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Recreation Vehicle - A self - propelled or towed vehicle, qualified to be licensed by the <br />appropriate State Agency, designed to provide short term recreational living <br />accommodations. These vehicles are distinguished from mobile homes, dwelling units <br />and temporary buildings. <br />Rehabilitative Care Facility - A facility licensed by the appropriate state agency, as a <br />group care facility for individuals who are handicapped, aged, disabled, youthful <br />offenders, addicted to alcohol or drugs, requiring professional health care, adult <br />supervision, or rehabilitation. <br />Residential Floor Area Residential floor area shall be construed as the sum of <br />areas for residential use on all floors of the building measured from the outside faces <br />of the exterior walls, including halls, lobbies, stairways, elevator shafts, enclosed <br />porches and balconies, and below -grade floor areas used for habitation and <br />residential access. <br />Not countable as floor area are: <br />1) Open terraces, patios, atriums, or balconies <br />2) Carports, garages, breezeways, toolsheds <br />3) Special- purpose areas for common use of occupants, such as recreation <br />rooms of social halls <br />4) Staff space for therapy or examination in care housing <br />5) Basement space not used for living accommodations <br />6) Any commercial or other non - residential space. <br />Residential Land Area - Residential land area shall be construed as all land for <br />residential development and related uses, including open space, within the district in <br />the case of PD -H zoning, or on the lot or tract where residential uses in other locations <br />are controlled by these regulations. Such lands shall be construed to include streets <br />entirely within residential portions of the development, common open space, and <br />lands accepted for dedication for public purposes. Residential land area shall be <br />included in residential land area (as for example, in the case of a multi - family building <br />with ten percent of its floor area in accessory commercial and service uses). <br />Restaurant - An establishment whose principal business is the sale of food and <br />beverages to the customer in a ready -to- consume state, and whose design or <br />principal method of operation includes one or both of the following: <br />a) Customers, normally provided with an individual menu, are served their foods <br />and /or beverages by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter at <br />which said items are consumed. <br />b) A cafeteria style setting is provided where food, and /or beverages are <br />consumed within the restaurant structure. <br />22 -24 <br />