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TOWN OF VERNON
ZONING REGULATIONS
Comparability shall include such factors as the size of the alternative
dwelling unit, its rent, distance to public transportation, other amenities such
as shopping areas, distance from the relocation tenant’s place of
employment, and whether the alternative dwelling unit is located in the
same neighborhood as the conversion building.
2.44 Emergency Shelter for the Homeless: A structure or portion of a structure intended
to provide temporary shelter to people on an emergency basis only.
2.45 Erosion: The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice
or gravity.
2.46 Fallout Shelter: A structure or portion of a structure intended to provide protection to
human life during periods of danger from nuclear fallout, air raids, storms or other
emergencies.
2.47 Family: Any number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption, living
together as a single household unit, provided that a group of not more than seven (7)
persons keeping house together but not necessarily related by blood or marriage or
adoption may be considered a family.
2.48 Floor Area: The total area of all floors as compiled by measuring the outside
horizontal dimensions of each floor. The required floor area shall not include the
basement, attic, open or screened porch, breezeway or garage.
2.49 Frontage: The distance measured along a public street right-of-way between side lot
lines or private streets within a mobile home park.
2.50 Fur-bearing Animals: Mammals that bear hairy coats or pelts of a commercially
desired quality including, but not limited to; rabbits, foxes, mink, muskrats, raccoon, and
beaver.
2.51 Garden Center: An establishment where horticultural products are sold for both indoor
and outdoor use, including related dry goods to beautify the home or landscape, but not
including an establishment where internal combustion wheeled equipment is sold
and/or serviced.
2.52 Grading: Any excavating, grubbing, filling (including hydraulic fill) or stockpiling of
earth materials or any combination thereof, including the land in its excavated or filled
condition.
2.53 Greenhouse: An enclosure used for the cultivation or protection of plants.
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