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(H) Developable Building Area: An area suitable for construction, that does not include floodways, wetlands, slopes greater than or equal to 20%, existing and proposed easement areas, or area required for setbacks. (See Land Ordinance for required setbacks). (I) Development Envelopes: Areas within which grading, lawns, pavement and buildings will be located. (J) Easement: An interest in land owned by another person consisting of the right to use or control the land, or an area above or below it, for a specific limited purpose. (K) Gross Area: The total area of a parcel, including the area of street rights -of -way, when the street is an easement, or the property line if the street is not an easement. (L) Homeowners Association: A community association, incorporated or not incorporated, combining individual home ownership with shared use or ownership of common property or facilities. (M) Land Use and Information Committee: A committee created by the County Board of Supervisors under the authorization of the Wisconsin Statutes to act in matters of land use. (N) Lot: A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by structures and/or uses consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and the Burnett County Land Use Ordinance. Adjoining lands of common ownership shall be considered a contiguous parcel even if divided by a public or private road, easement, or navigable rivers or streams, unless such adjoining parcels meet the required area for a lot. (For state plat lot definition, see s. 236, Wis. Stats.) (0) Lot Area: Horizontal projection of a parcel of land. (P) Lot Width: The shortest horizontal straight lines measurement between side lines of a lot. A lot shall be judged to meet the minimum width requirement for the districts in which it is located, if the district's width dimensions are maintained from the point(s) at which the lot's frontage width is determined (waterfront for shoreline lots and road frontages on all other lots) to the point(s) at which the lots minimum area requirement has been satisfied; no additional area of a particular lot in question needs to meet the minimum average width requirement. See Section 4.6(C) for width/frontage on cul-de-sacs. (Q) Nonprofit Conservation Organization: Any charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust (such as a land trust), the purpose or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational or open space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of real property. (R) Outlots: A parcel of land, other than a lot or block, so designated on a plat or certified survey map. Use for the construction of buildings or structures shall be restricted to meet guidelines and intent of the Land Ordinance. Outlots shall not be used to circumvent the intent of this ordinance. (S) Parcel: See "Lot". (T) Planned Residential Development: A housing development in a rural setting that is characterized by compact lots and common open space and where the natural features of the land are maintained to the greatest extent possible. 4