Accessory use or structure. A detached structure or use of land or portion thereof that is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal use and is located on the same lot or parcel as the principal use. Examples of accessory structures include gazebos, patio covers, sheds, swimming pools, hot tubs, workshops, detached garages, and detached carports.

Adult congregate living facility (ACLF). A type of residential care facility or group home, defined by Florida Statutes.

Alley. A roadway dedicated to public use that affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

Basement (cellar). A story having more than one-half its height below mean grade.

Boarding house or lodging house. A building other than a hotel, or motel where lodging is provided for compensation.

Building. A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.

Building height. The vertical distance from the main finished grade to the highest point of the main building.

Building sign. A sign displayed upon or attached to any part of the exterior of a building, including walls, windows, doors, parapets, marquees, and sloped roofs.

Building story height. The vertical distance between two (2) successive finished floor surfaces.

Concurrency. A condition where specified facilities and services have or will have the necessary capacity to meet the adopted level of service standard at the time of impact of the development project.

Curb level or grade. The elevation of the street curb established by the Town.

Density or gross density. The total number of dwelling units divided by the total site area, less public right-of-way and jurisdictional wetlands.

Detention. The collection and storage of surface water for subsequent gradual discharge.

Developer. Any person who engages in or proposes to engage in a development activity either as the owner or as the agent of an owner of property.

Development or development activity. Any of the following activities:

(1)

Construction, clearing, filling, excavating, grading, paving, dredging, mining, drilling, or otherwise significantly disturbing the soil of a site.

(2)

Building, installing, enlarging, replacing or substantially restoring a structure, impervious surface, or water management system.

(3)

Subdividing land into two (2) or more parcels.

(4)

A tree removal for which authorization is required under this code or other applicable law or regulation.

(5)

Erection of a permanent sign unless expressly exempted by article XIII of this chapter.

(6)

Alteration of a historic property for which authorization is required under this code or other applicable law or regulation.

(7)

Changing the use of a site so that the need for parking is increased.

(8)

Construction, elimination, or alteration of a driveway onto a public street.

(9)

The storage of materials for more than ninety (90) days.

Development order, final. The order granting, or granting with conditions an application for approval of a development that reflects the final governmental approval of the town. A final development order does not authorize construction to commence. A final development order only reflects the town's approval of a plan of development.

Development permits authorize construction. The collective record presented to and developed by the Town of Baldwin during the development approval process may, if the town so authorizes, serve as a final development order, if a specific final development order is not prepared within ten (10) days of final approval of a development plan. A final development order does not represent approval of any parts of a development plan that require county, state, or federal governmental approval.

Development permit. The official Town of Baldwin document that authorizes the commencement of specific types of construction or land alteration over which the town has final authority to authorize commencement. Development permits include building permits as well as plumbing, electrical, foundation, mechanical, grading and clearing, tree removal, sign, and other similar permits. Permits automatically include all conditions of the final development order pursuant to which they are issued.

Drip line. The outermost perimeter of the crown of a plant as projected vertically to the ground.

Dwelling unit. A single housing unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one housekeeping unit, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

Family. Any number of related individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

Flood insurance rate map (FIRM). The official map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency showing both the area of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones within the Town of Baldwin.

Floodplain. Land which will be inundated by floods known to have occurred or reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur from the overflow of inland or tidal waters and the accumulation of runoff of surface waters from rainfall.

Flood protection elevation. The elevation of the base flood line plus one foot.

Floodway. The channel of a natural stream or river and portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any natural stream or river.

Frontage. The property line(s) of a parcel that abut any streets.

Grade, finished. The completed surfaces of lawns, walks, and driveways brought to grades as shown on the plans or designs relating thereto.

Gross floor area. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles, or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six (6) feet.

Ground sign. A sign anchored on the ground where no part of the sign is attached to any part of a building.

Hotel/motel. A structure or group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping units, with automobile storage or parking spaces provided. It is kept, used, maintained, advertised as or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests or tenants.

Illuminated sign. A sign that contains a source of light or is designed or arranged to reflect light from an artificial source including signs with reflectors for automobile headlights.

Impervious surface. A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. It includes compacted clay, and conventionally surfaced streets, roofs, sidewalks, and parking lots.

Lot. A specific tract of land established by plat, subdivision, or deed.

Lot, corner. A lot abutting two (2) or more streets at their intersection. A corner lot is a double frontage lot.

Lot coverage. The area of a lot that is covered by impervious materials or structures with impervious coverings.

Lot depth. The distance measured in the mean direction of the side lines of the lot from the midpoint of the front line to the midpoint of the opposite rear line of the lot.

Lot, interior. A lot other than a corner or through lot.

Lot lines. The lines bounding a lot.

Lot of record. A lot that is a part of a platted subdivision with a plat recorded in the official records of Duval County, Florida.

Lot, through. A lot having frontage on two streets that is not a corner lot. A through lot is a double frontage lot.

Lot width. The mean horizontal distance between side lot lines as measured at right angles to the depth.

Lowest floor. The lowest enclosed floor of a structure, including a basement.

Minor replat. The subdivision of a single lot or parcel of land into two lots or parcels, or the subdivision of a parcel into two (2) or more lots solely for the purpose of increasing the area of two (2) or more adjacent lots or parcels of land where there are no roadway, drainage, or other required improvements, and where the resulting lots comply with the standards of this code.

Mobile home. A structure that is eight (8) body feet, or more in width and is built on an integral chassis. It is designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities. All the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems are contained within the unit.

Multi-family dwelling. Any residential structure containing two (2) or more dwelling units.

Natural systems. The indigenous plants, animals, bacteria, and other flora and fauna and the ecosystems in which they live.

Nonconforming use or development. A development or land use that does not conform to the regulations in article V or article XI of this chapter.

Odor standard threshold. The minimum concentration in air of a gas, vapor or particulate matter that can be detected by the olfactory system causing significant discomfort, i.e. nausea, convulsions, or tearing of the eyes.

Open space. Land without structures or buildings either in its natural state or landscaped with vegetation and/or grasses.

Owner. A person or entity that has legal or equitable title to any property in question or a tenant if the tenant is responsible for the maintenance of the property.

Outside storage. Outside storage means an area outside of a completely enclosed building that is used for the storage of materials for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.

Parcel. A unit of land within legally established property lines.

Permanent. Designed, constructed, and intended for more than short term use.

Planned unit development (PUD). The development of land under unified control that is planned and developed as a whole in a single or programmed series of operations with uses and structures substantially related to the character of the entire development. A "planned unit development" must also include a program for the provision, maintenance, and operation of all areas, improvements, facilities, and necessary services for the common use of all occupants thereof.

Protected wellhead. Those wellheads with a permitted capacity of one hundred thousand (100,000) GPD or more.

Recreation vehicle. A vehicular-type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled, or driven and primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreation, camping, and travel use and including, but not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, and self-propelled motor home.

Retention. The collection and storage of runoff without subsequent discharge to surface waters.

Roof line. A horizontal line intersecting the highest point or points of a roof.

Roof sign. A sign placed above the roof line of a building or on or against a sloped roof.

Runoff coefficient. Ratio of the amount of rain that runs off a surface to the rain that falls on it.

Sign. Any writing, pictorial presentation, number, illustration, or decoration, flag, banner or pennant, or other device which is used to announce, direct attention to, identify, advertise or otherwise make anything known.

Sign face area. The area of a sign on which copy or graphics may be placed.

Single-family dwelling. A structure containing one dwelling unit and not attached to any other dwelling unit by any means.

Site. Any tract, lot, or parcel of land or combination of tracts, lots, or parcels of land that are to be developed as a single unit, subdivision, or project.

Stormwater management system. The system, or combination of systems, designed to treat stormwater, or collect, convey, channel, hold, inhibit, or divert the movement of stormwater on, through, and from a site.

Stormwater runoff. That portion of the stormwater that flows from the land surface of a site either naturally, in manmade structures, or in a closed conduit system.

Street. A public thoroughfare that affords principal means of access to abutting property.

Street line. The line between the street and abutting property.

Surface water. Water above the surface of the ground whether or not flowing through definite channels. This includes water accumulated in any natural or artificial pond, lake, reservoir, or other area which ordinarily or intermittently contains water and which has a discernible shoreline or any natural or artificial stream, river, creek, channel, ditch, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine, street, roadway, swale or wash in which water flows in a definite direction, either continuously or intermittently, and which has a definite channel, bed or banks. All wetlands are also treated as surface water.

Tree protection zone. A circular zone around each protected tree equal to the drip line, except that the zone is never less than six feet or more than twenty (20) feet.

Wellhead protection area, (zone of exclusion). All land within a two hundred-foot radius of an existing or designated protected wellhead.

Wetland. Land that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do or would support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. The term includes, but is not limited to, swamp hammocks, hardwood swamps, riverine cypress, cypress ponds, bayheads and bogs, wet prairies, freshwater marshes, tidal flats, salt marshes, mangrove swamps, and marine meadows.

Yard. An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except by trees or shrubbery or as otherwise provided in this code.

(Ord. No. 2013-01, § 5(Attach., Art. II), 7-9-13)