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SECTION II.DEFINITIONS <br /> Unless otherwise stated the following words shall, for purposes of this Ordinance, <br /> have the following definitions. Words used in the present tense shall be. <br /> understood to include the future tense. Words used in the singular shall be <br /> _ understood to include the plural. <br /> ALLEY-A roadway which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting <br /> property and not intended for general traffic circulation. <br /> DEDICATION-A gift,by the owner, of land for a specified purpose, or <br /> purposes. Because a transfer of property is entailed,dedication must be made by <br /> written instrument and is completed with an acceptance. <br /> *Amended *DWELLING UNIT -A room or group of rooms forming a <br /> 10-4-82 single independent habitable unit with facilities used or intended to be used for <br /> living,sleeping, cooking and eating by one family; for owner occupancy or for <br /> rental, lease or other occupancy on a weekly or longer basis, and containing <br /> independent cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities. Units otherwise meeting <br /> this definition but occupied by transients on a rental or lease basis for periods of <br /> less than one week shall be construed to be lodging units. <br /> Mobile homes and modular units are to be considered dwelling units under this <br /> definition. <br /> *Amended *EASEMENT-A grant of rights by the property owner to <br /> 1-17-79 a portion of land for a specified purpose. <br /> *Amended *FLAG LOT-An irregularly shaped lot where the <br /> 7-5-88 buildable portion of the lot is connected to its street frontage by an arm of the lot <br /> (see Figures 1 to 4 on page 33c). <br /> Amended FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT-A subdivision in which greater flexibility and <br /> 7-1-96 design creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve agricultural and forestry <br /> lands, natural and cultural features, and rural community character that might <br /> otherwise be lost through conventional development approaches. At least one- <br /> third (33%) of the land within a Flexible Development subdivision must be set <br /> aside as open space which may be preserved through: <br /> (1) An "estate lot" approach where all land is subdivided into lots four (4) <br /> acres or greater in size, building limits (50%) are established for each lot, <br /> and the land area outside such limits is preserved as open space; or <br /> (2) A "conservation" approach where all land is subdivided into lots, and open <br /> space is preserved through the use of conservation easements applied to <br /> J portions of individual lots; or <br /> (3) A "cluster" approach where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved <br /> through such reductions is preserved as open space; or <br />