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for the preservation or enhancement of natural resource habitats. Community Center. A building owned and operated by the city or other public agency, and used for recreational, social, educational, and cultural activities. Constructed wetlands. A facility that exhibits wetland characteristics but was constructed for the express purpose to perform a utility need, such as a sedimentation pond, and is not eligible for mitigation credit or subject to the jurisdictional requirements of federal and state wetland law. Controlled Income and Rent Housing. A housing project, or that portion of a larger project, consisting of any dwelling type or types exclusively for low- income individuals and/or families, sponsored by a public agency, a non -profit housing sponsor, a developer, a combination of the foregoing, or other alternatives as provided for in the Oregon Revised Statutes or Federal Statutes to undertake, construct, or operate housing for households that are low- income. For the purposes of this definition, low -- income means having income at or below 80 percent of the area median income. (See Map 9.2740 Areas Unavailable for Controlled Income and Rent Housing.) Corner Cut -off. An area of right -of -way or easement provided at a corner in addition to the standard street width, to allow additional room for vehicle clearance and vision clearance at the corner and for construction of sideways. Corner Lot or Parcel. A lot or parcel with 2 or more front lot lines in which the interior angle formed by the extensions of the front lot lines in the direction which they take at their intersections with the side lot lines forms an angle of 135 degrees or less. In the event a street front lot line is a curve at its point of intersection with a side lot line, the tangent to the curve at that point shall be considered the direction of the front lot line. (See Figure 9.0500 Corner Lot or Parcel.) Correctional Facility. A facility designed for the short and/or long term confinement of persons held in lawful custody, involving the treatment of offenders through penal, parole and probation programs. Correctional facilities are staffed 24 hours a day and may include related uses such as legal and medical access, (courtrooms or clinics), counseling and rehabilitative services, recreation activities, and administrative offices. Critical Root Zone (CRZ). That area surrounding a tree that: (A) Has a radius of 18 inches times the diameter breast height expressed in inches of the tree trunk or trunks; or (B) Encompasses an area determined for an individual tree to be the necessary root area for the tree's continued normal growth as demonstrated in a written report Ordinance - 13