For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY USE, BUILDING, OR STRUCTURE. A use, building, or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use, buildings, or structure.
ACT. The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.3101 et seq.
ADULT FOSTER CARE FACILITIES. Include medium group homes, large group homes, and congregate facilities. These FACILITIES (not private homes) provide 24-hour care to seven or more adults. ADULT FOSTER CARE FACILITIES are licensed by Public Act 218 of 1979, being M.C.L.A. §§ 400.701 through 400.737, the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act.
ADULT USES. Any conduct within an establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its income from material, services, or matters distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depicting, describing, or relating to “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas” (as defined herein); that presents material by books, films, slides, or the like, or by live presentation that includes services to the patron of an establishment, that material being distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas” (as defined herein). ADULT USES shall include, but not be limited to: adult bookstores; adult motion picture theaters; massage establishments; and establishments for the consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor on the premises that also have ADULT USES.
APPLICANT. Any individual, partnership, public or private corporation, authority, agency, or any other legal entity, or a combination of any of them, whether they hold an ownership interest in the land or not, who submits an application to the village as required by this chapter. The APPLICANT shall become the owner upon approval of an application.
AUTO CONVENIENCE MART. A place where gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, or other minor automobile accessories are retailed directly to the public on the premises in combination with the retail sale of food, beverages, rental of videotapes, preparation of food, and other items typically found in a convenience store or market. Automobile repair will not be allowed in an AUTO CONVENIENCE MARKET.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES. A device that performs banking or financial functions at a location remote or accessory to the controlling financial institution.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR. Any major activity involving the general repair, rebuilding, or reconditioning of motor vehicles, engines, or trailers; collision services, such as body, frame, or fender straightening and repair; or overall painting and vehicle rust proofing, refinishing, or steam cleaning.
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION. A building designed or used for the retail sale of fuel (stored only in underground tanks), lubricants, air, water, and other operating commodities for motor vehicles (including trucks), aircraft, boats, and including the customary space and facilities for the installation of the commodities on, or in, the vehicles, and including facilities for storage, hand washing, minor repair, and servicing, but not including automobile repair.
BASEMENT or CELLAR. A story partly underground with at least one-half of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground shall not be considered as a story, unless used for dwelling purposes in conjunction with upper-story living quarters.
BED AND BREAKFAST. A residential structure that, besides being a permanent home, provides temporary room and board as a home occupation.
BERM. A mound of earth graded, shaped, and improved with landscaping in a way used for screening purposes.
BILLBOARD. A billboard is a specific type of off-premises freestanding sign in excess of 100 square feet intended to attract the attention of the motoring public.
BUILDING. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, equipment, machinery, or materials.
BUILDING AREA. The total living area bounded by the exterior walls of a building at the floor level, but not including unheated utility rooms and breezeways, or basements, garages, porches, and unfinished attics.
BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade adjoining the building at all exterior walls to the highest point of a flat roof, and the midpoint between the eaves and the peak of the roof. See BUILDING HEIGHT illustration below.
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CLEAR VISION CORNER OR CURVE. The portion of a corner lot within 25 feet of an intersection, or the right-of-way of two streets, where obstructions might impair the ability of drivers to see oncoming traffic.
COFFEE KIOSK. A retail business in a freestanding building that sells coffee, or other beverages, and bakery goods from a drive-through window to customers seated in their automobiles for consumption off-premises, and that provides no indoor or outdoor seating.
COMMERCIAL. This term relates to the use of property in connection with the purchase, sale, barter, display, or exchange of goods, wares, merchandise, or personal services, or the maintenance of service offices or recreation or amusement enterprises, or garage/basement sales operating more than 12 days during any 12-month period, not to exceed three consecutive days.
COPY SHOP. A retail establishment that provides duplicating services using photocopying, blueprint, and offset printing equipment, and may include the collating and binding of booklets and reports.
CORNER LOT. A lot fronting on two or more intersecting streets.
DAYCARE FACILITIES. A facility for the care of children or adults for less than 24 hours. DAYCARE FACILITIES do not include state-licensed residential facilities, family daycare homes, foster-family homes, or adult foster care facilities. See also INSTITUTIONAL CARE FACILITIES. The facilities are further defined as follows:
ADULT DAYCARE (PRIVATE HOME). Offers a supervised environment for temporary care of adults 18 years old and older; and
GROUP DAYCARE HOME. A private home where seven to 12 children are received for care and supervision. This number shall not include more than two children younger than two years old. A GROUP DAYCARE HOME is a facility licensed and regulated by the state under Public Act 116 of 1973, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 722.111 through 722.128, as amended.
DWELLING.
(1) A building, or portion thereof, that is occupied as the home, residence, or sleeping place by one or more human beings, either permanently or transiently, but in no case a tent or vehicle, including campers and motor homes.
(2) In cases of mixed occupancy where a building is occupied in part as a DWELLING, the part so occupied shall be deemed a DWELLING for the purpose of this chapter, and shall comply with the provisions hereof relative to DWELLINGS. Garage space, whether in an attached or detached garage, shall not be deemed a part of a DWELLING for area requirements.
(3) DWELLING, EFFICIENCY UNIT. A dwelling unit located in a multiple-dwelling and consisting of one room, exclusive of bathroom, with kitchen, hallway, closets, or dining alcove directly off the principal room; provided the unit has not less than 350 square feet of floor area.
(4) DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A building containing three or more dwelling units designed for residential use and conforming in all other respects to the standards set forth below for DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY.
(5) DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY. Also known as a SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. A detached building containing not more than one dwelling unit designed for residential use, complying with the following standards:
(a) The DWELLING, if not a mobile home, shall be firmly attached to a permanent foundation constructed on the site in accordance with the International Building Code, and the area between the grade elevation of the lot and the structure shall have a wall of the same perimeter dimensions of the dwelling and be constructed of the materials and type as required in the International Building Code for single-family dwellings; and
(b) The minimum square footage requirements of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.
(6) DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. Also known as a DUPLEX DWELLING. A detached building containing two separate dwelling units designed for residential use and conforming in all other respects to the standards set forth above for DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY.
DWELLING UNIT. A building, or portion thereof, having cooking facilities, which is occupied wholly as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one family, either permanently or transiently. In cases of mixed occupancy where a building is occupied in part as a DWELLING UNIT, the part so occupied shall be deemed a DWELLING UNIT for the purpose of this chapter and shall comply with the provisions thereof relative to dwellings.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. Accredited public, parochial, or private elementary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools, junior colleges, technical institutes, libraries, trade schools, vocational schools, and other establishments primarily engaged in offering educational courses and services, including job training and vocational rehabilitation services.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
(1) The erection, construction, or alteration by public or private utility companies of underground, surface, or overhead transmission or distribution systems for gas, electricity, water, communications, or fuel, and disposal by towers, poles, wires, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, mains, drains, vaults, sewers, culverts, pipes, conduits, cables, catch basins, water storage tanks, hydrants, and similar devices, but not including buildings necessary in supplying the foregoing SERVICES.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, telecommunications towers and antennas shall be regulated and allowed pursuant to the general provisions section of this chapter and shall not be regulated or allowed as ESSENTIAL SERVICES under this chapter.
EXOTIC ANIMALS. Non-domestic wild animals including any non-game species of mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian not indigenous or not now commonly found in the county, such as, but not limited to: wolves; wolf hybrids; bears; lions; tigers; leopards; gorillas; boars; or wolverines and vicious dog breeds.
FAMILY.
(1) Any number of individuals living and sharing cooking facilities together on the premises as a single housekeeping unit. FAMILY includes a person living alone in a single dwelling, or two or more persons whose domestic relationship is of a continuing, non-transient character and who reside together living as a single housekeeping unit in one dwelling.
(2) This definition does not include a collective number of individuals or any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, federation, lodge, school dormitory, organization, or any other groups whose domestic relationship is of a transitional or seasonal nature or for an anticipated limited duration.
FAMILY DAYCARE HOME.
(1) A private home in which one to six children are received for care and supervision, including those children less than seven years old in the resident family.
(2) A FAMILY DAYCARE HOME is a facility licensed and regulated by the state under Public Act 116 of 1973, being M.C.L.A. §§ 722.111 through 722.128, as amended.
FARM ANIMALS. All animals or fowl that are not household pets or exotic animals. FARM ANIMALS are animals such as horses, pigs, goats, or cattle.
FENCES and WALLS. Accessory structures erected to enclose or screen areas of land. Retaining walls are erected to support an embankment or to prevent erosion or collapse of steep slopes.
FRATERNAL AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. Include, but are not limited to, social clubs and social benefit organizations, such as Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, land conservancies, or other similar organizations.
FREESTANDING SIGN. A sign elevated by supports so that the bottom of the sign is greater than one and one-half feet above ground level.
GARDENING. The growing, cultivating, and caring of plants for pleasure and not for commercial purposes, or for obtaining a profit by the selling of garden products, or any other agricultural, horticultural or floricultural product such as fruits, plants, ornamental trees, timber, shrubs, nursery stock, and vegetables.
GOVERNMENT SERVICES. Public parks and recreational uses; municipal, county, state, and federal administration buildings; police and fire stations; public libraries and museums; government-owned facilities, buildings, and structures, such as community centers, civic centers, individual and family social services; cemeteries; and/or similar government owned and operated uses providing services to the community.
GRADE ESTABLISHED. The elevation of the centerline of the streets as officially established by the village.
GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA). The total floor area that is heated and used for the main activities and storage areas of a building. GFA is the area of all floors computed by measuring the dimensions of the outside walls of a building. Porches, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas, garages, unfinished attics, and attic floor areas with less than five vertical feet from the floor to finished ceiling, and all basements, including walkout basements, are excluded.
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GROUND SIGN. Signs attached directly to the ground or having a clear space beneath them of less than one and one-half feet. GROUND SIGNS may have messages on one or more sides.
HEALTH SERVICES CLINICS. Establishments primarily engaged in providing inpatient health-related personal care, in which children and adults are received for care and treatment.
(1) HEALTH SERVICES CLINICS include offices of dentists, doctors, orthodontists, chiropractors, and outpatient med-stations.
(2) Establishments of this type do not include homes for the aged, assisted living facilities, extended-care facilities, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, convalescent homes, rest homes, any establishment commonly described as an alcohol or a substance abuse rehabilitation center, or personal care facilities with health care, or institutional care facilities where individuals receive care for extended periods.
HOME OCCUPATION. Any occupation which is conducted by a member of a family residing in the dwelling, and is entirely confined within the dwelling structure, so that the HOME OCCUPATION shall not require internal or external alterations, or involve use of mechanical equipment which would cause smoke, noise, odors, dust, glare, vibration, electrical or radio interference, traffic generation, sanitary sewage, surface drainage, or water supply conditions or hazards, any of which would be in excess or contrary to normal residential use.
HOUSEHOLD PETS. Any animal kept for companionship, personal enjoyment, and pleasure, and treated with fondness that is customarily kept within a dwelling. HOUSEHOLD PETS are commonly purchased in a pet store and have been tamed or domesticated and are not likely to bite, attack, or cause death, maiming, or illness, or act in a vicious manner toward humans without provocation. HOUSEHOLD PETS are limited to such animals as dogs, cats, fish, birds, rodents, lizards, non-venomous snakes, and spiders.
INSTITUTIONAL CARE FACILITIES. A facility for the care of children or adults such as, but not limited to, hospitals, extended-care facilities, and nursing homes. INSTITUTIONAL CARE FACILITIES do not include state licensed residential facilities, or adult foster care facilities. (See DAYCARE FACILITIES.) INSTITUTIONAL CARE FACILITIES can be further defined as follows:
(1) ADULT DAYCARE (INSTITUTIONAL). Offer a supervised environment for temporary care of adults in an institutional (non-residential) setting;
(2) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. Provide care to elderly individuals as a special combination of housing, personalized supportive services, and health care. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES include independent living facilities, senior housing, or extended-care facilities. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES are not regulated or licensed by state agencies;
(3) CHILD CARE CENTER. A facility, other than a private home, where one child or more is received for care and supervision;
(4) CHILD CARE INSTITUTION. A facility licensed for the care of 12 or more children;
(5) EXTENDED-CARE FACILITIES. Provide inpatient nursing and health-related personal care other than in a private home, in which one or more adults who are aged or physically impaired are received for care and supervision. EXTENDED-TERM CARE FACILITIES include nursing homes, hospice facilities, subacute care facilities, and homes for the aged as regulated by Public Act 368 of 1978, being M.C.L.A. §§ 333.1101 et seq., or the Public Health Code, as amended; and
(6) INTERGENERATIONAL DAYCARE. A daycare facility that combines the care of children with the care of adults.
INSTITUTIONAL USES. Institutional uses are churches; nonprofit recreational clubs; charter; trade; educational services, such as public and parochial elementary, intermediate, and high schools (non-boarding), public or private business schools or colleges; and/or similar uses providing service necessary to the community.
JUNK YARD. A place where discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, processed, packed, disassembled, or handled, including house-wrecking, structural steel materials salvage, and automobile wrecking enterprises. The purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, or used or salvaged materials used in manufacturing are excluded if those uses are carried on in enclosed buildings.
LOT. Land occupied, or to be occupied, by one building and accessory buildings, or utilized for a principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with the open spaces as are required under this chapter and having sufficient size to meet the requirements of this chapter, and having immediate frontage upon a public street.
LOT AREA. The computed area inside lot lines, the minimum size of which is specified for each zone.
LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side parcel lines.
LOT FRONTAGE. The side of a lot adjoining a public road, street, or access easement. Minimum frontage requirement shall be met on one lot side only where a lot has more than one side adjoining a road, street, or access easement.
LOT LINE.
(1) The LOT LINE defines the boundaries of a lot or parcel of land.
(a) FRONT LOT LINE. The right-of-way line of the street or road on which the lot is located. For a through lot, the FRONT LOT LINE is the line separating the lot from each road right-of-way. In a corner lot, the FRONT LOT LINE will be as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(b) REAR LOT LINE. Any lot line that is not a front or side lot line.
(c) SIDE LOT LINE. Any lot line that intersects with the front lot line, or a lot line that is more or less perpendicular to the front lot line.
(2) In cases of irregularly-shaped lots or other unusual circumstances, front, side, and rear LOT LINES shall be determined by the Zoning Administrator, based on factors, such as the orientation of the principal structure, the location of the main entrance, the street address, the location and orientation of adjacent structures, and the configuration of adjacent lots.
LOT OF RECORD. A lot that is recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds.
LOT WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, uninterrupted by other lots or rights-of-way, and measured at the required front setback line.
(1) In the event that a lot may have more than one horizontal distance between side lot lines (as shown in the figure), only the greatest distance shall be used to meet the LOT WIDTH requirement, and under no circumstances shall the minimum LOT WIDTH be determined based on more than one horizontal distance.
(2) The minimum LOT WIDTH shall be established for each zoning district according to the schedule of district regulations.
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MANUFACTURED HOME.
(1) A structure transportable in one or more sections, whether self-propelled or non self-propelled, so designed and constructed as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons, or the conduct of any business or profession, occupation, or trade so designed that it is, or may be, mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on streets or highways.
(2) A travel trailer is not to be considered as a MANUFACTURED HOME, but a double-wide trailer shall be classified as a MANUFACTURED HOME.
MULTIPLE USES OF BUILDINGS. Two or more commercial establishments or group of businesses that provide a variety of merchandise and/or services occurring within a single structure that requires a location on a major road and a large parking area to accommodate vehicular traffic. Such a center may be a small neighborhood center, a discount store, or a mall, though this does not limit the use to be one or any of these.
NONCONFORMING USE, BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR LOT. A use, building, structure, or lot of record existing at the time of enactment of this chapter and which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter.
OFF-PREMISES SIGN. Located on a parcel, but separate from the parcel that is the focus of the message being displayed. OFF-PREMISES SIGNS are not related to the premises, or the nature of the business conducted, or products sold or manufactured on the premises on which the sign is located.
OWNER. Unless otherwise proved by deed or other similar instrument, the person in whose name the property appears on the most recent property tax roll.
PERSONAL PET FACILITIES. Intended for the keeping of household pets on residential property; includes small enclosures and fenced yard areas.
PLAT. A subdivision of land into lots.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. The main structure on a lot that houses the principal use of the premises.
PRINCIPAL USE. Those uses of land or buildings that constitute the primary use of the property as permitted as PRINCIPAL USES in this chapter.
PROPERTY OWNER. Any individual, partnership, public or private corporation, or any other legal entity holding an ownership interest in land, whether recorded or not. An OWNERSHIP INTEREST means ownership by one person or by different private entities if the land is owned by joint interest or by members of the same immediate family.
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY. A site used by a public utility provider for treatment, transmission, or production of a utility commodity including facilities for maintenance and storage.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicular transportable structure mounted on wheels that is self-propelled or towed by a motor vehicle.
(1) A travel trailer is designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.
(2) This definition includes, but is not limited to: portable structures commonly known as motor homes; travel trailers; travel homes; fold-down campers; truck-mounted campers; converted buses; and fifth wheels.
REFUSE STORAGE AREAS. Where garbage, dumpsters, compactors, compactor systems, and refuse containers are stored outside of an establishment. REFUSE STORAGE AREAS not within a screened rear service area and which are visible from a public right-of-way for all non-residential, multi-family, and manufactured/mobile home park uses shall be visually screened.
RESIDENCE. A building designed, or used exclusively, as a permanent living quarters.
ROADSIDE STAND. A structure not on a permanent foundation for the temporary display or sale of produce grown on the premises.
SAME OR SIMILAR OWNERSHIP.
(1) Ownership by the same person, by members of the same immediate family, or ownership by different legal entities if a 30% or greater interest in each of those legal entities is owned by the same individual, or by a member, or members, of the same immediate family.
(2) Where two or more parcels share a common property line, ownership of at least one, but less than all, of the parcels by a particular individual, and ownership of the remaining parcel, or parcels, by a private legal entity, in which the individual or a member, or members, of his or her immediate family, own a 30% or greater interest, will constitute SAME OR SIMILAR OWNERSHIP.
SETBACK. A line measured from, and parallel to, the front, rear, and side lot lines that establishes the minimum distance that a building or structure is allowed to be located from the lot line.
(1) SETBACK also is referred to as the required SETBACK LINE.
(2) Steps may be located between the required SETBACK LINE and the lot line. Porches are considered part of the building or structure and must meet required SETBACK requirements.
SIGN. Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, trade names, or trademarks by which anything is made known or which are used to advertise or promote an individual firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity, or product, and which is visible from any public right-of-way.
SIGN MESSAGE. The words, symbols, and graphic content of a sign.
SITE CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION. A site condominium subdivision is a division of land based on condominium ownership that is subject to the provisions of the Condominium Act, or Public Act 59 of 1978, being M.C.L.A. §§ 559.101 through 559.272.
SITE PLAN. A scaled drawing that shows the locations and dimensions of improvements on a parcel of land such as, but not limited to: buildings; driveways; parking facilities; landscaping; sidewalks; signs; sewage systems; water supply; and drainage facilities.
SPECIAL LAND USE. Use of a special nature so as to make impractical its predetermination as a principal use in a district, and subject to permit procedures set forth for the uses in this chapter.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks, female breasts (below a point immediately above the top of the areola), and human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. Specified sexual activities are defined as human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy, and the fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks, or female breasts.
STATE-LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A private home licensed by the state pursuant to Public Act 218 of 1979, being M.C.L.A. §§ 400.701 through 400.737, the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act, as amended, which provides 24-hour residential care for six or fewer persons not related to an adult member of the household.
(1) ADULT FOSTER CARE FAMILY HOME. A home with the approved capacity to receive six or fewer adults to be provided with foster care.
(2) ADULT FOSTER CARE SMALL-GROUP HOME. A home with the approved capacity to receive 12 or fewer adults, but which houses six or fewer.
(3) FOSTER FAMILY GROUP HOME. A home in which either five or six minor children are received for care and supervision.
(4) FOSTER FAMILY HOME. Homes in which less than five minor children are received for care and supervision, unattended by a parent or legal guardian.
STATE RIGHT TO FARM ACT. The Michigan Right to Farm Act (MRFA), Act 93 of 1981 and being M.C.L.A. §§ 286.471 et seq.
STORAGE SHED. A small building that may or may not be built from a prepackaged kit. STORAGE SHEDS typically do not require a building permit and may or may not be constructed on a concrete slab or be anchored to the ground. STORAGE SHEDS are used for outside storage of yard implements and equipment. A STORAGE SHED has less than 200 gross square feet.
STORY. The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there be no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling above it.
STREET. An improved thoroughfare for vehicular traffic providing access to abutting properties. A public STREET is within a right-of-way generally not less than 66 feet wide.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of the building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders, excepting such alterations as may be required for the safety of the building.
STRUCTURE. Anything built, constructed, or erected which requires permanent location on the ground, or attachment to something located on the ground.
SUBDIVISIONS AND SITE CONDOMINIUMS. As defined in Public Act 59 of 1978, being M.C.L.A. §§ 559.101 through 559.272, and Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293, as amended.
TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER.
(1) A structure designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting antennae and accessory equipment used in receiving or transmitting telecommunication or radio signals from mobile communication sources and transmitting those signals to another wireless site, communication source, or receiver or to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with land-based telephone lines.
(2) Examples of these structures include, without limitations: freestanding towers; guy towers; monopoles and lattice towers to transmit or receive radio; television, cellular telephone, or related signals or transmissions.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS. A dish antenna greater than three feet in diameter, the purpose of which is designed for use as an earth-based station for the reception of communications or other signals from orbiting satellites or other extraterrestrial sources, together with other incidental transmission equipment related to such purpose.
TEMPORARY SIGN. Signs for short-term advertising without permanent in-ground supports.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes, having a body width not exceeding ten feet.
USABLE FLOOR AREA (UFA). The total area of all the floors of the building used by the principal activity, measured from the exterior faces of the building. The areas used for storage, mechanical equipment, stairwells, or otherwise not occupied by people shall be excluded.
UTILITIES. Public and private facilities such as water wells, water and sewage pumping stations, water storage tanks, power and communication transmission lines, electrical power substations, static transformer stations, telephone and telegraph exchanges, microwave radio relays, and gas regulation stations.
VIDEO RENTAL STORE. An establishment engaged in the retail rental or lease of videotapes, films, CD-ROMS, laser discs, electronic games, cassettes, or other electronic media. A VIDEO RENTAL STORE may also have limited sales of rental merchandise and electronic merchandise associated with VCRs, video cameras, and electronic games.
WALL SIGN. Attached to a building, lying flat against the wall of the building therewith.
WALLS. See FENCES AND WALLS.
YARD. An area located between the lot line and the principal structure.
(1) FRONT YARD. A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the distance between the front lot line and the nearest point of the principal structure.
(2) REAR YARD. A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the distance between the rear lot line and the nearest point of the principal structure.
(3) SIDE YARD. A yard between a principal structure and the side lot line extending from the front of the principal structure to the rear of the principal structure.
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ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The person having the duties of administering and enforcing this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 154.021) (Ord. 48, passed 6-21-2005; Ord. passed 8-14-2018)