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sewer service connection constitutes one equivalent residential unit. 2) Each residential room or combination of rooms, designed to be occupied on a permanent or long-term basis, and not otherwise defined as a hotel or motel herein, and each apartment unit, condominium unit, multifamily unit or prepared mobile home space that includes connection points for sewer and/or water service and that is owner -occupied, offered separately for rent as a rental or lease unit. Erosion - The process of the gradual wearing away of land masses. Estuarine Environment - Those lands contiguous and adjacent to the Indian River Lagoon and St. Sebastian River where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface. Eutrophication - The slow aging process of a lake evolving into a marsh and eventually disappearing. During eutrophication the lake is choked by abundant plant life. Human activities that add nutrients to a water body can speed up this action. Excavation - Removal or recovery by any means whatsoever of soil, rock, materials, mineral substances or organic substances other than vegetation, from water or land on or beneath the surface thereof, or beneath the land surface, whether exposed or submerged. Existing Development - Any development, improvement or impervious surface existing on a project site at the time of request for development order approval or building permits, as applicable. Existing Land Development Activity - The most intense use of land within the twelve (12) months prior to the time of commencing land development activity generating traffic. Extended Littoral Zone Shelf - The most landward extent of the littoral zone, located between control elevation and one vertical foot above control elevation. This segment of littoral zone receives intermittent inundation and is the area where trees are to be planted in association with implementation of water management standards as contained in Chapter 934, Excavation and Mining. Facade - The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building. Fair Share Roadway Improvements Fee - The fee required to be paid in accordance with the terms of the Fair Share Roadway Improvements, Chapter 953. False Alarms - All activated alarms, responded to by the fire department which do not qualify as class "A" alarms, including, but not limited to, alarms activated through inadvertence, neglect, accident, alarm testing, or faulty installation or maintenance. 34