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WATERSHED. The area drained by the natural and artificial drainage system, bounded peripherally by a bridge or stretch of high land dividing drainage areas. WETLANDS. An area where water stands near, or above the soil surface during a significant portion of most years, saturating the soil and supporting a predominantly aquatic form of vegetation, and which may have the following characteristics: (a) Vegetation belonging to the marsh (emergent aquatic), bog, fen, sedge meadow, shrub land, southern lowland forest (lowland hardwood), and northern lowland forest (conifer swamp) communities. (These communities correspond roughly to wetland types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 described by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Circular 39, "Wetlands of the U.S. 1956".) (b) Mineral soils with gley horizons or organic soils belonging to the Histosol order (peat and mulch). (c) Soil which is water logged or covered with water at least three (3) months of the year. (d) Swamps, bogs, marshes, potholes, wet meadows, and sloughs are wetlands, and such property, may be shallow water bodies, the waters of which are stagnant or actuated by very feeble currents, and may at times be sufficiently dry to permit tillage, but would require drainage to be made arable. The edge of a wetland is commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to preeminently terrestrial. WINERY. A place that makes wine through the fermentation of grapes. This includes sparkling wine, vermouth, cider, mead, perry and sake. WHOLESALE BUSINESSES/SHOWROOMS. An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in selling and/or distributing merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies. This is not considered a general commercial use. YARD. An open space that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line. Such yard is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in the Zoning Ordinance. YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front lot line and the nearest principal building. YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line and the nearest principal building. YARD, SIDE. A yard extending the depth of a lot from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest principal building. 36