For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. A detached building which use is clearly incidental to, customarily found in connection with, and located on the same lot as the principal building.
ACCESSORY USE. A use clearly incidental to, customarily found in connection with, and located on the same lot as the principal use to which it is related.
ADULT BOOKSTORE. An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade books, magazines or other periodicals, video tapes, photographs or motion picture films which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material. (See specified sexual activities and specified anatomical areas.)
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES. Any activity or live exhibition including the display, exhibition or viewing of materials describing or relating to human sex acts or by any emphasis on male or female genitals. This shall include massage parlors, theaters, model studios and all other forms of video and aural display.
ADULT MINI MOTION PICTURE THEATER. An enclosed building with a capacity for less than 50 persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observations by patrons therein.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER. An enclosed building or open air site used for presenting motion pictures distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.
ADULT RELATED BUSINESS. Any activity described in any of the remaining provisions of this chapter and any other business having an employee or entertainer, in person or by motion picture, television, video tape, hologram, magazine or other type of image displaying and specified anatomical area or engaging in any specified sexual activity.
ALLEY. A service way providing a secondary means of public access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
ANTENNA. The surface from which wireless radio signals are sent and received by a wireless service facility.
AUTOMOBILE CAR WASH. An establishment being housed in a building or portion thereof together with the necessary mechanical equipment used for washing automobiles and using production line methods.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP. An establishment being housed in a building or portion thereof, together with the necessary equipment used for the general repair of automobiles, engine rebuilding, rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles, collision service and painting or undercoating of automobiles.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION. An establishment being housed in a building or portion thereof, together with necessary equipment used for the direct retail sale of gasoline or any other engine fuel, kerosene, or motor oil lubricants or grease and including the sale of minor accessories, and the servicing of and minor repair of automobiles.
BASEMENT. A story having part but not more than one (1/2) of its height above finished grade. A BASEMENT shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more that five feet or is used for business or dwelling purposes.
BERM. An earthen mound designed to provide visual interest on a site or screen undesirable views, reduce noise or fulfill other such purposes.
BUILDING. Any structure erected on-site, a mobile home or mobile structure, a premanufactured or pre-cut structure, above or below ground, intended primarily for the shelter, support, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind. A BUILDING does not include tents or trailer coaches.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF. The line that coincides with the face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and enclosed porches but does not include steps. Said line shall be parallel to the front lot line and measured as a straight line between the intersecting points with the side yard.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade line of the ground about the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. See Appendix E.
BUILDING LINES. A line defining the minimum front side or rear yard requirements outside of which no building or structure may be located.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL. A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which is located.
BUILDING SETBACK. The distance between the street right-of-way or front lot line and the front line of a building or any projection of the building, excluding uncovered steps.
BULK STATION. A place where crude petroleum, gasoline naphtha, benzene, benzol, kerosene or any other liquid, except such as will stand a test of 150°F, closed cup tester, are stored for wholesale purposes only, where the aggregate capacity of all storage tanks is more than 6,000 gallons.
BUSINESS. A use designated and intended to generate revenue, an occupation, trade or profession.
CLINIC. An establishment where human patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians, dentists or similar professionals.
CLUBS. An organization catering exclusively to members and their guest, or premises, or premises and buildings for recreational, artistic, political or social purposes, which are not conducted primarily for gain and which do not provide merchandise, vending or commercial activities; except as required incidentally for membership and purpose of such club.
COMMERCE (COMMERCIAL). Occupation of buying and selling; trade.
COMMON LAND. A parcel or parcels of land together with the improvements thereon, the use, maintenance, and enjoyment of which are intended to be shared by the owners and occupants of the individual building units in a planned unit development.
COMMUNICATION TOWER. Any ground-mounted pole, spire, structure or combination thereof, including supporting lines, braces, wires, cables, masts, intended primarily for the purposes of mounting an antenna or similar apparatus above ground.
CONVALESCENT OR NURSING HOME. A building wherein infirm or incapacitated persons are furnished shelter, care, food, lodging and needed attention for a compensation.
COURTS. Open unoccupied spaces other than yards on the same lot with a building.
(1) COURT, INNER. An open, unoccupied space not extending to the street or front, or rear yard.
(2) COURT, OUTER. An open, unoccupied space opening upon a street, alley, yard or setback.
COVERAGE, LOT. Percent of the plot or lot covered by the building area.
CUL DE SAC. A street with only one outlet having sufficient space at the closed end to provide vehicular turning area.
DISTRICT. Any section within the community for which the regulations contained within this chapter are the same.
DORMITORY. A residence hall, which is used for sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students.
DRIVE-IN. A business establishment so developed that its retail or service character is dependent on providing a drive-way approach or parking space for motor vehicles so as to serve patrons while in the motor vehicle, or within a building on the same premises and devoted to the same purpose as the drive-in service.
DWELLING. A house or building, or portion thereof, which is occupied wholly as the home, residence or sleeping place by one or more human beings, either permanently or transiently, but in no case shall an automobile chassis, recreational vehicle, basement, accessory building, temporary building, tent or portable building, motel or automobile court, rooming or boarding house, hotel or hospital be considered as a dwelling, so long as these are used for the purposes described in this chapter. In case 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.
DWELLING TYPES. For the purpose of this chapter, dwellings are separated into the following categories and herewith defined accordingly.
(1) EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNIT. Consists of one room, exclusive of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets or dining alcove directly off the principal room containing not less than 350 square feet of floor area.
(2) MULTIPLE-DWELLING. A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling units living independently of each other and each having their own cooking facilities therein, including apartment houses, townhouses, but not including boarding or tourist houses.
(3) SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. A detached building containing one dwelling unit and so designed to provide living, cooking and kitchen accommodations for one family only.
(a) It complies with the minimum floor area requirements of this code for the zone in which it is located.
(b) It has a minimum dimension across every front, side and rear elevation of 25 feet and complies in all respects with the township building regulations, including minimum heights for habitable rooms. Where a dwelling is required by law to comply with any federal or state standards or regulations for construction which are different than those imposed by the township building regulations, then and in that event such federal or state standard or regulations shall apply.
(c) It is firmly attached to a permanent foundation constructed on the site in accordance with the Township building regulations and shall have a wall of the same perimeter dimensions of the dwelling and constructed of such materials and type as required in the applicable building regulations for single-family dwellings. In the event that the dwelling is a mobile home, as defined herein, such dwelling shall be installed pursuant to the manufacturer’s setup instructions and shall be secured to the premises by an anchoring system or device complying with the rules and regulations of the State Mobile Home Commission and shall have a perimeter wall as required above.
(d) In the event that a dwelling is a mobile home, as defined herein, each mobile home shall be installed with the wheels removed. Additionally no dwelling shall have any exposed towing mechanism, undercarriage or chassis.
(e) The dwelling is connected to the public sewer and water supply when required or to such private facilities approved by the local health department.
(f) The dwelling contains a storage capability area in a basement located under the dwelling, in an attic area, in closet areas or in a separate structure of standard construction similar to or of better quality than the principal dwelling, which storage area shall be equal to 10% of the square footage of the dwelling or 100 square feet, whichever shall be less.
(g) The dwelling is aesthetically compatible in design and appearance with other residences in the vicinity, with either a roof over-hang of not less than six inches on all sides, or alternatively with window sills or roof drainage systems concentrating roof drainage at collection points along the sides of the dwelling; and contains steps connected to said exterior door areas or to porches connected to said door areas where a difference in elevation requires the same. The compatibility of design and appearance shall be determined in the first instance by the Building Inspector upon review of the plans submitted for a particular dwelling subject to appeal by an aggrieved party to the Zoning Board of Appeals within a period of 15 days from the receipt of notice of said Zoning Inspector’s decision. Any determination of compatibility shall be based upon the standards set forth in this definition of DWELLING, as well as the character, design and appearance of one or more residential dwellings located outside of mobile home parks within the neighborhood of the subject dwelling. The foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit innovative design concepts involving such matters as solar energy, view, unique land contour or relief from the common or standard designed home.
(h) The dwelling contains no additions or rooms or other areas which are not constructed with similar quality workmanship as the original structure, including permanent attachment to the principal structure and construction of a foundation as required herein.
(i) The dwelling complies with all pertinent building and fire regulations; and all dwellings shall meet or exceed all applicable roof snow load and strength requirements. In the case of a mobile home, all construction and all plumbing, electrical apparatus and insulation within and connected to said mobile home shall be of a type and quality conforming to the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, being 24 C.F.R. part 3280, and as from time to time such standards may be amended.
(j) The foregoing standards shall not apply to a mobile home located in a licensed mobile home park except to the extent required by state or federal law or otherwise specifically required in the ordinances of the township pertaining to such parks.
(k) All construction required herein shall be commenced only after a building permit has been obtained in accordance with the applicable township building regulations and requirements.
(4) TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. A building containing two dwelling units each provided with separate facilities for each family for living accommodations.
DWELLING UNIT. Any 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, but in no case shall a travel trailer, mobile home, motor home automobile chassis, tent or other portable building be considered a dwelling in a single-family, two-family or multiple-family residential area. 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.
FAMILY.
(1) Includes the following:
(a) One or more persons living together and interrelated by bonds of consanguinity, marriage or legal adoption, and occupying the whole or part of a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit. A FAMILY shall be deemed to include domestic servants, gratuitous guests and not more than four foster or boarded children who are sponsored or whose room and board is paid by a recognized childcare agency or organization. A FAMILY shall also be deemed to include not more than six persons occupying the dwelling unit and living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit, if said occupants are handicapped persons as defined in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., as amended by the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988; and
(b) A group of not more than three persons, who need not be related by bonds of consanguinity, marriage or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from individuals occupying a hotel, club, boarding house, rooming house, fraternity or sorority house. The group living in the dwelling unit must occupy such dwelling unit in the same manner as a dwelling occupied by a FAMILY defined in division (1)(a) above of this definition.
(2) An affirmative finding that any one or more of the following criteria exists shall create a rebuttable presumption that the group occupying the dwelling unit is not a FAMILY:
(a) Bedroom doors that can be locked on the exterior and interior sides of the door;
(b) More than one mailbox provided per group; and
(c) Bedroom doors designated by number or letter.
FARM. A tract of land which is directly devoted to agricultural purposes provided further farms may be considered as including establishments operated as greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, kennels, quarries or gravel or sand pits shall not be considered farms hereunder unless combined with a bona fide farm operation on the same contiguous tract of land of not less than ten acres.
FENCE. A finite structure that provides an area of enclosure, privacy and/or ornamental value that is constructed of conventional materials or other materials approved by the Zoning Administrator.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. A building used for the storage of motor vehicles and containing no public repair or service facilities. See graphics and refer to § 156.039.
GYPSUM AND LIME PROCESSING ACTIVITIES. Any activity involving the processing of gypsum or lime for sale as an agricultural soil amendment and an industrial filler and whereby raw material is completely processed to producer a number of end products including the capture of the dust as a saleable product.
HOME OCCUPATION. Any business carried on by one or more members of a family residing on the premises, providing it:
(1) Be operated in its entirety within the principal dwelling or accessory structure;
(2) Does not have a separate entrance from outside the building;
(3) Does not involve alteration or construction not customarily found in dwelling or accessory structures;
(4) Does not use any mechanical equipment except that which is used normally for purely domestic or household purposes or for agricultural purposes if the HOME OCCUPATION is located in the Agricultural Zoning District;
(5) Does not use more than 25% of the total actual floor area of the dwelling;
(6) Does not display, or create outside the structure any external evidence of the operation of the home occupation, including additional traffic, except for one unanimated, non-illuminated, wall sign having an area of not more than two square feet; and
(7) Does not employ any persons other than family members residing on the premises.
HOME-SECTIONAL OR COMPONENT. Several building components meeting the State Building Code, factory fabricated, and transported to the home site where they are put on a permanent foundation and joined to make a complete house.
JUNK/SALVAGE YARD. A licensed open area where waste, used or second hand materials are bought and sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including, but not limited to, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles.
(1) A JUNK/SALVAGE YARD includes automobile wrecking yards, and two or more inoperative, unlicensed vehicles located on a single lot.
(2) Operations with the characteristics of SALVAGE YARDS that are called recycling centers, junk yards, scrap yards and the like shall be considered as SALVAGE YARDS.
KENNEL. Any facility, on a single parcel, where more than three dogs or three cats or other household pets, over four months old are kept, housed or boarded for a fee, or where such animals are kept for breeding purposes.
LOADING/SPACE BERTH. An off-street space at least ten feet wide, 25 feet long and 15 feet high; either within a building or outside on the same lot, provided maintained and available for the loading or unloading of goods or merchandise and having direct and unobstructed access to a street or alley.
LOT. A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a main building and accessory building thereto, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this chapter. Every LOT shall abut upon and have permanent access to a public street.
LOT AREA. The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot.
LOT: CORNER, INTERIOR and THROUGH.
(1) CORNER LOT. A lot which has at least two contiguous sides abutting upon a street for their full length, and provided two sides intersect at an angle of not more than 135 degrees.
(2) INTERIOR LOT. A lot other than corner lot.
(3) THROUGH LOT. An interior lot having frontage on two streets which do not intersect at a point contiguous to such lot.
LOT LINES. The lines abutting a lot as defined herein.
(1) LOT LINE, FRONT. That line separating the lot from the street right-of way. In the case of a corner lot or through lot, the lines separating the lot from each street.
(2) LOT LINE, REAR. Lot line which is opposite the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the REAR LOT LINE may be opposite either front lot line, but there shall only be one rear lot line. In the case of a lot with side lot lines converging at the rear, the lot line shall be an imaginary line parallel to the front lot line, not less than 20 feet long, lying farthest from the front lot line and wholly within the lot. See graphics in Appendix B.
(3) LOT LINE, SIDE. Any lot line that is not a front lot line or not a rear lot line.
LOT OF RECORD. A parcel of land, the dimensions of which are shown on a document or map recorded with the County Register of Deeds.
LOT, WIDTH OF. The distance from one side lot line to the other side lot line, measured parallel to the front lot line at the minimum setback.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A parcel of land 20 acres or more, intended and designed to accommodate 60 or more mobile homes for residential use, which is offered to the public for that use along with any structure, facility, area or equipment permitted and incidental to the residential use. Referred to also a PARK.
MOBILE HOME SPACE. A plot or parcel of land within the mobile home park designed to accommodate one mobile home.
MOBILE HOME STAND. That part of a mobile home space which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home, appurtenant structures or additions.
MOBILE HOMES. A detached single-family dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics:
(1) Designed for long-term occupancy;
(2) Containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside system;
(3) Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers on detachable wheels;
(4) Arriving at site to be occupied as a dwelling unit complete, meeting minimum square footage requirements of 1,100 square feet, and including appliances and furniture and ready for occupancy except for minor incidental location operations; and
(5) Not having a shingled over-hanging roof.
MODULAR HOME. A fabricated, transportable building unit designed to be incorporated at a building site into a structure on a permanent foundation to be used for residential uses with a minimum width and length of 25 feet, have a shingled over-hanging roof and be certified by the state.
MOTEL. A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connecting units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed primarily for transient automobile facilities. The term MOTEL shall include buildings designed as auto courts, tourist courts, motor courts, motor hotels and similar appellations which are designed as integrated units of individual rooms under common ownership. For the purposes of this chapter, MOTEL and HOTEL shall have the same meaning.
NONCONFORMING USE. A building, structure, or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated.
OPEN SPACE. Any unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building. See COURTS.
PARKING, SHARED. Any public or private area, outside of a building or structure, designed for and used for parking motor vehicles including parking lots, garages, private driveways and legally designated areas of public streets that is used by more than one residential development, business or industry.
PARKING SPACE. An off-street space of at least 180 square feet exclusive of necessary driveways, aisles or maneuvering areas suitable to accommodate one motor vehicle and having direct unobstructed access to a street or alley.
PRINCIPAL USE. The main use to which the premises are devoted and the principal purpose for which the premises exist.
PROCESSING, INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING - 2 DISTRICT. A series of operations usually in a continuous and regular action or succession of actions, taking place or carried on in a definite manner. PROCESSING includes material, goods, foodstuffs and other semi-finished products from raw materials. PROCESSING may include the chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products or the blending or combination of gases and liquids. PROCESSING also may be applied to specific industrial or manufacturing operations.
PROCESSING, LIMITED MANUFACTURING - 1 DISTRICT.
(1) A series of operations usually in a continuous and regular action or succession of actions, taking place or carried on in a definite manner. LIMITED MANUFACTURING PROCESSING includes such products as bakery goods, candy, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, food products, hardware and cutlery, tool and die, garage products and sheet metal products.
(2) LIMITED MANUFACTURING PROCESSING also includes processing of semi-finished or previously prepared materials such as bone, hair, fur, leather or feathers, fiber, plastics, glass or cellophane, wood, paper, cork, sheet metal or wire, tobacco, rubber, precious or semi-precious stones, and similar articles or products which are previously prepared or semi-finished.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation, municipal department or board fully authorized to furnish to the public electricity, gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, transportation of water service.
RECREATION FACILITY. A non-motorized recreation facility that utilizes environmental or natural resource conditions as a basis for recreation.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A recreational vehicle includes motor homes, travel trailers, snowmobiles on trailers, boats and similar related type units.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A street, alley or other thoroughfare or easement permanently established for passage of persons or vehicles.
ROADSIDE STAND. A structure erected on a farm adjacent to a public road for the sale of chiefly products produced on the farm, provided such shall not constitute a Commercial District, nor be deemed a commercial activity.
SAND PACKAGING ACTIVITIES. Any activity whereby dried sand is placed in packaging for sale, the sand not being dried on the same property.
SATELLITE DISH. Any antenna in the shape of a shallow dish, of any size, and appurtenant equipment, used for the receptions of communications (television and otherwise) from orbiting satellites and ground transmitters.
SERVICE, ESSENTIAL. The construction, alteration or maintenance by private companies or public departments or agencies of the various transmissions, distribution or disposal systems that are essential for the preservation of the public health, safety or general welfare such as gas, electricity, telephone, water and sewer, Also, this term includes all poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes cables traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment or accessories reasonable necessary to provide adequate service of said companies or agencies; but the term shall not include buildings or utility substations.
SIGN.
(1) A name identification, description, display or illustration which is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or piece of land and which is intended to direct attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. A SIGN shall not include a sign located completely within an enclosed building.
(2) For the purpose of this chapter the following sign or sign-related terms are defined.
(a) AREA, OR SURFACE AREA, OF SIGN. That area per face enclosed by one outline, the sides of which make contact with the extreme points or edges of the sign, excluding the supporting structure which does not form part of the sign proper or of the display.
(b) BILLBOARD SIGN. A freestanding outdoor sign which advertises something not located on the immediate premises.
(c) CONSTRUCTION SIGNS. Signs which identify architects, engineers, contractors and other individuals or firms involved with a construction project, but not including advertisement of any product. These include signs announcing the character of the building enterprise or the purpose for which the building is intended.
(d) ELECTRIC SIGN. Any sign containing electric wiring. This does not include signs illuminated by an exterior floodlight source.
(e) ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD. Changeable copy signs in which the copy consists of an array of lights activated and deactivated simultaneously with a frequency of message change of not less than 20 seconds. Signs displaying time and temperature only may change messages with a frequency of no less than five seconds.
(f) ENTRANCE/EXIT. Signs directing traffic movement to or from a parcel.
(g) FREESTANDING SIGN. A sign which is affixed to a permanent foundation, but not attached to the building proper. (Also GROUND MOUNTED SIGN.)
(h) GROUND LEVEL. The elevation to be used for computing the height of signs. Defined as the roadway centerline grade elevation at its intersection with the centerline of the driveway serving the parcel which is located nearest to the sign location.
(i) HIGH PROFILE SIGN. A freestanding identity sign intended to announce the existence of a business located near an expressway interchange to travelers on the expressway so they may react in time to exit safely.
(j) IDENTITY SIGN. A sign that identifies the business, owner or resident and/or the street address and which sets forth no other advertisement.
(k) ILLUMINATED SIGN. A sign that provides artificial light directly or through any transparent or translucent material.
(l) INSTITUTIONAL BULLETIN BOARD. A structure containing a surface area upon which is displayed the name of a religious institution, school, library, community center or similar institution and the announcement of its services or activities.
(m) INTEGRAL SIGN. Names of buildings or farm, date of erection, monumental citations, commemorative tablets and the like when made an integral part of the walls of the structure (or roof for farm buildings).
(n) JOINT SIGN. A sign which gives direction and identification to a group of adjacent businesses whether or not under single management.
(o) LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SIGNS, TEMPORARY. Signs pertaining to the sale, lease, rent or development of a subdivision, planned shopping center, office building, industrial park or similar land parcel.
(p) LOCATION. A lot, premises, building, wall or any place whatsoever upon which a sign is located.
(q) MARQUEE. An identification sign attached to or made a part of a marquee, canopy or awning projecting from and supported by the building.
(r) OFF-PREMISES SIGN. A sign which advertises an activity, business, product or service not sold or conducted on the parcel on which the sign is located.
(s) POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS. Signs announcing candidates for public political office and other data pertinent to an upcoming election.
(t) PRIVATE TRAFFIC DIRECTION. Signs directing traffic movement or giving instructions, located within a parcel.
(u) PROJECTING SIGN. A sign, other than a wall sign, which projects 18 inches or more from and is supported by a wall of a building or structure.
(v) PROJECTION. The distance by which a sign extends over public property or beyond the building line.
(w) PROPERTY RENTAL SIGNS. Signs on the premises announcing rooms, apartment or house tor rent, not to exceed four square feet.
(x) PUBLIC SIGNS. Signs of a governmental nature and in the public interest, erected by, or on the order of, a public officer in the performance of his or her public duty.
(y) REAL ESTATE SIGNS. Signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which they are displayed.
(z) ROOF LINE. This shall mean either the high point of the roof or the top of the parapet, whichever forms the top line of the building silhouette and where a building has several roof levels, this roof or parapet shall be the one belonging to the portion of the building on whose wall the sign is located.
(aa) ROOF SIGN. Any sign erected, constructed and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building.
(bb) SETBACK. A distance measured from the outer boundary of a parcel in which erection of a sign is not permitted. A FRONT SETBACK is measured from the edge of the right-of-way of any abutting roadway. A REAR SETBACK is measured from the property line opposite the road way. A SIDE SETBACK is measured from any other abutting property line. Corner lots shall require two FRONT SETBACKS, but only one REAR SETBACK.
(cc) SIZE OF SIGN. The size of a sign is computed as the product of its height and its width expressed in square feet. A sign shall be considered to have not more than two sides, i.e., a three-sided sign equals two signs.
(dd) SPECIAL PURPOSE SIGNS. Any other temporary signs.
(ee) STREET BANNERS. Fabric signs, suspended across public streets advertising a public entertainment or event. The location and contents of each street banner must be specially approved by the County Road Commission or State Department of Transportation.
(ff) TEMPORARY SIGN. A display, informational sign, banner or other advertising device intended for a limited period of display, including any sign which can be physically lifted, pulled, carried or wheeled from one location to another.
(gg) WALL SIGN, FLAT. One affixed directly to or otherwise inscribed on an exterior wall and confined within the limits thereof of any building and which projects from that surface less the 18 inches at all points.
SITE, AREA. The total area within the property lines excluding street rights-of-way and easements.
SITE PLAN. Documents and drawings are required by the zoning regulations to ensure that a proposed land use or activity is in compliance with local ordinances and state and federal statutes. Conditions of the chapter for site plan submittal must be complied with.
SPECIAL USE. The term applied to a use which may be permitted by the application for an issuance of a special use permit by the specified procedures and requirements, as outlined in cited sections must be complied with prior to final issuance of said permit.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS.
(1) Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock, female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and
(2) Human genitals in a discernable turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.
(1) Human genitals in a state of stimulation or arousal;
(2) Acts of human or animal masturbation, sexual intercourse (homosexual or heterosexual) or sodomy;
(3) Fondling of or erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast;
(4) Bestiality;
(5) Fellatio and cunnilingus; and
(6) Human excretory function.
STORAGE. See WAREHOUSING.
(1) INSIDE STORAGE. Includes the storage of materials, items, products (raw or finished) completely enclosed by a building on all four sides with a roof.
(2) OUTSIDE STORAGE. Includes the storage of materials, items, products (raw or finished) in an open yard without full protection from the weather.
(3) WAREHOUSING. The use of a commercial building for storage of goods.
STORY, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance from the top surface of one floor to the top surface of the next above. The height of the topmost story is the distance from the top surface of the floor to the top surface of the ceiling joists.
STREET. A public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
STREET FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
(1) The process by which streets and highways are grouped into classes, or systems, according to the character of service they are intended to provide.
(2) Three basic groups include:
(a) Arterial for primary mobility;
(b) Collectors for both mobility and land access; and
(c) Locals for primarily land access.
1. COLLECTORS. Provides both land access service and for local traffic movements within residential neighborhoods, commercial areas and industrial areas.
2. LOCALS. Serves as direct land access and access to higher systems.
3. MINOR ARTERIAL. Interconnects with and augments the principal arterial system and provides service to trips of moderate length at somewhat lower level of travel mobility than principal arterial.
4. PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL. Serves the major centers of activity of the region, the highest traffic volume corridors, and the longest trip desires.
STREET LINE. The legal line of demarcation between a street right-of-way line for service, benefit or enjoyment.
USE. The employment or occupation of a building structure or land for service, benefit or enjoyment.
VARIANCE. A modification of the literal provisions of this chapter granted when strict enforcement thereof would cause undue hardship owing to circumstances unique to the specific property on which the modification is granted by the Board of Appeals on Zoning.
YARD. An open space on the same lot with a building, which may not be occupied by buildings, structures or parking areas, except as otherwise provided herein. The measurement of a YARD shall be construed as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line (property line) and the building the line.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and measured between the front line of the lot and the nearest point of the main building. See Appendix B.
YARD, REAR. An open space on the same lot with a main building unoccupied except as herein permitted, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building. See Appendix B.
YARD REQUIRED - HOW MEASURED. The open space between the lot line and the setback line.
YARD, SIDE. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, situated between the principal building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. See Appendix B.
(Prior Code, § 15.202) (Ord. eff. 12-1-2019)