(A) CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from licensed cannabis business establishments for the purpose of selling or dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia or related supplies to purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis patients and caregivers, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(B) CANOPY. Any structure, movable or stationary, attached to and deriving its support from framework or posts or other means independent of a connected structure for the purpose of shielding a platform, stoop or sidewalk from the elements.
(C) CAR WASH. A facility for the cleaning, steam cleaning, washing, polishing, or waxing of passenger vehicles by machine or hand-operated facilities.
(D) CARNIVAL. A traveling or transportable group or aggregation of rides, shows, games, or concessions or any combination thereof.
(E) CEMETERY. Land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead including columbariums and mausoleums and excluding crematoriums and mortuaries.
(F) CHARGING LEVEL, AC. The charging station delivers electric power to the vehicle’s charging module, which converts the AC power to DC power and delivers it to the battery. Voltage is either 120 or 240 volts.
(G) CHARGING LEVEL, DC. The charging station bypasses a vehicle's on-board charger to directly deliver electricity to the vehicle’s high voltage battery. Voltage is equal to, or greater than 480 volts.
(H) CHARGING STATION, ACCESSORY. Equipment, as an accessory use to a lawfully established principal use, that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles.
(I) CHARGING STATION, PRIMARY. An electric fueling station with equipment that supplies electric power for charging plug-in electric vehicles.
(J) CHECK CASHING STORE. A facility or portion thereof that for compensation engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. A check cashing store does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company.
(K) CLOSED CUP FLASHPOINT. The lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid under the most favorable conditions will give off a flammable vapor which will burn momentarily.
(L) COLLEGE. An educational institution which provides an educational program for which an associate's degree or higher degree is awarded and is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. Shall include dormitories, fraternities, sororities and other accessory buildings necessary for operation. Shall not include business colleges or trade schools when operated for profit.
(M) COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. A professional food preparation and cooking facility set up for takeout and delivery-only meals with no dine-in option. This includes but is not limited to ghost kitchens, virtual kitchens, and the like.
(N) COMMERCIAL SERVICE, GENERAL. Any establishment whose primary activity is the provision of assistance, as opposed to products, to individuals. Any service use otherwise listed in § 16-3-11 or defined herein shall not be considered a general service use.
(O) COMMISSION. The Plan Commission of the Village of Carol Stream, Illinois.
(P) COMMON AREA. An area or areas of reasonable contiguous open space available to residents of a planned development for common use. Required setbacks, parking spaces and driveways are not to be included in the determination of common area.
(Q) COMMUNITY GARDEN. A private or public facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family.
(R) COMMUNITY RESIDENCE. A single dwelling unit occupied on a relatively permanent basis in a family-like environment by a group of unrelated persons with disabilities, plus paid professional support staff provided by a sponsoring agency, either living with the residents on a 24 hour basis, or present whenever residents with disabilities are present at the dwelling; and complies with the zoning regulations for the district in which the site is located.
(S) CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. Any equipment which is used in connection with the construction, alteration, excavation, or repair of a building or of real property, including, but not limited to front loaders, trailers, cranes, plows, bulldozers and other similar equipment.
(T) CONSTRUCTION RELATED TEMPORARY USE. A temporary structure such as but not limited to a mobile home, travel trailer, truck trailer, or other structure used as an office in conjunction with a construction project.
(U) CONTIGUOUS. In actual contact.
(V) CREMATION SERVICES. A portion of a funeral home, as an accessory use, or crematory, as a primary use, used for the act of performing human cremation in compliance with state and federal regulations. The act of cremation must take place within the principal structure.
(W) CREMATORY. An establishment whose primary use is performing the act of cremation in compliance with the state and federal regulations.
(Ord. 2021-05-15, passed 5-3-2021; Ord. 2022- 01-04, passed 1-3-2022; Ord. 2023-07-32, passed 7-17-2023)