Chapter 1 General Provisions Part 2 Definitions Q, R

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Qualified Acoustical Consultant -A person who, by reason of his/ her training and experience in the science and technology of acoustics and his/ her knowledge of construction methods and materials, is deemed by the Planning Official as qualified to pass judgment on acoustical designs, materials, and methods of construction for reduction of sound levels.

Qualified Buyer -The Metropolitan Housing Authority (City or County) or a person whose household income for the last two years was 100% or less of the median household income for Jefferson County as reported annually by HUD, or a corporation that has received low income housing tax credit to be applied toward the subject site.

Qualified Buyer Verification Form -A form, provided by the public agency handling Community Development and Home Funds and successor programs, that verifies that a person's household income for the past two years was 100% or less of the median household income for Jefferson County as reported annually by HUD.

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Record Plat -A plat for recordation in the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson County and conforming to the requirements of Chapter 7 herein.

Recreation (Use), Outdoor -Any premises (whether public or private) where the principal use is the provision of outdoor amusements, sports, games, athletic facilities, or other outdoor recreational facilities and/ or services except golf courses.

Recreational Vehicle (RV) - see "Vehicle, Recreational."

Recreational Vehicle Park (or RV Park) -A parcel of land under single ownership, where sites are offered for rent for the temporary placement of recreational vehicles being used for travel, recreation or vacation purposes.

Recycling Collection Center -A facility used solely for the collection of recyclable materials, such as aluminum cans, paper, etc. and which is conducted solely within an enclosed non-permanent structure. Such facilities shall not be deemed to be a junk yard and are considered to be a light manufacturing and processing use.

Rehabilitation Home - A building or group of buildings providing residence for persons recovering from the effects of drug or alcohol abuse, psychiatric disorders, or as a condition of their parole or probation. Such homes may provide counseling in educational, vocational, or other areas by a paid or volunteer staff and generally have 24-hour-a-day supervision. This definition does not apply to residential care facilities regulated by KRS 100.982.

Residential Care Facility - A residence operated and maintained by a sponsoring private or governmental agency to provide services in a homelike setting for persons with disabilities.

Regional Center Access Road - A private access easement serving internal circulation needs of multiple structures in the regional center form district. This type of roadway intersects with drive aisles that give access to parking spaces. It does not intersect with individual parking bays and does not give direct access to parking spaces.

Residual Tract -Any portion of five acres or more of a tract to be subdivided which portion is not required to be surveyed.

Restaurant - Commercial establishments, the main business of which is serving food, which may include the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Restoration - The act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and the reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period, and including the limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make the property
functional.

Restrictive Covenant -A provision in a deed limiting the use of property.

Resubdivision -Any change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat that affects any street layout on the map or area reserved thereon for public use or any lot line, or that affects any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivisions.

Right-of-Way - The streets, parkways, sidewalks, pathways and other land over which the public has a right of passage or land over which a rail line passes.

Right-of-Way Line -The lot line dividing a street and a lot. For public streets the right-of-way line shall be the existing lot line; for private streets the street line shall be the edge of the curb, or the edge of the legally described street, whichever is greater. However, on any streets exhibited in the Major Thoroughfare Plan, the right-of-way line shall be the street centerline setback line in such Plan, or the existing street curb line, whichever is the greater.

Riparian Area -land areas adjacent to a stream, wetlands, or other body of water that contain vegetation, habitats, and ecosystems associated with bodies of water or dependent on the flow of water in the adjacent stream, wetlands, or other water body. A riparian area will vary in width depending on the particular stream, wetlands, or other body of water.

Riparian Vegetation - Vegetation including trees, shrubs, and ground cover that occurs naturally in Jefferson County along streams. This vegetation provides stream bank stabilization, erosion control and filters surface drainage. Native species of trees that thrive in a riparian zone include but are not limited to sycamore, silver maple, box elder, white ash, American elm, sweet gum, black gum, pin oak, cottonwood, black willow or other willow species, river birch and ironwood. Native shrubs that thrive in the riparian zone include but are not limited to spicebush, witch-hazel, shrub dogwoods and false indigo.

Riprap - Natural rock material used to stabilize embankments.

Roof Line -The juncture of the roof and the perimeter wall of the structure.