As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FAMILY
One or more persons who live together as a single housekeeping
unit and maintain a common household, as distinguished from a group
occupying a boardinghouse, lodging house, club, fraternity, or hotel.
A family may consist of a single person or of two or more persons,
whether or not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. A family may
also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests. A person or
persons related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption (and/or
not more than three individuals not so related) living together as
a single housekeeping unit.
LAND USE ACTIVITY
Any construction or other activity which changes the use
or appearance of land or a structure or the intensity of use of land
or a structure. "Land use activity" shall explicitly include, but
not be limited to, the following: new structures, expansions to existing
structures, new uses, changes in or expansions of existing uses, roads,
driveways, and excavations for the purpose of extracting soil or mineral
deposits.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached building containing a complete self-contained
residential unit for permanent habitation by one family only, containing
one or more rooms and facilities for living, including cooking, sleeping
and sanitary needs.
SHORELINE
The high-water mark of any lake, pond, river, or permanent
stream.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having location
on the ground. Any object constructed, installed or placed on land
to facilitate land use and development or subdivision of land, such
as buildings, sheds, signs, tanks and fixtures and additions and alterations
thereto.
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY
A detached subordinate building on a lot, the use of which
is customarily incidental to that of the main or principal building,
such as, but not limited to, playhouses, pool houses, cabanas, and
garages. Any structure designed to accommodate an accessory use but
detached from the principal structure, such as a freestanding garage
for vehicles accessory to the principal use, a storage shed, garden
house or similar facility.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached structure containing two complete, but separate
dwelling units, each for habitation by one family only in a single
structure having a common roof, wall or ceiling and containing separate
rooms and facilities for living, including cooking, sleeping and sanitary
needs.