59-C-15.3. Definitions specific to the CR zones.

The following words and phrases, as used in this Division, have the meaning indicated.  The definitions in Division 59-A-2 otherwise apply.

   Car share space: a parking space that serves as the location of an in-service vehicle used by a vehicle-sharing service.

   Cultural institutions: public or private institutions or businesses, including: art, music, and photographic studios; auditoriums or convention halls; libraries and museums; recreational, performance, or entertainment establishments, commercial; theater, indoor; theater, legitimate.

   Day care facilities and centers: facilities and centers that provide daytime care for children and/or adults, including: child day care facility (family day care, group day care, child day care center, teen center); day care facility for not more than 4 senior adults and persons with disabilities; and day care facility for senior adults and persons with disabilities.

   Frontage: a property line shared with an existing or master-planned public or private road, street, highway, or alley right-of-way or easement boundary.

   Limits of Disturbance: an area on a certified site plan within which all construction work must occur.

   Live/Work unit: Buildings or spaces within buildings that are used jointly for non-residential and residential purposes.

   Manufacturing and production, artisan: The manufacture and production of commercial goods by a skilled manual worker or craftsperson, such as jewelry, metalwork, cabinetry, stained glass, textiles, ceramics, or hand-made food products; however, it does not include any activity which causes noise, odor, or vibration to be detectable on a neighboring property.

   Public Arts Trust Steering Committee: A committee of the Arts and Humanities Council that allocates funds from the Public Arts Trust.

   Public owned or operated uses: Activities that are located on land owned by or leased and developed or operated by a local, county, state, or federal body or agency.

   Recreational facilities, participatory: Facilities used for sports or recreation.

   Reconstruction: Building the same or less floor area on or within the footprint of a demolished or partially demolished building.

   Renovation: An interior or exterior alteration that does not affect a building’s footprint.

   Seasonal Outdoor Sales: A lot or parcel where a use or product is offered annually for a limited period of time during the same calendar period each year.  The availability or demand for the use or product is related to the calendar period, such as Christmas trees, pumpkin patches, or corn mazes.

   Teen Center: A supervised building, or a supervised area of a building, which provides a facility for the social, recreational, or educational use of children between the ages of 12 and 18.  At least 80 percent of the facility’s hours of operation must be for the use of teenagers.

   Tenant Footprint: The horizontal area measured within the exterior walls for the ground floor of the main structure allocated to each non-residential tenant or owner-occupant.

   Transit proximity: Transit proximity is categorized in three levels: 1. proximity to an existing or master planned Metrorail Station; 2. proximity to an existing or master planned station or stop along a rail or bus line with a dedicated, fixed path, excluding a site that is within one mile of an existing or master planned MARC station; 3. proximity to an existing or master planned MARC station. All distances for transit proximity are measured from the nearest transit station entrance or bus stop entrance.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 16-44, § 1; Ord. No. 17-09, § 1; Ord. No. 17-21, § 1.)