§ 25-2-1172. DEFINITIONS.

In this article:

(1)

BULKHEAD means a revetment or wall constructed for the purpose of stabilizing or modifying the shoreline.

(2)

CLUSTER DOCK means a dock not used for commercial purposes that is associated with:

(a)

dwelling units in a multifamily development with lake frontage; or

(b)

principal residential structures in a subdivision with perpetual use rights to a common area that fronts a lake.

(3)

CONSTRUCT includes placing or replacing a structure and structurally altering an existing structure.

(4)

DOCK includes a wharf, pier, float, floating dock, island, boat dock, boat slip, boat lift, stationary platform, or other similar structure.

(5)

MOTORBOAT means a watercraft propelled by an internal combustion engine or electric motor.

(6)

NORMAL POOL ELEVATION means:

(a)

for Lake Austin, 492.8 feet above mean sea level;

(b)

for Lady Bird Lake, 429 feet above mean sea level; and

(c)

for Lake Walter E. Long, 554.5 feet above mean sea level.

(7)

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT includes jet skis and means a type of motorboat specifically designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel and that is less than 13 feet in length.

(8)

SHORELINE means the line where the edge of the water meets the land at normal pool elevation.

(9)

SHORELINE ACCESS means improvements constructed to provide a means of approaching the shoreline such as stairs, lifts, trams, incline elevators or escalators.

(10)

SHORELINE FRONTAGE means the total linear distance of the shoreline.

Source: Section 13-2-790; Ord. 990225-70; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 20101209-075; Ord. No. 20140626-113, Pt. 7, 7-7-14 ; Ord. No. 20160922-048 , Pt 2, 10-3-16.