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EXHIBIT "B" <br />(42) Green Building— Structures that incorporate the principles of sustainable <br />design- design in which the impact of a building on the environment will be <br />minimal over the lifetime of that building. Green buildings incorporate <br />principals of energy and resource efficiency, practical applications of waste <br />reduction and pollution prevention, good indoor air quality and natural light <br />to promote occupant health and productivity, and transportation efficiency in <br />design and construction, during use and reuse. <br />(43) Hardship— A hardship by reason of exceptional shape of a lot, exceptional <br />topographic conditions, or other exceptional physical conditions of a parcel of <br />land. "Unnecessary hardship" shall not include personal or financial hardship <br />or any other hardship that is self - imposed. <br />(44) Hazardous Waste Disposal Area— The outermost perimeter of the area within <br />a hazardous waste disposal facility that is permitted to receive hazardous <br />waste for disposal. <br />(45) Height —The vertical distance of a building measured from the average <br />established grade at the street line or from the average natural front yard <br />ground level, whichever is higher, to (1) the highest point of the roof s surface <br />if a flat surface, (2) to the deck line of mansard roofs or (3) to the mean height <br />level between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs and, in any event, <br />excluding chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, tanks, <br />water towers, radio towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, and parapet <br />walls not exceeding ten (10) feet in height. If the street grade has not been <br />officially established, the average front yard grade shall be used for a base <br />level. <br />(46) Hospice Care— Any coordinated program of home care with provision for <br />inpatient care for terminally ill patients and their families. This care is <br />provided by a medically directed interdisciplinary team, directly or through an <br />agreement under the direction of an identifiable hospice administration. A <br />hospice program of care provides palliative and supportive medical and other <br />health services to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and special <br />needs of patients and their families, which are experienced during the final <br />stages of terminal illness and during dying and bereavement. <br />(47) Infill Development— The development of vacant or partially developed parcels <br />which are surrounded by or in close proximity to areas that are substantially <br />or fully developed. <br />(48) Intensity, Relative— Measure of development impact as defined by <br />characteristics such as, but not limited to, the number of dwelling units per <br />acre, amount of traffic generated, and amount of site coverage. <br />(49) Intensity of Use— The number of dwelling units per acre for residential <br />development and the floor area ratio (FAR) for nonresidential development, <br />such as commercial, office, and industrial. <br />5 <br />