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(23) "Day-care center (nursery school)" means a facility for the care of preschool children. (24) "Dedication" means the transfer of land or an interest in land (for example, a right of way or easement) by its owner to public ownership, to be used for a public puipose. (25) "Deed" means a written instrument by which the owner of real estate (grantor) conveys his land, or an interest in his land, to another (grantee). (26) "Density" means a ratio of population, residential units or floor area of development to a unit of land area. (27) "Design continuity" means a principle of design wherein one or more elements within the natural or man-made environment provide a unifying or connecting feature for a particular setting. (28) "Design review" means the mandatory submission of a site or building design for review by a design review body (Architectural Review Board) constituted to comment or make recommendations on the design or to grant approval. (29) "Design standards" means a set of guidelines defining parameters to be followed in the design of a building or development. (30) "Developer" means a person who commences proceedings under this Code to effect the development or redevelopment of land for himself or for another. (31) "Development" means a planning or construction project involving substantial property improvement and, usually change of land use character within the site. (32) "Development area" means a parcel or parcels of land not less than the minimum area of land permitted by this Code to be developed by a single owner or a group of owners, acting jointly, which may consist of a parcel or assembled parcels, and includes a related group of dwellings or other structures planned and developed as an entity under the development procedures of this Code. (33) "Drive-In facilities" means commercial enterprises that permit the consumer to do business without leaving his car. (34) "Easement" means an interest in or right of use over the land of another. (35) "Elevation" means: A. A scale drawing of the view of one side of a building or structure that indicates location and dimensions of doors and windows, floor-to-floor heights and the final grade level of the ground adjacent to the building in relation to the floor level. Elevations generally show the types of wall finishes--such as wood, stone, brick, metal and glass--and architectural details, such as style of doors, windows and exterior stairs; and B. The altitude above sea level. (36) "Engineer" means the City Engineer. (37) "Family" means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to each other by birth or marriage. (38) "Fast-food restaurant" means restaurants that provide a menu of low- priced, pre-prepared foods that customers may consume on the premises or take with them. (39) "Game room or amusement arcade" means a place of business wherein a building or any part of a building has more than two mechanical amusement devices which are used for the purpose of public entertainment through the operation, use or play of any amusement device which is operated by placing therein any coin, plate, disc, plug, key ar token of value, or by the payment of a fee.