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AYP11iDIX A <br /> GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY t]SED PLANNING ANDE^] 'Ik:1_•!" �` r• •_TERMS <br /> :alitc-nia lan.=od,el atton Act: Alco known as the. uillisax on <br /> Aba•er.entr The methcc of reducrnc the degree or intensity of a Apt.Est ablisncd in lgt•%. this act provides a pro7rar: wherein cities <br /> public nuisance or poliut ion. and counties ca:. suoiwrt the preservation Of agricultural land- <br /> The program ent Ailt a .oat Tbct between the County and an Owns: of <br /> land whereby the land i•. assessed on the basis o: icsuse rather <br /> Absorption; The penetcatioc of a substance into or through another- than marker value TrE land becomes subject to certain enforceable <br /> M Lim al ion: The phys iOla<•ic al or Jeita vigral ad] rust"'%ta Of ar. restrictions er.e cert m:; conditions need to be not r.r Sox to the <br /> organism to changes in its immediate env,runment. agreement. <br /> AD^: This ebb <br /> ae a measurement of road use. noreviation stands for av_ a -rage dei1V trios and serves carbon Diesrdet A colorless, odorless, hon-poison qac the. is a <br /> rmal part of the atmosphere. <br /> action or <br /> Caron Monoxi3n: A colorless, odorless, highly poisonous -as. <br /> Fever se :mnacti This term apclids to the effects of an p'r oduced by automobiles and other machines witi <br /> Frio cct whish has objectionable consequences for the physical, Thr! gar - <br /> . - internal cottiustion engines that imperfectly burr. Ieasil fuel, <br /> sot i<i or ¢ennomie snow rrrwen <br /> •ter„in_. Tne pr Oce ss of -ng suppli•= or .mpregnated with aim.- <br /> such as oa and gas. <br /> - - is u e ._ w..=te •.t: foster biolmiea/ <br /> Cla•,-Pan; A dense compact layer in the subsoil :tavrag a a.v <br /> nigher cia• onto, thanthe overlying material. Clavpans ax- <br /> ,; ostially barn .h n dry. plastic and sticky wher. v.t, art ymw': <br /> dry wnM ad ny the 9osrd <br /> „• t u•: <br /> Pre -nvE F area cf is i rhe doenwar ovemer.z or water, air and plant rocta. <br /> 115:. s .at ,r do w d C-. ay.icu is ural. recreetinnaa. oc <br /> a .,and arc � . _ ,^rve become eligible fo maioz and m.nor collector st.r.rt. <br /> a certain c:Stento <br /> •,:tAr. providing <br /> %Ommunity_Noise rcurva.an l.PVCl: Tne average equivalent A 'a•^.*ted <br /> sound level $urS ng x ] h_ur clip, obtained after addition Of <br /> F Pu..;'._i- ;rve pr esu ]: cont+minants v, the air in tonin- des ibels to sound leveis in the evening from 7 p.m. to 10 1, m. <br /> t ; ,. ,.nr a+ t;o r+. '+i.,e a.,.vt ,.h rlite O. the 9, ana after addition of ..0 deribele to stand levels occurring at <br /> -r <br /> int Sect ly with community heolt i_. night after 10 p.m. ano before 7 a.m. <br /> rs, tr:a c' it <br /> Cone of Denreeaion, An area of a subsurface aquifer where '.• <br /> ` a_ y8Z lee t, rzganic air, i:oaar sc matte' reposited water Tavelis falling due to depletion by overdrafting wells. <br /> ._..s,,reatlonI planeed mara;emest of a natural resource to proven <br /> al; e::ee '.Cd TO dears sue msasutamar.'i atp�pitataon- destrucrlpn, or neglect. <br /> bt:nl con.. <br /> , � : o ,.n. alien as nab,>c• tUa: .'e av'a sal: vales to spew:, De-ibe l: Abbreviated W, the decibel is a unit of msasurameu: <br /> _ er ebe intansict of sound. ':'rve common abbreviation deA represents <br /> decitel m¢asor-nent of sound using a weighting which approzimat es <br /> ,;, r n- wt -- ^• •'r-er-beet.:� i*;•ere the auditory or nearing sensitivity of the ear. The increase I-' <br /> raiculatod c, a logaritbmic basis whereby an increac <br /> _ + stl . .arc tt noels: O 10 decibels repreaerta a tenfold increase in sound energy and <br /> .. a . i,-raise of 20 decibels represents a 100 fold Increase in bound <br /> me ti ter to C:'•64rfaf.! energy. <br /> zacr^' +.a ins aP past hv.�an b t: Natural accuwulatior, of material such es miners;@ or <br /> ai. r� <br /> t •, - , 'ia'. le``-r in a new positiOr, o'y natural tranaooz• it_v. sscl a. <br /> .1,1 and uuttr <br /> own as <br /> 'e ative:y speed t,,,'sac ae cion ofal lio . aollepat ndiffering rates^eas�ne 1Pei.ancntt <br /> Hs p _ <br /> ., ,. ou .,,t•r an-.a _, - in surface elevation. <br /> �i.r ainr u•, . tg n:- Or tow s:it Dredge Tailings: Huge furrow-like ridges of gravel tha- •1 <br /> co s.. sec accumulated as a result of mining operations. <br /> The - ¢ u -<: v.:_orsplidm«3 surface material <br /> ..,.,.. r]cn'^ The inter-relationship of living things to one en.t-.e:' <br /> � a .0A - antl tneir environment or the study of such inter-relstionanit. <br /> .-. .els nrcc•ring •--'.A„ pecif... �.,urc.. <br /> - a ., , - - ,-. -_ ._ •' - FLt a._s4t; A waste ox pollution discharged from a s <br /> standard a maximur amount of a pollu""or legal;' <br /> pis:, A'0 <br /> .ra hs disc tia-^t^-' ri n� a single source. either <br /> ianan . <br />