The following words, terms and phrases, wherever they occur in this Code, shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section. Definitions shown in italics are unique to this Code and are not included in the Unified Code. Definitions provided by this section include:
(1) Abutting. Having a common border with.
(2) Access. A means of vehicular or non-vehicular approach, entry to or exit from a property, street or highway.
(3) Access, direct. A means of vehicular or non-vehicular approach, entry to, or exit from a property immediate physical connection to a road or right-of-way abutting a property.
(4) Access, secondary. A means of vehicular or non vehicular approach, entry to, or exit from property from a source other than a public street or highway.
(5) Accessory building or use:
a. Accessory Structure. A subordinate structure detached but located on the same lot of record as the principal structure, the use of which is incidental and accessory to that of the principal structure.
b. Accessory Use. A structure or use that: (a) is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a principal building or use; (b) is subordinate to and serves a principal building or a principal use; (c) is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal building or principal use served; (d) contributed to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants, business, or industry in the principal building or principal use served; and (e) is located on the same lot as the principal building or use served.
(6) Acre. 43,560 square feet.
(7) Activity center. An area which is typified by a concentration of nonresidential and/or multi- family development.
(8) Addition. Any walled or roofed expansion to the perimeter and/or height of a building which is connected by a common load-bearing wall. Any walled and roofed expansion, which is connected by a fire wall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls, is new construction.
(9) Adjacent. Abutting, or being located directly across a right of way from, a separate lot.
(10) Adequate public facilities and services. Transportation , water, sewer, stream water, parks and open space, electrical, gas, telecommunications, infrastructure and police, fire, sanitation, recreation and library services available to serve proposed development at levels of service equivalent to those being provided to existing development.
(11) Airport (land use). See Sec. 35-3409(a).
(12) Alley. A public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of premises that front on a nearby street.
(13) Appeal. A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order, or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this Code as expressly authorized by the provisions of Sec. 35-2208.
(14) Arterial street. See Street, Arterial.
(15) Automobile repair, major. General repair, rebuilding of or reconditioning of engines of any type, motor vehicles, trucks, buses or trailers. Collision service, including body work, frame or fender straightening or repair, overall painting of motor vehicles, trucks, trailers or painting booth. See Sec. 35-3408(o).
(16) Automobile repair, minor. Minor repairs, incidental body and fender work, touch-up painting and upholstering, replacement of minor parts and general tune-up service to passenger automobiles and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1½) ton capacity. See Sec. 35-3408(n).
(17) Average ground elevation. The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of a building or structure.
(18) Balcony. An outside deck located at least on the second floor or any higher floor of a building that can be cantilevered or supported on piers.
(19) Basement. A portion of a building located partly underground, but having one half or less of its floor to ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
(20) Bed and breakfast establishment (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(1).
(21) Bedroom. A room in a residence marketed, designed, or otherwise likely to function primarily for sleeping.
(22) Block. An area of land entirely bounded by any combination of streets parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
(23) Boarding house (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(l).
(24) Bufferyard. Any permitted combination of distance, vegetation, fencing and berming which results in a reduction of visual and other interaction with an adjoining property. See Sec. 35-5207.
(25) Building. Any permanently anchored structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. When a building is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls, each part shall be deemed a separate building (see structure).
(26) Building, completely enclosed. A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open space, or from other buildings or other structure, by a permanent roof and by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors.
(27) Building coverage. The percentage of a lot covered by principal and accessory buildings, including all structures with a roof.
(28) Building envelope. A component of a group development which conforms to the lot lines of developments which are not group developments, in that required minimum setback distances are measured from the building envelope line.
(29) Building front. That exterior wall of a building which faces the front lot line of the lot.
(30) Building height. The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, which ever yields a greater height of the building:
a. The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such sidewalk or ground surface is not more than 10 feet above the lowest grade.
b. An elevation 10 feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground surface described in (a) above, is more than 10 feet above the lowest grade.
c. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum of any segment of the building.
(31) Building line. A line on a lot, generally parallel to a lot line or road right of way line, located a sufficient distance therefrom to provide the minimum yards required by this Code. The building line determines the area in which buildings are permitted subject to all applicable provisions of this Code. This is also referred to as a “setback.”
(31a) Building Mounted Solar Systems. An assembly of components which captures radiant energy from the sun to provide heat, electricity, or other usable form of converted energy to onsite buildings and structures. Attached solar energy systems typically consist of an array of solar cells, photovoltaic panels, and/or thermal collectors mounted to a building, and also include inverters, batteries, and interconnection wiring.
(32) Building, principal. A building in which is conducted, or in which is intended to be conducted, the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.
(33) Building separation. The narrowest distance between two buildings. See Minimum Building Separation.
(34) Building size. The total gross floor area of a building. See Maximum Building Size.
(35) Bulk (of a building). The combination of building height, size, and location on a lot.
(36) Bulk Storage. Means the storage of flammable or combustible liquid in an above ground tank that is not for dispensing purposes. If an above ground tank is used for any bulk storage purposes, it is classified as a ‘bulk storage tank’ for the remainder of the calendar year in which it was so used.
(37) Business Districts. See Sec. 35-3306.
(38) Cafeteria, company (land use). See Sec. 35-3414(1).
(39) Caliper. A measurement of the size of a tree equal to the diameter of its trunk measurement 0.5 foot above natural grade. Used for trees in a nursery setting.
(40) Campground (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(c).
(41) Candlepower. The amount of light that will illuminate a surface one-foot distant from a light source to an intensity of one foot-candle. Maximum (peak) candlepower is the largest amount of candlepower emitted by any lamp, light source, or luminaire.
(42) Caretaker's residence. A dwelling unit which is used exclusively by either the owner, manager, or operator of a principal permitted use and which is located on the same parcel as the principal use. See Sec. 35-3417(a).
(43) Carport. A roofed structure providing space for the parking of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more than three sides.
(44) Cellar. That portion of the building having more than one-half of the floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
(45) Centerline Offset. The distance between the centerlines of two roughly parallel streets, measured along the third street with which both said "parallel" streets intersect.
(46) Central Business District “B-2.” See Sec. 35-3309.
(47) Certificate of Occupancy. See Sec. 35-2104.
(47a) Charging Level. The standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage at which an electric vehicle’s battery is recharged. Typical electric vehicle charging levels and specifications are:
a. Level 1: AC slow battery charging. The charging station delivers electric power to a vehicle’s charging module which converts the AC power to DC power and delivers it to the battery. Voltage is one hundred twenty (120) volts.
b. Level 2: AC medium battery charging. The charging station delivers electric power to a vehicle’s charging module which converts the AC power to DC power and delivers it to the battery. Voltage is between two hundred eight (208) volts for commercial use and two hundred forty (240) volts for residential use.
c. Level 3: DC fast or quick battery charging. Sometimes referred to as “DC fast.” 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 four hundred eighty (480) volts.
(47b) Charging Station. A location to access electric vehicle supply equipment for the transfer of electric energy by conductive or inductive means to a battery or other rechargeable energy storage system in an electric vehicle. For a charging station(s) as a principal use, see “sales or service in-vehicle.” Sec. 35-3408(g). For a charging station(s) as an accessory use, see “Accessory Residential Land Uses” (Sec. 35-3411) or “Accessory Commercial Land Uses” (Sec. 35-3414).
Types of charging stations include:
a. Private Charging Station: A charging station that is: 1) privately owned and has restricted access (e.g., single-family home, executive parking, designated employee parking, etc.), or 2) publicly owned and has restricted access (e.g., fleet parking with no access to the general public).
b. Public Charging Station: A charging station that is: 1) publicly owned and publicly available (e.g., park and ride, public parking lots, on-street parking, etc.), or 2) privately owned and publicly available (e.g., shopping center parking, non-reserved parking in multi-family parking lots, etc.).
(48) Clear cutting (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(e).
(49) Clerestory window. A window in which the lowest glassed area is a minimum of 7 feet above the level of the floor located directly under the window.
(50) Climax tree. A tree that would occupy the uppermost canopy of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are often referred to as shade trees. Examples include hickory, oak, maple, etc. See Appendix A.
(51) Collector street. See Street, Collector.
(52) Commercial animal boarding (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(p).
(53) Commercial indoor lodging (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(j).
(54) Commercial vehicle. Any motor vehicle used for business or institutional purposes or having painted thereon or affixed thereto a sign identifying a business or institution or a principal product or service of a business or institution. Agricultural equipment used as part of a permitted agricultural principal use shall not be considered as a commercial vehicle.
(55) Common Ownership. Common ownership shall be defined as lands that both share a common boundary and are singly owned by one individual, jointly owned by a married couple including that individual, owned by a partnership or corporation in which that individual was a member, or any combination. Lands shall be considered to share a common boundary even if they are divided by a public road or navigable waterway, or if they connect at only one point.
(56) Communication Tower (land use). See Sec. 35-3502.
(Ord. No. 3003-2008; repealed Sec. 35-1203(54); enacted new Sec. 35-1203(54); 01/22/08)
(57) Community Business District “B-3.” See Sec. 35-3310.
(58) Community character. The impression which an area makes in regard to the type, intensity, density, quality, appearance, and age of development.
(59) Company provided on site recreation (land use). See Sec. 35-3414(3).
(60) Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Moline, Illinois, currently in effect, and as subsequently amended. The Comprehensive Plan is a policy guide, advising decisions regarding the physical development of the community. The Comprehensive Plan also encompasses the one and one-half mile extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City as authorized by 65 Illinois 5/11-12-15. The Comprehensive Plan is a guide and subject to change as warranted to address new situations.
(61) Conservation District “C-2.” See Sec. 35-3209.
(62) Construction, start of. The installation of foundation footings and/or materials for road construction.
(63) Contractor's on-site equipment storage (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(d).
(64) Contractor's project office (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(e).
(65) Cross-slope. The degree of inclination measured across a right-of-way rather than in the direction traffic moves on said right-of-way.
(66) Cul-de-Sac. A street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and having the other end permanently terminated by a turn-around for vehicles; the term may also be used to refer solely to the turn-around.
(67) Cultivation (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(a).
(68) Curb and Gutter, Integral. The rim forming the edge of a street plus the channel for leading off surface water, constructed of poured concrete as a single facility.
(69) Day Care. See family day care home, intermediate day care home, or group day care center.
(70) Deck. An outside porch without a roof (not necessarily attached to a wall), whose floor is built on a foundation, piers, or blocks, as a distinct structure requiring a building permit, above ground grade, limited to a maximum height of the adjacent first floor level in the dwelling. It is not allowed at any higher level than above ground grade, to avoid the deck floor from creating a de-facto roofed porch underneath; but a deck can be located on the existing roof of dwellings and garages.
(71) Dedication or Dedicate. The transfer of property interest from private to public ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of fee simple interest or of a less than fee simple interest, including without limitation, an easement.
(72) Density. A term used to describe the number of dwelling units per acre.
(73) Developer. The legal or beneficial owner(s) of a lot or parcel of any land proposed for inclusion in a development, including an optionee or contract purchaser.
(74) Development. The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any buildings; any use or change in use of any buildings or land; any extension of any use of land; or any clearing, grading, or other movement of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to this Code.
(75) Development option(s). The type of residential or nonresidential development as categorized by the proportion of the site devoted to permanently protected green space.
(76) Development pad. The area of a lot where site disruption will occur, including building areas, paved areas, yards and other areas on non-native vegetation, and areas devoted to septic systems.
(77) Disposal land use(s). See Sec. 35-3410(f).
(78) Drainage. The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff, to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after development, and the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
(79) Drainageway. Drainageways are non navigable, above ground watercourses, detention basins and/or their environs which are identified by the presence of one or more of the following: (a) All areas within 75 feet of the ordinary high water mark of a “perennial stream” as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the City of Moline and its environs; (b) All areas within 50 feet of the ordinary high water mark of an “intermittent stream” or “open channel drainageway” as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the City of Moline and its environs. See Sec. 35-4107.
(80) Drainage structure (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(b).
(81) Drip line. Outer perimeter edge of a tree canopy as transferred perpendicularly to ground level.
(82) Drive-in theater (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(l).
(83) Dryland access. A vehicular access route which is above the regional flood elevation and which connects land located in the floodplain to land which is outside the floodplain, such as a road with its surface above the regional flood elevation and wide enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles.
(84) Duplex. See Sec. 35-3405(d).
(85) Dwelling. A building or one or more portions thereof, containing one or more dwelling units, but not including habitations provided in nonresidential uses such as lodging uses and commercial campgrounds.
(86) Dwelling, attached. A dwelling joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a shared wall or walls.
(87) Dwelling, detached. A dwelling entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
(88) Dwelling unit. One or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for a family, or for a community residence, as a single housekeeping unit. A dwelling unit includes bathroom and kitchen facilities in addition to sleeping and living areas.
(89) Dwelling unit separation. The narrowest distance between two dwelling units. See Minimum dwelling unit separation.
(90) Easement. Written authorization, recorded in the Rock Island County Recorder of Deeds’ office, from a landowner authorizing another party to use any designated part of the land owner’s property for a specified purpose.
(90a) Electric Vehicle. “Electric Vehicle” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): An automotive-type vehicle for on-road use, such as passenger automobiles, buses, truck, vans, neighborhood electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and the like, primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from a rechargeable storage battery, fuel cell, photovoltaic array, or other source of electric current. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are considered electric vehicles. For the purpose of this chapter, off-road, self-propelled electric vehicles, such as industrial trucks, hoists, lifts transports, golf carts, airline ground support equipment, tractors, boats and the like, are not considered electric vehicles.
(90b) Electric Vehicle Connector. “Electric Vehicle Connector” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): A device that, by insertion into an electric vehicle inlet, establishes an electrical connection to the electric vehicle for the purpose of power transfer and information exchange. This device is part of the electric vehicle coupler.
(90c) Electric Vehicle Coupler. “Electric Vehicle Coupler” as defined by the most recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): A mating electric vehicle inlet and electric vehicle connector set.
(90d) Electric Vehicle Inlet. “Electric Vehicle Inlet” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): The device on the electric vehicle into which the electric vehicle connector is inserted for power transfer and information exchange. This device is part of the electric vehicle coupler. For the purposes of this chapter, the electric vehicle inlet is considered to be part of the electric vehicle and not part of the electric vehicle supply equipment.
(90e) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. “Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): The conductors, including the ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatus installed specifically for the purpose of transferring energy between the premises wiring and the electric vehicle.
(90f) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Infrastructure. The electrical infrastructure necessary to support future installation of electric vehicle supply equipment, including, but not be limited to, the design load placed on electrical panels and service equipment to support the additional electrical demand, the panel capacity to support additional feeder/branch circuits, raceways, and wiring.
(91) Electromagnetic radiation standards. See Sec. 35-5411.
(92) Elevated Building. A non basement building built to have its lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings columns (post and piers), shear walls, or breakaway walls.
(93) Entertainment, adult. See Sec. 35-3408(m).
(94) Entertainment, indoor. See Sec. 35-3408(k).
(95) Entertainment, outdoor. See Sec. 35-3408(l).
(96) Environmental control facility. Any facility, temporary or permanent, which is reasonably expected to abate, reduce, or aid in the prevention, measurement, control or monitoring of noise, air, or water pollutants, solid waste or thermal pollution, radiation or other pollutants, including facilities installed principally to supplement or to replace existing property or equipment not meeting or allegedly not meeting acceptable pollution control standards or which are to be supplemented or replaced by other pollution control facilities.
(97) Environs (of the City of Moline). The area in which the City of Moline exercises extraterritorial powers.
(98) Erosion. The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, and/or gravity.
(99) Essential services. The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, elevated and underground water storage tanks, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare but not including buildings.
(99a) EV-Installed. Having all necessary electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure and electric vehicle supply equipment installed for Level 2 or Level 3 electric vehicle charging.
(99b) EV-Ready. Having electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure installed that at least provides conduit for a dedicated branch circuit originating at the service equipment and terminating at a receptacle, junction box, or electric vehicle supply equipment adjacent to the parking space for Level 2 or Level 3 electric vehicle charging.
(100) Exterior communication devices (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(c).
(101) Exterior light fixture. An outdoor artificial illuminating device, either permanent or portable, used for illumination or advertisement of parking lots, architecture, signage, landscaping, entryways, or areas requiring security. See Division 3 of Article V for illumination standards.
(102) Extraction use (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(j).
(103) Extraterritorial area. The area outside of the City limits in which the City of Moline may exercise extraterritorial powers of planning, land division, and/or zoning review.
(104) Family. One or more persons each related to them by blood, marriage, or adoption (including foster children), together with such relative of the respective spouses who are living with the family in a single dwelling and maintaining a common household. A family may also be composed of not to exceed three persons not so related, provided that such unrelated persons live in a single dwelling and maintain a common household and single household unit. A family includes any domestic servants and not more than one gratuitous guest residing with said family; such servants or guest shall be included in the unrelated persons attained by this definition, and shall not be in addition thereto.
(105) Family day care home (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(2).
(106) Fence. A structure, other than a building, which is an artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials or plantings/shrubbery planted or erected to enclose or screen areas of land. Decorative corner treatments which do not exceed six (6) feet in length and three (3) feet in height are not considered fences if such treatments are fifty (50) percent open. See Sec. 35-5209 for fencing standards.
(107) Filling (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(d).
(108) First habitable floor. The top surface above an unfinished basement, cellar, or crawl space that is intended for living quarters.
(109) Floodplain and related topics. See Chapter 13 of the Moline Code of Ordinances.
(110) Floor area. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building including interior balconies, mezzanines, basements and attached accessory buildings, fitting rooms, stairs, escalators, unenclosed porches, detached accessory buildings utilized as dead storage, heating and utility rooms, inside off-street parking or loading space. Measurements shall be made from the inside of the exterior walls and to the center of interior walls.
(111) Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The ratio calculated by dividing the total floor area of all buildings on a site by the Gross Site Area. See Maximum floor area ratio.
(112) Food Truck. A self-contained motorized vehicle used for mobile food services.
(113) Food Truck Park. An outdoor lot with the capacity for two or more food truck vendors to congregate to offer food or beverages for sale to the public for immediate consumption.
(114) Foot-candle. A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one (1) foot from a uniform point source of one candle.
(115) Freestanding Solar Systems. An assembly of components which captures radiant energy from the sun to provide heat, electricity, or other usable form of converted energy to onsite buildings and structures. Freestanding solar energy systems typically consist of an array of solar cells, photovoltaic panels, and/or thermal collectors mounted to the ground or a pole or similar support structure, or a minor accessory structure, and also include inverters, batteries, and interconnection wiring. This description shall exclude solar panels on lawful traffic control equipment and also exclude solar panels up to 18 square feet in size on standalone devices such as signs, lighting, security equipment, or emergency telephones, provided that such devices comply with all other applicable codes and regulations.
(116) Freight terminal (land use). See Sec. 35-3409(c).
(117) Frontage. The boundary of a lot along a street.
(118) Frontage Road. A minor street fronting on an arterial street or highway (usually a limited access highway), used for access to abutting lots.
(119) Garage (private). A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used primarily for storing passenger vehicles, trailers or one (1) truck of a rated capacity not in excess of eight thousand (8,000) pounds.
(120) Gas station. See sales or service in-vehicle. Sec. 35-3408(g).
(121) General Agricultural District “AG-2.” See Sec. 35-3210.
(122) General floor plans. A graphic representation of the anticipated utilization of the floor area within a building or structure, but not necessarily as detailed as construction plans.
(123) General Industrial District “I-2.” See Sec. 35-3314.
(124) General temporary outdoor sales (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(h).
(125) Glare. The brightness of a light source which causes eye discomfort, to a healthy observer, such as the zoning administrator. See Sec. 35-5302 for glare standards.
(126) Grade. The degree of inclination of the site or right-of-way, expressed as a percentage. Synonym for "slope."
(127) Green Space Ratio (GSR). The percentage of the gross site area which is preserved as permanently protected green space. Green space ratio is calculated by dividing the area of permanently protected green space by the gross site area.
(128) Gross density. The result of dividing the number of dwelling units located on a site by the gross site area. See Maximum gross density.
(129) Gross floor area. The total floor area on all levels of a building.
(130) Gross Site Area (GSA). The total area of a site available for inclusion in calculations of the maximum permitted density or intensity of development.
(131) Ground floor area. The floor area of the first habitable floor.
(132) Group day care center (land use). See Sec. 35-3411.
(133) Group development. See Sec. 35-3419.
(134) Group/Institutional Residential (land use). See Sec. 35-3405 (m)(1) and (2).
(135) Habitable buildings. Any building, or portion thereof used for human habitation.
(136) Hardship, Undue. See Undue Hardship.
(137) Hazardous material or substance. Any substance or material that, by reason of its toxic, caustic, corrosive, abrasive or otherwise injurious properties, may be detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise coming into contact with such material or substance. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a list of hazardous materials based upon corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. Hazardous substances include, but are not limited to, inorganic mineral acids or sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, nitrogen, chromium, phosphorous, selenium and arsenic and their common salts, lead, nickel, and mercury and their inorganic salts, or metallo-organic derivatives; coal, tar acids, such as phenol and cresols and their salts, and all radioactive materials.
(138) Heat standards. See Sec. 35-5506.
(139) Height of structure. See Building Height.
(140) Heliport (land use). See Sec. 35-3409(a).
(141) Holding zone. A zoning district designed to limit development potential until adequate public services and infrastructure are provided.
(142) Home occupation (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(3) and (4).
(143) Hotel. See lodging.
(144) Husbandry (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(f).
(145) Illinois Quad Cities Unified Zoning Code. A document authored by the Bi-State Regional Commission dated May 2002. Also referred to as the Unified Code.
(146) Impervious surface. Areas designed and installed to prohibit infiltration of stormwater. Homes, buildings, and other structures, as well as concrete, brick, asphalt, gravel and similar paved surfaces are considered impervious. Areas with “landscaped pavers” that are ninety (90) percent impervious, which are intended for vehicular traffic are considered to be impervious.
(147) Improvements. Same as “Public Improvement.”
(148) Improvement Plan. Engineering plans showing the design and construction details for infrastructure and improvements to be installed in, or in conjunction with, a development.
(149) Indoor commercial entertainment (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(k).
(150) Indoor institutional (land use). See Sec. 35-3407.
(151) Indoor sales (land use). See Sec. 35-3408.
(152) Indoor sales accessory to light industrial use (land use). See Sec. 35-3416.
(153) Indoor storage (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(b).
(154) Indoor wholesaling (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(b).
(155) Industrial Districts. See Sec. 35-3312.
(156) Infill development. Development located in areas which are largely developed already.
(157) Institutional, indoor – daycare center (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(e).
(158) Institutional, indoor – general (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(f).
(159) Institutional, indoor – intensive (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(g).
(160) Institutional, outdoor (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(d).
(161) Institutional residential development (land use). See Sec. 35-3405.
(162) Institutional Residential (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(m).
(163) Intensity. A term used to describe the amount of gross floor area or landscaped area, on a lot or site, compared to the gross area of the lot or site.
(164) Intensive agricultural (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(g).
(165) Interpretation. See Sec. 35-1108 for application procedures.
(166) Intersection. The point at which two or more rights-of-way (generally streets) meet.
(167) In vehicle sales (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(g).
(168) In vehicle service (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(g).
(169) Junkyard (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(e).
(170) Kennel, private residential (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(5).
(171) Landscape point. See Sec. 35-5202.
(172) Landscaped area. The area of a site which is planted and continually maintained in vegetation, including grasses, flowers, herbs, garden plants, native or introduced groundcovers, shrubs, bushes, and trees. Landscaped area includes the area located within planted and continually maintained landscaped planters.
(173) Landscape Surface Area Ratio (LSR). The percentage of the gross site area or lot area which is preserved as permanently protected landscaped area.
(174) Land use. The type of development and/or activity occurring on a piece of property.
(175) Lawn care (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(f).
(176) Legal objector. The owner of a lot, parcel, or tract of land, which is next to a lot, parcel, or tract of land, for which a special use is proposed or which is the subject of an amendment of this Code. For the purposes of this Code, a lot shall be deemed to be next to another if the lots, parcels, or tracts share a common lot boundary line in whole or in part or if a common lot boundary in whole or in part would occur if all street, highway, or alley right-of-way between such lots were excluded.
(177) Light Industrial District “I-1.” See Sec. 35-3313.
(178) Light Industrial (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(g).
(179) Light Industrial incidental to indoor sale (land use). See Sec. 35-3416(1).
(180) Lighting standards. See Division 3 of Article V.
(181) Loading standards. See Sec. 35-5101.
(182) Local street. See Street, Local.
(183) Lot. A parcel of land that: (1) is undivided by any street or private road; (2) is occupied by, or designated to be developed for, one building or principal use; and (3) contains the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to such building, use, or development, including such open spaces and yards as designed and arranged or required by this Code for such building, use, or development. A lot may or may not coincide with a “lot of record.”
(184) Lot area. The area contained within the property boundaries of a lot of record.
(185) Lot, corner. A lot situated at the junction of, and abutting on, two (2) or more intersecting streets, or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a continuous street, the interior angle of which does not exceed 135 degrees. All yards abutting streets (see definition (354) for streets) shall be enforced as required front yards.
(186) Lot depth. The average distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot.
(187) Lot, Flag. A lot with two distinct parts: (1) The flag, which is located behind another lot; and (2) the pole, which connects the flag to the street and is at any point less than the required lot width or frontage.
(188) Lot frontage. Lot width measured at the street lot line. When a lot has more than one street lot line, lot width shall be measured, and the minimum lot width required by this Code shall be provided, at each such line.
(189) Lot, interior. A lot other than a corner lot.
(190) Lot line. The property line (including the vertical plane established by the line and the ground) bounding a lot except that where any portion of a lot extends into the public-right-of way or a proposed public right-of-way, the line of such public right-of-way shall be the lot line for applying this Code.
(191) Lot line, front. A lot line that abuts a public or private street right-of-way. In the case of a lot that has two or more street frontages, the lot line along the street from which the house is addressed shall be the front lot line.
(192) Lot line, rear. In the case of rectangular or most trapezoidal shaped lots, that lot line which is parallel to and most distant from the front lot line of the lot. In the case of an irregular, triangular, or gore shaped lot, a line 20 feet in length, entirely within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front line shall be considered to be the rear lot line. In the case of lots that have frontage on more than one road or street, the rear lot line shall be selected by the property owner.
(193) Lot line, side. Any boundary of a lot, which is not a front lot line, a street side lot line, or a rear lot line.
(194) Lot line, street side. Any lot line that abuts a public or private street right-of-way which is not the front lot line.
(195) Lot of record. A platted lot or lot described in a boundary survey or in a metes and bounds description which has been approved by the City or by Rock Island County; and has been recorded in the office of the Rock Island County Recorder of Deeds.
(196) Lot, reverse corner. A corner lot where the lot width exceeds the lot depth.
(197) Lot, through. A lot which abuts two parallel public streets, or abuts two public streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot. The yard that abuts a public street and is considered its principal frontage shall be the front yard. The yard that abuts a public street and is not considered its principal frontage shall be the rear yard, with the exception that a front yard(s) has been established along the same public street block and on the same side of the street and has been enforced as a front yard(s). If a front yard(s) has been established along the same public street block and on the same side of the street and has been enforced as a front yard(s), then the yard that abuts a public street and not considered its principal frontage shall also be a front yard.
(198) Lot width. The maximum horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at the building line. See minimum lot width.
(199) Lowest floor. The lowest enclosed floor (including basement) in a particular structure. Any unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosed area is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non elevation design requirements of this Code.
(200) Maintenance guarantee. A financial guarantee posted by the developer and approved by the City of Moline, guaranteeing the satisfactory condition of required infrastructure and improvements required pursuant to this Code.
(201) Manufactured Home. See Sec. 35-3405(i).
(202) Manufactured home park. Mobile home park. See Sec. 35-3405(k).
(203) Maximum accessory building coverage. The largest permitted area of all accessory buildings on a lot.
(204) Maximum building coverage. The largest permitted ground floor area of all buildings on a lot.
(205) Maximum Building Size (MBS). The largest permitted total gross floor area a building may contain. See building size.
(206) Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The largest amount of floor area permitted on a lot. See floor area ratio.
(207) Maximum Gross Density (MGD). The maximum number of dwelling units permitted per acre of Gross Site Area. See gross density.
(208) Maximum height. The maximum height of the highest portion of any structure. See Height.
(209) Minimum area per unit. The minimum amount of lot area required for each dwelling unit located on that lot.
(210) Minimum building separation. The narrowest permitted building separation.
(211) Minimum dwelling unit separation. The narrowest permitted dwelling unit separation.
(212) Minimum floor elevation. The lowest elevation permissible for the construction, erection, or other placement of any floor, including a basement floor.
(213) Minimum Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR). The lowest permitted landscape surface ratio. See landscape surface ratio.
(214) Minimum Lot Area (MLA). The minimum size lot permitted within the specified zoning district and development option.
(215) Minimum lot dimension. The minimum lot area, minimum lot width, minimum street frontages and minimum area per unit.
(216) Minimum lot width. The smallest permissible lot width for the applicable dwelling unit type or nonresidential development option.
(217) Minimum yard setback. The narrowest distance permitted from a street, side, or rear property line to a structure.
(218) Minimum Site Area (MSA). The minimum gross site area in which the specified development option may occur. See gross site area (GSA).
(219) Minimum street frontage. The narrowest distance permitted along the street abutting the front yard of the lot.
(220) Mini warehouse. See Sec. 35-3410.
(221) Mobile Food Establishment. Establishments primarily engaged in mobile food services using food trucks. The establishment is the central location from which the food truck route is serviced, not each food truck.
(222) Mobile Food Services. Preparing and serving meals and snacks for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles, such as food trucks, mobile food carts, mobile food concession stands, mobile refreshment stands, mobile snack stands, and motorized food vendors. Mobile food services do not include ice cream trucks; hot dog carts; charitable organizations distributing food to those in need; and persons engaged in the door-to-door delivery of previously prepared food or beverages to customers who have placed an order for such items.
(223) Mobile home (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(j).
(224) Mobile Home Park District “R-7.” See Sec. 35-3207.
(225) Mobile Home Park Residential Development. See Chapter 19 of the Moline Code of Ordinances.
(226) Mobile Home Residential Development. See Chapter 19 of the Moline Code of Ordinances.
(227) Mobile home sales. See Sec. 35-3408(h).
(228) Motel. See lodging.
(229) Motor Court. See commercial indoor lodging.
(230) Motor freight terminal. See freight terminal.
(231) Multifamily Residential District “R-6.” See Sec. 35-3206.
(232) Multiple-Family Dwelling. See Sec. 35-3405(h).
(233) Multiplex. See Sec. 35-3405(g).
(234) Navigable water. All natural inland lakes and all rivers, streams, ponds, sloughs, flowages, and other waters within the territorial limits of this state. For the purposes of this Code, rivers and streams will be presumed to be navigable if they are designated as either continuous or intermittent waterways on the United States Geological Survey quadrangle maps until such time that the State of Illinois has made a determination that the waterway is not, in fact, navigable.
(235) Neighborhood Business District “B-1.” See Sec. 35-3307.
(236) Neighborhood Center District “NC.” See Sec. 35-3308.
(237) Net Developable Area (NDA). The area of a site that may be disturbed by development activity. Net Developable Area is the result of subtracting Required Resource Protection Area (RPA) from the Gross Site Area (GSA).
(238) Noise standards. See Sec. 35-5409.
(239) Nonconforming building or structure. Any building, or other structure, which was lawfully existing under ordinances or regulations preceding this Code or subsequent applicable amendments thereto, but because of subsequent amendments to the Code, no longer conforms to one or more of the applicable bulk standards, dimensional requirements or setback or encroachment regulations set forth in Article III (“Zoning”), including but not limited to Tables 35-3201.1, 35-3201.2 and 35-3301.1, or the design requirements established in Article V, Division 5 (“Quality Building and Site Design and Materials Standards”).
(240) Nonconforming lot. A lot of record in existence prior to the date of adoption of this Code or subsequent applicable amendments to lot dimension requirements of the zoning district in which it is located, but because of subsequent amendments to the Code, no longer conforms with one or more of the minimum lot dimensions specified in this Code. See Sec. 35-3110.
(241) Nonconforming site. A lawful development approved under ordinances or regulations preceding the effective date of this Code or subsequent applicant amendments thereto, but which would not conform to one or more of the site improvement or performance standards of Article V (“Site Improvement and Performance Standards”) or the required landscape surface ratio for the host zoning district as identified in Table 35-3301.1 of this Code if the development were to be created under the current provisions of this Code due to a nonconforming site development element. See Sec. 35-3112.
(242) Nonconforming site development element. An element of the site development improvements, such as landscape, lighting, or parking, or an element of the operations, such as noise, vibration, odor, heat, glare and smoke externalities that were lawful when established, but due to subsequent amendments to Article V of this Code, no longer conforms with one or more of the site improvement or performance standards set forth in Article V (“Site Improvement and Performance Standards”) of this Code. See Sec. 35-3112.
(243) Nonconforming use. An active and actual use of land, buildings or structures, or both, which was lawfully existing prior to the effective date of this Code or subsequent applicable amendment thereto, which has continued as the same use to the present, but because of the adoption of the Code or subsequent amendments thereto, would not be allowed under the current terms of the Code. See Sec. 35-3111.
(244) Nonmotorized Transportation Facilities. Improvements designed and intended primarily for the use, safety and comfort of pedestrians, cyclists, and other users of nonmotorized means of transportation. Examples include sidewalks, trails, bike lanes and related appurtenances, such as signs, signals and wheelchair ramps.
(245) Noxious matter or materials. Material capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction, or is capable of causing detrimental effects on the physical or economic well being of individuals.
(246) Noxious materials standards. See Sec. 35-5412.
(247) Odor standards. See Sec. 35-5410.
(248) Office Districts. See Sec. 35-3303.
(249) Office District “O-1.” See Sec. 35-3304.
(250) Office (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(c).
(251) Office Research Park Technology District “ORT.” See Sec. 35-3305.
(252) Official Map. The official map indicates sites for planned public facilities. Public facility sites that may be indicated on the official map include but are not limited to: sites for new streets or widening of existing streets; school sites; park sites, public building sites; and sites for future drainage and stormwater management facilities, energy or other public service or utility easements.
(253) Official Zoning Map. The map adopted and designated by the City of Moline as being the “Official Zoning Map.” See Sec. 35-3103.
(254) Off site parking lot (land use). See Sec. 35-3409(b).
(255) On site. Located on the lot in question, except in the context of on site detention, when the term means within the boundaries of the development site as a whole.
(256) On site agricultural retail (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(c).
(257) On-site parking lot (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(g).
(258) On-site real estate sales office (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(j).
(259) One-Family Detached Dwelling. See Sec. 35-3405(a).
(260) One-Family Residential District “R-2.” See Sec. 35-3204.
(261) One to Six Family Residential District “R-4.” See Sec. 35-3205.
(262) Open sales lot. An unenclosed portion of a lot or lot of record where goods are displayed for sale, rent or trade.
(263) Ordinary high water mark. The point on the bank or shore of a body of water up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristics.
(264) Other permanently protected green space. Permanently protected green space areas not constrained by one of the protected natural resources (wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, lakeshores, drainageways, and woodlands). Examples include: portions of private lots, outlots, or parcels commonly held by a property owners' association which are deed restricted from site disruption.
(265) Outbuilding and Recreational Facilities, private residential (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(6).
(266) Outdoor assembly (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(f).
(267) Outdoor commercial entertainment (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(l).
(268) Outdoor display (land use). See Sec. 35-3414.
(269) Outdoor display incidental to indoor sales (land use). See Sec. 35-3414.
(270) Outdoor institutional (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(d).
(271) Outdoor sales of farm products (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(g).
(272) Outdoor storage (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(c).
(273) Outdoor wholesaling (land use). See Sec. 35-3510(c).
(274) Overlay Zoning District. A zoning district which imposes uniform restrictions on all properties within its area which are in addition to the restrictions specific to the standard zoning districts.
(275) Owner. The person, persons, or entity having the right of legal title to a lot or parcel of land.
(276) Pad, Development. See Development pad.
(277) Parcel. The area within the boundary lines of a lot.
(278) Parking area pod. An area of parking spaces within a parking lot substantially separated from other areas of the parking lot by landscaped islands or medians.
(279) Parking standards. See Sec. 35-5100.
(280) Parking lot design standards. See Sec. 35-5100.
(281) Parking requirements. See Sec. 35-5100.
(282) Parking space design standards. See Sec. 35-5100.
(283) Passive outdoor public recreational (land use). See Sec. 35-3407(a).
(284) Performance guarantee. A financial guarantee posted by the developer and approved by the City of Moline, guaranteeing that all improvements, facilities, or work required by this Code will be completed in compliance with the Code, regulations and the approved plans and specifications of a development.
(285) Performance standard. Criterion established to control and limit the impacts generated by, or inherent in, uses of land or buildings. See Article V.
(286) Peripheral setback. The distance between a structure and the boundary of a development.
(287) Permanently protected green space. An area in which site disruption and/or development is strictly limited. See Article IV.
(288) Permitted by right, use. See Sec. 35-3401(1).
(289) Person. An individual, group of individuals, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other entity, and includes any trustee, estate, receiver, assignee or personal representative.
(290) Personal service(s) (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(d).
(291) Personal storage facility (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(a).
(292) Piers and wharfs. See Sec. 35-3420(13).
(293) Plan Commission. The plan commission of the City of Moline. See Sec. 35-1301.
(294) Planned Unit Development. See Division 7 of Article III.
(295) Plat, Dedication. A plat required for the dedication to the City of all right-of-way easements, and improvements outside of a subdivision plat or within a special use classification.
(296) Plat, Final Subdivision. A plat and supporting documentation of a subdivision which, if approved, must be recorded with the Rock Island County Recorder of Deeds.
(297) Plat, Preliminary Subdivision. Preliminary maps, drawings, and supportive material indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision.
(298) Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). “Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): A type of electric vehicle intended for on-road use with the ability to store and use off-vehicle electrical energy in the rechargeable energy storage system, and having a second source of motive power.
(299) Pod. See Parking Area Pod.
(300) Porch. A roofed structure (either enclosed, or unenclosed) attached to one (1) or two (2) permanent exterior walls of a dwelling building, whose floor is at or just below the level of the dwelling first floor adjacent to the porch.
(301) Principal building. See Building, principal.
(303) Professional service(s) (land use). See Sec. 35-3408(d).
(304) Protected natural resources. Resources such as wetlands, drainageways, woodlands, steep slopes, and shorelands, which are protected by the provisions of this Code. See Division 1 of Article IV.
(305) Public improvement (or Improvement). Any improvement, facility, or service, together with customary improvements and appurtenances thereto, necessary to provide for public needs such as: streets, roads, alleys or pedestrian walks or paths, bicycle paths, stormwater management facilities, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, public utility and energy services.
(306) Public services and utilities (land use). See Sec. 35-3409(e) and (f).
(307) Public sewer. Includes the City of Moline sewer system and other forms of sewer systems approved by the State of Illinois and maintained by an agency authorized to operate such systems.
(308) Rechargeable Energy Storage System. “Rechargeable Energy Storage System” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, Sec. 625.2 (2011)): Any power source that has the capability to be charged and discharged.
(309) Recorded lot. See Lot of record.
(310) Recreation, outdoor – passive public (land use). See Sec. 35-3407.
(311) Recreation, outdoor – active, public (land use). See Sec. 35-3407.
(312) Recreation, outdoor – private campgrounds/camping resort (land use). See Sec. 35-3407.
(313) Recreational vehicle. A general term for a vehicular unit bearing current license and/or registration, not exceeding 36 feet in overall length, 8 feet in width or 12 feet in overall height (to its highest point, excluding the antenna), which includes but is not limited to the following specific vehicle types.
a. Camper Trailer. A folding or collapsing vehicular structure without its own (motive) power designed as temporary living quarters for travel, camping, recreation and vacation uses; and (to) be licensed and registered for highway use.
b. Travel Trailer. A rigid structure without its own motive power designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, camping, recreation and vacation use; to be licensed and registered for highway use; and which, when equipped for the road, has a body width of not more than 8 feet 6 inches.
c. Truck Camper. A portable structure without its own motive power designed to be transported on a power vehicle as a temporary dwelling for travel, camping, recreation and vacation use; and which, in combination with the carrying vehicle (shall) be licensed for highway use.
d. Motor Home. A vehicular unit built on or as a part of a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, primarily designed to provide temporary dwelling for travel, camping, recreation and vacation use; and to be licensed and registered for highway use. This category shall include converted bus campers.
e. Boat Trailer. A vehicle structure without its own motive power designed to transport a boat for recreation and vacation use and which is licensed and registered for highway use.
f. Horse Trailer. A vehicle structure without its own motive power designed primarily for the transportation of horses and which, in combination with the towing vehicle, is licensed and registered for highway use.
g. Utility Trailer. A vehicle structure without its own motive power designed primarily for the transportation of all manner of motor vehicles, goods or materials and licensed and registered for highway use.
h. Recreational Boat. A vessel, whether impelled by wind, oars or mechanical devices, and which is designed primarily for recreation or vacation use. A recreation vessel when mounted upon a boat trailer shall be considered one unit.
(314) Relocatable building (land use). See Sec. 35-3418(k).
(315) Required resource protection area (RPA). The area of a site which may not be disturbed by development activity and which must also be reserved as permanently protected green space. Required resource protection area is the result of subtracting the net developable area (NDA) from the gross site area (GSA).
(316) Residential infill standards. See Sec. 35-3211.
(317) Residential land use(s). See Sec. 35-3203.
(318) Residential solid waste. Waste that normally originates in a residential environment.
(319) Residentially zoned. A property located in a residential district per Sec. 35-3203.
(320) Resource Districts. See Sec. 35-3208.
(321) Restrictive, more (less). A regulation imposed by this Code is more (less) restrictive than another if it prohibits or limits development to a greater (lesser) extent or by means of more (less) detailed specifications.
(322) Restaurant. See Sec. 35-3408(i).
(323) Restaurant, fast food. See in vehicle sales and service. See Sec. 35-3408(g).
(324) Right of way. A strip of land dedicated to the City or other unit of government for streets, alleys, and other public improvements.
(325) Salvage yard (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(e).
(326) Scale (of development). A term used to describe the gross floor area, height, or volume of a single structure or group of structures.
(327) Sedimentation. The deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity, or other natural means as a result of erosion.
(328) Selective cutting (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(d).
(329) Septic systems (land use). See Sec. 35-3417(b).
(330) Service Equipment. “Service Equipment” as defined by the most-recent version of the Moline Electrical Code (Code Sec. 8-6100), as amended (National Electrical Code, art. 100 (2011)): The necessary equipment, usually consisting of a circuit breaker(s) or switch(es) and fuse(s) and their accessories, connected to the load end of service conductors to a building or other stricture, or an otherwise designated area, and intended to constitute the main control and cutoff of the supply.
(331) Setback. The shortest distance between a building's or structure’s exterior and the nearest point on the referenced lot line. See minimum setback.
(332) Shielded light fixture. An outdoor lighting fixture which through design is shielded in such a manner that light rays emitted by the fixture, either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the fixture, are projected at least fifteen degrees below a horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted. Except for ground and sign mounted light fixtures, that horizontal plane shall be parallel to the surface of the ground. See Division 3 of Article V for Exterior Lighting Standards.
(333) Shoreland. Those lands lying within the following distances from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters: 1,000 feet from a lake, pond, or flowage; and 300 feet from a river or stream; or to a landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is greater. Shorelands shall not include those lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches where (a) such lands are not adjacent to a navigable stream or river; (b) those parts of such drainage ditches adjacent to such lands were not navigable streams before ditching or had no previous stream history; and (c) such lands are maintained in non-structural agricultural use. See Sec. 35-4108.
(334) Shrub. A low lying deciduous or evergreen plant. See Appendix A.
(335) Sign. See Chapter 3 of the Moline Code of Ordinances.
(336) Silviculture, Clear Cutting (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(e).
(337) Silviculture, Selective Cutting (land use). See Sec. 35-3406(d).
(338) Single family detached dwelling unit (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(a).
(339) Site area. See Gross site area.
(340) Site Plan. See Sec. 35-2105 for applicable procedures.
(341) Skylight. A window or other paned area located on the ceiling or roof of a structure.
(342) Soil. All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of whatever origin that overlies bedrock which can be readily excavated.
(343) Special use. A land use which requires a special use permit in order to develop. See Sec. 35-2206 for applicable procedures.
(344) Stable, commercial (land use). See commercial animal services. Sec. 35-3408(p).
(345) Stacking space. A space specifically designated as a waiting area for vehicles whose occupants will be patronizing a drive-through facility for in-vehicle sales and service.
(346) Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC). The numeric code for categorizing land uses developed by the US Department of Commerce. SIC codes in this Code are based on the listing contained within the 1987 manual.
(347) Standard pavement width. Required pavement width per the infrastructure and public improvement standards of Article IV, Division 2, in subdivisions on a street that allows parking or as otherwise determined by the City engineer.
(348) Standard Zoning Districts. Zoning districts which primarily regulate the use of land and intensity or density of such use. See Sec. 35-3102.
(349) Standards and Specifications. The City of Moline Supplemental Specifications. See Sec. 35-4208.
(350) Steep slope. Steep slopes are areas which contain a gradient of 20% or greater, (equivalent to a 2 foot elevation change in a distance of 10 feet or less), as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the City of Moline and its environs. See Sec. 35-4105.
(351) Storage land use(s). See Sec. 35-3410.
(352) Story. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under floor space is more than 6 feet above grade as defined herein for more than 50% of the total perimeter or is more than 12 feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered a story.
(353) Story, half. A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than 4 feet above the floor of such story.
(354) Street. The portion of a public or private right-of-way, other than an alley, that affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting properties.
(355) Street, arterial. A street which is anticipated to carry in excess of 3,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 30 to 45 miles per hour, and which is used for travel between areas within and outside the City.
(356) Street, collector. A street which is anticipated to carry from 2,500 to 5,000 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 30 to 35 miles per hour, which serves a collecting function by distributing traffic between local streets and arterial streets.
(357) Street, local. A street which is anticipated to carry less than 2,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume at desirable speeds up to 30 miles per hour, and which provides access to abutting property and primarily serves local traffic.
(358) Street, local residential. A local street serving primarily to collect traffic originating directly from residential driveways and private residential courts and streets.
(359) Street, Major. Any arterial or collector street.
(360) Street line. See Lot line, front.
(361) Street, Stub. A street that is temporarily terminated, but that is planned for future continuation.
(362) Strip development. A pattern of land uses typified by nonresidential and/or multi-family development located along one or both sides of a street which is generally only one lot deep and which is characterized by many curb cuts, low green space ratios, low landscape surface ratios, high floor area ratios, and/or low quantities of landscaping.
(363) Structure. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Structures include, but are not limited to: buildings, walls, swimming pools, signs and fences.
(364) Subdivider. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate or other group or combination acting as a unit, dividing or proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision as defined in this article.
(365) Subdivision. Any division of land into two or more lots, any of which is less than five acres, or any transfer involving an easement of ingress or egress, except as set forth in the Plats Act, 765 ILCS 205/1.
(366) Subdivision, Minor. A land division that (1) results in the consolidation of lots into a fewer number of lots or (2) results in the creation of 5 or fewer lots that meet the applicability criteria of Sec. 35-2108(2).
(367) Swale. A linear depression in land running downhill or having a marked change in contour direction in which sheet runoff would collect and form a temporary watercourse.
(368) Temporary use. A land use present on a property for a limited and specified period of time. See Sec. 35-3418.
(369) Terrace/Patio. An unroofed paved area located outside at ground grade, which is paved as concrete, stone, brick or wood paver blocks (also known as patio blocks).
(370) Townhouse (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(f).
(371) Transportation land use(s). See Sec. 35-3415.
(372) Truck stop. See In-Vehicle sales and service.
(373) Twin house (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(c).
(374) Two flat house (land use). See Sec. 35-3405(e).
(375) Undue hardship. The circumstance where special conditions affecting a particular property, which were not self-created, have made strict conformity with restrictions governing areas, setbacks, frontage, height or density unnecessarily burdensome or unreasonable in light of the purposes of the ordinance. See Sec. 35-2207(c)(1).
(376) Use. The purpose or activity for which land or any building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
(377) Use, accessory. See Accessory use.
(378) Use, special. See Special Use.
(379) Use, principal. See Principal use.
(380) Utility. A business or service that is engaged in regularly supplying the public with some commodity or service that is of consequence and need and that has a duty to serve without discrimination all within its service area. A utility can be publicly or privately owned and includes, without limitation, the following services or commodities:
a. Electricity;
b. Gas, oil, or steam;
c. Water;
d. Sanitary sewerage;
e. Drainage and stormwater management;
f. Telephone and Internet service;
g. Cable television and other communication lines; and
h. Transportation lines, such as fixed rail, but only if expressly stated.
(381) Utility shed (land use). See Sec. 35-3411(6).
(382) Vacate. To terminate the legal existence of right-of-way or subdivision or portion thereof, and to so note on the final plat recorded with the Rock Island County Recorder of Deeds (765 ILCS 205/6 through 765 ILCS 205/8.)
(383) Variance. Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this Code for purposes or reasons set forth herein, except for the infrastructure and public improvement standards of Article IV, Division 2, requests for relief from the infrastructure and public improvement standards are processed as waivers and modifications, in accordance with Sec. 35-2211.
(384) Vehicle Repair and Maintenance, major. See Automobile Repair, major.
(385) Vehicle Repair and Maintenance, minor. See Automobile Repair, minor.
(386) Vibration standards. See Sec. 35-5405.
(387) Visibility standards. See Sec. 35-5210.
(388) Waivers and Modifications. Permission to depart from strict compliance with the infrastructure and public improvement standards of Article IV, Division 2.
(389) Waste disposal facility (land use). See Sec. 35-3410(f).
(390) Wetland. See Sec. 35-4109.
(391) Woodland. Woodlands are areas of trees whose combined canopies cover a minimum of 50% of an area of one-half acre or more, as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the City of Moline and its environs. See Sec. 35-4106.
(392) Working days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; excluding holidays granted by the City of Moline to its employees.
(393) Yard. A required open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure from its lowest ground level to the sky, except as expressly permitted in this Code. A yard shall extend along a lot line and at right angles to such lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
(394) Yard, front. A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line, or side street lot line, and extending from the abutting street right of way line to a depth required in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
(395) Yard, rear. A yard extending along the full width of the rear lot line extending toward the front lot line for a depth as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
(396) Yard, required. The open space area between a lot line and the buildable area in which no structure shall be located except as may otherwise be provided by this Code.
(397) Yard, side. A yard extending along the side lot line between the front and rear yards, having a width as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
(398) Yard, sum side. The combined width of two opposite side yards, having a width as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
(399) Yards, all. The front, rear and side yards on a lot.
(400) Zoning Administrator. The person authorized and charged by the City with the administration and enforcement of this Code. See Sec. 35-1303.
(401) Zoning District(s). See Sec. 35-3102.
(402) Zoning Map. See “Official Zoning Map,” above and see Sec. 35-3103.
(Ord. No. 3008-2009; Sec. 35-1203(171) & (359) repealed; new Sec. 35-1203(171) & (359) enacted; 03/24/09) (Ord. No. 3015-2019; new subsections Sec. 35-1203 (31a) and (112a) enacted; 05/21/19) (Ord. No. 3006-223; Sec. 35-1203 (234), (235), (236), (237) amended; new Sec. 35-1203 (236.5) added; 03/07/23) (Ord. No. 3012-2023; new Sec. 35-1203 (47a), (47b), (90a), (90b), (90c), (90d), (90e), (90f), (99a), (99b), (291a), (300a), (321a) added; 04/11/23; Ord. No. 3037-2023; new Sec. 35-1203 (345) enacted; 09/26/23; Ord. No. 3039-2023; new Sec. 35-1203 (112), (113), (221), (222) enacted; subsequent subsections renumbered; 10/10/23)