2514                               Municipal Charters

Section 13-103 DEFINITIONS—SPECIFIC

As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall be defined as
follows:

(1)    "Acceptable Outfall": Tidewater except as otherwise recom-
mended by the Department of Public Works. TIDEWATER OR THAT
POINT AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS WHERE STORM WATER CAN BE RELEASED TO A CHAN-
NEL WITHOUT CAUSING SCOURING, EROSION, OR RESULTING
SEDIMENTATION TO THE RECEIVING CHANNEL OR ITS FLOOD
PLAIN. WHERE NECESSARY, THE OUTLET SHALL INCLUDE
STRUCTURAL AND VEGETATIVE MEASURES TO ASSURE NON-
EROSIVE VELOCITIES.

(2)    "Acre, gross": A commonly referred to measure of gross area.

(3)    "ACTIVE PROCESSING TIME": THAT TIME IN WORK-
ING DAYS WHICH THE COUNTY IS ALLOWED AFTER FORMAL
APPLICATION OF EITHER A PRELIMNARY OR FINAL PLAT TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE SUBDIVISION PLAT AND
ATTENDANT DOCUMENTS CONFORM TO COUNTY REGULATIONS
EXCLUDED FROM THIS TIME IS THE TIME LOST WHILE THE
ENGINEER, SURVEYOR OR DEVELOPER-SUBDIVIDER PREPARES
ORIGINAL OR ADDITIONAL DATA, OR INFORMATION THAT IS
REQUESTED IN WRITING BY THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY.

(4)    "Alley": See "Roads and Streets".

(5)    "Agricultural Purpose": The exclusive use of land for a bona
fide full time farming operation and occupation by the owner and/or
tenant.

(6)    "Apartment": See Section 13-128.

(7)    "Application, formal": The AN APPLICATION IS FORMAL
AT SUCH time when AS the Planning and Zoning Office has IS assured
that all plans and attendant documents are in proper form, content and
number required by these regulations. An application shall be considered
a formal application unless the applicant is advised in writing within
seven (7) days of any submission that such documents are not in proper
form, content or number.

(8)    "Area, gross": All area within a subdivision plat including
that intended for residential use, steep slopes, local access streets and
alleys, off-street parking spaces and subdivision recreational sites. Areas
reserved for County or regional schools and/or parks, highways, marsh-
lands and floodplain areas not qualified as subdivision recreational sites,
shall be excluded from the gross area calculation.

(9)    "Block": An area of land containing one or more lots and
bounded by streets providing access to such lot or lots.

(10)    "Building line": A line drawn parallel to a lot line at a dis-
tance therefrom equal to the depth of a minimum required yard for the
zone in which the lot is located and as established by the Zoning Ordinance.

(11)    "Clear sight triangle": An area of unobstructed vision at
street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a distance
from the intersection of street right-of-way lines.