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� DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA: An antenna or array of antennas designed to concentrate a radio
<br /> signal in a particular area.
<br /> DISH ANTENNA: An antenna with a concave surface used to link communications sites
<br /> together by wireless transmission or voice or data. Also called microwave antenna or
<br /> microwave dish antenna.
<br /> DISTRICT: Any section of the City of Decatur for which the zoning regulations governing the
<br /> use of buildings and premises,the height of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of
<br /> use are uniform.
<br /> DORMITORY,FRATEI2NITY HOUSE OR SORORITY HOUSE. A building in which
<br /> sleeping rooms are provided for occupancy by, and maintained as, a place of residence
<br /> � exclusively for, students affiliated with an accredited college or university,which may offer
<br /> meals,when authorized and regulated by such institution. Sepazate living quarters with
<br /> cooking facilities may be designed for the resident manager only.
<br /> DRNE-UP OR DRNE-THROUGH FACILITY: A building or portion thereof which is
<br /> designed to provide, either wholly or in part, service to customers in vehicles that are parked
<br /> or stacked in a service lane. This definition includes,but is not limited to, facilities at drive-
<br /> in restaurants, drive-in banks, drive-up windows at drug stores, and similaz uses.
<br /> DUPLEX: See Dwelling Unit, Two Family
<br /> DWELLING, NIULTIPLE: A single, freestanding conventional building containing three (3) or
<br /> � more dwelling units.
<br /> DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY: A single, freestanding conventional building coritaining a
<br /> single dwelling unit and designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1) family only.
<br /> DWELLING UI�TIT: A room or rooms connected together which constitute a separate,
<br /> independent housekeeping establishment for one(1) family, for owner occupancy, or for
<br /> rental or lease , and physically separated from other rooms or suites which may be located in
<br /> the same structure, containing at a minimum one (1) sleeping room, one (1)bathroom, and
<br /> one(1)kitchen. This definition does not include rooms in hotels,motels, or institutional
<br /> facilities.
<br />, DWELLING,TWO FAMII.Y: A single, freestanding conventional building containing two (2)
<br />� dwelling units. �I
<br /> DRIVEWAY: A private roadway providing access to a street or highway.
<br /> ESSENTIAL SERVICES: The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance(by a public or
<br /> private utility company for the purpose of fumishing adequate service by said company for
<br /> the public health, safety, or general welfare) of electrical and communication cables,poles
<br /> and wires, and water and sewer collection, transmission and distribution mains, drains, and
<br /> pipes, including fire hydrants. This definition does not include wireless telecommunications
<br /> facilities as regulated by this Ordinance.
<br /> EXTRACTION USES: Uses that require the alteration of the surface of the earth, including the
<br /> excavation,removal, stripping, surface mining, or quarrying of top soil, soil, earth, sand,
<br /> � rock, gravel, clay, coal, minerals, ores, or similar substances; or the surface location of shafts,
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