(A) The following definitions apply to the text of this chapter.
(1) The particular shall control the general.
(2) In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of these regulations and any caption, illustration, summary table or illustrative table, the text shall control.
(3) The words “shall” and “will” are always mandatory and not discretionary. The word “may” is permissive, except when the context indicates otherwise, such as in the phrase “may not”.
(4) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words used in the singular number shall include the plural; and the plural implies the singular, unless the context indicates the contrary.
(5) A “building” or “structure” includes any part thereof.
(6) The phrase “used for” includes “arranged for,” “designed for,” “intended for,” “maintained for,” or “occupied for.”
(7) The word “person” includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an incorporated association or any other similar entity.
(8) Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, where a regulation involves 2 or more items, conditions, provisions or events connected by the conjunction “and,” “or” or “either ... or,” the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) “And” indicates that all the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply;
(b) “Or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply separately or in any combination;
(c) “Either ... or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply separately but not in combination;
(9) The word “includes” or “including” shall not limit a term to the specified examples, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or characters;
(10) All terms defined under various sections of the county development regulations (including but not limited to zoning, adequate public facilities, forest resource, and stormwater management) or in the County Building Code, where occurring in these regulations, shall have the meanings specified in those regulations, except where specifically defined in these regulations;
(11) The word “county” means Frederick County, Maryland. The word “state” means the State of Maryland. The term “county boundary” means any exterior boundary of the county;
(12) Throughout this chapter all words, other than the terms specifically defined herein, shall have the meaning implied by their context in these regulations or their ordinarily accepted definitions.
(B) As used in this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows.
ALLEY. See ROAD AND STREETS.
APPLICATION DATE. The date on which all plans, forms, fees and other items necessary for review of an application submitted under this chapter are received by the Division.
BLOCK. An area of land containing 1 or more lots and bounded by streets providing access to such lot or lots.
BOARD OF APPEALS. The Frederick County Board of Appeals.
BOUNDARY SURVEY. A means of marking real property for sufficient definition and identification to uniquely locate each lot, parcel, or tract. The purpose of a boundary survey is to establish, reestablish, or describe, or all of these, the physical position and extent of the boundaries of real property.
BUILDING DEVELOPMENT. The improvement of land by the addition thereto of structures.
BUILDING ENVELOPE. The area formed by the front, side and rear building restriction lines or setbacks in which the principal buildings must be located. The building envelope shall not include other setbacks, such as stream or floodplain setbacks and buffers, as specified in the Zoning Regulations in Chapter 1-19 of the County Code.
BUILDING RESTRICTION LINE (BRL). A line beyond which the foundation walls and/or any enclosed porch vestibule or other enclosed portion of a building or structure shall not project equal to the depth of the minimum required yard for the zoning district in which the lot is located as established by the zoning regulations in Chapter 1-19 of this Code. The handle of a panhandle lot shall not be considered in determining the location of the building line.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. An annual document prepared by the county indicating county capital projects having an authorization for the current fiscal year and those capital projects which are currently planned for the following 5 year period.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT. A subdivision using varying lot sizes in group houses while maintaining the same density as a conventional subdivision within a specific zoning district.
COMBINED PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT. The final drawing, for subdivisions from 1 to 5 lots, upon which the subdivider’s plat of subdivision is presented to the Planning Commission for approval along with certain information normally shown only on the preliminary plat, as described in § 1-16-72 and which, if approved, will be recorded in the land records of the county.
COMMON DRIVEWAY. A privately owned travelway shared and maintained by 2 or more property owners for the purpose of providing ingress and egress to their properties.
COMMUNITY SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Any system serving 2 or more lots for the collection and disposal of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including various devices for the treatment of such sewage and industrial wastes.
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A source of water and a distribution system, including treatment and storage facilities, serving 2 or more lots.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A composite of mapped and written proposals to guide the systematic physical development of the county, adopted by the
county governing body, including all changes and additions thereto made under the provisions of Md. Code Ann., Land Use Article. The Comprehensive Plan includes a land use plan, a transportation plan, a community facilities plan, a recreation plan and other attendant facility plans.
CONDOMINIUM. As defined by the Maryland Condominium Act, Md. Code Ann., Real Property Article, Title 11, an ownership arrangement, not a land use; therefore, it is allowed in any district and under the same restrictions as the land uses that it comprises. A condominium shall not negate lot requirements or other requirements intended to provide adequate light, air and privacy. A condominium has all of the following characteristics:
(a) The use (the interior and associated exterior areas designated for private use in the development plan) is owned by the occupant;
(b) The unit may be any permitted dwelling type;
(c) All or a portion of the exterior open space and any community interior spaces are owned and maintained in accordance with the Condominium Act of the state and other requirements specified in the county code regarding such open spaces.
CORNER LOT. See LOT TYPES.
COUNTY COUNCIL. The County Council of Frederick County, Maryland.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE. The County Executive of Frederick County, Maryland.
COUNTY GOVERNING BODY. The County Council and County Executive of Frederick County, Maryland.
CROSSWALK. A pedestrian crosswalk affording means of pedestrian travel from 1 side of the street to the other.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short street or series of streets designed and approved as part of a subdivision or development project having but 1 end open for vehicular traffic, the other being permanently terminated by a turnaround for vehicles.
DEAD END STREET. A street or series of streets having but one end open for vehicular traffic, the other end being terminated by a temporary turnaround or by a significant manmade or natural barrier. Dead end streets include:
(a) County streets that existed as of August 18, 1976 that were not designed as dead end streets, but have become dead end streets over time, and
(b) Streets designed as part of a subdivision or development project that are not designed as permanent cul-de-sacs, but are designed to facilitate extensions to adjoining tracts with the intent of establishing a through street in the future, and
(c) Streets designed as a loop system with only one access point.
DEDICATION. The deliberate setting aside or appropriation of land by its owner for any general and public uses, reserving no other rights
than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
DEED PLOTTING. A plot plan drawn accurately based on the title or deed of the certain parcel and/or the titles or deeds of the adjoining properties.
DESIGN MANUAL. Those manuals (including any amendments or replacements) which establish criteria for the construction and design of all public improvements.
DEVELOPER or SUBDIVIDER. An individual, partnership or corporation (or agent therefor) that undertakes the responsibility for any or all of the activities covered by this chapter, particularly the designing of a subdivision or development plan or plat showing the layout of the land and the public improvements involved therein. Inasmuch as the subdivision plat is merely a necessary means to the end of assuring a satisfactory development, the term DEVELOPER is intended to include the term “subdivider,” even though the personnel involved in successive stages of the project may vary.
DEVELOP or DEVELOPMENT. Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including the subdivision of land, or the construction, alteration or expansion of buildings, structures, storm drainage facilities, roads or other public improvements.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Community Development Division or the director's designated representative.
DIVISION. The Frederick County Community Development Division.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT (THROUGH LOT). See LOT TYPES.
EASEMENT RESERVATION. A strip of land extending along a property line or across a lot for which an easement has been or is to be granted for a specific purpose or purposes. All easement reservations are to be maintained in perpetuity for intended purposes unless otherwise noted on the record plat.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
(a) Those uses listed in § 1-19-4.110 of the zoning ordinance.
(b) For the purposes of recording an outlot under this chapter, an ESSENTIAL SERVICE shall include fire, ambulance, or police stations required by the county for public health, safety, and welfare.
FINAL PLAT. The final map, drawing or chart which represents the subdivider's plan of subdivision, and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Courthouse for recording. Final plats must be in compliance with an approved preliminary plan and follow the requirements described in Article III of this chapter.
FLOODPLAIN. Those areas defined as floodplains in § 1-19-11.100 of the Frederick County Zoning Ordinance.
FORMAL APPLICATION. An application is formal at such time as the appropriate agency determines that all fees, plans and attendant documents are in proper form, content and number required by these regulations.
FRONTAGE. See LOT FRONTAGE.
FRONT LOT LINE. The lot line or lines abutting a road, except in cases of panhandle lots in which case the handle shall not be counted; and the front lot line shall be that line determined to be closest to being the most parallel to the street on which the lot has frontage.
GRAVEL SURFACE. Shall consist of a cleared, leveled, travelway that has been treated with aggregates, compacted, and may or may not also be treated with calcium chloride for the purpose of dust and erosion control.
GROSS ACRE. A commonly referred to measure of gross area. See also GROSS AREA.
GROSS AREA. All area within a subdivision plan or plat, including that intended for residential use, steep slopes, local access streets and alleys, off- street parking spaces, subdivision recreation sites, and floodplains.
GROSS DENSITY. The number of dwelling units per gross acre of a subdivision or land development.
HALF OR PARTIAL STREETS. See STREETS.
HEALTH AUTHORITY. The local health official for the county, having jurisdiction over the county health, or a duly authorized representative of the local health official.
HIGHWAY PLAN. The official plan of highways, roads and other ways adopted by the county in accordance with Md. Code Ann., Land Use Article, including all subsequent revisions of the plan.
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. A plan which contains all of the information, computations and specifications necessary to construct roads, storm drain, water lines, sanitary sewer and all other public improvements.
INDIVIDUAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM. A single system of sewers, piping, treatment tanks or other facilities serving only a single lot, and which has treatment discharge capacity of 5,000 GPD treatment or less.
INDIVIDUAL WATER SYSTEM. A single system of piping, pumps, tanks, or other facilities utilizing a source of ground or surface water to supply only a single lot and which has the capacity to supply less than 5,000 GPD capacity.
LOT. A parcel, tract or portion of land separated from other parcels, tracts or portions by separate description as on a recorded subdivision plat , or by metes and bounds, for the purpose of sale, lease, transfer of ownership or separate use.
LOT AREA. The total horizontal area included within the rear, side and front lot lines excluding any streets.
LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines of a lot.
LOT OF RECORD. Any lot legally recorded in the land records of the county as of January 24, 1977. A lot must satisfy all zoning and subdivision regulations in effect at the time the lot was recorded.
LOT TYPES. The following terminology is used in this chapter with reference to various types of lots.
(a) CORNER LOT. A lot located at the intersection of 2 or more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the
side lot lines to the foremost points of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
(b) INTERIOR LOT. Defined as a lot (other than a corner) with only 1 frontage on a street other than an alley.
(c) OUTLOT.
1. A parcel of land within a subdivision which has been included on a preliminary plan, but not designated as a buildable lot. Establishment shall only be due to the necessity of providing access to adjoining properties, a continuation of appropriate street patterns, and stormwater management facilities.
2. A parcel of land created for the sole purpose of being used for an approved governmental use and those uses defined as "essential services" in this chapter.
(d) PANHANDLE LOT. A polygonal shaped lot with the appearance of a “frying pan” or “flag and staff’ in which the handle is most often used as the point of access to a street or road. The “handle,” when less than the minimum width for a building lot in the zoning district in which it is located, is not to be used in computing the minimum required area or delineating the minimum required “building envelope.” The handle must also be of a uniform width.
(e) THROUGH LOT. A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than 1 street other than an alley.
(f) TAPER LOT. A lot in which the side lot lines emanating from the street do not break in direction before the minimum lot width is achieved. If the side lot lines break before the minimum lot width is achieved, then the lot will be defined as a panhandle lot, except where side lot line breaks are necessitated by proposed septic area and well locations.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION. Any subdivision that would bring the total number of lots off the original parcel to 6 or more (not including the remainder parcel).
MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE. As established by the zoning regulations in Chapter 1-19 of this Code, the least permissible width of a lot line abutting a street.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. A building line, the least permissible width of a lot measured horizontally along the front building line.
MINOR SUBDIVISION. Any subdivision containing not more than 5 lots off the original parcel (not including the remainder parcel).
MOBILE HOME. A portable dwelling unit designed and built to be towed on its own chassis, comprised of frame and wheels, connected to utilities and designed without a permanent foundation for year- round living. A unit may contain parts that may be combined, folded, collapsed or telescoped when being towed and expanded later to provide additional cubic capacity. It must be listed by the state as a mobile home. This does not include modular or sectional homes as classified by the state.
MOBILE HOME PARK. Any site, lot or parcel of groups maintained or intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for 2 or more mobile homes for living quarters and including all buildings, structures, vehicles, accessories and appurtenances used or intended as equipment in such a park.
OPEN SPACE. An area designated on a preliminary plan or final plat as an area where development is prohibited, except for recreational facilities owned, maintained, and utilized solely by the home owners association. An OPEN SPACE is an area of a subdivision that is generally reserved for passive or active recreation, or as otherwise permitted or required by this chapter or Chapter 1-19.
ORIGINAL AGRICULTURAL TRACT. An agriculturally zoned tract of land described in the county land records as of August 18, 1976. The term ORIGINAL AGRICULTURAL TRACT shall be used for the purpose of determining the number of lot(s) permitted to be recorded from an agriculturally zoned tract of land in accordance with § 1-16-162 of this chapter, and shall not be used to determine major/minor subdivision status or applicability of the adequate public facilities ordinance.
ORIGINAL PARCEL. A lot, tract or parcel of land as it existed by deed or plat description on April 6, 1965 (the date of the original adoption of these regulations) by the Board of County Commissioners.
OUTLOT. See LOT TYPES.
OWNER. The person, partnership, corporation, company or other legal entity holding current legal title.
PANHANDLE LOT. See LOT TYPES.
PAVED SURFACE. Shall consist of bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete on a prepared base or subgrade.
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. See PUBLIC WORKS AGREEMENT.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Frederick County Planning Commission.
PLAT. See SURVEY PLAT.
PRELIMINARY PLAN. The preliminary drawings and supplementary material indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Commission for its consideration.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. That construction or assembly of materials which combine to form an occupiable building, dwelling or dwellings, the intent of which is to provide for the main function of the principal structure. Accessory buildings attached to principal structure either directly or by breezeway will also be considered principal structure.
PRIVATE COURT. A privately owned vehicular right-of-way in multifamily residential developments designated for ingress, egress and parking.
PUBLIC. Open to common use, whether or not public ownership is involved.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Any of the following: streets, with or without curbs and gutters, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, crosswalks, water mains; sanitary sewers, storm drainage systems and stormwater management facilities, with appurtenant construction; or screen planting, street trees, street lighting and street signs.
PUBLIC WORKS AGREEMENT or PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. A contract, between the developer and the county, to complete the necessary improvements in accordance with approved plans and specifications by a given date; such contract to be guaranteed by a certified check, cash or an irrevocable letter of credit from a bank or other accredited institution, or other means as approved by the County Attorney.
REAR LOT LINE. The lot line or lines generally opposite or parallel to the front lot line, except in a through lot. If the rear lot line is less than 10 feet long or the lot comes to a point at the rear, such rear lot line is assumed to be a line not less than 10 feet long, lying wholly within the lot, parallel to the front lot line, or in the case of a curved front lot line, parallel to the chord of the arc of such front lot line.
REMAINDER. The portion of an original agricultural tract or original parcel that remains following the recordation of lot(s) off the original agricultural tract or original parcel. An original agricultural tract or original parcel shall have no more than 1 designated remainder.
RESERVATION. The assignment of land by a subdivider for a specified use, to be held for that use and no other to a future time.
RESUBDIVISION. A further division or modification of an existing subdivision either previously approved by the Planning Commission and recorded or recognized by the Planning Commission and recorded in either the land or plat record of the county. Resubdivision or modification of existing lots shall conform with the current zoning of the property, the Comprehensive Plan, and shall fully conform with the subdivision regulations.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land designated for the use of a street, highway, driveway, alley or walkway, or for any drainage or public utility purpose or other similar uses.
ROAD. See STREET.
SCD. Soil Conservation District.
SETBACK. Same as BUILDING RESTRICTION LINE.
SIDE LOT LINE. Any lot line other than a front lot line or a rear lot line.
SIDEWALK. A walkway for pedestrian traffic only, placed generally parallel to a street or highway and within the street right-of-way.
SIGHT DISTANCE. Visual distance both vertically and horizontally along a road or at intersection.
SIGNIFICANT TREE(S). Native trees that are 30 inches or greater in diameter; trees that are rare, threatened, or endangered tree species; trees that are currently used as habitat for rare, threatened, or endangered species; trees that are part of or are associated with a historic site or structure; trees that have been designated by the state or the Division as a national, state, or county champion tree or are 75% or more of the diameter of the current state champion tree of that species; trees that are historically, socially, or culturally important to a community.
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN or SITE PLAN. The plan indicating the location of existing and proposed buildings, structures, paved areas, stormwater management, water and sewer utilities, walkways, vegetative cover, landscaping and screening within a site proposed for development which is to be submitted to the Planning Commission or, where allowed, the Planning Commission's authorized representatives for approval prior to the release of building permits on the site. See § 1-19-3.300 et seq.
SKETCH PLAT. A sketch indicating to the Division the subdivider’s general objectives and desires in regard to the future development of the land.
STABILIZED SURFACE. Shall consist of a cleared, leveled travelway with an aggregate base course that has been treated with a bituminous emulsion seal coat. The bituminous emulsion seal coat is then covered with a layer of stone chips. This surface is typically referred to as a tar-and-chip surface and is commonly applied in a 2-step field process.
STEEP SLOPE. Areas that contain slopes over 25% and are characterized by increased run-off, erosion and sediment hazards.
STREET, ROAD or HIGHWAY. A public way for vehicular traffic of such width, design, construction and specifications as the Highway Plan and regulations now require or might hereafter require. A public right-of-way which
provides primary access to abutting properties. The term also applies to rights-of-way under county ownership prior to the enactment of these regulations. The county’s highways and streets are classified according to the Comprehensive Plan (highway section) into 1 of the following.
(a) RESIDENTIAL LOCAL ACCESS STREET. This is the lowest order street in the hierarchy. It is intended to carry the least amount of traffic at the lowest speed and provide the safest and most desirable environment for a residential neighborhood. Developments shall be designed so that the maximum number possible of homes will front on this classification of streets.
(b) RESIDENTIAL SUBCOLLECTOR STREET.. This is the middle order street in the residential hierarchy. It will carry more traffic than the residential access street, have lot access and provide for through traffic and on-street parking. It shall provide an acceptable if not an optimum environment for a residential neighborhood.
(c) RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREET. This is the highest order street that could be classed as residential. It will carry the largest volume of traffic at higher speeds. In large residential developments, this class of street may be necessary to carry traffic from one neighborhood to another or from the neighborhood to streets connecting to other areas in the community. This level of street is unsuitable for providing direct access to homes and such access shall be avoided.
(d) SPECIAL PURPOSE STREETS (RESIDENTIAL). Under special circumstances, a new residential street may be classified and defined as 1 of the following.
1. ALLEY. A special type of street which provides a limited (i.e., access to parking or trash collection, cut-through) secondary means of access to lots. It will normally be on the same level in the hierarchy as a residential access street, although different design standards will apply. Refer to § 1.01.12 of the Design Manual.
2. MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. A marginal access street is a street parallel and adjacent to a collector or higher level street which provides access to abutting properties and separation from through traffic. It may be designed at the level of a residential access street or a residential subcollector as anticipated traffic volumes will dictate.
3. MEDIAN DIVIDED STREETS. For the purpose of protecting environment and aesthetic features or avoiding excessive grading, or to provide tow points of ingress/egress in case of long cul-de-sac, the county may require that the street be divided. In such a case, the Design Standards shall be applied to the aggregate dimensions of the 2 street segments.
(e) NONRESIDENTIAL STREETS.
1. COLLECTORS. Primarily provide intra-county access. They are spaced to connect residential and employment populations with like generators. The rural collectors provided service to the scattered smaller communities and the commercial and industrial collectors accumulate traffic from local urban streets.
2. ARTERIALS. Provide the primary access to the expressway system and supplement the system by providing inter- and intra-county access through the more rural areas. Efficient movement is the primary function of arterial roads; hence, private access and frontage shall be controlled and limited to high volume generators of vehicle trips.
3. FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS. Limited access interregional arterial routes (“superhighways”). They are designed exclusively for unrestricted movement, have no private access and intersect only with selected arterial highways or major streets by means of interchanges engineered for free-flowing movement.
(f) EXISTING STREETS. Each street abutting or affecting the design of a subdivision or land development which is not already classified in the Comprehensive Plan shall be classified to its function,
design and use by the county at the request of the applicant or during plan review. The classification of existing streets shall include the hierarchy noted above or classification of higher order as determined by the county.
STRUCTURE. Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVIDER. See DEVELOPER.
SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into 2 or more lots, plats, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or for building development. It includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of resubdividing or to the land or territory subdivided.
SURVEY. The process of conducting research, performing field measurements and observations, and applying mathematical principles to determine or obtain the data necessary to record, display or indicate, or all of these, land boundaries, land areas, and the position and characteristics of any natural or artificial, or both, features on or near the surface of the earth.
SURVEYOR. A professional land surveyor, a licensed property line surveyor, or an individual otherwise authorized to practice professional land surveying or property line surveying as stated in Md. Code Ann., Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 15.
SURVEY PLAT. A drawing prepared at an appropriate scale to show the results of the findings and conclusions of a survey. A survey plat must be based on a boundary survey and show accurately to scale the results of the field survey and office computations which will portray the size and shape of a certain parcel of land.
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A group composed of county staff members, and, where appropriate, staff members of the State Highway Administration, County Health Department, County Soil Conservation District and any other department or agency concerned with development. See § 1-16-27.
TRAVELWAY. The vehicle-traveled portion of any road surface, exclusive of the immediately adjacent drainage ditches, embankments, or grass shoulders not typically intended to handle daily traffic. Improved shoulders (gravel, stabilized, or paved) capable of handling occasional traffic or parking can be considered part of the travelway.
WALKWAY. As distinguished from a sidewalk and a crosswalk which are incorporated in a street right-of-way, a WALKWAY is a pedestrian right-of-way usually extending from a street into a block or across a block to another street.
WET SOILS. Soils set forth in the “Soils Interpretation and Water Features Report” as extracted from the Frederick County, Maryland Soils Survey Supplement Text and Tables published by the Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts (issued in 2001 or as amended).
YARD. An area on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, lying between the building, or outer building of a group, and the nearest lot or street line, and unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as provided for in Chapter 1-19 of this Code.
(1959 Code, § 38A-80, 38A-81) (Ord. 76-1-61, 1-12-1976; Ord. 78-11-109, 4-3-1978; Ord. 79-10-136, 5-8-1979; Ord. 80-15-167, 6-10-1980; Ord. 81-44-234, 12-22-1981; Ord. 83-18-285, 6-14-83; Ord. 92-14-049, 7-7-1992; Ord. 93-05-069, 2-2-1993; Ord. 94-11-106, 6-21-1994; Ord. 96-17-169, 8-6-1996; Ord. 08-26-502, 10-14-2008; Ord. 10-23-558, 10-19-2010; Ord. 12-25-620, 9-27-2012; Ord. 14-23-678, 11-13-2014)