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<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<br /> guests, courses proposed as single, independent uses, as well as those planned as an accessory use
<br /> which is part of a residential or recreational development.
<br /> A golf course development may also include the following accessory uses and building typically
<br /> associated with such a facility: club house; restaurant/snack bar; barroom; prop shop; billiards; table
<br /> tennis, spa/health club; racquetball, hand ball, and tennis courts; swimming pool; locker rooms; and real
<br /> estate sales office.
<br /> Goods, Incidental
<br /> Retail goods for sale in a manner customary and subordinate to the provision of a service, eg. Beautician
<br /> selling hair products.
<br /> Gross Floor Area
<br /> The area within the perimeter of the outside walls of a building as measured from the exterior face of the
<br /> exterior walls or from the centerlines of walls separating two buildings, with no deduction for hallways,
<br /> stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other interior features.
<br /> Group Care Facility
<br /> A faGility "Gensed by the appropriate state agency, as a group care facility for from seven to
<br /> fifteen unrellated indmv0dualls excluding supervisory personnel, who are handicapped, aged or
<br /> diisabled and are undergoing rehabilitation, or extended care, and are provided servicesto .;.;.P-P-t.
<br /> their specific needs. This category includes group homes for all ages, half-way houses, foster
<br /> and bearding homes. The following shall not be eligible for admission to a group Gare faGility..
<br /> a) Persons addiGted to or rewperating from the effeGts of an addiGtien to drugs or alcohol;
<br /> b) Persons adjusting to non-prisen life, including but not limited to, pre-release, wer
<br /> release, probationary programs and auyeniln.detention centers.
<br /> A facility licensed by the appropriate State agency providing room and board for seven to 15 unrelated
<br /> individuals, excluding staff, who as a result of age, illness, handicap or some specialized program require
<br /> personalized services or a supervised living arrangement in order to assure their safety and comfort.288
<br /> Group Home
<br /> A residential living arrangement providing housing for six to 15 unrelated individuals other than a Group
<br /> Care Facility.289
<br /> Group Development
<br /> One or more principal structures built on a single lot, tract or parcel of land and designed for occupancy
<br /> by more than one separate family, firm, business or other enterprise.
<br /> Guest Ranch290
<br /> A rural lodge providing overnight accommodations for transient guests seeking a vacation experience
<br /> characteristic to that of a rural ranch; onsite facilities may include lodge or cabin accommodations, dining
<br /> facilities, barns, dance hall and recreational facilities, including but not limited to riding rings, trails, fishing
<br /> holes and swimming facilities.
<br /> Habitable Rooms
<br /> Rooms designed and used for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, or combinations thereof. Bathrooms,
<br /> toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage rooms, laundry and utility spaces, basement recreation rooms,
<br /> and similar areas are not considered habitable rooms.
<br /> 288 Existing definition being simplified and unnecessary language being removed,specifically the Red Bold
<br /> StFakethFOU94 Underlined text. By keeping references to the need for a State license,we can eliminate the
<br /> denoted superfluous language.
<br /> 289 There is a current disconnect with associated with living arrangements for a group of individuals exceeding the
<br /> definition of family who wish to live together but do not require personalized services or specialized care. This is a
<br /> new land use category attempting to address this issue.
<br /> 290 For the time being staff is keeping this use in the Recreational Facilities land use category.
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