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capacity for flood waters, protection against erosion sediment removal, fisheries habitat, and groundwater recharge or discharge. Natural Resource Area. The area within the mapped boundaries of any locally inventoried wetland, pond, stream, channel, river, lake or upland wildlife habitat area. Neighborhood Activity Center. A building or premises used for recreational, social, educational, or cultural activities, open to the public or a designated part of the public, which is a common destination or focal point for community activities. Includes primary and secondary schools, neighborhood parks and playgrounds, and shopping centers. Nodal Development. A mixed use, pedestrian friendly land use pattern that seeks to increase concentrations of population and employment in well - defined areas with good transit service, a mix of diverse and compatible land uses, and public and private improvements designed to be pedestrian and transit oriented. North -South Dimension. The length of a line beginning at the midpoint of the northern lot line and extending in a southerly direction perpendicular to the northern lot line until it intersects another lot line. For irregularly shaped lots, the midpoints of the 2 southernmost lot lines shall be connected to form a line for the purpose of determining north -south dimension. (See Figure 9.2790(2)Solar Lot Requirements and Figure 9.2795 Solar Setback Standards.) Northern Lot Line. The lot line that creates the smallest angle with a line drawn east -west and intersecting the northmost point of the lot. If the north line abuts an undevelopable area on another lot other than a required yard area, the northern lot line shall be at the north edge of such undevelopable area. If 2 lot lines have an identical angle relative to a line drawn east -west, then the northern lot line shall be a line 10 feet in length within the lot parallel with and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. (See Figure 9.2790(2)Solar Lot Requirements.) Nursing Home. A. residence, institution, or other place other than a hospital or assisted living facility that operates and maintains facilities providing 24-hour convalescent or chronic care, or both, for 2 or more ill or infirm patients not related to the nursing home administrator or owner by blood or marriage. Convalescent and chronic care may include, but need not be limited to, the procedures commonly employed in nursing and caring for the sick. For purposes of determining residential density, if the design of the facility does not contain dwellings, as defined in this land use code, then every 1.5 beds equals 1 dwelling. Fractional dwellings shall be rounded to the next highest integer, e.g. 2 beds equals 2 dwellings. Open Space. Unless otherwise specified in this land use code, the portion of a Ordinance -- 27