ch. 87 — DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 87 - DEFINITIONS

Accessory Building or Structure: A detached subordinate building or structure that is customarily incidental to the primary building and on the same lot or parcel of land with the primary building. Accessory Structure, Manufactured Home: A subordinate building or structure that is customarily incidental to the main building and on the same lot or parcel of land with the main building for living purposes, garages, carports, ramadas, awnings, patios or similar floor area related definitions. Accessory Use: A use customarily incidental to, related and clearly subordinate to a principal use established on the same lot or parcel of land, which accessory use does not alter said principal use nor serve property other than the lot or parcel of land on which the principal use is located. "Appurtenant use" means the same as accessory use. Adaptive Reuse: Conversion of an existing building from the use for which it was constructed to multiple residence use by maintaining some or all of the building elements. Adaptive Reuse Permit: Permit issued for an existing commercial, office, or mixed-use parcel for an existing building to be redeveloped as a multiple residence reuse or adaptive reuse. Adjoining: Two or more lots or parcels of land sharing a common boundary line, or 2 or more objects in contact with each other. Lots or parcels of land which touch at corners only shall not be deemed adjoining. "Abut" or "abutting" and "contiguous" means the same as adjoining. Adult: A person who is 18 years of age or older. Advertising For Hire Sign: A sign on which display space is made available to a person in exchange for rent, fee, or other consideration; does not include the owner of the sign, operator of the sign or the occupant of a parcel who rents tenant space on the same parcel or group C-O-I development as the sign. Aggrieved Person: Any person who has concerns with or believes they will be negatively affected by a decision. AIRPORT-RELATED DEFINITIONS: See Section 11-19-3, Definitions Specific to Airfield Overlay Districts. Alley: A public right-of-way used to provide secondary vehicular access to properties which abut it. Alteration: Any addition or modification that changes the exterior architectural appearance or materials of a structure or object. Alteration includes changes in exterior surfaces, changes in materials, additions, remodels, demolitions, and relocation of buildings or structures, but excludes ordinary maintenance and repairs. ANA Standards. Standardized plant nursery trade definitions of plant size, including container size, trunk caliper, plant height and canopy radius for trees and shrubs as determined by the Arizona Nurseryman's Association. Apartment, One-Bedroom: A dwelling unit in an apartment house that contains a maximum of 3 habitable rooms, 1 of which shall be a kitchen. Apartment, Two or More Bedroom: A dwelling unit in an apartment house that contains more than 3 habitable rooms, 1 of which shall be a kitchen. Apartment House: A building, or a portion of a building, designed or used for occupancy by 3 or more families living independently of each other, and containing 3 or more dwelling units. Area, Net: A portion of a lot, or parcel of land which is: 1. Not included as a proposed public or private facility such as an alley, highway or street, or other necessary public site within a proposed development project; 2. Subject to an easement where the owner of the underlying land has the right to use the entire surface except that portion where the owner of the easement may place utility poles or minor utility structures. Arterial Street: See street, arterial. Assisted Living Center: An assisted living facility that provides resident rooms or dwelling units to 11 or more residents. Assisted Living Facility: A residential care institution, including adult foster care, that is licensed by the State of Arizona to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuing basis. Assisted Living Home: An assisted living facility that provides resident rooms to 10 or fewer residents. Automobile Display Space: Any permanently maintained space so located and arranged as to permit the display of a motor vehicle, including passenger vehicles, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, scooters and self-propelled off-road equipment. Automobile Parking Space, Compact: Any permanently maintained space, having a width of not less than 8 feet and a length of not less than 16 feet, so located and arranged as to permit direct access to and from the parking space without crossing an adjacent parking space, and the storage of a passenger automobile of compact size. Automobile Parking Space, Standard: Any permanently maintained space, having a width of not less than 9 feet and a length of not less than 18 feet, so located and arranged as to permit direct access to and from the parking space without crossing an adjacent parking space, and the storage of a passenger automobile of standard size. Automobile Storage Space: Any permanently maintained space so located and arranged as to permit the storage of a passenger automobile of standard size, without regard to how the parking space is accessed. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) RELATED DEFINITIONS Augmentation: The process of adding new components to, modifying existing components, or replacing components of, an existing BESS facility. Nameplate Capacity: The maximum amount of energy that a BESS or BESS Facility can supply or store under specific conditions. It is also referred to as rated capacity or peak capacity, and is expressed in megawatts (MW) or kilowatts (KW) for power. The associated energy capacity, sometimes referred to as nameplate energy capacity, represents the total amount of energy the system can store or deliver over time, expressed in megawatt-hours (MWH) or kilowatt-hours (KWH). Bay Door or Bay Entry: Openings into a building wider than 6-feet, and designed for use principally by a vehicle to access a building, typically for vehicle parking, storage, repair or maintenance, or to access a building such as a warehouse or factory. Bicycle Parking, Long-Term: Bicycle parking, designed to serve employees, students, residents, commuters, and others who generally stay at a site for four hours or longer. Bicycle Parking, Short-Term: Bicycle parking designed to serve shoppers, customers, messengers, guests, and other visitors to a site who generally stay for a period of less than 4 hours. Billboard: A permanent off-site sign or a portable off-site sign more than thirty-two (32) square feet or an advertising for hire sign. Body Piercing: The creation of an opening in the human body for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration, including the piercing of an ear, lip, tongue, nose, or eyebrow. "Body piercing" does not include piercing an ear with a disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear. Buffer: To promote separation and compatibility between land uses of different intensities. The term buffer may also be used to describe the methods used to promote compatibility, such as a landscape buffer. BUILDING RELATED DEFINITIONS: Building: Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind. Building Addition: An extension or increase in floor area, height, or volume of an existing building. To qualify as an addition, the new construction must share a common wall with the existing building, with the point of attachment measuring at least 20% of the length of the common wall to which it is attached. Building, Enclosed: A building composed of rigid walls on all sides, and a roof. Building Height: The vertical distance from the natural mean ground elevation of the lot to the top of the parapet of a flat roof or the mean height between the plate line and the ridge of mansard, gable, hip, shed, or similar roof, excluding embellishment. Building, Pre-Engineered Metal: An enclosed structure with siding consisting of large, modular metal panels, often available in standardized kit form from a manufacturer and assembled on-site. Build-To Line: The maximum distance a building or other structure may be placed from an adjacent property line or future width right-of-way line. By-Passed Parcel: Any lot or parcel which meets all of the following: 1. Does not exceed 2.5 net acres, and has been in its current configuration for more than 10 years or does not exceed 5 net acres and was created by the assembly of individual, contiguous parcels, each not more than 2.5 acres in area; and 2. Is served by, or has direct access to, existing utility distribution facilities; and 3. Is surrounded by properties within a 1,200-foot radius in which: a. The total developable land area is not more than 25% vacant; and b. Greater than 50% of the total number of lots or parcels have been developed 15 or more years ago. Caretaker: A person residing on the premises of an employer and who is receiving meaningful compensation to assume the primary responsibility for the necessary repair, maintenance, supervision or security of the real or personal property of the employer which is located on the same or contiguous lots or parcels of land. Carport: An accessory structure that is roofed but permanently open on at least 2 sides and maintained for the storage of motor vehicles. Centerline: The centerline established by the city engineer for any proposed or dedicated public way. Change in Use(s) or Change of Use(s): A change from one defined land use to another defined land use in Chapter 86, no matter if they are under the same broader Land Use Classification (such as "Residential Use Classifications" or "Commercial Use Classifications"), or a change from a defined land use to a land use not defined in Chapter 86. Chapter: A chapter set out in this Ordinance, unless another ordinance or statute is mentioned. Charitable Organization: Any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, not-for-profit, or eleemosynary group, association or corporation, or such organization purporting to be such, which solicits and collects funds for charitable purposes. Child: A person under 18 years of age. City Charter: The Mesa City Charter. Commercial Vehicle: Any vehicle currently registered as such with the state Department of Motor Vehicles or equivalent out-of-state or federal agency and is used primarily in the conduct of a business as opposed to private family or individual use. Condition of Use: A development standard determined to be necessary to permit harmonious classification of a use as listed in a zone and therefore a prerequisite to place, or for application to place, such use as classified. Corral Fence: A structure consisting of vertical posts with horizontal connectors, so constructed that 66 percent or more of the vertical surface is open. Corral fences do not include chain link fences. Cross-Access: A driveway or drive aisle which connects two (2) or more adjacent parcels without using a roadway. Density: The number of dwelling units per unit of land area. Density Bonus: A density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density provided in this Ordinance. Desert Cobble: Refers to a process that re-creates the look of the rugged desert floor by salvaging and redistributing the top four inches of native soil and native "Desert Pavement" cobble. The desert cobble textures allow the establishment of plant communities by providing a protected place to take root. Desert Uplands Area: Area described by Section 9-6-5(A) of the Mesa City Code, and generally bounded by the West line of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Canal on the West, Tonto National Forest on the North, Pinal County on the East, and University Drive on the South. Development: Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the division of a parcel of land into 2 or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance; and any use or extension of the use of land. Development Plan Condition: An ordinance condition of approval requiring compliance with an approved Development Plan or Site Plan. Development Plan Review: The process by which the City evaluates proposed site and building development for compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, adopted design guidelines, and other applicable City policies. The Development Plan Review process consolidates and replaces prior processes, including Site Plan Review and Design Review. Disability. (1) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual's major life activities or impairs an individual's ability to live independently; (2) having a record of such an impairment; or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment. A person with a disability does not include an individual who is currently using alcohol or illegal drugs (as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 United States Code 802)), or using legal drugs to which they are addicted nor individuals who constitute a direct threat to the health and safety of others. Disability and direct threat will be interpreted consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 United States Code 12101, et seq.), as amended, and the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 United States Code 3601—3619). Domestic Animal: An animal which is commonly maintained in residence with man. Dripline: A vertical line extending from the outermost portion of a tree canopy to the ground. Potential dripline is based on the average tree canopy diameter, as determined by the Arizona Nurseryman's Association. Driveway: An access way that provides vehicular access between a street or alley and the on-site parking or loading facilities. Duplex: Two (2) dwelling units on the same lot or parcel that are designed for residential occupancy by not more than two (2) families living independently from each other, each with separate sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities. Unless otherwise provided, a Duplex consists of two (2) attached units (side-by-side or stacked). For the purposes of middle housing, the dwelling units may be attached, detached, or semi-detached. Dwelling Unit: A room or suite of rooms including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, sanitation, and cooking, and designed or occupied as separate living quarters. Easement: A portion of land created by grant or agreement for specific purpose; an easement is the right, privilege or interest which one party has in the land of another. Effective Date: The date on which a permit or other approval becomes enforceable or otherwise takes effective, rather than the date it was signed or circulated. Emergency: A sudden unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property or essential public services. Equipment Cabinet or Enclosure: A cabinet or structure used to house equipment associated with any utility. Existing Commercial, Office, or Mixed-Use Parcel: A parcel of land that is zoned as a Commercial or Mixed-Use District as of the effective date of this ordinance. Façade: The exterior elevation of a building extending vertically from the grade to the top of a parapet wall or eave, and horizontally across the entire width of the building elevation. Factory-Built Building: Any building, including a dwelling unit or habitable room thereof, which is either wholly or in substantial part manufactured at an off-site location to be assembled on site, except that it does not include a manufactured home, recreational vehicle or mobile home. All factory built buildings shall be consistent with all requirements of the Arizona Department of Housing for factory built buildings. Family. An individual or two (2) or more individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of no more than four (4) unrelated individuals, living together as a single housekeeping unit. A family includes a couple in a domestic relationship and biological, adopted, and foster children of either partner. The term family includes unrelated persons with developmental disabilities (as defined in A.R.S. § 36-581) living together in compliance with A.R.S. § 36-582. Feasible: Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social and technological factors. Fence: An artificially-constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen an area of land. FLOOR AREA RELATED DEFINITIONS: Floor Area, Gross (GFA): The sum of the gross horizontal area of each floor of a building or structure, measured from the exterior face of an exterior wall of a freestanding structure, or from the center of common walls of attached buildings, including carports, garages, basements, mezzanines, interior balconies, and all upper stories or levels. Floor Area (Net Floor Area, Habitable Floor Area): Space in a building used for purposes including living, working, sleeping, sanitation, eating, cooking, conditioned storage, recreation, or any combination of the above. Space used only for unconditioned storage or parking is not habitable space. Floor Area Ratio (FAR): The numerical value obtained through dividing the aboveground gross floor area of a building or buildings located on a lot or parcel of land by the total area of such lot or parcel of land. Foundation Base: The area adjacent to the exterior walls of a building containing hardscape, (entry plazas, covered walkways, sidewalks), ground cover, or landscaping. Fourplex: Four (4) dwelling units on the same lot or parcel that are designed for residential occupancy by not more than four (4) families living independently from each other, each with separate sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities. Unless otherwise provided, a fourplex consists of four (4) attached units (side-by-side or stacked). For the purposes of middle housing, the dwelling units may be attached, detached, or semi-detached. Frontage, Building: The exterior building wall of a ground floor business establishment oriented toward a public street, highway or parkway. Frontage, Street or Highway: That portion of a lot or parcel of land which borders a public street, highway or parkway. Front Parking Area: The parking area located in front of a building's primary façade. Determined by drawing a line from the front corners of the building to the front property corners. [image omitted; see the official code] FIGURE 11-87-1.A: FRONT PARKING AREA Future Width Right-of-Way Line: The planned maximum width of a public freeway, road, or street, determined by the City Traffic Engineer for local, collector and arterial streets, as determined by the applicable Transportation, Freeway or Major Street Plan adopted by the City, Maricopa County, and/or the State of Arizona for arterial streets and freeways. Garage: A building or portion of a building that is enclosed and roofed and designed for the parking of motor vehicles. General Development Standards: Design standards, parking requirements and other zoning related Development Standards specified in: A. A Community Plan and adopted with a particular Planned Community (PC) District, as specified in Chapter 11, B. An Infill Incentive Plan and adopted with a particular Infill Development (ID) District, as specified in Chapter 12, or C. An EO development plan and adopted with a particular Economic Opportunity (EO) District, as specified in Chapter 14. These standards would include the type of standards and requirements specifically associated with land uses listed in Article 2, or generally applicable as found in Article 4, and/or Article 5. The term includes building setbacks, maximum building heights, parking stall sizes, parking ratios, minimum building separation requirements, landscape setbacks, landscape planting ratios attached and detached permanent signs, and other similar requirements. The term does not include permitted land uses, prohibited land uses, and uses requiring a conditional use permit. As a general rule, dimensional General Development Standards include requirements which are characterized by minimum or maximum physical characteristics that can be measured as floor area, width, length, depth or height. General Plan: The General Plan of the City of Mesa, and all elements thereof. General Plan Amendment: A modification to the text, maps, goals, policies, or other components of the City's adopted General Plan that changes the community's long-range vision for growth, land use, housing, transportation, public facilities, or other elements required by state law. Glare: The effect produced by a light source within the visual field that is sufficiently brighter than the level to which the eyes are adapted, such as to cause annoyance, discomfort or loss of visual performance and ability. Good Neighbor Policy: A written statement submitted by the property owner, applicant, or operator that outlines the measures to be implemented to ensure ongoing compatibility between the proposed use and surrounding properties. The good neighbor policy shall identify procedures for preventing and responding to community concerns, including noise, traffic, lighting, maintenance, and other potential nuisances. It shall also include contact information for a designated on-site representative responsible for addressing complaints, describe methods for communicating with nearby property owners or neighborhood associations, and establish protocols for documenting and resolving issues. GRADE-RELATED DEFINITIONS: Grade, Below: Location of any facility or part of a facility located underground or beneath ground level. Grade, Existing: The elevation of a lot or parcel prior to approved demolition, excavation, fill, construction or modification. Grade, Finished: The final elevation of the lot or parcel, paved or unpaved, when all construction and landscaping are complete. Grade refers to finished grade unless otherwise stated. Grade, Finished Floor: The elevation of the ground floor of the building. Grade, Natural: The elevation of a lot or parcel unaffected by construction techniques such as fill, excavation, landscaping or berming. Mean natural grade refers to the elevation midway between the highest and lowest elevations on the lot or parcel. Group C-O-I Development: A commercial, office, or industrial master planned development containing three (3) or more businesses which share facilities such as driveways, parking, and pedestrian walkways and which is designed to provide a single area in which the public can obtain varied products and services. Habitable (Area, Living Area or Space): See "net floor area." Hardscape: Part of a building's grounds consisting of structures, such as plazas, retaining walls and sidewalks, made with materials such as but not limited to, concrete and sidewalk pavers. Hazardous Materials: Includes any substance characterized as flammable solids, corrosive liquids, radioactive materials, oxidizing material, highly toxic materials, poisonous gases, reactive materials, unstable materials, hypergolic materials and pyrophoric materials and any substance or mixture of substances which is an irritant, a strong sensitizer or which generates pressure through exposure to heat, decomposition or other means. Height of Building or Structure: See "building height." Home Occupations: A business or professional activity conducted on the same lot or parcel as a residential dwelling unit, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the primary function as a residential dwelling unit. The business or professional activity must not negatively impact the residential character of the neighborhood or the health, safety, and welfare of neighbors. Permitted home occupations may include but are not limited to: Artist studios, personal services, therapy, consulting, law office, real estate, insurance, professional office, professional design services, music and fine arts instruction, swim lessons, and small-scale E-Commerce that service five (5) or fewer individuals at a time. Home occupations exclude the on-site exchange of sold or bartered goods (exceptions made for occasional and infrequent exchanges), vehicle repair commercial warehousing or storage - indoor or outdoor, or manufacturing of products using hazardous materials or equipment not typically found in household settings. Illegal Use: Any use of land or building that does not have the currently required permits and/or was originally constructed and/or established without permits required for the use at the time it was brought into existence. Initial Site Plan: A site plan for a property, or a portion thereof, that does not have a previously approved site plan, or the approved site plan has expired. Kitchen: Any room or space used, or intended or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food. Kitchen Area: A space within a building or dwelling unit designed or used for the preparation and cleanup of food that includes a sink. Large Vehicle: Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) exceeding 13,000 pounds and intended to be used primarily for commercial purposes rather than use as for private or personal individual trips. Lamp: Any source created to produce optical radiation (i.e. "light"), often called a bulb or tube. Land Use Group (LUG): A category, grouping or association of land uses and activities, arranged as permitted, conditional, and prohibited land uses, when used in association with an EO or PC Ddistrict as a part of an adopted EO Development Plan (for EO Districts) or community plan (for PC Districts). In each case, the permitted and conditional land use activities shall be individually listed and grouped, together into specified categories (LUGS), assigned a name or title, and generally described with purpose and intent statements related to how the category or grouping of land uses relates back to the implementation and administration of the adopted EO Development Plan or community plan, as may be applicable. Further, each LUG may also provide specific standards associated with the land use and development of the assigned parcels. Such groups may be based in whole or in part on existing Mesa base zoning districts or may be new categories. Landscape Yard: An area intended to provide buffering between land uses of different intensities through the use of setbacks, landscaping, berms, fences, walls or a combination thereof. Landscaping: The planting, configuration and maintenance of trees, ground cover, shrubbery and other plant material, decorative natural and structural features (walls, fences, hedges, trellises, fountains, sculptures), earth patterning and bedding materials, and other similar site improvements that serve an aesthetic or functional purpose. Light Shelf: An exterior architectural element that allows reflective daylight to penetrate deep into a building. Lighting, Exterior: Any equipment or fixture located or used to provide illumination of outdoor areas, objects or activities. Lighting Fixture: Light fixtures include but are not limited to the lamp, pole, post, ballast, reflector, lens diffuser, shielding, electrical wiring, and other necessary or auxiliary components. Lighting System: All exterior man-made lighting sources, associated infrastructure and controls on a site. Light Trespass: Unwanted light that falls on neighboring properties or public rights-of-way. Light trespass also includes glare or distraction for observers away from the area for which the light is intended. LOT-RELATED DEFINITIONS: Lot, Corner: A lot or parcel of land situated at the intersection of 2 or more parkways, highways or streets, which parkways, highways or streets have an angle of intersection measured within said lot or parcel of land of not more than 135 degrees. Lot, Coverage: The area of a lot that is covered with impervious surfaces, such as buildings, patios or decks with roofs, carports, tennis courts, parking lots or any other type of structure. Swimming pools, exclusive of decking, are not considered impervious surfaces for the purposes of calculation. Lot, Flag: A lot or parcel of land taking access by a strip, owner of which lot or parcel of land has fee-simple title to said strip extending from the main portion of the lot or parcel of land to the adjoining parkway, highway or street. Lot, Interior: A lot or parcel of land other than a corner or flag lot. Lot, Key: An interior lot adjoining the rear lot line of a corner lot. Lot Line: A boundary line of a lot or of a parcel of land. Lot Line, Front: A line separating the front yard from the parkway, highway or street upon which the yard fronts; or, in the case of a flag lot where the front yard is oriented toward an adjoining lot, the line separating such front yard from the adjoining lot. Lot Line, Rear: A lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. For a triangular shaped lot, the rear lot line shall mean a line 10 feet to the length within the lot which is parallel to the front lot line, or parallel to the chord of a curved front lot line, and the maximum distance from the front lot line. Lot Line, Side: Any lot boundary line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. Lot, Through: A lot having frontage on 2 parallel or approximately parallel parkways, highways and/or streets. Low-Income Housing: Housing for a person or persons whose household income does not exceed 80% of the area median income. Maintenance and Repair: The repair or replacement of individual building components or paint, stucco or other exterior finishes that restores the character, scope, size or design of a structure to its previously existing, authorized, and undamaged condition. This definition shall not include replacement of primary structural elements or complete replacement of the building or structure. MANUFACTURED HOME (MH) RELATED DEFINITIONS: Accessory Retail Activity: An intermittent or periodic commercial event held at a recreation or social hall and characterized by the sale or barter of merchandise to residents of the Recreational Vehicle Park, Manufactured Home Park, or Recreation Vehicle Subdivision specifically associated with said recreation or social hall. Accessory Structure, Manufactured Home: A one (1) story habitable room, storage building, garage, carport, ramada, and awning. Patios and similar structures which may include window screens, knee walls, and other partial enclosures as specified in the Mesa Building Code (MBC), Chapter 4-2. Manufactured Home: A residential dwelling unit certified as a manufactured home pursuant to the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing Statutes, A.R.S. § 41-4001-4010, and regulations. This term does not include conventionally built dwelling units, factory built dwelling units, Mobile Homes, Recreational Vehicle Park Models, or Recreational Vehicles. Manufactured Home Lot: A parcel of land within an approved Manufactured Home Subdivision as shown in the records of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office. Manufactured Home Park: An approved residential development, owned by one (1) entity, in which individual manufactured home spaces are provided whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. Manufactured Home Subdivision: An approved residential subdivision, as shown in the records of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, that is designed in accordance with subdivision regulations, in which individual manufactured home lots are platted. Manufacturing: The process of creating a finished product by fabrication or from raw materials, especially by means of a larger scale industrial operation. MARIJUANA RELATED DEFINITIONS Marijuana. All parts of the plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not, as well as the seeds from the plant, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds or resin. A. Includes cannabis as defined in A.R.S. § 13-3401. B. Does not include industrial hemp, the fiber produced from the stalks of the plant of the genus cannabis, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, sterilized seeds of the plant that are incapable of germination, or the weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink or other products. Marijuana Concentrate. Resin extracted from any part of a plant of the genus cannabis and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of that resin or tetrahydrocannabinol. Marijuana concentrate does not include industrial hemp or the weight of any other ingredient combined with cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink or other products. Marijuana Cultivation. To propagate, breed, grow, prepare, and package marijuana. Marijuana Establishment. An entity licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services to operate all of the following: A. A single retail location at which the licensee may sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers, cultivate marijuana and manufacture marijuana products. B. A single off-site cultivation location at which the licensee may cultivate marijuana, process marijuana and manufacture marijuana products, but from which marijuana and marijuana products may not be transferred or sold to consumers. C. A single off-site location at which the licensee may manufacture marijuana products and package and store marijuana and marijuana products, but from which marijuana and marijuana products may not be transferred or sold to consumers. Marijuana Manufacturing. To compound, blend, extract, infuse or otherwise make or prepare a marijuana product. Marijuana Processing. To harvest, dry, cure, trim or separate parts of the marijuana plant. Marijuana Products. Marijuana concentrate and products that are composed of marijuana and other ingredients and that are intended for consumption, including edible products, ointments, and tinctures. Massage and Massage Services: Should include any method of pressure on or friction against, or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, manipulation, or stimulating the external parts of the body, with or without the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, with or without supplementary aids such as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powders, creams, lotions, ointments, or other similar preparations. Massing: The volumetric design or three-dimensional form of a building or structure. Minerals: Any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and compounds, formed from inorganic processes and organic substances, including, but not limited to, coal, peat and bituminous rock, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas and petroleum. Moderate-Income Housing: Housing for a person or persons whose household income does not exceed 120% of the area median income. Multiple Residence Reuse: Conversion of an existing building from the use for which it was constructed to a "multi-family residential development" as that term is defined in A.R.S. § 9-462.10(H). New Application: A "new application" or the phrase "subject to a new application" means the proposed development, modification to an approved permit, plan or approval, or other request or approval sought requires the applicant to start the process from the beginning in accordance with the applicable review and approval processes, and subject to approval by the appropriate decision-making body, as required by this Ordinance. By way of example, a request to modify an approved variance would require an application for a new variance for review and approval by the Board of Adjustment. Occupancy, Change in: The discontinuance of an existing use and the substitution therefore of a use of a different occupancy category as defined in the International Building Code. Occupant: The person occupying or having custody of a structure or premises as a lessee or other. Occupant Load: The total number of persons that may occupy a building or structure, or portion thereof, at any one time as provided by the Building Code. Occupiable Space: See "habitable (area, living area or space)." Off-Site Sign: A sign portraying information or directing attention to a business, activity, commodity, service, product, or entertainment which is not conducted, sold, or offered on the premises upon which the sign is located. Does not include portable signs thirty-two (32) square feet or less. On-Site: Located on the lot that is the subject of discussion. Open Space: The area or areas of a lot or parcel intended to provide light and air, and is designed for either scenic or recreational purposes, excluding buildings, parking, driveways and other vehicular surfaces. Open Space, Common: An open space intended for the shared, common use of the occupants of a development. Open Space, Private: An open space intended for the exclusive use of the occupants of a dwelling unit. Ordinance: An ordinance of the City of Mesa. Outdoor Display: The outdoor display or outdoor sale of goods which is conducted not entirely within a structure or enclosed area and is directly related to a business establishment with a permanent structure on the same parcel of property upon which the outdoor display is located. The business establishment with a permanent structure on the same parcel as the outdoor display is referred to as the "primary business". Outside Storage: The storage of goods, equipment or materials outside of a building for any purpose other than outside display. Owner: The person indicated on the records of the Maricopa County Assessor, or other official body, as the owner of record of the property in question. Parcel of Land: A contiguous quantity of land, owned by or recorded as the property of a person. Parking Lots or Parking Buildings: Readily accessible areas within structures or surface parking areas, inclusive of aisles, driveways, ramps and columns, maintained exclusively for the parking of vehicles, not including areas for the parking or storage of commercial vehicles. Pedestrian Oriented Use: A land use intended to encourage walking customers and which, generally, does not limit the number of customers by required appointments or otherwise excluding the general public. A pedestrian-oriented use may suggest or require appointments for services when primarily for the convenience of the customer, such as reservations for restaurants, beauticians or opticians to avoid being turned away due to unavailability. Where feasible the pedestrian oriented use shall have external entrances directly accessible from public sidewalk space. At a minimum, the business shall be of those generally considered to be open typical business hours that can range from 4—10 hours a day, and 4—7 days a week. Permit: Any special use permit, council use permit, temporary use permit, license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for development and/or use of property as required by any public agency. Permitted Use: Any use allowed in a zoning district without a requirement for approval of a discretionary use permit, but subject to any restrictions applicable to that zoning district. Person: Any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint adventure, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, this and any other city, county, municipality, district or other political subdivision, or any other group or combination acting as a unit. Plan of Operation: A written statement submitted by the property owner, applicant, or operator that describes how a land use or development will function on a day-to-day basis. The plan of operation shall include, as applicable, information regarding hours of operation, staffing levels, number and type of employees, business activities conducted on site, service and delivery schedules, anticipated customer volume, noise and lighting control measures, maintenance procedures, security provisions, and other operational characteristics necessary to evaluate the potential impacts of the proposed use on surrounding properties and public facilities. Plan Specific: The development standard described, such as a setback, landscaping plant ratio, parking ratio or a maximum building height requirement, is set by description noted graphically by the plans that have been approved/adopted during the entitlement review process required for that project. Plasma Center: Any facility used in the collection, storage, or distribution of liquid blood plasma. Porch: Structure or appendage of a building adjacent to a building entrance, typically covered and/or elevated from adjacent grade, and open with no walls on at least one (1) side. Portable Sign: A freestanding sign not permanently affixed, anchored or secured to a permanent foundation. Portable Storage Containers (PSC): A device in the shape of a rectangular solid; constructed of metal, consisting of four vertical walls, a floor and a ceiling and in which at least one vertical end is designed as door (typically either as a side-hinged door, or as an overhead bay door). The dimensions of a PSC shall not exceed 102-inches (8-foot, 6-inches) in height and 96-inches (8-feet) in width. Lengths may vary in increments of 10-feet (10-feet, 20-feet…) but may not exceed nominal 40-feet in length. PSCs include devices initially designed to facilitate the shipping of containerized cargo and constructed entirely of steel in a manner consistent with ISO 6346, and are being reused to facilitate secure storage, and/or temporary offices or studios, but not habitable space as defined in the Mesa Building Code. Primary Building: A building in which the main or dominant use of the lot or parcel is conducted. Primary Residence: A Single Residence as defined in Chapter 86, Section 11-86-2. Principal Use: A primary or dominant use established, or proposed to be established, on a lot or parcel of land. Private Street: See "street, private." Project: Any proposal for a new or changed use or for new construction, alteration, or enlargement of any structure that is subject to the provisions of this Title. Public Street: See "street, public." RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) RELATED DEFINITIONS: Accessory Retail Activity: An intermittent or periodic commercial event, held at a recreation or social hall and characterized by the sale or barter of merchandise to residents of the Recreational Vehicle Park, Manufactured Home Park, or recreation vehicle subdivision specifically associated with said recreation or social hall. Accessory Structure, Recreational Vehicle: A subordinate building or structure that is customarily incidental to a Recreational Vehicle or Recreational Vehicle Park Model and is located on the same lot or parcel of land as the Recreational Vehicle or Recreational Vehicle Park Model, which is used for living purposes, garages, carports, ramadas, awnings, patios or similar. Recreational Vehicle (RV): A vehicular portable structure, which can be towed, hauled or driven, primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping, and travel use and not designed for permanent residential or commercial purposes that: (1) contains its own motive power; (2) is drawn by another vehicle; or (3) is mounted on another vehicle. This term does not include conventionally built dwelling units, factory built dwelling units, or manufactured homes. Recreational Vehicle Lot: A parcel of land within an approved Recreational Vehicle subdivision, as shown in the records of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office. Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park: An approved residential development, owned by one (1) entity, in which individual recreational vehicle spaces are provided whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. Recreational Vehicle (RV), Park Model: A recreational vehicle built on a single chassis, mounted on wheels, which has a gross trailer area not exceeding four hundred (400) square feet in the set-up mode, and is certified by the manufacturer as complying with the ANSI A119.5 standards for recreational park trailer. This term does not include conventionally built dwelling units, factory built dwelling units, or manufactured homes. Recreational Vehicle Space: A site within an approved recreational vehicle park which is shown in the records of the planning division and which is designed and intended for the accommodation of one (1) recreational vehicle. Recreational Vehicle (RV) Subdivision: An approved residential subdivision, as shown in the records of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, that is designed in accordance with subdivision regulations, in which individual recreational lots are platted. Renovation, Exterior Façade: A resurfacing of an existing building frontage. Residential Care Institution: A health care institution other than a hospital or a nursing care institution which provides resident beds or dwelling units, supervisory care services, personal care service, directed care services or health-related services for persons who do not need inpatient nursing care. Residential Zoning Application: A rezoning application to change a property from any zoning district to a residential zoning district or use; or an application that removes or modifies any regulation or condition of approval for a residential zoned property or use previously imposed by ordinance. Responsible Party: A person who knows or has reason to know of the existence of any violation of this chapter on that person's property or property which that person occupies or controls, in whole or in part, including but not limited to an owner, occupant, lessor, lessee, manager, managing agent, licensee or any person who has legal care or control of the property. Rezoning (Zoning Map Amendment): An amendment to the Official Zoning Map that changes the base Zoning District of one (1) or more parcels of land, adds or removes an overlay zoning district to one (1) or more parcels, or imposes, removes, or modifies any regulation or condition of approval that requires an Ordinance Condition Modification. Roof Area: That portion of a lot or parcel covered by the roof structure of all buildings, excluding the eves and overhangs, but including covered porches, patios and carports. Roof Profile: shape or form of the roof above residential dwelling units, such as gable, gambrel, hip, mansard, parapet, pitched and shed. Room, Habitable: An enclosing subdivision in a building commonly used for sleeping, living, cooking or dining purposes, excluding closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms, service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, foyers, storage space, cellars, utility rooms, and similar spaces. Screening: A wall, fence, hedge, informal planting, or berm, provided for the purpose of buffering a building or activity from neighboring areas or from the street. Section: A section of the ordinance codified in this Title 11, unless some other ordinance or statute is mentioned. SETBACK-RELATED DEFINITIONS: Setback: The minimum distance between a property line and the nearest point of a building or structure, measured perpendicular from the property line, unless otherwise specified in this Title, that must be kept unobstructed from the ground to sky except for permitted projections. Setback, Front: The minimum distance between a front property line and the nearest point of a building or structure, measured perpendicular from the front property line, unless otherwise specified in this Title, that must be kept unobstructed from the ground to sky except for permitted projections. Setback, Interior Side: The minimum distance between an interior side property line (a side property line that does not abut a street) and the nearest point of a building or structure, measured perpendicular from the interior side property line, unless otherwise specified in this Title, that must be kept unobstructed from the ground to sky except for permitted projections. Setback, Rear: The minimum distance between a rear property line and the nearest point of a building or structure, measured perpendicular from the rear property line, unless otherwise specified in this Title, that must be kept unobstructed from the ground to sky except for permitted projections. Setback, Street-Facing: The minimum distance between a street-facing property line (a side property line that abuts a private or public street) and the nearest point of a building or structure, measured perpendicular from the street-facing property line, unless otherwise specified in this Title, that must be kept unobstructed from the ground to sky except for permitted projections. Sidewalk: A paved, surfaced, or leveled area used as a pedestrian walkway. Single Housekeeping Unit. A person or group of persons jointly occupying a single dwelling unit that: (1) has access to and the joint use of all common areas such as the kitchen and eating areas of the dwelling unit; (2) shares household activities and responsibilities, such as meals, chores, or expenses; and (3) has no limits on length of tenancy, except for those imposed by a lease or rental agreement. Site Plan Review: The process in which the City reviews a site plan which includes both an initial site plan and a site plan modification. In certain contexts, the term clearly applies only to initial site plan reviews and in other context only to site plan modifications. Solid Fill: Any inorganic, noncombustible materials, insoluble in water, such as soil, rock, sand or gravel that can be used for grading land or filling depressions. Special Event: A temporary activity that is conducted on property that is not specifically zoned, authorized, or otherwise approved for such use and which complies with all the following: A. The activity is intended for purposes of entertainment, education, commercial promotion, or cultural, religious, ethnic, or political expression. B. The activity occurs outside or in a temporary structure. C. Special event includes parades, sporting events, circuses, fairs, carnivals, festivals, religious revivals, political rallies, vehicle shows and displays, and similar recognized temporary activities. D. Special event does not include wedding and funeral ceremonies, elections, garage or yard sales held at a private residence, or charity car washes. Special Event, City-Sponsored: A special event produced and funded by the City. Special event, City-supported: A Special Event initiated by an outside or community group and supported by the City, in the City's sole discretion and based on available City resources. Stand: A structure for the display and sale of products with no space for customers within the structure itself. Story: Is that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the roof above. "Story" includes a basement, but not a cellar. Temporary Use Permit (TUP). A TUP is a discretionary permit issued by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with Sections 11-31-30 and 11-70-4 of the Zoning Ordinance for a temporary use that is conducted on property specifically zoned, authorized, or otherwise approved for such use. STREET-RELATED DEFINITIONS: Highway: Includes any expressway, freeway, or parkway. Freeway: A restricted access highway. Parkway: A road having park-like landscaping features, and may or may not have a central landscaped median, with a right-of-way width of not less than 80 feet. Right-of-Way: A strip of land intended to be used as a road, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer or other similar use. Road: An open way used for the passage of vehicles, and includes alleys, streets and highways. Street: Any public street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, place, viaduct, easement for access, or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway; or a street or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by official action; or a street or way in a plat duly filed and recorded in the County Recorder's Office. A street includes the land between the right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may be comprised of pavement shoulders, curbs, gutter, sidewalks, parking areas, and landscape areas. Street, Arterial: A general term including section line and major streets and state or county highways providing a system for citywide through traffic movement. Street, Collector: Provides the traffic movement within neighborhoods of the City, between major streets and local streets, and for direct access to abutting property. Street, Cul-de-Sac: A short local street permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround; provides direct access to a limited number of adjacent properties. Street, Frontage: The linear distance that a lot, parcel, or development site abuts a public or private street, measured along the property line that directly borders the street right-of-way. Street, Half: Any street improved to a width of less than 34 feet or with concrete curb and sidewalk on only one (1) side of said street. Street, Local: Provides for direct access to residential, commercial, industrial, or other abutting land; primarily for local traffic movements with connections to collector and/or major streets. Street, Private: Real property recorded as improved roadway for pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic, constructed and maintained by private parties. Street, Public: Real property dedicated for, and recorded as, public right-of-way for pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic, having a minimum width of 30 feet. The term shall not include public right-of-way designated for limited access freeways or public alleys. STRUCTURE RELATED DEFINITIONS: Structural Alteration: Any change of the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, floor joists, ceiling joists, or roof rafters. Structure: Anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed location on the ground, or is attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Structure, Attached: A structure that is connected to another structure and dependent on a division wall(s) or common wall(s) for structural support or enclosure. (SYN: detached building) Structure, Detached: A structure which is physically separated from and not dependent on another structure for structural support or enclosure. (SYN: detached building) Structure, Semi-Detached: A structure that is connected to another structure but is not dependent on a division wall(s) or common wall(s) for structural support or enclosure. Suite, Guest: A combination of 2 or more guest rooms. Swimming Pool: A contained body of water used for bathing or swimming purposes either above or below ground level with the container being 18 or more inches in depth at any point, and/or wider than 8 feet at any point measured on the long axis. Tandem Parking. The placement of parking spaces one behind the other, or "end-to-end", such that the second space furthest from the access drive is accessed only by crossing the first space nearest the access drive. Tattooing: To insert pigment under the surface of the human skin by pricking with a needle or otherwise to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELATED DEFINITIONS: Alternative Tower Structure: Artificial trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers. Antenna: Any system of poles, panels, rods, reflecting discs, wires or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic signals, including but not limited to radio waves and microwaves. An antenna does not include the support structure the antenna(s) is mounted upon. Antenna, Amateur Radio: A ground-, building-, or tower-mounted antenna operated by a federally licensed amateur radio operator as part of the Amateur Radio Service and as designated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Antenna, Building- or Structure-Mounted: Antenna mounted to the side of a building, or structure that transmits or receives electromagnetic signals. Antenna, Direct Broadcast Satellite Service (DBS): An antenna, usually a small home receiving dish, designed to receive direct broadcast from a satellite. Antenna, Ground-Mounted: Any antenna that is not mounted on a pole, a structure, or the roof or wall of a building. Antenna, Multipoint Distribution Services (MDS): An antenna designed to receive video programming services via multi-point distribution services, including multipoint, multichannel distribution services, instructional television fixed services, and local multipoint distribution services. Antenna, Roof-Mounted: An antenna directly attached or affixed to the roof of an existing structure. Antenna, Satellite: Any antenna used to receive and/or transmit radio or television signals from orbiting communications satellites. Antenna, Satellite Earth Station: An antenna designed to receive and/or transmit radio frequency signals directly to and/or from a satellite. Antenna, Television Broadcast Service (TVBS): An antenna designed to receive only television broadcast signals. Antenna Structure: An antenna array and its associated support structure, such as a mast or tower (not including a suspended simple wire antenna), that is used for the purpose of transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic signals, including but not limited to radio waves and microwaves. Antenna Structure, Freestanding: An antenna structure or mast that is not attached to any part of a building, fence, or other such structure. Freestanding antenna structures include communications towers, wooden utility poles, and concrete and steel monopoles. If the total height of the structure, including the antenna, is at least 17 feet high, it shall be treated as a monopole. Antenna Structure, Monopole: An antenna structure, often tubular in shape, usually made of metal, reinforced concrete, or wood and which is at least 17 feet in height. A monopole may also be an alternative tower structure that is designed to replicate a tree or other natural feature. Communication Equipment Building: A building housing operating electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conducting of a public utility communications business, with or without personnel. Co-location: The location of two or more wireless communications facilities owned or used by more than one public or private entity on a single support structure or otherwise sharing a common location. Co-location shall also include the location of wireless communications facilities with other facilities such as buildings, water tanks, light standards, and other utility facilities and structures. Distributed Antenna System (DAS): A system of small antennas installed on existing infrastructure such as telephone poles and streetlights throughout an area, which are interconnected by fiber optic cable to a central hub location, and are generally designed to support multiple wireless carriers. Microcell Facility: A wireless communication facility serving a single carrier and consisting of an antenna no larger than 4 feet in height or, if tubular, no more than 6 feet long and 4 inches in diameter comprised of a networked set of antennas that are connected with each other and to a wireless service source, such that a one (1) or more high-power antennas that serve a given area are replaced by a group of lower-power antennas to serve the same geographic area. Readily Visible: An object that can be identified as a wireless telecommunications facility when viewed with the naked eye. Related Equipment: All equipment ancillary to the transmission and reception of voice and data via radio frequencies. Such equipment may include, but is not limited to, cable, conduit, and connectors. Service Provider: Any authorized provider of wireless communications services. Stealth Facility: Any commercial wireless communications facility that is designed to blend into the surrounding environment by means of screening, concealment, or camouflage. The antenna and supporting antenna equipment are either not readily visible beyond the property on which they are located, or, if visible, appear to be part of the existing landscape or environment rather than identifiable as a wireless communications facility. Stealth Technically Feasible: In light of technical feasibility, radio signal transmitting and receiving requirements, aesthetics, electromagnetic fields, costs, landowner permission, facility owner permission, and all necessary approvals under this Chapter. Tower: Means any structure that is designed or constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term includes, but is not limited to, radio and television Transmission Towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures and the like. Townhouse: Two (2) or more attached dwelling units constructed in a row (side-by-side), each with separate sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities, each sharing at least one (1) common wall with an adjacent unit, and each served by its own exterior entrance. no dwelling unit may be stacked (located above or below another). Triplex: Three (3) dwelling units on the same lot or parcel that are designed for residential occupancy by not more than three (3) families living independently from each other, each with separate sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities. Unless otherwise provided, a triplex consists of three (3) attached units (side-by-side or stacked). For the purposes of middle housing, the dwelling units may be attached, detached, or semi-detached. Wireless Communications Facility: Personal wireless service facilities as defined by the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 including, but not limited to, facilities that transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals for cellular radio telephone service, personal communications services, enhanced specialized mobile services, paging systems, and related technologies. Such facilities include antennas, microwave dishes, parabolic antennas, and all other types of equipment used in the transmission or reception of such signals; telecommunication towers or similar structures supporting said equipment; associated equipment cabinets and/or buildings; and all other accessory development used for the provision of personal wireless services. These facilities do not include radio and television broadcast towers and government-operated public safety networks. TRANSIT RELATED DEFINITIONS: Bus-Rapid Transit (BRT): The use of regularly scheduled passenger bus service along a major transportation corridor, typically arterial streets, with limited stops or stations typically occurring at intersecting in proximity to arterial and/or collector streets. Light-Rail: The use of regularly scheduled passenger service utilizing trains on fixed-rail along a major transportation corridor, typically arterial streets, with limited stops or stations typically occurring at street intersections in proximity to arterial and/or collector streets. Station: The stopping place in a transportation system designed or intended to be used for the receiving or discharging of passengers and cargo, but shall not provide for the storage of the conveyance vehicle and shall not include any appurtenant facilities other than a shelter and ticketing facilities for passengers. Stations include train stations, bus stations, and similar transit stations. Stop: Locations designated by the transit authority in which patrons may access or exit from regularly scheduled light rail, BRT or bus service. Terminal: Means any facility designed or intended to be used for the receiving or discharging of passengers or cargo and providing for the temporary or permanent storage of the conveyance vehicle. Terminals include train terminals, Airports, bus terminals, Freight Terminals, harbor terminals, or any combination of the above commonly referred to as multipurpose terminals. Theater: An enclosed building used for public assembly and/or entertainment, including sports events, theatrical performances, concerts and recitals, circuses, stock shows and conventions. "Theater" includes auditoriums. Transparent or Non-Opaque: Any surface, screen, window, wall, or other structural element through which objects can be clearly seen by the human eye. Use: Includes construction, establishment, maintenance, alteration, moving onto, enlargement and occupation. Wherever this title prohibits the "use" of any premises for any purposes, such premises and any building, structure or improvement on such premises shall not be used, occupied, altered or improved for such purpose, and no building, structure or improvement on such premises shall be erected, constructed, established, maintained, allowed to remain, altered, moved onto or enlarged which is designed, arranged or intended to be occupied or used for such purpose. Visible: Capable of being seen (whether or not legible) by a person of normal height and visual acuity. Warehousing: A business in which goods and/or merchandise are stored as a principle activity, including shipping or distribution activities. Wheel Stop: A physical barrier sufficient in size to prevent the movement of automobiles or other vehicles over or past such barrier. Wild Animal: Any wild, exotic, dangerous or nondomestic animal, including but not limited to mammals, fowl, fish or reptiles. YARD-RELATED DEFINITIONS: Yard: The open space between a property line and the nearest point of the principal building. Yard, Front: The space between the front property line and the front façade of the building. On corner lots, the Front Yard shall be located across the narrower frontage of the lot. Yard, Interior Side: The space between the interior side property line and the building. Yard, Rear: The space between the rear property line and the rear façade of the building. Yard, Street-Facing Side: The space between the street-facing side setback and the building. On corner lots, the Street-Facing Side Yard shall be located across the wider frontage of the lot. Zone or Zoning District: A specifically delineated geographic area in the city within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

(Ord. No. 5514, § 2, 7-8-19; Ord. No. 5544, § 18, 12-9-19; Ord. No. 5591, § 5, 12-1-20; Ord. No. 5592, § 6, 12-1-20; Ord. No. 5632, § 6, 7-8-21; Ord. No. 5633, § 1, 7-8-21; Ord. No. 5759, § 12, 12-8-22; Ord. No. 5814, § 9, 10-16-23; Ord. No. 5847, § 6, 3-4-24; Ord. No. 5862, § 4, 7-8-24; Res. No. 12269, § 20, 9-23-24; Ord. No. 5883, § 3, 10-7-24; Ord. No. 5904, § 4, 12-9-24; Ord. No. 5905, § 2, 12-9-24; Ord. No. 5943, § 5, 6-2-25; Ord. No. 5946, § 2, 7-1-25; Ord. No. 5949, § 5, 7-1-25; Ord. No. 5950, § 4, 7-8-25; Ord. No. 5989, § 7, 12-8-25; Ord. No. 5976, § 9, 1-12-26; Ord. No. 5996, § 4, 3-9-26)