CONNECTICUT MODEL ZONING CODE PROJECT - Land Use Law

A municipal owned right-of-way that crosses a block and furnishes pedestrian access to adjacent streets andproperties. (St. Paul, MN – A Planners Dictionary)Culvert:A pipe, conduit, or similar enclosed structures with appurtenant works which carries surface or storm water under orthrough an embankment or fill, roadway, or pedestrian walk or other structure. (Conemaugh Township, PA – APlanners Dictionary)Buried pipe or structure that allows stream flow or road drainage to pass under a road. (Connecticut Department ofEnvironmental Protection)Dance Studio: (See, Physical Fitness Center)Day Camp:A building or structure, together with its lot and its accessory uses, buildings and structures, used as an organizedrecreational facility for five (5) or more enrolled children other than the children of the resident family, but notprovided with customary commercial public recreation features such as Ferris wheels and roller coasters, and notfurnishing sleeping quarters except for the resident family.Day-Care Center, Adult:A facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally impared adults in a protective setting for a portion of a24-hour day. (Planners Dictionary)Day-Care, childrens:A facility providing care and educational instruction for five (5) or more children of less than kindergarten age , whodo not reside in the facility, are present primarily during standard business hours, and do not regularly stayovernight. (Planners Dictionary)Decibel (dBA):A unit for describing the amplitude of sound as measured on a sound level meter using the A weighting network.(Nashville, TN)De-icing Chemical:Sodium chloride, calcium chloride, or calcium magnesium acetate.Design Standards:A set of guidelines regarding the architectural appearance of a building, or improvement, that governs the alteration,construction, demolitions, or relocation of a building or improvement. (Champaign, IL – A Planners Dictionary)Development:Any human-caused change to improved or unimproved real estate that requires a permit or approval from an agencyof the city, including but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,excavation or drilling operations and the storage of materials. (Planners Dictionary)Domestic Sewage:Means "domestic sewage" as defined in §22a-430-3(a) the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.Drive-in establishment:A business establishment so developed that its principal retail or service character is dependent on providing adriveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles so as to either serve patrons while in the motor vehicle orelse intended to permit consumption in the motor vehicle of food or beverage obtained by a patron from suchbusiness establishment. (Hartford, CT)Drive through, Motor Vehicles:14