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Environmental protection § 9.21 <br /> <br />9.21.03 Definitions. For the purpose of this section, certain terms or words used herein <br />shall be interpreted as follows: The word "shall" is mandatory, not permissive. All distances <br />unless other, vise specified shall be measured horizontally. <br /> <br /> i. Bluffiine for the Critical Area Overlay District: The A tine which <br />..... "-' follows '*'~ '~ .... ~.~..t....~.~ along the top of the slope connecting the points at <br />which the slope becomes chmnge.~ ~"~'*-,-,,~ o,,~.v~*~" (more than ~'> ,~',~',~,,*'*'-~ .... *'~ ~'' ....... ~ <br /> <br /> Bluff for the Shoreland Overlay District: A topographic feature such <br />as a hill, cliff, or embankment having all of the following characteristics: <br /> <br />a. part or all of the feature is located in a shoreland area; <br /> <br /> b. the slope rises at least 25 feet from above the ordinary high water <br />level of the waterbody; <br /> <br /> c. the grade of the slope from the toe of the bluff to a point 25 feet <br />or more above the ordinary high water level averages 30 percent or greater; and <br /> <br />d. the slope must drain toward the waterbody. <br /> <br /> An area with an average slope of less than 18 percent over a distance <br />for 50 feet or more shall not be considered part of the bluff. <br /> <br />Boathouse A structure used solely for the storage of boats or boating equipment. <br /> <br /> Building Line The line measured across the width of the lot at the point where <br />the principal structure is placed in accordance with setback provisions. <br /> <br />Clear-cutting The removal of an entire stand of trees. <br /> <br /> Conditional Use A use of shorelands which is permitted within a zoning district <br />only when allowed by the city after a public hearing, if certain conditions are met which eliminate <br />or minimize the incompatibility of the conditional use with other permitted uses of the district <br /> <br /> Crown Cover The ratio between the amount of land shaded by the vertical <br />protection of the branches and foliage area of standing trees to the total area of land, usually <br />expressed as pementage. <br /> <br /> Development The construction, installation or alteration of any structure, the <br />extraction, grading or riffling, clearing or other alteration of terrestrial or aquatic vegetation, land or <br />the course current or cross section of any water body or water course or the division of land into <br />two or more parcels. <br /> <br /> Dimensional Requirement Minimum and maximum setbacks, yard <br />requirements and/or structure height or size restrictions established in Chapter 9.0I for the various <br />zoning districts. <br /> <br />Emergency Work Work that is.necessary to save life or property. <br /> <br />Governing Body The Council by whatever name known. <br /> <br /> Hardship A hardship means the property in question cannot be put to reasonable <br />use under the conditions allowed by the official controls; the plight of the landowner is due to <br />circumstances unique to their property, not created by the landowner, and then if granted, will not <br />alter the essential character of the locality. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute a <br />hardship ff a reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the official controls. <br /> <br />Litter Slightly decomposed organic material on the floor of a wooded area. <br /> <br /> Lot A parcel of land designated by metes and bounds description, registered land <br />survey, auditors plot, or other accepted means and separated from other parcels or portions by said <br />description for the purpose of sale, lease, or separation thereof. For the purposes of these <br /> <br /> <br />