Disturbance means the placement or reconstruction of impervious surface or motor vehicle surface, or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Milling and repaving is not considered disturbance for the purposes of this definition.
Non-Disturbance Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.8.9.
Major disaster means any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earth- quake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm or drought), or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the United States, which in the determination of the President causes damage of suffi- cient severity and magnitude to war- rant major disaster assistance under this Act to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster relief orga- nizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.
Land disturbance or "land-disturbing activity" means a man-made change to the land surface that potentially changes its runoff characteristics including clearing, grading, or excavation except that the term shall not include those exemptions specified in Section 1-3 (b) of this Ordinance.
Unavoidable means adverse impacts that remain after all appropriate and practicable avoidance and minimization have been achieved.
Force Majeure Exception means any failure or delay in the performance of the Issuer's reporting obligation pursuant to Section 2.4 arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action. The Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to commence performance of its obligations during any of the foregoing circumstances.
Family violence means conduct as defined by S.7 of the Family Violence Act 2004.
Landlord Delay shall occur if either: (i) Landlord fails to complete the Base Building and/or other improvements on the Project that are required by the DDA, the Parking REA and/or the CC&Rs, and as a direct result of such failure Tenant is unable to obtain a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy for the Premises upon substantial completion of the Tenant Improvements; or (ii) substantial completion of the Warm Shell Improvements or Tenant Improvements is delayed directly and solely as a result of any of the following and such delay could not have been mitigated by Tenant using commercially reasonable measures, which delay occurs after the Delivery Date and before the Commencement Date and does not result from Tenant's interference or delay in connection with completion of the Tenant Improvements or after a Tenant Default or Work Letter Draw Event: (a) subject to Paragraph 8 above, unreasonable interference by Landlord or Landlord's Contractor with the construction of the Warm Shell Improvements or the Tenant Improvements; (b) Landlord's failure to comply with any deadlines for response to, or submissions from, Tenant as required by this Work Letter; (c) any material Discretionary Changes to Landlord's Plans or the Warm Shell Plans after their final approval by applicable governmental entities (other than Tenant Modifications) that directly affect Tenant's Plans or the Tenant Improvements; and/or (d) Landlord failure to complete portions of the Base Building and/or other improvements on the Project that are Landlord's obligation to complete hereunder, and as a direct result of such failure Tenant and Tenant's contractors do not have access to the Premises to the extent required to complete the Warm Shell Improvements and/or Tenant Improvements. Tenant shall give Landlord at least five (5) days prior notice if Tenant becomes aware that Landlord is in danger of causing a Landlord Delay, and if Landlord takes appropriate measures to prevent such delay within such five (5) day period, no adjustment to the Commencement Date shall be made on account of such Landlord; provided, however, that if such delay was not reasonably foreseeable by Tenant, the five (5) day period for prior notice and opportunity to mitigate provided above shall be changed to forty-eight (48) hours after Tenant becomes aware of such delay or potential delay.
Unavoidable Delays means delays due to any of the following, and only the following, (provided that such delay is beyond Construction Manager’s reasonable control): war, insurrection, civil commotion, strikes, slowdowns, lock outs, riots, flood, earthquakes, fires, casualties, acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, freight embargoes, lack of transportation, governmental moratoriums, unusually severe or abnormal weather conditions, failure of utilities, or a court order which causes a delay (unless resulting from a wrongful act of Construction Manager). In no event shall the application to Construction Manager of any applicable law, regulation, rule or other governmental requirement constitute an Unavoidable Delay. Contractor shall use reasonable good faith efforts to notify Owner not later than five (5) days after Construction Manager knows of the occurrence of an Unavoidable Delay. An extension of time for an Unavoidable Delay shall only be for the period of the Unavoidable Delay, which period shall commence to run from the time of the commencement of the cause of the Unavoidable Delay.