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Environmentol protection § 9.21 <br /> i.B[uffline for the Critical Area Overlay District: :t~ A line <br /> ~,~...,~11~, ,,~11,,,-. .... ~T-,~ ,,,,..;..~.,,. T.,.,,-..'L.- .~,1.,~,,.~, * <br />~,. ..... : ....... v ......... -- ........ along the top of the slop~ connecting the points at <br />which the slope ~becomes cha:.~, ........... g ~more than 12 percent, ............ r ....... <br /> Blqff 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. ithe slope rises at least 25 feet from above the ordinary high water <br />level of the wat~rbody; <br /> <br /> c. ~the grade of the slope from the toe of the bluff to a point 25 feet <br />or more above t~he ordinary high water level averages 30 percent or greater; and <br /> d. ithe slope must drain toward the waterbody. <br /> An iarea with an average slope of less than 18 percent over a distance <br />for 50 feet or n~0re shall not be considered part of the bluff. <br /> <br /> Boa~thouse 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 struct6r¢ is placed in accordance with setback provisions. <br /> Clear-cutting The removal of an entire stand of trees. <br /> <br /> Con~litional Use A use of shorelands which is permitted within a zoning district <br />only when allowed ,bY the city after a public hearing, if cexmin conditions are met which eliminate <br />or minimiz~ the inc0mpadbility of the conditional use with other permitted uses of the district. <br /> <br /> Crown Cover The ratio b~tween the amount of land shaded by the vertical <br />protection of the b~mches and foliage area of standing trees to the total area of land, usually <br />expressed as pereen ,rage. <br /> Development The construction, installation or alteration of any structure, the <br />extraction, grading 6r rifling, clearing or other alteration of terrestrial or aquatic vegetation, land or <br />the course current ot cross secdon of any water body or water course or the division of land into <br />two or more parc¢Is~ <br /> <br /> Dimensional Requirement Minimum and maximum setbacks, yard <br />requirements and/oriStructure height or size restrictions established in Chapter 9.01 for the various <br />zoning districts. <br /> <br /> Emergency Work Work that is necessary to save life or property. <br /> <br /> Gove~rning Body The Council by whatever name known. <br /> Hard'Ship A hardship means the property in question cannot ~ put to reasonable <br />use under the conditions allowed by the official controls; the plight of the landowner is due to <br />circumstances uniqu~ to their property, not created by the landowner, and then if granted, will not <br />alter the essential ch~,'acter of the locality. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute a <br />hardship if a reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the official controls. <br /> <br /> Littee 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, 16r other accepted means and separated from other parcels or portions by said <br />description for the p~pose of sale, lease, or separation thereof. For the purposes of these <br />regulations, a lot sh~ b~ considered to ~ an individual building site which shall b~ occupied by <br />no more than one prificipal structure equipped with sanitary facilities. <br /> <br /> <br />