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DESIGN REVIEW/DESIGN CONTROL The comprehensive evaluation of a development and its impact on neighboring properties and the community as a whole, from the standpoint of site and landscape design, architecture, materials, colors, lighting, and signs, in accordance with a set of adopted criteria and standards. DESIGN STANDARDS A set of requirements that pertain to the architectural appearance of a building or improvement that governs the alteration, construction, demolition, or relocation of a building or improvement. DEVELOPMENT Any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, excluding normal maintenance of farm roads and agricultural practices. DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES A building or use which by design of physical facilities a product is sold to, or a service performed for, customers while they are in or near their motor vehicles, including but not limited to fast-food restaurants, drive-up bank tellers, film-processing service booths, etc. DRIVEWAY A roadway providing a means of access from a street to a property or off-street parking area. Also may be referred to as an "accessway." EASEMENT Any authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated portion of a lot. EAVE The projecting lower edges of a roof overhanging the wall of a building. FRONTAGE The extent of a building or a lot abutting a public street or right-of-way as defined herein. GRADE, EXISTING The surface of the ground or pavement at a stated location as it exists before disturbance in preparation for a project regulated by this Zoning Code. GRADE, STREET The officially established grade of the street upon which a lot fronts. If there is no officially established grade, the existing grade of the street shall be taken as the street grade. LANDSCAPING The use of natural plant materials, including, but not limited to, ground covers, shrubs, and trees. Landscaping also involves the placement, preservation and maintenance of said plant materials in conjunction with associated improvements such as fences, walls, lighting, earth mounding and structures (principal or accessory).