The definitions shall apply as set forth in this chapter.
ACCESS: | A near, clear, and unobstructed usable approach of not less than ten feet (10') in width to a legally dedicated public way. |
ADMINISTRATOR: | The planning director, consultant, or other agent of the planning commission as duly appointed thereby; acting in a capacity of administrator. |
ALLEY: | A public thoroughfare or way twenty feet (20') or less wide, and/or a secondary means of access to abutting property. |
APARTMENT HOUSE: | The same as multiple-dwelling (see definition of Dwelling). |
AUTO SERVICE STATION: | An area used exclusively for retail sales of automotive fuels or oils, having storage tanks and pumps located thereon and including minor repairs and washing ,retail sales and food service, but not including body repairs or battery rebuilding. |
BILLBOARD: | An outdoor advertisement making a material or service known, such advertisement being remote from point of sale of such material or service. |
BOARDING HOUSE, ROOMING HOUSE, BED AND BREAKFAST: | A building or portion thereof (not a motel) where, for compensation, meals and/or lodging are provided for more than three (3) guests. |
BUILDING: | Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and used for the enclosure of persons, animals or chattels, but not including a trailer or mobile home. |
BUILDING, ACCESSORY: | A subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building, or a potential main building. |
BUILDING HEIGHT: | Vertical distance from the average level of the highest and lowest points of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the ceiling line of the topmost floor. |
BUILDING, MAIN: | A building devoted to the principal use of the lot upon which it is situated. |
BUILDING SETBACK: | The distance between the property line and the nearest portion of a building foundation on the property. |
CHILDCARE FACILITY: | As defined by NRS 432A.024. |
CLUB: | A nonprofit association of persons organized, not including a group organized for some common purpose, but solely or primarily to render a service which is usually a commercial enterprise. |
COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS: | “County”, “county commissioners”, “county clerk”, “district attorney”, “building inspector or department” and “planning commission”, mean the county, county commissioners, district attorney, building inspector or department and planning commission of, or empowered to act for, the county of Mineral, Nevada. |
DWELLING: | Any building or portion thereof, used exclusively for residential purposes but shall not include hotels, clubs, boarding houses or rooming houses, fraternity or sorority houses, institutions. |
FAMILY: | One person living alone, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, or a group not exceeding four (4) as a single housekeeping unit. |
GAMING: | Any legally constituted gambling enterprise authorized under the Nevada state Law and operated incidental to the conduct of a licensed retail business. |
GAMING ENTERPRISE DISTRICT: | An area that has been approved by a county, city or town as suitable for operating and establishment that has been issued a nonrestrictive gaming license. |
GARAGE, PRIVATE: | A space intended for or used by the private automobiles of family’s resident upon the lot. |
GARAGE, PUBLIC: | A building for the care, repair, storage or hire of motor vehicles. |
HOME OCCUPATION: | A use customarily carried on by the dwelling occupant and incidental to the primary residential purpose, providing the residential character of the property is not changed. |
HOTEL OR RESORT HOTEL: | A building occupied by guests as a temporary residence of individuals, lodged with or without meals and where there are generally no provisions for cooking in an individual unit. |
JUNKYARD: | Any space used for storage, abandonment or sale of junk, scrap material or similar waste, including dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles, other vehicles, machinery or parts. |
KITCHEN: | A room used for cooking or the preparation of food. |
LIVING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT: | A building or portion of a building, planned, designed or used as a residence for one family only, living independently of other families or persons, and having its own bathroom, kitchen and housekeeping facilities included in the unit. |
LOADING SPACE: | An off street space or berth of not less than ten feet by forty five feet (10' x 45') on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of vehicles while handling merchandise or materials. |
LOT: | A distinct part or parcel of land divided with the intent to transfer ownership or for building purposes and which abuts upon a means of legal access. |
FRONT LOT LINE: | The narrowest lot dimensions fronting a street. |
LOT DEPTH: | The distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lines. |
WIDTH OF LOT: | The distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot line. |
MASTER PLAN: | The most current Mineral County Master Plan, adopted by the Mineral County Board of Commissioners pursuant to NRS 278.230. |
MODULAR MANUFACTURED HOMES: | A “single-family” dwelling is a “manufactured home”; provided, however, it meets the following criteria: |
A. That it is built on a permanent chassis. | |
B. Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to utilities. | |
C. Transportable in one or more sections. | |
D. Eight feet or more in body width or forty (40) feet or more in body length when transported or, when erected on-site, contains 320 square feet or more. | |
E. The term includes plumbing, heating, and electrical systems of the structure. | |
F. That every manufactured home manufactured after June 15, 1976, which is sold or offered for sale in this State must bear a label of compliance issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. | |
That every manufactured home, mobile home and commercial coach which is reconstructed in this State must be certified by the Division or by a licensed engineer that it is reconstructed in compliance with the standards or their equivalent applicable at the time of original manufacture. | |
MOTEL: | Two (2) or more accommodations for sleeping within a building used mainly by transients with an individual, private on-site parking area attached or accessible to each unit. |
PARCEL OF LAND: | Any unit or contiguous units of land in the possession of or recorded as the property of one person. |
PARKING SPACE: | A permanently maintained space on a lot or parcel, suitable for the parking of one automobile, not less than eighteen feet (18') long by eight and one-half feet (81/2') wide. |
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: | Recreational vehicle means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon. or drawn by, a motor vehicle. |
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (PARK): | Any lot or parcel used for parking of two (2) or more trailers used for housekeeping, sleeping or living purposes according to NRS 482.1005. |
REQUIRED AREA: | The minimum area of a lot or parcel necessary to permit its use under the provisions of this chapter and means, for the purposes of this chapter: |
A. Any lot shown as part of a subdivision recorded as a final plat in the manner provided by law; or | |
B. Any land separated as a lot or parcel prior to adoption and effective date of original Mineral County land use ordinance, or adoption of additional zoning districts, if the area and use comply with all other regulations pertaining to district in which located. | |
C. Any lot or parcel of land which has an area not less than that required in the respective land use district. | |
REQUIRED WIDTH: | A. The average width of a lot which is shown as part of a subdivision recorded as a final map; or |
B. An average width as may be required in respective zones as herein set forth. | |
C. The average width of a parcel of land which is not part of a recorded subdivision; provided, that the person having right of possession of the parcel neither owns nor has right of possession of any contiguous parcel of property; and further provided, that the deed or contract of sale by which such property was defined is dated prior to the effective date hereof. | |
ROOM: | An un-subdivided portion of interior of dwelling, excluding bathrooms, kitchen closets, hallways and porches. |
SCHOOL: | An institution of learning, public or private, which offers instruction in several branches of learning required to be taught in public schools of the state of Nevada. |
SIDEWALK: | That portion of a street adjacent to the right of way line, usually paved, for pedestrian movement. |
SIGN: | An outdoor advertisement making a material or service known, and located at the place of sale. |
STREET: | A public thoroughfare twenty feet (20') or more in width which affords a primary means of access to abutting property. |
STRUCTURE: | Any construction except a fence, tent, trailer (mobile home) or vehicle, including signs, but not fences or walls used as fences. |
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY: | A structure intended and installed not to exceed one year’s duration and to be removed entirely at the expiration thereof. |
THOW: | A tiny house on wheels, for the purposes of these guidelines, is a structure which is intended as a full-time residence or year-round rental property and meets the following conditions: |
A. Built on a trailer that is registered with the builders local DMV. | |
B. Towable by a bumper hitch, frame towing hitch, or fifth-wheel connection. Cannot move and was not designed to be moved under its own power. | |
C. Is no more than 8'6" wide, 30' long, and 13'6" high. | |
D. Has at least seventy (70) square feet of first floor interior living space, and no more than 255 square feet. (excludes any lofts) | |
E. Includes basic functional areas that support daily routines (such as cooking, sleeping and toiletry). | |
F. Meets or exceeds the minimum standards for construction as specified in MC Ord # | |
TRAILER: | NRS 482.125 “Trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. |
YARDS: | An open space on the same lot or parcel within the building, extending from the building footprint to the nearest lot line, to be unoccupied and unobstructed except as provided in this definition. |
FRONT YARD: | A yard lying between the foundation of the building and the front lot line and extending across the full width of the lot or parcel. |
REAR YEAR: | A yard between the building and the rear lot line and extending across the full width of the lot or parcel. |
SIDE YARD: | A yard lying between the side lot line and the building and extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line. |
ZONING MAP OR MAPS: | The most current Mineral County zoning map or maps, adopted by the Mineral County Board of Commissioners pursuant to NRS 278.250. (MC Ord. 99A § 12, 1985: MC Ord. 99A § 9, 1985: MC Ord. 19A Art. 3 § A(1), 1965: Ord. 241A, 3-7-2018) |