§ 150.005 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number; the word “lot” includes the words “plot”, “parcel” and “tract”; the word “building” includes the word “structure”; and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directive. Any words not herein defined shall be constructed as defined in the statutory and common laws of the state. If not defined therein, then as defined in accordance with the Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, latest edition.
   100-YEAR FLOOD. A flood having an average frequency of occurrence in order of once in l00 years, although the flood may occur in any year.
   ACCESSORY BUILDING. A minor building that is located on the same lot as a principal building and is used incidentally to a principal building or houses an accessory use.
   ACCESSORY MOBILE HOME. A subordinate mobile home that contains not more than 1,000 square feet.
   ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. Any structure that does not meet the definition of “accessory building”.
   ACCESSORY USE. Incidental or subordinate to the principal use of a parcel of land or are uses commonly associated with the principal use and integrally related to it. Some examples are private garages on residential properties, storage sheds on residential properties and barns on agricultural properties.
   ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. An establishment that:
      (1)   Provides amusement or entertainment that is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas;
      (2)   Features topless dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainment;
      (3)   A book or video store having the substantial or significant portion of its trade in books, magazines, periodicals or other materials that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or
      (4)   A theater used exclusively or primarily for presenting material distinguished or characterized by specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by persons 18 years of age or older on the premises.
   AFFECTED AREA. An area that is or might be detrimentally impacted by a proposed land use.
   AGRICULTURAL PACKING AND WAREHOUSING. A facility used for the storing, sorting, cleaning, sacking or transshipment of agricultural products. Does not include processing functions. SORTING AND CLEANING means handling to the generally recognizable minimum level of marketability.
   AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING PLANT. A facility used for the cooking, freezing, dehydrating, refining, bottling, canning or other treatment of agricultural products that changes the naturally grown product for consumer use. May include warehousing and packaging as secondary uses.
   AGRICULTURE. Any use of land for the growing and harvesting of crops for sale or profit, or uses that are directly ancillary to the growing and harvesting of crops, which is the exclusive or primary use of the lot, plot, parcel or tract of land; including processing crops to the generally recognizable minimum level of marketability; or the open range grazing of livestock; or irrigated pasture for grazing livestock.
   AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS and LANDING FIELDS. Any area of land that is used, or intended for the use, of the landing and taking off of aircraft; and appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, by airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.
   ANTENNA. A structure designed to radiate and/or receive radio frequency (RF) emissions. An ANTENNA design includes, but is not limited to, the following:
      (1)   Monopole, dipole, discone;
      (2)   Horizontally and vertically polarized TV and FM, yagi;
      (3)   Mesh or solid parabolic;
      (4)   Array, phase array and others protected by a radome; and
      (5)   Shaped-element.
   APARTMENT. A building in which the rooms are arranged in suites; multi-family housing.
   AREA OF NOTICE. For all applications requiring that notice is given to the surrounding property owners, the AREA OF NOTICE shall be 300 feet from the edge of the parcel or parcels included in the application, with the distance to be extended until ten property owners are identified, with a maximum extension of one mile.
   ARTERIAL, MAJOR. Provide higher speed travel and mobility for long distance trips. These roads function within the region or community to carry large volumes of traffic to minor arterials and collector routes. Access may be limited by medians. Design standards, as outlined in the city subdivision regulations, incorporated in Chapter 151, shall apply.
   ARTERIAL, MINOR. Serve a mobility function for longer-distance trips but handle moderate volumes of traffic at moderate speeds. MINOR ARTERIALS provide connections to collector routes, which serve communities and local areas. Access from some major traffic generators is allowed to MINOR ARTERIALS. Design standards, as outlined in the city subdivision regulations, incorporated in Chapter 151, shall apply.
   AUTO WRECKING YARD. Any place where motor vehicles not in running condition, or the parts thereof, are stored in the open and are not being restored to operation; any land, building or structure used for the dismantling or storing of such motor vehicles or the parts thereof.
   BASE FLOOD. A flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
   BED AND BREAKFAST. A residence built expressly for, or converted to, renting rooms to paying guests and providing breakfast to paying guests on a short-term (daily or weekly) basis. The residential appearance of the structure is maintained. This definition does not include a hotel, motel or boarding house.
   BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The elected governing body of the City of Anthony.
   BOARDING HOUSE. A residence consisting of at least one dwelling unit with more than two rooms that are rented, or intended to be rented, to longer term residents on a monthly basis, as distinct from transient residents staying overnight or on a weekly basis.
   BUFFER. An area of land, including landscaping, beams, walls, fences and building setbacks, that is located between land uses and intended to mitigate negative impacts upon adjoining property.
   BUILDING. Any structure that is enclosed by means of walls and a roof, generally intended for use as a working storage or dwelling place.
   CEMETERY. A burial place or grounds.
   CHANNEL. Any arroyo, stream, swale, ditch, diversion or watercourse that conveys flow of water.
   CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. The Planning and Zoning Commission appointed by the governing body.
   CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE. Specified areas along intersection approach lanes and across their included corners that are to be free of obstructions that might block a driver’s view of potentially conflicting vehicles. Requirements for maintaining a clear sight triangle are outlined in § 150.172 and Appendix E, attached to the ordinance incorporated herein.
   CLINIC. An establishment where patients are not lodged overnight but are admitted for outpatient services.
   CLUB. Building and facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational or recreational propose.
   COLLECTOR STREET. A roadway that carries traffic from local to the arterial streets and highways.
   COLUMBARIUM. A structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns.
   COMBINATION USE. A use consisting of a combination on one lot of two or more primary uses separately listed on the land use classification matrix (incorporated in §§ 150.205 and 150.206) for either the Performance District, the Community District, the Village District or the planned unit development overlay zone. The development standards for the more intensive of the primary uses on a parcel shall be applied by the Zoning Administrator in reviewing site plans for development of a COMBINATION USE.
   COMMERCIAL FEED LOT. Any tract on which the principal use is the raising of, or the concentrated feeding of, livestock, fowl or any other edible animals; the sale of such animals; or the sale of products derived from such animals. Does not include dairies.
   COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. A parcel of land used for shopping or services generally used for several neighborhoods or a larger part of the community. See the land use matrix in §§ 150.205 and 150.206 for specific uses allowed in this zone.
   COMMUNITY DISTRICT. A rapidly urbanizing area of the county with existing and/or planned community water and/or sewer systems and commercial uses. Established by procedures outlined in this chapter. Area with mapped zoning districts as set forth in this chapter.
   CONDOMINIUM. A building, or group of buildings, containing three or more dwelling units with separate entrances but sharing common structural elements, including walls and roofs.
   CONSTRUCTION. The act of breaking ground and erecting a building or structure, as defined elsewhere in this section.
   CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS LANDFILL. An area of land used to dispose of non-organic used building materials, concrete, dirt, removed paving material and gravel must meet all state and federal regulations affecting ground water protection.
   DAIRY. An area of land on which cows are kept for the purpose of producing dairy products in commercial quantities, as well as the related buildings, equipment and processes.
   DENSITY. The number of families, persons or housing units per unit of land, usually expressed as “per acre”.
   DEVELOPMENT. A project involving property improvement and usually a change of land use character within the site. All development standards within this chapter and the design standards for the specified use shall apply.
   DRIVEWAY. A point of vehicular access between a right-of-way or easement and an abutting property.
   DWELLING UNIT. Any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, as required by the Building Code, for not more than one family.
   EASEMENT. A property owner’s grant of specific purpose, use or uses on that owner’s land that does not abridge the right of the fee owner to the use and enjoyment of that land. An EASEMENT may be for use by the general public, a corporation of a certain person or persons.
   ELEVATION CERTIFICATE. A certificate issued by the County Floodplain Administrator in order to obtain the elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new and substantially improved buildings. It is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance premium rate and to support a request for a letter of map amendment or revision (LOMA or LOMR-F).
   FAMILY. Persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or a congregate of ten or less.
   FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA). The federal agency under which the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered. In March 2003, FEMA became part of the newly created U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
   FIRE LANE. Any area appurtenant to a building deemed necessary by the Fire Marshal, or his or her designee, to remain free and clear of parked vehicles for access to such building in case of fire or other emergency and designated by him or her as such. May include sidewalks, driveways, portions of parking lots or any other area adjacent to or near a building or fire hydrant, as required by the Fire Marshal.
   FLOOD. A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of two or more acres of normally dry land area or of two or more properties (at least one of which is the policyholder’s property) from: overflow of inland or tidal waters; unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source; mudflow; or collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or similar body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels that result in a FLOOD, as defined above.
   FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM). Official map of a community on which FEMA has delineated both the special hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
   FLOODPLAIN. Any area susceptible to flooding by water from storm runoff as designated on the “Flood Boundary and Flooding Map” prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or similar maps prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or other similar agency, or per the Flood Commissioner’s designation based on findings of fact.
   FLOOD PROOFING CERTIFICATE. A certificate issued by the County Floodplain Administrator in order to ensure a non-residential building has been designed and constructed to be watertight (substantially impermeable to floodwaters) below the BFE. A FLOOD PROOFING CERTIFICATE is not applicable for a residential structure.
   FLOODWAY. A watercourse channel and that portion of the adjoining floodplain required to provide for the passage of a 100-year flood.
   FLOODWAY FRINGE AREA. An area immediately adjacent to the limits of a floodway.
   GARAGE. A building or portion thereof, other than a private storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, storing or parking motor-driven vehicles. The term REPAIRING shall not include an automotive body repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling or storage of wrecked or junked vehicles.
   GARAGE AND YARD SALES. The sale of used clothing, household goods and other personal items, generally sold in residential land use areas.
   GARBAGE. Any animal or vegetable waste that is liable to decompose or rot resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of foods, offal, scum, dregs, sediment, sweepings, trash, debris, remains and dross.
   GARBAGE DISPOSAL. The disposing and covering or incineration of garbage at a sanitary landfill site.
   HOME OCCUPATION. An occupation conducted within a residential property that is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of that property, as regulated in this chapter.
   HOTEL. A building in which lodging, or boarding and lodging, are provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all times.
   INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY. Enterprises in which goods are generally mass produced from raw materials on a large scale through use of an assembly line or similar process, usually for sale to wholesalers or other industrial or manufacturing uses, and manufacturing or other enterprises which produce external effects (such as smoke, noise, soot dirt, vibration, odor and the like) or which pose significant risks due to the use or storage of explosives or radioactive materials, or of poisons, pesticides, herbicides or other hazardous materials in reportable quantities under the standards of the Environmental Protection Agency.
   INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT. Enterprises engaged in the processing, manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials and products from processed or previously manufactured materials, including a machine shop, the manufacturing of apparel, electrical appliances, electronic equipment, camera and photographic equipment, ceramic products, cosmetics and toiletries, business machines, fish tanks and supplies, food paper products (but not the manufacture of paper for pulpwood), musical instruments, medical appliances, tool or hardware, plastic products (but not the processing of raw materials), pharmaceuticals or optical goods, bicycles or any other product of a similar nature. LIGHT INDUSTRY is capable of operation in such a manner as to produce minimal if any external effects from the manufacturing process, such as smoke, noise, soot, dirt, vibration, odor and the like.
   INFRASTRUCTURE. Construction such as, but not limited to, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, fire hydrants, storm drainage facilities, water, sewer and gas systems or parts thereof.
   INTENSITY. The degree to which land is used; usually refers to the levels of concentration or activities in use.
   INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. A U.S. Interstate Highway in the city limits, such as I-10.
   JUNK YARD. The use of premises for the open storage of old, wrecked, non-operable, dilapidated automobiles, trucks, tractors and other such vehicles and parts thereof; scrap building materials, scrap contractor’s equipment, tanks, cases, cans, barrels, boxes, drums, piping, bottles, glass, old iron, machinery, rags, paper excelsior, hair, mattresses, beds or bedding or any other kind of scrap or waste material.
   KENNEL. A commercial establishment for the breeding, sale, grooming or boarding of small animals and household pets.
   LABORATORY. A building, or group of buildings, that are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but not including facilities for manufacture of products for sale.
   LANDSCAPING. An area that has been improved through the harmonious combination and introduction of trees, shrubs and ground cover, which may contain natural topping materials, such as boulders, rock stone, granite or other approved material. The area shall be void of any asphaltic or concrete pavement except where walks are allowed.
   LAND USE. Any activity that is subject to the regulation of this city that is conducted on, below and/or in the space above the surface of the earth to a height of 500 feet within the boundaries of the city.
   LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A metes and bounds description of a parcel of land filed in accordance with the requirements of the state.
   LIVESTOCK. All domestic animals that are included in the classes of horses, asses, mules cattle, sheep, goats, swine, bison, poultry, ostriches, emus, rheas, camelids and farmed cervideae (deer and elk). This definition does not include feline or canine animals.
   LOT. A tract or parcel of a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land described by metes and bounds and held in separate ownership, as shown on the records in the County Clerk’s office.
   LOT WIDTH. The distance between side lot lines measured across the rear of the required front yard, parallel to the street or access easement.
   MANUFACTURED HOME. A single-family dwelling with a heated area of at least 864 square feet, and measuring at least 36 feet by 24 feet, constructed in a factory to the standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.) and the Housing and Urban Development Zone Code II or the Uniform Building Code (UBC), as amended to the date of the unit’s construction, and installed consistent with the Manufactured Housing Act (NMSA, Chapter 60, Article 14) and with the regulations made pursuant thereto relating to ground level installation.
   MINIMUM BUILDING ELEVATION. The elevation to which uses regulated by this chapter are required to be elevated that could be reached by the 100-year flood if it occurred under conditions existing at the time this chapter was passed, plus one foot to allow for encroachments permitted by the establishment of a floodway.
   MOBILE HOME. As defined by the Manufactured Housing and Zoning Act, NMSA §§ 3-21A-1 et seq. (1995), or any future enactment that revises or substantially replaces said Act.
   MOBILE HOME PARK/SUBDIVISION. A parcel of land on which five or more mobile homes are located, either free of charge or for revenue purposes.
   MODULAR HOME OR HOUSING UNIT. A standardized factory-fabricated transportable building module not having a chassis or wheels of its own which is designed and constructed in accordance with all applicable local building codes and is intended to be placed on a permanent foundation meeting all local zoning codes and to be used by itself or incorporated with similar units at a building site. MODULAR HOMES can be used for residential or for commercial uses when located in appropriate zoning districts.
   MOTEL. A building in which lodging, or boarding and lodging, are provided and offered to the public for compensation.
   MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. A building designed for two or more families.
   NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. Includes retail sales and services, personal services and business and office services generally intended to serve a neighborhood of up to a one-mile radius. The scale of development and traffic generated is accommodated by access to a collector street. Permitted uses should be buffered from adjacent residential uses and are outlined in the land use matrix in §§ 150.205 and 150.206.
   NIGHT CLUB. A place of entertainment where alcohol may be served.
   NURSING HOME. A home for the aged or infirm in which three or more persons are received, kept or provided with food and shelter or care for compensation, but not including hospitals, clinics or similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured.
   OLD PLAT. Plats that were recorded prior to adoption of subdivision and platting standards in 1973.
   OPEN SPACE. A publicly or privately owned and maintained ground area that satisfies visual and physiological needs of the community for light and air; covered with vegetation, game courts, non-vehicular paths or associated buildings.
   OWNER. Any person, association, partnership or corporation that has dominion over, ultimate control of or title to real property.
   PARCEL. See definition of LOT.
   PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET. An area not in a street or alley and having an area of not less than 180 square feet, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one vehicle and connected with a street or alley by a driveway that affords ingress and egress for a vehicle.
   PAVEMENT STRUCTURE. The combination of sub-base, base course and/or surface course placed on a sub-grade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the roadbed.
   PERFORMANCE STANDARD. Areas of the city, as described in this chapter, with land use regulations based on the intensity of a land use and its compatibility with adjacent uses. Areas designated as a Performance District by this chapter and designated on city zoning maps have a “P” before the last use category to distinguish them from the Community District “C” or Village District “V”.
   PERSON. Any individual, estate, trust receiver, cooperative, association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other entity.
   PERSONAL SERVICES. Uses such as beauty shops, barbershops, dry cleaners, mailing services, self-service laundromats and similar uses that provide service to the public individually.
   PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT. A single-family dwelling unit, which dwelling unit is the first constructed on a given lot or the larger of two dwelling units on a given lot.
   PRIMARY USE. A land use listed in the land use classification matrix in §§ 150.205 and 150.206 for the Performance District, Community or Village District or planned development overlay zone, which occupies the greater portion of a lot or parcel, or is the more intense use of two uses on a lot or parcel.
   PRINCIPAL BUILDING. The primary building on a lot, or a building that houses a primary use.
   PRIVATE PROPERTY. Property that is privately owned, but where numbers of persons work, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose, where the parking of motor vehicles or presence of other obstructions can interfere with the ingress and egress of emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance) for the protection of persons and property thereon, and shall include, but not be limited to, shopping centers, bowling lanes, theaters, hospitals, clinics, churches, factories, schools, lodging houses, convalescent homes, hotels and public halls. PRIVATE PROPERTY shall not include single-family dwellings, duplexes, quadplexes and condominiums.
   PRIVATE PROTECTIVE COVENANTS. A private agreement that binds and restricts the land in the hands of present owners and subsequent purchasers. They are enforced only by the landowners subject to the protective covenants and not by the city or other public agencies.
   PROCESS. A series of acts of changes proceeding one to the next; a method of manufacturing or conditioning; or to submit something to a treatment or preparation.
   PUBLIC PROPERTY. Property owned by any political subdivision not specifically exempted by state or federal law.
   QUASI-JUDICIAL CASES. All variances, planned unit development permits and appeals.
   REFUSE. Any solid waste material discarded from residential, commercial or industrial operations.
   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle on wheels with sleeping, cooking and washing or sanitary facilities designed to be used as a temporary dwelling unit; and defined as a RECREATIONAL VEHICLE by the State Motor Vehicle Code, being NMSA §§ 66-1-1 et seq.
   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK (RV PARK). A parcel of land where travel trailers or other non-permanent types of shelters are erected or maintained for temporary recreational camping activities. Permitted related buildings and facilities may include an office, delicatessen and/or grocery store, laundry facilities, showers, bathrooms and playgrounds to be operated during operating hours of the park for the patrons of the park. Individual sites shall be not less than 600 square feet in area, not including any required roadways or walkways.
   RETAIL. The sale of consumer goods directly to the user of the product; may include storage of goods sold in sufficient quantities to meet daily need. May also include sale in large-size packages used as pricing incentives.
   SANITARY LANDFILLS. Locations where trash, garbage and organic materials are buried and maintained in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.
   SATELLITE PARKING. Off-street parking used as a carpooling site or parking lot adjacent to commercial sites where the subject site does not provide adequate parking spaces as required by this chapter.
   SERVICE STATION. Any land, building, structure or premises used for the sale of fuel for motor vehicles or installing or repairing parts and accessories, but not including the replacing of motors, bodies or painting of motor vehicles and excluding public parking garages.
   SETBACK. The minimum distance between the property/lot line and the foundation, wall or mainframe of a building or structure or any projection thereof measured from the exterior lot line to the greatest projection. If multiple lots are held within the same ownership, the outside perimeter of all lots combined may be used to determine the SETBACK line. Where a site abuts a road or highway having only a portion of its required right-of-way (R.O.W.) width dedicated or reserved for roadway purposes, SETBACKS shall be measured from the line establishing the additional width required for R.O.W. purposes. Where a site abuts an easement for access or a private access road is located within the boundary lines of the site, the SETBACK shall be measured from the easement or from the private road. On a site that is not rectangular or approximately rectangular in shape, the required SETBACKS shall be measured in a manner prescribed by the Zoning Administrator.
   SHOPPING CENTER. A group of commercial business establishments operated as a unit with off-street parking provided on the property, and related in location, size and types of shops to the trade area that the unit serves.
   SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. Any housing unit designed for the use of one family that has a private, ground-level entrance and a private outdoor space for the use of the residents of such dwelling units.
   SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA. An area of land that would be inundated by a flood having a 1% chance of occurring in any given year (previously referred to as the base flood or 100-year flood).
   SPECIAL USE PERMIT (SUP). Authorization of a land use specifically requiring a SPECIAL USE PERMIT under the provisions of this chapter, due to the potential for the use to have a negative impact on adjacent or surrounding properties, depending upon the particular circumstances associated with the use and the property.
   SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS. Less than completely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and human male genitals in a discernable turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
   SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. Includes human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy; and fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast.
   STABLE. A building having stalls or compartments where domestic animals, such as horses, ponies and cattle, are sheltered and fed.
   STADIUM. A large building with tiers of seats for spectators at sporting or other recreational events.
   STRUCTURAL CHANGE. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders.
   STRUCTURE. All construction, including residences, commercial buildings, free standing walls, antennas, signs, towers, bridges, culverts or similar uses, that may require a building permit issued by the city.
   SUBDIVISION. See subdivision regulations of the City of Anthony, New Mexico, incorporated in Chapter 151, as amended.
   SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other improvement of a building when the cost of the improvement equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the building before start of construction of the improvement.
   TOWER. Any structure whose principal function is to support an antenna.
   TRACT. See definition of LOT.
   UNDEVELOPED LOT. A real estate parcel in which no building structure has ever been erected.
   VACANT LOT. A real estate parcel in which no building structure is erected.
   VARIANCE. A grant of permission by the City Zoning Administrator, City Planning and Zoning Commission or the governing body that authorizes the recipient to do that which, according to the letter of this chapter, he or she could not otherwise legally do.
   VETERINARY CLINIC. A location for treatment of small or large animals. Animals may be kept overnight or for short periods of time for treatment.
   VILLAGE DISTRICT. A district created under the terms of this chapter with mapped zones; the area of a townsite platted in the city prior to 1930 that has been designated a VILLAGE DISTRICT within the terms of this chapter.
   WATERCOURSE. Any stream, arroyo or drainway having a channel that gives direction to a flow of water.
   WHOLESALE. The sale of goods to a person or company who may sell products to the ultimate consumer. Includes the sale of products in bulk for further repackaging.
   ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The City Director of Community Development, or the Director’s designee.
(Ord. 2010-018, passed - -)