For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. A building on the same lot with the main or principal structure, or the main or principal use, either detached from or attached to the main or principal structure, and is subordinate to and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main or principal structure or the main or principal use.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. A structure on the same lot with the main or principal structure, or the main or principal use, either detached from or attached to the main or principal structure, and is subordinate to and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main or principal structure or the main or principal use.
ACCESSORY USE. A use on the same lot, incidental and subordinate to the main or principal use or the main or principal structure.
ADMINISTRATOR. The principal person authorized by the County Board to carry out the provisions of this chapter; the Administrator of the County Department of Planning and Zoning.
AGRICULTURE. Land, or land, buildings and structures, the principal uses of which are growing of farm or truck garden crops and one or more of the following: dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture or animal and poultry husbandry, and accessory uses customarily incidental to agricultural activities including, but not limited to, the farm dwelling, dwellings for tenant farmers and full-time hired farm workers and dwellings or lodging rooms for seasonal workers. All buildings and structures housing poultry or livestock shall be located no nearer than 200 feet from a residence district boundary line.
AIRPORT. Any area of land which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft; and any appurtenant areas which are used for or intended for the use of airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way including all necessary taxiways, pads, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary accessory buildings and open spaces. AIRPORT does not include a private landing strip.
ALLEY. A special public right-of-way affording only secondary access to abutting properties.
ALTERATION. A change in size, shape, character, occupancy or use of a building or structure.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL. Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION. A building, or portion thereof or premises used for dispensing, or offering for sale at retail, gasoline when stored only underground in tanks, kerosene, lubricating oil or grease, for operation of automobiles, and where tires, batteries and similar automobile accessories may be offered for sale on the premises at retail, including minor services and installations customarily incidental thereto; and facilities. Open storage shall be limited to no more than four vehicles stored for minor repair. The storage shall not exceed 72 hours duration and shall not permit storage of wrecked vehicles for more than 15 days.
AWNING. A roof-like mechanism, retractable in operation and covered with flexible textured material, which projects from the wall of a building.
BASE FLOOD. The flood having 1% probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The BASE FLOOD is also known as the 100-YEAR FLOOD. The base flood elevation at any location as is defined in this section.
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. The protection standard in the base flood according to the best, most current data available to the county. Whenever a person or party disagrees with this best available data, he, she or they may finance the detailed engineering study needed to replace the best available data and submit it to both the county and the state water survey. The county shall not be responsible or required to conduct additional engineering studies to determine a new BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
(1) The
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION for the special flood hazard areas of North Fork Salt Creek, Salt Creek, Tenmile Creek, Coon Creek and Trenkle Slough shall be as delineated on the 100-year flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study of the county’s areas prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated 9-29-1989.
(2) The base flood information for each of the remaining special flood hazard areas delineated as an “A Zone” on the Flood Insurance Rate Map shall be based on the best available data available to the county in the following order:
(a) Engineering data, based on the
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION as determined for federal, state, county or township bridge construction, or similar studies;
(b) The State Water Survey’s Floodplain Information Repository; and
(c) The 100-year flood depth calculated according to the formulas presented in Depth and Frequency of Floods in Illinois, published by the U.S. Geologic Survey.
BASEMENT. The portion of any structure located partly below the average adjoining lot grade.
BED AND BREAKFAST. An operator occupied residence providing accommodations for a charge to the public with no more than five guest rooms for rent. Breakfast shall be provided for the guest only. BED AND BREAKFAST establishments shall not include motels, hotels, boarding houses, or food service establishments.
BOARDING HOUSE (ROOMING OR LODGING HOUSE). A residential building, a portion thereof other than a motel, apartment hotel or hotel containing lodging rooms for accommodation of three or more persons who are not members of the keeper’s family and where lodging or meals or both are provided by prearrangement and for definite periods at a definite prearranged price.
BORROW PIT. A place or premises where soil, peat, sand, gravel or other material is removed by excavation or otherwise, for any purpose other than that necessary and incidental to grading or to building construction or operation on the premises.
BUILDING. A structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by at least two walls and a roof. The term includes a gas or liquid storage tank in order that the tanks will be constructed to be the same flood damage protection standards. For the purposes of the provisions of this chapter, the term shall include manufactured, modular or mobile homes, prefabricated structures, sheds on skids and other similar structures which are either affixed and/or placed upon the ground surface whether or not connected to utilities.
BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished lot grade along the front yard face of the structure to the highest point of flat roofs, to mean height level between the eaves and ridges of gables, gambrel, hip and pitch roofs, or the deck line of the mansard roofs.
CAMPS or CAMPGROUNDS. Tracts of land of a design or character suitable for and used for seasonal recreational and other similar living purposes. The tracts may have located on them a structure of a seasonal temporary or movable nature such as a cabin, hunting shelter or tent.
CLINIC. An establishment without facilities for in-patient nursing care, where one or more physicians and other medical professionals diagnose and treat human physical and/or mental ailments.
CLUB, PRIVATE. A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
COMPOST. The humus-like product of the process of composting waste, which may be used as a soil conditioner.
COMPOSTING. The biological treatment process by which microorganisms decompose the organic fraction of the waste, producing compost.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The extensively developed and evolving plan, also called a MASTER PLAN, adopted by the County Planning Commission.
CONSERVATION. Preservation of land, water, flora, fauna and cultural artifacts in their original state.
CONSUMER SERVICE. Sale of any service to individual customers for their own personal benefit, enjoyment or convenience. For example, CONSUMER SERVICES include the provisions of the personal services such as beautician and barbering service, the provision of lodging, entertainment, specialized instruction, financial service, transportation, laundry and dry cleaning services and all other similar services.
DENSITY. Number of living units per acre allowable under the schedule of district regulations.
DEVELOPMENT.
(1) Any human-made change to real estate including:
(a) Construction, reconstruction, location or placement of a building or any addition to a building valued at more than $250;
(b) Installing or placing a manufactured, modular or mobile home on a site, preparing a site for a manufactured, modular or mobile home, or installing or placing a travel trailer on a site for more than 30 days;
(c) Installing utilities, construction of roads or other similar projects;
(d) Construction or erection of levees, walls, fences, bridges or culverts;
(e) Drilling, mining, filling, dredging, grading, excavating or other non-agricultural alterations of the ground surface;
(f) Storage of materials;
(g) Any other activity which might change the direction, height or velocity of flood or surface waters; and
(h) Installing or constructing overhead or underground utilities.
(2) DEVELOPMENT does not include normal, general maintenance of existing buildings and facilities such as re-roofing; resurfacing roads; gardening, tilling and similar agricultural activities that do not involve filling, grading or the construction of levees; construction or reconstruction of public or private roads which causes no substantial change to the existing grade; the construction or installation of a farm, such as livestock, fences which do not cross or are at right angles to flowing water, however, farm activities are not exempt from required federal and state permits; the construction or installation of public highway bridges or culverts which have been approved by the State Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources, permit § 9 of 12, or the Corps of Engineer 404 permits; provided that, the accumulated effect of construction does not increase the base flood more than the state standard, but in no case more than one foot; and the construction or installation of light poles, sign posts and similar structures, sidewalks, driveways, public parks (no buildings or fences), athletic fields (no fences), properly anchored playground equipment and other similar installations built at existing grade.
DWELLING. A building or portion thereof, but not including a recreational vehicle, which is designed, intended or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family dwelling units, two-family dwelling units and multiple-family dwelling units, but not including hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses or lodging houses.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE. A building designed for or occupied by three or more families.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms in a residential building which are arranged, designed, used or intended to be used by one family, for living and sleeping purposes and which includes permanently installed complete kitchen facilities.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. Services provided by public and private utilities necessary for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal structure. These services include underground, surface or overhead gas, electrical, steam, water, sanitary sewerage, storm water drainage and communication systems and accessories thereto such as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers, pipes, catch basins, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, hydrants and the like, but not including buildings.
FAMILY. A single individual, or two or more persons related to each other by blood, marriage, legal adoption, or foster care situation, living together as a single housekeeping unit doing their own cooking, living and sleeping upon a premises, or not more than three persons, who need not be related by blood, marriage, legal adoption or foster care situation, living together as a single housekeeping unit and occupying a single dwelling unit, all exclusive of domestic servants, or a group of individuals having developmental disabilities (mental or physical handicaps) living together as a single housekeeping unit; provided that, the groups do not exceed five such persons, exclusive of staff, that the applicant or sponsoring agency demonstrates that the proposed group home has obtained a permit or license from the state and is certified to operate as a group home; and that the group homes are separated by at least 750 feet.
FLOOD. A general and temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation or the runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION (FPE). The elevation of the base flood, plus three feet, at any given location in the special flood hazard area (SFHA).
FLOODWAY. The portion of the special flood hazard area required to store and convey the base flood. The FLOODWAY is identified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map dated 9-29-1989. No development in the FLOODWAY shall cause any increase in the base flood elevation.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS. For the purpose of determining the ratio of the floor area of building to the area of the lot, the GROSS FLOOR AREA shall be the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building excluding areas used for accessory garage purposes and the basement or cellar areas as are devoted exclusively to uses accessory to the operation of the buildings. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls, including walls or other enclosures or enclosed porches.
FRONTAGE. All the property on one side of a street or highway between two intersecting streets or highways (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street or highway, or if the street or highway is dead-ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street or highway and the dead end of the street or highway.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. An accessory building or an accessory portion of the principal building which is intended and used to store private motor vehicles and other personal property, owned by members of the family or families residing upon the premises, and in which no business, service or industry is carried on; provided that not more than one-half of the space may be rented for the storage of private motor vehicles of persons not residing on the premises, except that all the space in a garage of one- or two-car capacity may be so rented. Such a garage may be used for the storage of not more than one commercial truck having a load capacity of one and one-half tons or less.
GARAGE, PUBLIC. Any building or premises, other than a private or storage garage, where motor driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced, rented, sold or stored.
GARAGE, STORAGE. A building or premises used for housing only of motor vehicles, and where no equipment or parts are sold, and vehicles are not rebuilt, serviced or repaired, hired or sold; except that, fuel, grease or oil may be dispensed within the building to vehicles stored therein.
GRADE. The highest level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building or structure.
HOME OCCUPATION. An accessory use of a dwelling unit for the gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision or sale of goods and/or services.
HOTEL. An establishment containing lodging rooms for occupancy by transient guests, but not including a boarding or rooming house. Such an establishment provides customary hotel services such as maid and bellboy service, furnishing of all laundry or linens used in the lodging rooms, and central desk with telephone.
INDUSTRIAL PARK. An unified development designed to accommodate a community of compatible and non-nuisance types of industry. INDUSTRIAL PARKS may be promoted or sponsored by private developers, community organizations or government organizations.
INSTITUTION. A building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit establishment for public use.
JUNK. Any worn out, cast off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use. An article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new shall not be considered JUNK.
KENNEL. On premises or portions thereof on which four or more dogs, cats or other household domestic animals over four months of age are kept, or on which more than two animals are maintained, bred or cared for, for remuneration or sale.
LANDING STRIP, PRIVATE. A strip of land used or intended for use for the landing and take-off of the private aircraft of the owner or lessee of the landing strip and his or her guests and accessory structures customarily incidental to the operations which may include one building for the storage and maintenance of not more than two private aircraft.
LANDSCAPE WASTE. All accumulations of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs and other materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees.
LANDSCAPE WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY. An establishment designed and intended for use as a site for the composting of waste materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees and not accessory to an operating farm.
LIGHT INDUSTRY. Industry that does not create air, sight or water pollution. Noise pollution shall be contained on the property. Incoming supplies and outgoing finished products can be shipped with minimum freight or trucking.
LODGING ROOM. A room rented as sleeping and living quarters, but without cooking facilities, and with or without an individual bathroom. In a suite of rooms, each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be counted as one LODGING ROOM.
LOT. Includes the words PARCEL, PIECE and TRACT.
LOT AREA. The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side and rear lot lines.
LOT, CORNER. A lot having at least two adjacent sides that abut either fully or partially upon dedicated streets or public ways. All sides shall be deemed to be front lot lines.
LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot measured within the lot boundaries.
LOT LINE. A property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership; except that, where any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, the LOT LINE shall be deemed to be the abutting street or alley right-of-way line.
LOT LINE, FRONT. The boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated street or public way. In the case of corner lots, both lot boundaries which are along the dedicated streets or public ways shall be deemed to be FRONT LOT LINES.
LOT LINE, REAR. The boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is approximately, parallel to the front lot line, If the rear lot line is less than ten feet in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the REAR LOT LINE shall be deemed to be a line ten feet in length within the lot parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE. Any boundary of a lot which is not a front or rear lot line.
LOT, OPEN SALES. Land used or occupied for the purpose of buying or selling merchandise stored or displayed out-of-doors prior to sale. The merchandise includes, but is not limited to, passenger cars, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles, boats, monuments, trailers and agricultural equipment.
LOT, THROUGH. A lot having two lot lines fronting on two dedicated streets or public ways which are on opposite sides of the lot, or which fronts on two dedicated streets or public ways which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot. Both streets shall be deemed to be front lot lines.
LOT WIDTH. The width of a parcel of land measured at the rear of the specified front yard.
LOT, ZONING.
(1) A single property, parcel, unit, tract, plot or otherwise designated portion of land, having principal frontage on a street which comprises a site occupied by, or intended for occupancy by one principal building or principal use together with accessory buildings and uses, yards and other open spaces required by this chapter.
(2) Also any part of single property divided by a stream with a drainage area of 20 square miles or more, an existing street or highway right-of-way, or an existing railroad right-of-way, not in a recorded subdivision, with street or highway frontage bounded by any of the following:
(a) The property line;
(b) A stream with a drainage area of 20 square miles or more;
(c) An existing street or highway right-of-way; and
(d) An existing railroad right-of-way.
(3) If the property so bounded is substandard, it shall be restricted as specified in § 155.009(F).
MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.
MEASURED DISTANCE. The nearest integral foot if a fraction is one-half foot or less, the integral foot next below shall be taken.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER.
A facility registered by the Department of Agriculture to perform activities to provide dispensing organizations with usable medical cannabis.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION.
A facility registered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire medical cannabis from cultivation centers for the purpose of legally dispensing paraphernalia, related supplies and educational materials.
MOBILE HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, in the traveling mode, which is eight feet or more in body width, or is 40 feet or more in length, or when erected on a site, is 320 square feet or more which is built on a permanent chassis and designed and intended as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. The terms MANUFACTURED HOME and HUD HOMES shall be synonymous with the term MOBILE HOME as herein defined and used herein.
MOBILE HOME PARK. An area of land or lands upon which five or more independent mobile homes are harbored either free of charge or for revenue purposes and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the mobile home park.
MODULAR HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is factory-fabricated and is designed, intended and used as a dwelling which has a minimum width of 24 feet, contains a minimum of 1,000 square feet, has a pitched roof, which has a surface of wood shakes, asphalt composition, wood shingles or other similar materials approved by the Administrator, is placed on and attached to a permanent foundation which extends to a depth greater than the frost line when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. The term MODULAR HOME shall be synonymous with such common terminology as SITE BUILT and CONVENTIONAL HOME.
MOTEL. An establishment consisting of a group of lodging rooms each with individual bathrooms and designed for use by transient guests. A MOTEL furnishes customary hotel services such as maid service and laundering of linen used in the lodging rooms, telephone and secretarial or desk service, and the use and upkeep of furniture.
MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL. A building or area of land in which freight brought by motor truck is assembled and/or sorted for routing in intrastate or interstate shipment.
MOTOR VEHICLE. A passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semi-trailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.
NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE. A structure which lawfully occupies a building site or land at the time of adoption of this chapter, or as later amended, and which does not conform with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
NON-CONFORMING USE. A use which lawfully occupies a building or land at the time of adoption of this chapter, or as later amended, and which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
NURSING HOME. An establishment for the care of the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Such a home does not contain facilities, other than for normal care and medical treatment of the occupants of the home, for surgical care, the treatment of disease or injury, obstetrics, nor does it include care of mentally ill or alcoholic patients.
PARKING SPACE. A space accessory to a use or structure for the parking of one vehicle the size of which shall be nine feet by 20 feet, exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation as such.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. A criterion established to control noise, odor, smoke, particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosion hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
PLAT. A map plan or layout showing the subdivision of land and indicating the location and boundaries of individual lots.
RECREATION SPACE. Total area in square feet which is countable as open space, but is not paved in streets, walks or driveways and is suitable for recreational pursuits. The smallest countable recreation area is 1,000 square feet. The part of a recreation area having a dimension of less than 20 feet shall not be included as countable RECREATION SPACE.
REFUSE. All waste products resulting from human habitation, except sewage.
RELATIVES. Persons standing in the relation of wife and husband, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, father or mother, brother, sister, grandchildren or grandparents.
RESEARCH LABORATORY. A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but no facilities for the manufacture of products for sale.
RETAIL SALES. Sale of any product or merchandise to customers for their own personal consumption or use, not for resale.
SALVAGE YARD. Any land or structure used for a salvaging operation including, among other things, the storage and sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal and discarded materials, and the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of unlicensed, inoperative vehicles.
SANITARY LANDFILL. A method of disposing of refuse on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety. The method must conform to state regulations.
SETBACK LINE. The building restriction line nearest the front of and across a lot establishing the minimum distance to be provided between the line of a structure located on the lot and the nearest street right-of-way line.
SHOPPING CENTERS.
(1) COMMUNITY. The COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER is generally designed and constructed to serve a population of approximately 40,000 to 80,000 persons. The facilities usually present in this type of center are a junior department store, branch banks, apparel shops, supermarkets and personal service enterprises such as beauty shops, barber shops and dry cleaners.
(2) NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBOR-HOOD CENTERS mainly serve day-to-day needs of people in their immediate vicinity. Normally, the NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER contains from five to ten stores with a supermarket as its focal point.
(3) REGIONAL. The REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER is generally designed to serve the “one-stop” customer. He or she may park his or her car once and travel to various store destinations and purchase almost everything. The REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER normally contains a major department store where a large variety of goods and services are offered. The center also usually contains professional offices, specialty shops, restaurants and perhaps amusement facilities. A maximum trade population of approximately 100,000 persons is necessary to adequately support a REGIONAL CENTER.
SIGN, ADVERTISING (BILLBOARD). A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is located, or to which it is affixed.
SIGN, BUSINESS. A sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where the sign is located, or to which it is affixed.
SIGNS. Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, trade names or trademarks by which information is made known and which are used to advertise or promote an individual, firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity or product and which is visible from any public street, highway or pedestrian way.
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA. Those lands within the jurisdiction of the county that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The SFHAs of the county’s unincorporated and incorporated areas are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated 9-29-1989, which maps are hereby adopted by reference.
STREETS. A public right-of-way providing primary access to abutting properties.
STRUCTURE. A combination of materials to form a construction for use, occupancy or ornamentation whether installed on, above or below the surface of land or water.
TENT. A structure or enclosure, the roof of which and/or one-half or more of the sides are constructed of silk, cotton, canvas fabric or a similar light material.
THOROUGHFARE. A street with a high degree of continuity which serves as an intrastate, and intra-county or inter-state highway, or as an arterial traffic way between the various districts of this county. It affords a primary means of access to abutting properties, except from thoroughfares classified as freeways or other limited access routes not containing frontage roads.
TRAILER SPACE. A parcel of land in a travel trailer parking area for the placement of a single trailer and the exclusive use of its occupants.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicle designed for recreational use and which cannot be defined as a mobile home under the terms of this chapter.
USE. The purpose of activity for which the land or building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
USE, PERMITTED. A use which may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts; provided, it conforms with all requirements, regulations and performance standards, if any, of the district.
USE, PRINCIPAL. The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. It may be either a permitted or special use.
USED. Includes ARRANGED FOR, INTENDED FOR, MAINTAINED FOR and OCCUPIED FOR.
UTILITIES. Public and private facilities including but not limited to water wells, water and sewage pumping stations, water storage tanks, power and communication transmission lines, electrical power substations, static transformer stations, telephone and telegraph exchanges, microwave radio relays and gas regulation stations, but not including sewage disposal plants, municipal incinerators, warehouse shops and storage yards.
WATERLINE. The shortest straight line at the waterfront end of a stream lot that lies wholly within the lot; provided that, not less than 75% of the length of the waterline shall be on the landward side of the normal high water mark of the stream.
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT. A business establishment engaged in selling to retailers or jobbers rather than directly to the consumers.
YARD. An open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky. A YARD extends along a line and at right angles to the lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which the lot is located.
YARD, CORNER SIDE. A side yard which adjoins a street or thoroughfare.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line between the side lot lines.
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE. A side yard which is located immediately adjacent to another lot or to an alley separating the side yard from another lot.
YARD, REAR. The portion of the yard on the same lot with the principal building, located between the rear line of the building and the rear lot line and extending for the full width of the lot; provided that, in those locations where an alley is platted in the rear of the lots, one-half of the width of the platted alley may be included in the rear yard requirement.
YARD, SIDE. A yard extending along a side lot line between the front and rear yards.
(Prior Code, § 152.005) (Ord. passed 3-9-1976; Ord. passed 8-17-1989; Ord. passed 9-14-1989; Ord. passed 6-11-1992; Ord. passed 7-13-1995; Ord. passed 8-17-1995; Ord. passed 9-14-1995; Ord. passed 7-1-2000; Ord. passed 8-30-2012; Ord. passed 7-10-2014)