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X • 1 Dwelling means a building designed or used as the living quarters for one family. A dwelling includes 2 manufactured homes. Manufactured homes are built to meet standards established for manufactured 3 housing construction and safety standards as administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 4 Development(H.U.D.). This H.U.D. code took effect on June 15, 1976. 5 Dwelling, duplex means a dwelling on one parcel containing separate living units for two families which 6 may have joint services and must share a common wall and roof. 7 Dwelling, multifamily means a dwelling or group of dwellings on one parcel containing separate living 8 units for three or more families which may have joint services and must share a common wall and roof. 9 Eave means the part of a roof that overhangs the wall of a building or for items like a covered porch 10 the eave is that portion that overhangs the roof support post(s)and header. 11 Essential services means services provided by public and private utilities necessary for the exercise 12 of the principal use or service of the principal structure. These services include underground, surface or 13 overhead gas, electrical, steam, water, sanitary sewerage, stormwater drainage and communications 14 systems and accessories thereto such as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, 15 sewers, pipes, catch basins, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, 16 traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, and hydrants, but not including buildings and telecommunication towers. 17 Expansion means an addition to an existing structure regardless of whether the addition is vertical or 18 horizontal or both. 19 Facility means any property or equipment of a public utility, as defined in Wis. Stats. §§ 196.01 (5), or 20 a cooperative association organized under Wis. Stats. §§ 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing 21 heat, light, or power to its members only, that is used for the transmission, delivery, or furnishing of natural 22 gas, heat, light, or power. 23 Family means one or more persons living, sleeping, cooking and eating on the same premises as a 24 single housekeeping unit. 25 Farm means all land under common ownership that is primarily devoted to agricultural use. 26 Farm residence means any of the following structures that is located on a farm: 27 (A) A single-family or duplex residence that is the only residential structure on the farm or is occupied 28 by any of the following: 29 1. An owner or operator of the farm. 30 2. A parent or child of an owner or operator of the farm. 31 3. An individual who earns more than 50 percent of his or her gross income from the farm. 32 (B) A migrant labor camp that is certified under Wis. Stats. § 103.92. 33 Farming, general means the production of crops or the raising of livestock or livestock products for 34 commercial gain. 35 Farmland preservation area means an area that is planned primarily for agricultural use or agriculture- 36 related uses, or both, and that is one of the following: 37 A. Identified as an agricultural preservation area or transition area in a farmland preservation plan 38 described in Wis. Stats. § 91.12(1). 39 B. Identified under Wis. Stats. §91.10(1)(d) in a farmland preservation plan described in Wis. Stats. 40 § 91.12(2). 41 Floodplain means the land that has been or may be hereafter covered by flood water during the 42 regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway and the flood fringe as those terms are defined in ch. 43 NR 116, Wis. Adm. Code. 44 Floor Area means the square foot measurement of all area within the outside of the exterior walls or 45 windows of the structure. Page 4 of 91