree which is has a mature crown spread of fifteen (15) feet or greater, and having a trunk with at least five (5) feet of clear stem at maturity. Truck Garden. A farm where vegetables are grown for market. Turbine. The parts of the Wind Energy System including the blades, generator, and tail. Twin Homes. A two-family dwelling which has a common wall and is platted into two (2) separate lots. Utility. Any entity engaged in this state in the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy including, but not limited to, a private investor owned utility, cooperatively owned utility, and a public or municipal utility. Variance. A variance is a relaxation of the terms of the zoning ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship. As used in this ordinance, a variance is authorized only for height, area, and size of structure or size of yards and open spaces; establishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed by variance, nor shall a variance be granted because of the presence of non-conforming in the zoning district or uses in an adjoining zoning district. Veterinary Clinic. Any premises to which animals are brought, or where they are temporarily kept, solely for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of any illness or injury, which may or may not have outdoor runs. Violation. The failure of a structure/use or other development to be fully compliant with this ordinance. Waters of the State. All waters within the jurisdiction of this state, including all streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public or private, situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the state. Water Surface Elevation. The height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, (or other datum, where specified) of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the flood plains of coastal or riverine areas. Wetlands. Any area where ground water is at or near the surface a substantial part of the year; the boundary of which shall be defined as that area where the emergent aquatic vegetation ceases and the surrounding upland vegetation begins. Wind Energy System (WES). A commonly owned and/or managed integrated system that converts wind movement into electricity. All of the following are encompassed in this definition of system:
Windward Row. Of or on the side exposed to prevailing winds. Regarding shelterbelts, on the north and west side of a public right-of-way, the windward row of the shelterbelt is northernmost or westernmost row of trees. On the south and west side of a public right-of-way, the windward row of the shelterbelt is southernmost and easternmost row of trees. Yard. An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard, or the depth of a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and bearing wall of the main building shall be used. Yard, Front. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side-yard lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the road right-of-way line and the main bearing wall of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projections of the usual steps, unenclosed balconies or open porch. There shall be a front yard on each street which a lot abuts regardless of zoning district. (See Front, Side, and Rear Yard Illustration Below) Yard, Rear. Any yard extending across the rear of a lot measured between the side lot lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or bearing wall or any projections other than steps, unenclosed porches, or unenclosed balconies. On corner lots the rear yard may be to the rear of either street, provided that the minimum rear yard depth requirement shall be calculated on the longest average lot dimension. On interior lots the rear yard shall in all cases be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard. (See Front, Side, and Rear Yard Illustration Below) Yard, Side. A yard between the main building and the side line of the lot being the minimum horizontal distance between the bearing wall of the building and the side yard line, and extending from the front lot line to the rear yard line. (See Front, Side, and Rear Yard Illustration Below) F  ront, Rear and Side Yard Illustration
Zone of Contribution. The entire area around a well or wellfield that contributes water to the well or wellfield. Directory: county county -> Public hearing december 18, 2013 agenda county -> Public hearing september 21, 2011 agenda county -> Prescott and Russell jp st. Pierre Award county -> Washington County/Regional Communications Plan –Standard Operating Procedures county -> Lehigh county agricultural conservation easement county -> Livingston county history county -> Serial No: 140/14 Source: d pers Ops Date county -> Atlantic cape community college Download 0.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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