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(1) MANUFACTURED HOME - A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight fee or more in width or 40 feet in length, or when erected on site is 320 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. (See Ohio Revised Code)
(2) MANUFACTURING.
A. MANUFACTURING, HEAVY - All other types of manufacturing not included in the definitions of light manufacturing and medium manufacturing.
B. MANUFACTURING, LIGHT - The manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, or testing of goods or equipment, including research activities, conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, with no outside storage, serviced by a modest volume of trusts or vans and imposing a negligible impact on the surrounding environment by noise, vibration, smoke, dust or pollutants.
C. MANUFACTURING, MEDIUM - The manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or testing of goods or equipment within an enclosed structure or an open yard that is capable of being screened from neighboring properties, serviced by a modest volume of trucks or other vehicles.
(3) MARQUEE - Any hood, canopy, awning, or permanent construction that projects from a wall of a building without ground mounted supports, usually above an entrance.
(4) MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT - Any establishment having a fixed place of business where massages are administered for pay. This definition shall not be construed to include a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic, or the office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, or massage therapist duly licensed by the State of Ohio, nor barbershops or beauty salons in which massages are administered only to the scalp, the face, the neck, or the shoulder.
(5) MILE SQUARE - The area bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Patterson Avenue; thence northwardly with the centerline of Patterson Avenue to a point, which was the 1976 North Corporate line; thence with the 1976 North Corporate line to a point in the centerline of Brown Road; thence southwardly with the centerline of Brown Road to a point in the centerline of Sycamore Street; thence westwardly with the centerline of Sycamore Street to a point in the centerline of Locust Street; thence with the centerline of Locust Street southwardly to a point in the intersection of the centerline of Chestnut Street and Locust Street; thence with the centerline of Chestnut Street eastwardly to the place of beginning.
(6) MINI-WAREHOUSE (SELF-STORAGE UNITS) - A building or group of buildings consisting of individual, small, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage of business and household goods.
(7) MINOR REPAIR - The renewal or replacement of any part of a building in keeping with the existing type of construction, arrangement of parts, and occupancy of the building, for maintenance purposes only, when the structural, plumbing, gas piping, wiring, heating, or ventilation branches of the building are not affected; but not including any additions or replacement of entire segments of a structure, structural alterations, or any changes affecting safety, required exit facilities, or use.
(8) MOBILE HOME - A self-propelled or non-self-propelled vehicle so designed, constructed or added to by means of accessories in such manner as will permit the use and occupancy therein for habitation, whether resting on wheels, jacks or other foundations and used or so constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public highway.
(9) MOBILE HOME PARK - Any premises occupied by, or designed to be occupied by, more than one family in mobile homes, tents, camp cars or similar facilities, and including any roadway structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of such Mobile Home Park.
(10) MOBILE HOME SALES - An open area, other than a street, used for the display or sale of new or used mobile homes and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair of mobile homes to be displayed and sold on the premises.
(11) MODEL HOME - A dwelling temporarily used as a sales office for a residential development under construction; said home being used for on-site sales and not for general real estate business.
(12) MODULAR HOME - A factory-built home, other than a manufactured home, which meets all of the following requirements:
A. Is designed only for erection or installation on a site-built permanent foundation;
B. Is not designed to be moved once so erected or installed;
C. Is designed and manufactured to comply with a nationally recognized model building code or an equivalent local code, or with a state or local modular building code recognized as generally equivalent to building codes for site-built housing; or
D. To the manufacturer's knowledge, is not intended to be used other than on a site-built permanent foundation.
(13) MOTEL - An establishment providing sleeping accommodations for transients with a majority of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building.
(Ord. 3296. Passed 12-16-14.)
(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.)
(1) OFFICE - A place for the transaction of business where reports are prepared, records kept and professional, administrative or business-related services are rendered. No retail or wholesale sales are offered and no manufacturing, production, assembly or distribution takes place, except those activities that are customarily incidental to the services rendered.
(2) OUTSIDE STORAGE - The temporary or permanent warehousing, displaying or selling of supplies, inventory, equipment, or other items not within the confines of a building.
(Ord. 2782. Passed 5-20-03.)
(1) PARK - A tract of land designated and used by the public for active and passive recreation.
(2) PARK AND RIDE FACILITIES - Parking lots or structures located along public transit routes designed to encourage transfer from private automobile to mass transit or to encourage carpooling for purposes of commuting, or for access to recreation areas.
(3) PARKING GARAGE - A building, other than a private garage, used for the parking of automobiles with or without a fee.
(4) PARKING LOT - An open area, other than a street, used for the parking of vehicles.
(5) PATIO - An uncovered floor, usually made of concrete, brick, or other masonry material, which is not elevated above the surface of the ground and generally used for outdoor enjoyment or dining.
(6) PERFORMANCE STANDARD - A criterion established in the interest of protecting the public health and safety for the control of noise, odor, smoke, noxious gas, and other objectionable or dangerous elements generated by and inherent in, or incidental to, certain uses and activities.
(7) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE - Commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carriers wireless exchange access service, including, cellular services.
(8) PLACE OF WORSHIP - Church, synagogue, temple, rector, parish house, meditation center, or similar building incidental to the particular use which is maintained and operated by an organized group of people for religious purposes.
(9) PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - An area of land that is planned, developed, and maintained as a cohesive development according to the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(10) PLOT PLAN - A plat of a lot, drawn to scale, showing the actual measurements, the size and location of any existing buildings or buildings to be erected, the location of the lot in relation to abutting streets, and other such information.
(11) POOL - Any structure that contains water over twenty-four (24) inches (610 mm) in depth and which is used, or intended to be used, for swimming or recreational bathing as an accessory use. This includes in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas.
(12) PORCH - A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a dwelling or building, or an open or enclosed gallery or room which is not heated or cooled that is attached to the outside of a building.
(13) PREMISES - Any lot or combination of contiguous lots held in single ownership, together with the development thereon; a condominium complex constitutes one premises.
(14) PRINCIPAL BUILDING - A building on a lot containing the primary use of the lot.
(15) PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE - The place of ingress and egress used most frequently by the public.
(16) PRINTING & PUBLISHING - The setting of type and the printing and publishing of books, newspapers, etc. for sale.
(17) PROFESSIONAL OFFICE - An office of a practitioner or practitioners of a specific occupation, vocation or calling in which a professed knowledge of some department of science or learning, not purely commercial, mechanical or agricultural, is used in its practical application to the affairs of other, either by advising or by guiding them in serving their interests or welfare. Such uses include, but are not limited to, offices of medical doctors, dentists, engineers, surveyors, city planners, lawyers, real estate brokers, insurance agents, architects, landscape architects, optometrists, and chiropractors.
(18) PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY - A structure or facility used by a public or utility agency to store, distribute, generate electricity, gas, communications, and related equipment, or to pump or chemically treat water. This does not include storage or treatment of sewage, solid waste, or hazardous waste.
(19) PUBLIC USE - The public use of parks, schools and administrative, cultural and accessory building, not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and material.
(20) PUBLIC UTILITY - Any firm, corporation, governmental department, or board duly authorized to furnish and furnishing under State or Municipal regulation to the public, electricity, gas, steam, communications, telegraph, transportation, water, or sewers.
(21) PUBLIC WAY - Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.
(22) PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY - Any real property owned by the City of Oxford, Talawanda School District, Miami University, or Oxford Township.
(Ord. 3612. Passed 1-19-21.)
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