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limited to, rental of covered or uncovered boat slips, or dock space or enclosed dry storage space, lifting or launching services. The term boat yards shall include marinas and boat liveries. Bond - A surety instrument underwritten by a surety insurer authorized to transact such business in the State of Florida. Borrow Pit - Any place or premises where dirt, soil, sand, gravel, or other material is removed below the grade of surrounding land for any purpose other than that necessary and incidental to site grading or building construction. Bottle Club - A commercial premises primarily established for the on-site consumption of alcoholic beverages and other materials normally associated with the preparation of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on-site, but not requiring an alcoholic beverage license. Bottle clubs may be public or private. Other private clubs such as golf and tennis clubs, health clubs, beach clubs, or social membership organization, where the on-site consumption of alcohol is not the primary purpose of attendance, shall not be considered to be bottle clubs. Breakaway Wall or Frangible Wall - A partition independent of supporting structural members that will withstand designwind forces, but will fail under hydrostatic, wave, and run-up forces associated with the design storm surge. Under such conditions, the wall shall fail in a manner such that it breaks up into components that will minimize the potential for damage to life or adjacent property. Buffer, Opaque Feature - An additional screening requirement pertaining to landscape buffers, to provide a visual screen between adjacent land uses. An opaque buffer feature is intended to completely exclude all visual contact between uses, to a specified height (six (6) feet or three (3) feet). The opaque feature is applied in conjunction with a particular buffer type, said buffer type consisting of canopy/shade trees, understory and groundcover (reference Chapter 926, Landscape and Buffer Ordinance). The opaque feature may be composed of a wall, fence, landscaped earth berm, planted vegetation, or existing vegetation, or any combination thereof which maintains a completely opaque screen of a specified height. The opaque feature must be opaque in all seasons of the year. Buffer Strip - Land area which may contain plant material, vegetated berm, fencing, or other landscaping that is used to separate one use from another to shield or block noise, light or other nuisances, used for physical or spatial separation. (Also see Screening). 16