(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.)