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DIAMETER/ DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (dbh) —As regards trees, the diameter of any tree trunk, measured at 4.5 feet above existing grade. DRAINAGE - The control of surface water within the tract of an to be developed by any means of collecting, diverting, handling, dispersing or disposal of surface runoff due to storm flowage, rainfall or natural means which has been designed by a registered professional engineer. DRIPLINE — An area encircling the base of a tree which is delineated by a vertical line extending from the outer limit of a tree's branch tips down to the ground. GUTTER - A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement edge of a roadway for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water. May be included in the width of parking lanes, but not of travel, acceleration or deceleration lanes or of bicycle lanes. ISLAND, TRAFFIC OR PARKING LOT - A raised area in a roadway, driveway or parking facility, usually curbed unless otherwise permitted, placed to guide traffic and separate travel or parking lanes, or used for landscaping, signing or lighting. LOADING ZONE -A specially marked area for the short-term use of delivery vehicles. PARCEL - An area of land in one ownership, with definite boundaries, which may or may not constitute a lot or group of lots available for use as the site of one or more buildings. PARKING ANGLE - The angle formed by a parking stall and the driving aisle centerline of a parking facility, ranging from 90 degrees (right-angle or perpendicular parking) to 30 degrees. PARKING BAY - A parking facility unit that has two rows of parking stalls and a central driving aisle (i.e. double-loaded aisle, aisle with,vehicles on both sides). PARKING LANE -An auxiliary lane primarily for the parking of vehicles. PARKING MODULE —A driving aisle with cars parked on one or both sides of the aisle. PARKING STALL The area, usually marked with distinguishing lines, in which one vehicle is to be parked; a parking space. SHADE TREE - A tree with a caliper over four (4) inches in a public place, street, special easement or right-of-way adjoining a street, including, but not limited to, public shade trees as defined by M.G.L. Chapter 87, Section 1. SITE - the entire tract on which a proposed use or development is located. TRACT - A continuous area of land, which may be subdivided or unsubdivided, may be crossed by roadways or streams and may be in single or multiple ownership, which is proposed for development under these by-laws. TREE -Any woody plant having a caliper of two inches or larger." October 20, 2003 Town Meeting