(1) NATURAL WATERWAYS - Those areas, varying in width along streams, creeks, springs, gullies or washes, which are natural drainage channels as determined and identified by the jurisdiction.
(2) NIGHT CLUB – A place operated for profit, where food is served for consumption on the premises and one or more forms of amusement are provided or permitted for a consideration which may be in the form of a cover charge or may be included in the price of the food and beverages, or both, purchased by the patrons thereof.
(3) NONCONFORMING LOT - A lot, the area, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment of the zoning ordinance but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
(4) NONCONFORMING SIGN - Any sign lawfully existing on the effective date of an ordinance, or amendment thereto, that renders such sign nonconforming because it does not conform to all the standards and regulations of the adopted or amended ordinance.
(5) NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE OR BUILDING - A structure or building, the size, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment to the zoning ordinance but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
(6) NONCONFORMING USE - A use or activity that was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning ordinance but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
(7) NUISANCE – A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.
(8) NURSING HOME - A home for the aged, chronically ill or persons with a contagious disease in which three or more persons not of the immediate family are received, kept of provided with food or shelter and care for compensation, but not including hospitals, clinics or similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick or injured and not including community residences where the unrelated residents with handicaps live as a single housekeeping unit in a family-like atmosphere on a relatively permanent basis.
(Ord. 2782. Passed 5-20-03.)