Lake County Zoning Code § 37.3 Definitions

• (a) Development activities: Development activities shall include, but are not limited to:

  1. Grading and dredging: Excavating or filling or a combination thereof including gravel extraction.

  2. Clearing: The removal of vegetation down to bare soil.

  3. Building: The construction or alteration of any structure or part thereof, such as to require a building permit.

  4. Tree and shrub removal: The topping or felling of any standing vegetation four (4) or more inches in diameter at three (3) feet in height.

  5. The deposition of refuse or debris.

This Section shall not be interpreted to include customary agricultural maintenance activities such as plowing, disking, harrowing, seeding, fencing and the burning of tules or stubble; or the planting of pasture, orchards, vineyards, or field and row crops.

• (b) Riparian corridor: Those areas which fall into any of the following four (4) categories:

  1. Perennial streams: An area extending outward thirty (30) feet from the top of the streambank.

  2. Intermittent streams: An area extending outward twenty (20) feet from the top of the streambank.

  3. An area extending outward twenty (20) feet from the high water mark of an adjacent area of wetlands or natural body of standing water; or

  4. An adjacent area of riparian vegetation. The boundary shall be defined as the outer limit of the occurrence of riparian vegetation and may extend farther than the above specified distances. This boundary may be determined by the Planning Director or Zoning Administrator.

• (c) Exception or conditional exception: For the purposes of administration of this Article, an exception is equivalent to a minor use permit and subject to all provisions pertaining to minor use permits as set forth in this Chapter.

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