1983-002 Council Ordinances DRAFT

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and ten (10) acres and not more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet in gross area on a parcel greater than ten (10) acres. (38) Development - The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance, and any use or extension of the use of land. (39) Dormitory - A building used as group living quarters for a student body or religious order as an accessory use for a college, university, boarding school, orphanage, convent, monastery or other similar institutional use. (40) Drainage - The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means which include runoff controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or development, the means for preserving the water supply and the prevention or alleviation of flooding. (41) Drainage System - Any natural or artificial feature or structure used for the conveyance, drainage, or storage of surface and/or underground water, including, but not limited to, streams, rivers, creeks, ditches, channels, conduits, gulleys, ravines, washes, lakes or ponds and structures such as culverts, drainage tile, dams, bridges and water storage basins. (42) Drainageway - Any natural or artificial watercourse, trench, ditch, swale or similar depression into which surface water flows. (43) Drive -In Restaurant - A building or portion thereof where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption and where all or a significant portion of the consumption takes place or is designed to take place outside the confines of the building, often in a motor vehicle on the site. (44) Drive -In Use - An establishment which by design, physical facilities, service, or by packaging procedures encourages or permits customers to receive services, obtain goods, or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles. (45) Driveway - A private roadway providing access for vehicles to a parking space, garage, dwelling or other structure. (46) Dwelling - A structure or portion thereof which is used exclu- sively for human habitation. (47) Dwelling, Efficiency - A dwelling unit consisting of not more than one habitable room together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities.