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9_8. Density bonus: A mechanism used in incentive-based zoning that allows a developer to <br /> build at higher densities in return for providing more open space, building affordable <br /> housing, or some other public amenity. <br /> <br />10._.9.Density (m'oss): The number of dwelling units per each acre of land, including areas <br /> devoted to dedicated streets, neighborhood parks, sidewalks, and other public facilities. <br /> <br />11_o. Density (net): The number of dwelling units per each acre of land in residential use, <br /> excluding from the acreage dedicated streets, neighborhood parks, sidewalks, and public <br /> facilities. <br /> <br />12_~. Development: The construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, <br /> relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any excavation, landfill, or land disturbance; <br /> and any human-made use or extension of land use. <br /> <br />13_~. Drinking water protection (source water protection): Implementing strategies within a <br /> drinking water protection area to minimize the potential impact of contaminant sources <br /> on the quality of water used as a drinking water source by a public water system. <br /> <br />14_3. Extension of urban facilities: Construction of the facilities necessary for future service <br /> provision. <br /> <br />15_4. Fair housing: Refers to the prevention of discrimination against protected classes of <br /> people. Protected classes, as def'med by the federal government, refer to race, color, <br /> religion, national origin, or sex. Protected classes are disproportionately comprised of <br /> very low-income populations. <br /> <br />16_5. Finding: Factual statement resulting from investigations, analysis, or observation. <br /> <br />17_6. Floodplain: The area adjoining a river, stream, or watercourse that is subject to 100-year <br /> flooding. A 100-year flood has a one-percent chance of occurring in any one year as a <br /> result of periods of higher-than-normal rainfall or stream flows, high winds, rapid <br /> snowmelt, natural stream blockages, tsunamis, or combinations thereof. <br /> <br />18_g. Floodway: The normal stream channel and that adjoining area of the floodplain needed <br /> to convey the waters ora 100-year flood. <br /> <br />19_8. .Goal: Broad statement of philosophy that describes the hopes of a community for its <br /> future. A goal may never be completely attainable but is used as a point towards which <br /> to strive. <br /> <br />20__.~. Groundwater: Water that occurs beneath the land surface in the zone(s) of saturation. <br /> <br />21_._~. Impervious surface: Surfaces which prevent water from soaking into the ground. <br /> Concrete, asphalt, and rooftops are the most common urban impervious surfaces. <br /> <br /> V~2 <br /> <br /> <br />