§ 29-4. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, certain words or terms used herein shall be defined as follows:

The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular.

Clearing shall mean the removal of vegetation from the land, but shall not include mowing of grass.

Development shall mean:

(1)

The construction, installation, demolition or removal of a structure, impervious surface or drainage facility; or

(2)

Clearing, scraping, grubbing, killing or otherwise removing the vegetation from a site; or

(3)

Adding, removing, exposing, excavating, leveling, grading, digging, furrowing, dumping, piling, dredging or otherwise significantly disturbing or altering soil, mud, sand or rock of a site;

(4)

The modification or redevelopment of a site.

Land shall mean the earth that lies above mean high tide for land subject to tidal inundation and mean high water for land adjacent to freshwater bodies.

Natural system shall mean the biological and physical components of the undeveloped land and water which predominantly consist of or use those communities of plants, animals, bacteria, and other life systems which naturally occur on the land, in the soil or in the water.

Site plan shall mean the plan which shows the means by which the developer will conform with the applicable ordinances. This shall include a subdivision plat.

Vegetation shall mean all plant growth, especially trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, mosses and grasses.

Wetlands shall mean those areas saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a dominance of vegetation adapted for life in saturate soil conditions.

For the purpose of this chapter, wetlands are those areas which meet the criteria of those areas which support a dominance of wetlands vegetation types listed in the Rules of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Chapter 17-3022.

(Ord. No. 944, § 1, 10-18-1990)