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