Zoning terms and definitions.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A detached structure on the same parcel of property as the
principle structure, the use of which is incidental to the principle
structure. Includes private garages, private swimming pools, storage
buildings, carports, on-site communication structures and other essential
service structures. Does not include mobile homes.
ADULT BOOKSTORE
A business establishment open to the public, or to members,
that offers for sale or rental any printed, recorded, photographed,
filmed or otherwise viewable material, or any sexually oriented paraphernalia
or aid, if a substantial portion of the stock or trade is characterized
by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to sexual
activities.
ADULT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT USE
A commercial use or club involving employees, contractors
or other workers displaying uncovered male or female genitals or nude
female breasts related to some form of monetary compensation paid
to the entity operating the use or to persons involved in such display.
ADULT THEATER
A business establishment open to the public, or to members,
that maintains display devices for viewing on the premises films,
videos or other viewable material, if a substantial portion of the
stock or trade is characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting,
describing or relating to sexual activities.
ADULT USE
A use involving one or more of the following: adult bookstore,
adult live entertainment use, adult theater, and/or massage parlor.
These uses shall only be permitted in a zoning district where the
use is specifically permitted by this Part 4.
AGRICULTURAL OPERATION
Includes, but is not limited to, all matters set forth in
the definition of "operation" in the Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial
Proceedings, Article 5-403(c), to be known as the "Allegany County Right to Farm," including cultivation and tillage of the soil; dairying, the spreading of manure, lime, fertilizer and the like; composting; spraying; producing; irrigating, protecting from frost, cultivating, growing, harvesting and processing of any agricultural crops or commodities, including viticulture, horticulture, timber or apiculture, raising fish or poultry and other fowl; production of eggs; production of milk and dairy products; production of livestock, including pasturage; fur-bearing animals, production of bees and their products; production of fruit, vegetables and other horticultural crops; production of aquatic plants; agriculture; production of timber; and any commercial agricultural practices or procedure performed as incident to or in conjunction with such operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market; usage of land in furtherance of educational and social goals (including, but not limited to, 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America), agrotourism and alternative agriculture enterprises; and the like. Operation at any time of machinery used in farm production or the primary processing of agricultural products is included. Storage of farm equipment, machinery or agricultural products is also included. Normal agricultural operations performed in accordance with generally accepted agricultural management practices which are authorized by various governmental agencies such as the Cooperative Extension Service and the Allegany County Soil Conservation District are permitted along with activities which may produce normal agricultural related noise and odors. "Agricultural" definition: raising, storage and processing of crops, plants, produce, animals, animal products, poultry and poultry products, and forest products. On lots less than two acres in size in the R-1 District, animal and poultry husbandry are considered nonconforming uses. Agriculture does not include the location of dwelling units on a parcel unless the requirements of Part
1 of this chapter, Subdivision Regulations, are met. Feeding swine, cattle or poultry in a building, feed lot or other facility holding more than 500 animals or 10,000 birds is not considered a normal agricultural use, but is considered to be a concentrated animal feeding operation.
AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE
Includes barns, silos, storage buildings, garages and other
structures associated with an agricultural use.
ALLEY
A right-of-way which affords generally a secondary means
of vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general
traffic circulation.
BANQUET/ASSEMBLY HALL
Any place of business maintained for public rental for the
purpose of private party events, whether family, group, or corporate
in nature, where access by the general public is restricted, and with
or without the sale, serving, or consumption of food and/or alcoholic
beverages.
[Added 8-27-2020 by Bill No. 1-20, effective 10-11-2020]
BAR
A commercial establishment that sells and serves alcohol
to the public and does not meet the definition of a restaurant. Includes
bars, taverns, saloons, night clubs, and dance halls.
BILLBOARD
A freestanding sign, other than a directional sign, not on
the site where the advertised function is located.
BUILDABLE LOT
See development standards in Article
XX, Development Standards.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof which is designed, built or occupied
as a shelter for persons, animals or property or for commercial, industrial,
institutional or other purposes.
BUILDING CODE
Includes any building code as adopted and amended by Allegany
County.
BUILDING LINE
The line at the exterior edge of the roof, porch or patio
of any building or the furthest extension of such building. This line
must be at a distance at least equal to the required setback for the
permitted use.
BUILDING PERMIT
A certificate that authorizes construction of a building
or structure that is subject to the permitting requirements set forth
by the Building Code of Allegany County. The requirements of permitting
include the following: application, plan review, approval, inspection,
and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
COMAR 26
Code of Maryland Regulations, Title 26, Department of the
Environment, Regulation of Water Supply, Sewage Disposal and Solid
Waste. All references to wells, septic systems, community water or
sewer systems, public or major water or sewer systems are to be in
conformance with COMAR 26.
COMMERCIAL
(a)
MAJOR COMMERCIALMajor commercial uses may provide products or services on a regional scale and have greater impact than neighborhood commercial uses. May include neighborhood commercial uses, as well as personal services establishments, wholesale and retail stores, offices or office buildings, motels and hotels, bowling alleys, indoor and outdoor theaters, publishing houses, sign painting shops, building materials sales and storage, warehouses, feed and grain sales and milling and storage, auto repair shops, car and truck sales, plant nurseries, bakeries and uses similar to those listed above.
(b)
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIALNeighborhood commercial uses provide products or services for the nearby residential areas and are small-scale and have lesser impacts than major commercial uses. May include grocery stores, retail stores, service stations, specialty shops, barbershops, hairdressers, professional offices, restaurants, printing shops, indoor theaters, banks, car washes, shops for sale or repair of appliances, auto parts or repair shops, commercial self-storage facilities and uses similar to those listed above.
[Amended 7-11-2019 by
Bill No. 1-19, effective 8-25-2019]
COMPLETION
With respect to building construction, the erection of footings,
exterior walls and roof and the installation of windows and doors;
with respect to site preparation or grading, final grading, stabilization
of the land surface, seeding and mulching; with respect to commercial
entrances, includes the construction of curbs, gutters and final paving.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The County Comprehensive Plan, as updated or amended, and
any part of such plan.
CONDOMINIUM
A structure where individual units may be sold to occupants
but the lot site is held in common ownership or retained by the developer
or other person. So long as the lot itself is not subdivided, the
sale of condominium units is not subject to subdivision regulations.
Condominiums may include combination commercial-residential structures
if both uses are permitted in a particular zoning district.
CONSTRUCTION
The process of erecting a structure; includes the process
from grading or excavation of a lot or parcel through the complete
erection or installation of a building or other structure and the
final grading and stabilizing of the land surface.
CONTRACTOR'S STORAGE YARD
A facility, area or parcel erected and arranged for the storage
of construction materials, equipment, and/or commercial vehicles utilized
by building and construction contractors, craftsmen, tradesmen, or
service providers; may include field office(s) related to such activities.
DAY-CARE CENTER
Any premises where care is provided simultaneously for children
who are not relatives of the operator; considered an institutional
use.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
A set of criteria to be used in the design of planned developments
and for commercial, industrial or institutional uses.
DUPLEX
A building containing two dwelling units under a common roof
and situated on one lot. Detached single-family dwelling units or
accessory structures on adjacent lots may not be connected structurally
unless the lots are combined into one lot by deed.
DWELLING UNIT
Includes single-family units, duplex units, mobile homes,
multifamily units, townhouses, condominium units and any other structure
intended for human habitation.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
Limited to streets, access roads, highways, rail lines and
sidings, gas and oil pipelines, underground or overhead electrical
and communications systems (except WECS, cellular, relay and transmitting
towers), water or sewage systems (except sewage treatment plants),
poles, towers, wires, lines, mains, drains, sewers, conduits, cables,
substations, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals,
hydrants, regulating and measuring devices and other similar equipment
and accessories in connection therewith and signs identifying the
service. Access roads, rail lines, pipelines and other essential services
may be constructed across any zoning district to serve a use not expressly
allowed in that district.
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY
Surface or subsurface mines for coal, clay, stone or other
minerals; quarries; oil or gas drilling; sand and gravel pits; and
borrow pits. Exploration for the above is permitted in all districts
except the R-1 or R-2 Districts.
FARM ALCOHOL PRODUCER
A farm that grows and processes, stores and/or sells agricultural
products for the production of wine, beer, spirits, or other similar
beverage on an on-site producing vineyard, orchard, hopyard, or similar
growing area. Accessory uses may include farm alcohol tasting rooms,
accessory food sales related to the farm alcohol tasting, sales of
novelty and gift items related to the farm alcohol processing facility,
sales of farm alcohol produced primarily on-site and promotional events
and guided tours.
[Added 1-10-2019 by Bill
No. 7-18, effective 2-24-2019]
FLOODPLAIN
That area along or adjacent to a stream or body of water
which has been or is expected to be inundated by the one-hundred-year
frequency flood. Where applicable, this area will be determined by
the latest Flood Insurance Study prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
GRADING
Any act by which soil, earth or rock is cleared, stripped,
stockpiled, excavated, scarified, filled or any combination thereof.
GROUP HOME
A dwelling owned or leased by a governmental agency, nonprofit
organization or private institution and used to house a group of persons
unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption and with a resident staff
employed as counselors or surrogate parents; considered an institutional
use.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
The vertical distance measured from the finished grade at
the front building line facing the street to the highest point of
the building or structure.
HOME OCCUPATION
A business conducted by the resident, which is incidental
and secondary to residential occupancy and does not change the residential
character of the property. Home occupations include professional services,
repair shops, day-care centers, manufacture and sale of specialty
items made on the premises and the storage of items to be delivered
for sale by a vehicle to another site.
HORTICULTURAL
Includes raising of crops, flowers, shrubs, fruits and vegetables.
INDUSTRIAL
Includes manufacturing, assembly or processing plants, research
and development facilities, storage tanks, utility plants and stations,
slaughterhouses, railroad yards and service facilities, truck or motor
freight warehouses or terminals, sales and leasing of industrial equipment,
machinery or parts and extractive-type industries.
INDUSTRIALIZED DWELLING (MODULAR)
A building assembly or system of building subassemblies manufactured
in its entirety, or in substantial part, off site without chassis
and transported to the point of use for installation or erection,
with or without other specified components, as a finished building
or as a part of a finished building comprising two or more industrialized
building units. "Industrialized building" does not include open frame
construction which can be completely inspected on site.
INSTITUTIONAL
Includes schools, day-care centers, hospitals, churches,
cemeteries, funeral homes, government offices, nursing homes, group
homes, fire stations, community buildings, fraternal organizations,
publicly owned recreation areas or any similar government or private
use; does not include landfills or sewage treatment plants.
LAND USE PERMIT
A permit issued for the construction of a building or structure
or for a particular use of a parcel of land or building or for grading,
mining or other extractive process.
LANDFILL
A solid waste facility as approved in the County Solid Waste
Management Plan.
LOT
A contiguous area of land separated from other parcels of
land by a boundary which is described on a subdivision plat or deed
and, where necessary, properly approved by the Planning Commission
and properly recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court; includes
the following meanings: parcel, tract or plot of land.
LOT AREA
The total horizontal areas of a lot as determined by the
closure of the rear, side and front lot lines, but does not include
area lying within a publicly dedicated right-of-way.
LOT DEPTH
The distance between the front and rear lot lines. Newly
created lots must have depth equal to or greater than the required
lot depth for the type of use throughout its width. Lots which straddle
a right-of-way must meet the same criteria on each side of the right-of-way.
LOT LINES
Lines of survey described in a recorded deed, subdivision
plat or other instrument.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot or parcel of land separated from other parcels of land
by a boundary which is described in a recorded deed, subdivision plat,
survey map or other recorded description. Such description shall have
been recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court prior to the effective
date of the State Subdivision Regulations, March 3, 1972.
LOT SPLIT
A portion of an existing lot or parcel which is transferred to an adjacent parcel (See §
360-12 of Part
1, Subdivision Regulations); also known as a "lot line adjustment."
LOT WIDTH
The distance between the side lot lines measured at the front
lot line on a public right-of-way. Newly created panhandle lots must
have a handle with road frontage equal to or greater than the required
lot width for the type of use. Lots on curved streets or culs-de-sac
are measured at the setback line for lot width.
LUMBER YARD
Storage and sale of lumber products and related building
materials; does not include sawmills, planing mills and the like.
MANUFACTURED HOME (MOBILE HOME, SINGLE- OR DOUBLE-WIDE)
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
in the traveling mode is eight body feet (2,438 body mm) or more in
width or 40 body feet (12,192 body mm) or more in length, or, when
erected on site, is 320 square feet (30 m2) or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed
to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when
connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating,
air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except
that such term shall include any structure that meets all the requirements
of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to
which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required
by the secretary (HUD) and complies with the standards established
under this title. For mobile homes built prior to June 15, 1976, a
label certifying compliance to the Standard for Mobile Homes, NFPA
501, in effect at the time of manufacture is required. For the purpose
of these provisions, a mobile home shall be considered a manufactured
home.
MASSAGE PARLOR
A use in which manipulative exercises using the hands or
a handheld mechanical device are conducted by one or more persons
on the exposed skin of one or more other persons within private or
semiprivate rooms, and that is related to some form of monetary compensation
paid by the person(s) receiving the massage. This use shall not include
any of the following:
(a)
Massages by state-licensed massage therapists or health-care
professionals;
(b)
Massages involving persons who are related to each other;
(c)
Massages within a licensed hospital or nursing home;
(d)
Hand massages of the face, hands or feet; or
(e)
Therapeutic massages that are clearly incidental to a permitted
exercise club or municipal, college or high school athletic program.
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
A single development of more than one building and use, where
the different types of land uses are in close proximity, planned as
a unified complementary whole, and functionally integrated to the
use of shared vehicular and pedestrian access and parking areas.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A planned development containing two or more mobile homes
required to have a common water and sewer system and internal road
system.
MOTEL/HOTEL
An establishment that provides lodging with access to rooms
from either the exterior or interior of buildings.
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
A structure or structures containing more than two dwelling
units, including condominiums and apartment buildings, having a common
water and sewer system and an internal road or parking system.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE CENTER
A small-scale shopping center housing neighborhood commercial
uses in one structure or in several structures on the same site served
by common utility systems and parking facilities.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Includes planned residential developments, mixed-use developments,
industrial parks, shopping centers, neighborhood convenience centers,
mobile home parks, campgrounds and resorts, having water and/or sewer
systems and an internal road system maintained by the developer or
his assigns.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
The development of any combination of residential uses including single-family, multifamily, condominiums and townhouses. The development must have water and sewer systems in accordance with the Environmental Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland and an internal road system in accordance with Part
1, Subdivision Regulations.
PLATTED STREET
A public right-of-way so designated on a recorded plat.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE OR USE
The structure or use which is the primary permitted use on
a particular lot or parcel; e.g., one single-family dwelling is the
principal structure on an individual residential lot.
PUBLIC UTILITIES STRUCTURES
Includes electric substations, pump stations, water tanks,
standpipes and related structures larger than 100 square feet; does
not include buildings used to house these facilities or offices, treatment
plants or storage buildings related to essential services or public
utilities.
RECREATIONAL USE
Includes parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, skating rinks,
tennis courts, golf courses and driving ranges, campgrounds, resorts,
stadia, racetracks, fairgrounds and outdoor theaters. Recreation does
not include the location of single-family dwellings, mobile homes,
tents, travel trailers or campers on a parcel unless the requirements
of the subdivision regulations are met.
RESTAURANT
Includes any commercial establishment located in a permanent
building where meals are prepared, sold or served to the public and
which derives a minimum of 60% of its gross monthly revenue from the
sale of food.
SALVAGE YARD
Any land or building licensed and used for abandonment, storage,
keeping, collecting or baling of paper, rags, scrap metals, other
scrap or discarded materials or for abandonment, demolition, dismantling,
storage or salvaging of unlicensed automobiles or other unlicensed
vehicles not in running condition or machinery or parts thereof.
SCREENING BUFFER
A vegetated area designated to separate and provide a visual
screening between specified uses. Vegetation should provide visual
screening, as appropriate, and may include evergreen shrubs or trees.
If the buffer width has existing mature vegetation that provides acceptable
screening then the buffer area may remain undisturbed.
SERVICE STATION
A structure or land used or intended to be used primarily
for the sale of fuel for automobiles and other vehicles, and for the
service and repair of automobiles and other vehicles up to a gross
vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds. Service and repair, parking or storage
of trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight is not considered
a permitted use under this definition.
SETBACK
A specified distance which a building or use must be from
adjacent lots, other structures, rights-of-way or easements, stream
channels or wetlands. Also referred to as a "building restriction
line."
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
A facility for the treatment of sewage, subject to approval
in the County Master Plan for Water and Sewer and permitted in Industrial
Districts by right and through special exception in GU, Agriculture,
and Conservation Districts.
SEWER SYSTEM
Includes community and major systems as defined by COMAR
26.04.03.
SHOPPING CENTER
A building or collection of structures containing several
major commercial uses on the same parcel or site served by common
utility systems and parking facilities.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached dwelling unit, including manufactured double-wide
mobile homes 22 feet or greater in width and industrial modular homes
intended to house one family. In the R-1 District, manufactured double-wide
mobile homes are to be placed on a permanent, fully enclosed foundation
(i.e., crawl space or basement) and must have a gabled roof the entire
length of the structure.
SITE PLAN
A plan showing the layout of a proposed use or building;
includes minor, standard and major site plans.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
Panels or other solar energy devices, the primary purpose
of which is to provide for the collection, inversion, storage and
distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating,
space cooling or water heating. Solar panels designed and utilized
for heating swimming pools are not considered to be solar energy systems.
SOLID WASTE PROCESSING/RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY
A place or facility where a combination of structures, machinery
or devices is used to reduce or alter the volume, chemical or physical
characteristics of solid waste. The component materials of solid waste
may also be recovered for use as raw materials or energy sources.
A solid waste processing/resource recovery facility may be associated
with a solid waste transfer station. For the purposes of this Part
4, solid waste collection and recycling collection centers are not
considered solid waste processing/resource recovery facilities. (Solid
waste processing/resource recovery facilities are also subject to
regulation by the Maryland Department of the Environment under COMAR
26.04.07.)
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS
A place or facility where solid waste materials are taken
from one collection vehicle (e.g., compactor trucks) and placed in
another transportation unit (e.g., tractor-trailer, railroad car)
for movement to other solid waste acceptance facilities. A solid waste
transfer station may be associated with a solid waste processing/resource
recovery facility. For the purposes of this Part 4, solid waste collection
and recycling collection centers are not considered solid waste transfer
stations. (Solid waste transfer stations are also subject to regulation
by the Maryland Department of the Environment under COMAR 26.04.07.)
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
A land use that is subject to Board of Appeals review and
approval.
STATE
Includes the Maryland Department of the Environment, the
County Health Department and the State Health Officer for Allegany
County.
STREETS
A way for vehicular traffic whether designated as a street
or highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard,
lane, place or however otherwise designated. A public street is one
that has been dedicated to public use. A publicly maintained street
is one that has been accepted for maintenance by the County or other
governmental agency.
(a)
[1]
Serve interstate and intrastate travel.
[2]
Serve as major truck routes.
[3]
Have fully controlled limited access.
[4]
Connect Allegany County with major population centers (greater
than 50,000).
(b)
[1]
Serve interstate and intrastate travel.
[3]
Partially controlled access.
[4]
Connect population centers within Allegany County and smaller
population centers (less than 50,000) outside the County.
(c)
[1]
Serve intracounty travel.
[2]
Connect principal and major arterials, particularly in urbanized
areas.
[3]
Partially controlled access.
[4]
Connect small population centers with major towns inside the
County.
(d)
[1]
Serve intracounty travel in the urban areas of the County.
[2]
Access controlled by lot width of the permitted use.
[3]
Includes connector and collector streets.
(e)
[1]
Serve intracounty travel outside the urban areas of the County.
[2]
Serve agricultural uses, forests, parks and isolated residences.
(f)
COAL-HAUL ROADSConnect coal mine preparation plants and other mining uses with arterial state highways.
(g)
[1]
Connect County industrial parks with arterial state highways.
[2]
Generally designed as loop roads.
(h)
[1]
A system of roads, streets or parking areas within a planned
development designed to serve that development and connected to a
publicly maintained road or street.
[2]
Responsibility for maintenance of internal streets remains with
the developer or his assigns.
STRUCTURE
Includes buildings, public utilities structures and other
freestanding man-made structures anchored to or sitting upon the earth.
SURFACE MINING
Includes strip mining of coal, quarrying of stone, sand and
gravel pits, borrow areas and the like; includes accessory structures
related to the mining use.
TIMBER OPERATION
Removal of woody plants involving grading; requires compliance with grading requirements in Part
2, Sediment and Erosion Control, of this chapter; does not include the removal of woody plants in conjunction with site preparation for other permitted uses.
TOWNHOUSE
A self-contained unit forming one of a series of at least
three attached single-family dwellings on individual lots or a common
lot separated from one another by a common wall without doors, windows
or other provisions for human passage through such walls.
TRAVEL TRAILER
A vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters
for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own
motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.
TRUCK
As used in the definition, the term "truck" does not include
any vehicle whose maximum gross vehicle weight (gvw) is 10,000 pounds
or less, as rated by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY
A facility other than a truck stop or terminal facility,
including a truck yard (the primary purpose of which is to accommodate
the parking or storage of trucks truck trailers awaiting repair or
maintenance).
TRUCK STOP
A structure or land used or intended to be used primarily
for the sale of fuel for trucks and, usually, incidental service or
repair of trucks; or a group of facilities consisting of such a use
and providing public facilities for eating, sleeping or truck parking.
TRUCK TERMINAL
A structure or land used or intended to be used primarily
to accommodate the transfer of goods or chattels from trucks or truck
trailers to other trucks or truck trailers or to vehicles of other
types, in order to facilitate the transportation of such goods or
chattels; or for truck or truck trailer storage. A truck terminal
may include, as incidental uses only, sleeping quarters and other
facilities for trucking personnel, facilities for the service or repair
of vehicles, or necessary space for the transitory storage of goods
or chattels. The term "trucking facilities" includes facilities for
the storage of freight-shipping containers. Land used for the parking,
storage or repair of trucks used as an accessory to a lawful business
or industrial use of the land that such parking or storage area forms
a part of shall not be considered a trucking facility within the meaning
of this definition.
VEGETATIVE BUFFER
A vegetated area designated to protect a stream or other
feature from impervious surfaces. Vegetation may include any type
of vegetation, including grass.
VEHICLE TOWING AND STORAGE FACILITY
A lot or parcel arranged and dedicated to the purposes of
conducting towing services for automobiles and other vehicles and/or
commercial storage of vehicles and unmotorized conveyances. The use
may also include an impound yard. Authorized use does not include
the dismantling and/or salvaging activities or the storage of parts,
scrap metal, etc. The use may also be accessory to existing auto sales,
lots, auto repair shops, service stations, truck stops, and truck
terminals.
WATER SYSTEM
Includes community and major systems as defined by COMAR
26.04.03.
ZONING VARIANCE
A change of density, bulk or area requirements, with respect
to the location of a building or a use on a lot of record, where the
physical or natural character of the lot would otherwise preclude
the use of the lot.