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49. Diversion. A channel that intercepts surface water runoff and that changes the accustomed course of all or part of a stream. 50. Dog Kennel. Any place where three (3) dogs or more over six (6) months of age are boarded, bred and /or offered for sale except as a veterinary clinic. 51. Draining. The removal of surface water or groundwater from land. 52. Dredging. To enlarge or clean out a waterbody, watercourse, or wetland. 53. Drive -In Establishment. An establishment that accommodates the patron's automobile from which the occupants may receive a service or in which products purchased from the establishment may be consumed. 54. Duplex, Triplex, and Quad A dwelling structure on a single lot, having two, three and four units, respectively, being attached by common walls and each unit equipped with separate sleeping, cooking, eating, living and sanitation facilities. 55. Dwelling. A building or portion thereof, designated exclusively for residential occupancy, including one - family, two- family and multiple family dwellings, but not including hotels, motels and boarding houses. 56. Dwelling - Mobile Home. A detached residential dwelling unit designed for transportation on streets or highways on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on jacks or other temporary or permanent foundations, connections to utilities, and the like. A travel trailer is not to be considered a mobile home. 57. Dwelling - Multiple (Apartment). A building designed with three (3) or more dwelling units exclusively for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other, but sharing hallways and main entrances and exits. 58. Dwelling - Quadram nium. A single structure which contains four (4) separate dwelling units, all of which have individually' separate entrances. 59. Dwelling - Single Family. A dwelling designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family. A single- family dwelling that has more than one cooking area must be designed so that all cooking areas are accessible in common from the interior of the building to the entire dwelling. Where any building obstruction, including a wall, door, or other structure inhibits full interior common access, the building shall be considered to contain two (2) or more dwelling units. 60. Dwelling — Townhome, Attached. A residential building containing between three (3) and eight (8) attached dwelling rmits arranged side by side via common walls, and which have individually accessible front and rear access. doorways. (Includes the term "townhouse ".) Townhomes may be parts of residential 902 -6 - 3 9 -