For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARTIFICIAL OBSTRUCTION. Any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, bridge, conduit, pole, culvert, building, wire fences, fill, other structure or matter in, along, across or projecting into the protected wetland conservation area.
NATURAL OBSTRUCTION. Any rock, tree, gravel or analogous natural matter that is an obstruction and has been located within the wetland conservation area by a nonhuman cause.
SETBACK. The minimum horizontal distance between a building or structure and the nearest edge of a wetland buffer. Distances are to be measured at ground level from the most outwardly extended portion of any part of the structure.
WETLAND BUFFER. An area of vegetated ground cover, measuring 35 feet in depth, abutting a wetland conservation area as provided in § 1102.03 of this code or abutting a wetland which is protected by the Wetland Conservation Act of 1991 (hereinafter referred to as the WCA).
(1987 Code, § 1102.02) (Ord. 305, passed 8-28-1995)