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<br />Direct light means light emitted directly from a lamp, off a reflector, or through a refractor of a luminaire.
<br />Dredging means the process by which soils or other surface materials, normally transported by surface
<br />water erosion into a body of water, are removed for the purpose of deepening the body of water.
<br />Drive-in means any use where products and/or services are provided to the customer under conditions
<br />where the customer does not have to leave the car or where service to the automobile occupants is
<br />offered regardless of whether service is also provided within a building.
<br />Duplex means a residential structure containing two dwelling units located on one parcel of land.
<br />Dwelling means a building, or one or more portions of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied
<br />exclusively for human habitation, but not including rooms in hotels, motels, nursing homes,
<br />boardinghouses, nor trailers, tents, cabins, or trailer coaches. (See Dwelling unit.)
<br />Dwelling, duplex, or two-family means a residential building containing two complete dwelling units.
<br />Dwelling, multiple, or apartment building means a residential building, or portion of a building,
<br />containing three or more dwelling units served by a common entrance.
<br />Dwelling, seasonal, means a residential building not capable of year-round occupancy due to non-
<br />winterized construction or inadequate nonconforming year-round on-site sewage treatment systems.
<br />Dwelling, single, means a residential building containing one detached dwelling unit.
<br />Dwelling, single-family, means a residential structure designed for or used exclusively as one dwelling
<br />unit of permanent occupancy.
<br />Dwelling, single-family attached, means two single-family dwellings sharing one or more common wall,
<br />each on its own individual lot.
<br />Dwelling, single-family detached, means a single-family dwelling that is surrounded by yards on all
<br />sides, is located on its own individual lot, and which is not attached to any other dwelling by any means.
<br />Dwelling, townhouse, means a residential building containing three or more dwelling units with at least
<br />one common wall between adjacent residences and each unit so oriented as to have all exits directly to
<br />the out-of-doors.
<br />Dwelling unit means a residential accommodation including complete kitchen and bathroom facilities,
<br />permanently installed, which is arranged, designed, used, or intended for use exclusively as living
<br />quarters for one family.
<br />Easement means the right granted by a property owner to another or to the public to use a tract of land
<br />for the purpose of constructing and maintaining drives, and utilities, including, but not limited to, sanitary
<br />sewers, water mains, electric lines, telephone lines, storm sewer or storm drainageways, and gas lines.
<br />Ecological characteristics means the features of a wetland which determines its function as a
<br />hydrological, botanical, or zoological resource. Ecological characteristics include, without limitation,
<br />water conveyance capacity including size and configuration of cross-section of the wetland, alignment
<br />of the wetland, gradient texture of materials along the wetland, size and configuration of the
<br />characteristics of structures within the wetlands, amount and type of vegetation within the wetland,
<br />amount and type of fish, birds, and mammals within the wetland, and the water purification function of
<br />the wetland.
<br />Elderly housing (senior housing) means a facility consisting of three or more dwelling units, the
<br />occupancy of which is limited to persons 55 years of age or older. The facility may include medical
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