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VI. NUISANCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC PEACE
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A. “Outdoor recreational facilities” includes, but is not limited to, public ball diamonds, public playing fields, and public tennis courts. It includes facilities owned, operated, or maintained by the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreational District.

B. “Foot-candle” means a unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one foot from a uniform point source of one candle.

C. “Habitat benefit area” means an area of land that the City has designated as a habitat benefit area under the Development Code.

D. “Significant natural resource area” means resources identified in Volume III of the Comprehensive Plan as “significant” pursuant to Statewide Planning Goal 5. For the South Cooper Mountain Community Plan area, it includes Class I and Class II riparian habitat areas and Class A and B upland wildlife areas as determined by Metro council designation of these areas as regionally significant fish and wildlife habitat through Metro 13 implementation for areas brought within Metro UGB after December 28, 2005.

E. “Vegetative corridor” means a corridor adjacent to a water quality sensitive area that is preserved and maintained to protect the water quality functions of the water quality sensitive area.

F. “Water quality sensitive area” means existing or created wetlands; rivers, streams, and springs, whether flow is perennial or intermittent; natural lakes, ponds and in-stream impoundments. It does not include storm water infrastructure; a vegetative corridor adjacent to the water quality sensitive area; an off-stream recreational lake, lagoon, fire pond or reservoir; or drainage ditches. [BC 5.05.120, added by Ordinance No. 4675, 2/16/16]