Secs. 48-318—48-330. - Reserved.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Building coverage area means the land area covered by permanent enclosed or open structures.
Building coverage ratio means a figure which expresses the total gross building coverage area as a multiple of the gross site area. This figure is determined by dividing the building coverage area by the gross site area.
Development means the carrying out of any building, engineering or other operations on, over or under land, or the making of any significant change in the use of any building or land.
Disposal means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste or any hazardous waste into or on any land, water or into the air so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment to be emitted into the air, or discharged into any waters, including ground waters.
Emergency shelter for the homeless shall be defined as that term is defined in section 48-2 of this Code.
Hazardous waste means a solid waste or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating, irreversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Hazardous waste management means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste.
Major development means all proposed development other than minor developments.
Minor development means a proposed development that meets the following criteria:
(1)
For commercial and industrial uses:
a.
The parcel's river frontage is less than 250 feet;
b.
The parcel on which the development will occur is less than 1½ acre.
(2)
For residential uses, there are no more than four units.
(3)
Expansion not exceeding 2,500 square feet as an addition to an existing building.
Riverfront means property on the Christina River and the Brandywine Creek below Market Street, the bulkhead lines established by the secretary of the army or by the former board of port wardens of the city; on the Brandywine Creek above Market Street, the bank line of the elevation of the spillway of the next lower dam.
Solid waste means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and for community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under 7 Del. C. ch. 60 (7 Del. C. § 6001 et seq.), as amended or source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Solid waste management services means services including but not limited to the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, processing, recycling or disposal of solid wastes.
Solid waste storage means the containment of solid waste or of hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such solid waste or hazardous waste.
Storage means accumulation or holding of goods, merchandise or commodities for future use, but not including shortterm placement, 90 days or less, of goods or merchandise in transit.
Transport means the movement of waste from the point of generation to the point of storage, treatment or disposal.
Used oil means any oil which has been: (1) refined from crude oil, (2) used, and (3) as a result of such use contaminated by physical or chemical impurities, and as further defined or clarified by section 48-2 as amended.
Waterfront zoning districts means the area within the city limits extending along the Christina River and Brandywine Creek that is designated W-1, W-2, W-3, or W-4 on the zoning map of the city.
(Code 1968, § 48-40.1(b); Ord. No. 92-056(sub 1), § 1, 12-7-92)
Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.
The purpose of this division is to designate in-town waterfront zoning districts along the Christina River and Brandywine Creek and to create a process for the review and approval of development proposals for land within those districts. Further, the purpose of this section is to encourage appropriate development while protecting and enhancing the significant resources found in the waterfront zoning districts by creating standards for the approval of such development.
(Code 1968, § 48-40.1(a))