§ 38-92. Definitions.

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:

Accessory building means a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to, and reasonably related to, a main building on the same lot or to the primary use of the property. The accessory building shall be of a size and nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal. Signs and fences are not to be considered as accessory buildings. A "detached" accessory building shall be one that does not have a common wall with the main building on the same lot.

Development permit means building permits, rezone applications, preliminary and final subdivision plat applications, conditional use permit applications, and variance applications.

Groundwater means any stratum (rock layer) or zone of rock beneath the surface of the earth capable of containing or producing water from a well.

Groundwater recharge area means an area of the earth's surface where water infiltrates the ground thereby replenishing the groundwater supplies within an groundwater.

Groundwater recharge area district means all land within the city which are indicated as "most significant groundwater recharge areas" on the Groundwater Pollution Susceptibility Map of Georgia, Hydrologic Atlas Number 20.

Pollution susceptibility means the relative vulnerability of an Groundwater to pollution from chemical spills, leaching of pollutants from dump sites, or other human activities.

Pollution susceptibility map means maps prepared by the state department of natural resources that show the relative susceptibility of groundwater recharge areas to pollution. The pollution susceptibility map categorizes the land areas of the state into areas of high, medium, and low groundwater pollution potential.

Significant groundwater recharge areas means areas mapped by the state department of natural resources in Hydrologic Atlas 20 (1992 edition). Mapping of recharge areas is based on outcrop area, lithology (chemical natural and form of the rock), soil type, and thickness, slope, density of lithologic contacts, geologic structure, presence of "karst' topography (sinkholes, caves, and fissures associated with limestone and other carbonate rocks), and potentiometric surfaces.

(Ord. of 12-12-2000(1), § 1)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.