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zoning ordinance - Town of Cumberland

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other by birth, adoption or marriage, but no unrelated group shallconsist <strong>of</strong> more than 5 persons, as distinguished from a groupoccupying a boarding house, lodging house, or hotel..51 Floor Area: Sum <strong>of</strong> the gross horizontal area <strong>of</strong> the floors <strong>of</strong> abuilding, excluding basement floor areas. All dimensions shall bemeasured between interior faces <strong>of</strong> walls..52 Footprint: The main finished grade level <strong>of</strong> the principal building.All dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces <strong>of</strong> walls.[Adopted, effective 10/22/07].53 Forest Management Activities: Timber cruising and other forestresources evaluation activities, pesticide or fertilizer application,management planning activities, insect and disease control, timberstand improvement, pruning, regeneration <strong>of</strong> forest stands, andother similar associated activities, exclusive <strong>of</strong> timber harvestingand the construction, creation or maintenance <strong>of</strong> roads..54 Forested Wetland: A freshwater wetland dominated by woodyvegetation that is six (6) meters tall or taller. [Adopted, effective12/10/91].55 Freshwater Wetland: Freshwater swamps, marshes, bogs andsimilar areas, other than forested wetlands, which are:(a)(b)Of ten (10) or more contiguous acres, or <strong>of</strong> less than ten(10) contiguous acres and adjacent to a surface waterbody, excluding any river or stream, such that, in anatural state, the combined surface area is in excess <strong>of</strong>ten (10) acres; andInundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at afrequency and for a duration sufficient to support, andwhich under normal circumstances do support, aprevalence <strong>of</strong> wetland vegetation typically adapted forlife in saturated soils.Freshwater wetlands may contain small stream channels orinclusions <strong>of</strong> land that do not conform to the criteria <strong>of</strong> thissubsection. [Adopted, effective 12/10/9].56 Functionally Water-dependent uses: Those uses that require, fortheir primary purpose, location on submerged lands or that requiredirect access to, or location in, coastal or inland waters and that cannot be located away from these waters. These uses include, but areZoning Ordinance 15 <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cumberland</strong>

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