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Exhibit B: Chapter 1115 Definitions (Proposed)
<br />types of wall finishes, such as wood, stone or brick, as well as architectural details of doors,
<br />windows and exterior stairs.
<br />b. The altitude of the ground or a place above sea level.
<br />ENGINEER means the City Engineer of the City of North Olmsted.
<br />EMPLOYEES means the maximum number of employees on the two (2) largest successive
<br />shifts.
<br />ERECT shall mean to build, construct, alter, relocate, modify, attach, hang, place, suspend or
<br />affix, and shall also include the painting of signs.
<br />EROSION means the wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity, ice or
<br />any combination of those forces.
<br />EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL means the control of solid material, both mineral and
<br />organic, during a land disturbing activity to prevent its transport out of the disturbed area by air,
<br />water, gravity or ice.
<br />ESSENTIAL SERVICES means the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by a
<br />public utility or municipal department of underground, surface or overhead gas, communication,
<br />telephone, electrical, steam, fuel or water, transmission, distribution collection, supply or
<br />disposal systems. This includes related poles, wires, pipes, conduit, cables, public safety alarm
<br />and communication equipment, traffic signals, hydrants and similar accessories that are
<br />necessary to furnish adequate service, addressing general public health, safety, convenience or
<br />welfare. Wireless telecommunication towers (unless located on public property and used as part
<br />of a municipal emergency communications network), wind energy conversion systems, office
<br />buildings, substations or structures that are enclosures or shelters for service equipment, or
<br />maintenance depots are not considered essential services.
<br />EXTERIOR LIGHTING means temporary or permanent lighting that is installed, located or used
<br />in such a manner to cause light rays to shine outside. Fixtures that are installed indoors that are
<br />intended to light something outside are considered exterior lighting for the intent of this
<br />ordinance.
<br />FACADE, PRIMARY means, for the purpose of sign regulations, a fapade that faces directly
<br />onto a public street or that contains the majority of customer entrances, if the fapade does not
<br />face a public street. A building may have only one primary fapade.
<br />FACADE, SECONDARY means, for the purpose of the sign regulations, a fapade other than
<br />the primary fapade that faces directly onto a public street. A building may have only one
<br />secondary fapade.
<br />FALL ZONE means the area on the ground within a prescribed radius from the base of a
<br />WECS. The fall zone is the area within which there is a potential hazard from falling debris
<br />(such as ice) and, in the case of towers, shall not be less than a radius equal in distance to the
<br />total height of the WECS.
<br />FAMILY means one (1) or more persons, living together as a single housekeeping unit and
<br />occupying a single dwelling unit, whether or not related to each other by birth or marriage.
<br />FILL means a deposit of soil, rock or other material placed by humans.
<br />FLAG -means -any, fabric, or bunting containin disfinctive-calors- {pattern -ear designs that displays
<br />words, letters, figures, designs, symbols; fixture &,, logos or colors, that may be mounted to a flag
<br />fie-- other -struetuu .
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