Property abutting upon a street shall also be understood as abutting property on the other side of the street.

is a secondary residential unit that shares a building lot with a larger primary home.

means a subordinate building which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot. Accessory buildings in residential districts shall be limited to: attached or detached garages, carport, storage building, bath house, greenhouse, bomb or fallout shelter, stable, and barn.

means a subordinate use which is incidental to the main or primary use.

means "next to" or "closest to" but shall not necessarily mean "touching."

A long, flat piece of land from which trees, rocks, etc. have been removed so that aircraft can take off and land.

means a way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

means a public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.

means any building, lot, tract, or parcel of land used in whole or part for the operation and maintenance of a circus, carnival, miniature golf course, golf driving range, batting cages, skating rinks, go-kart racing tracks and/or minstrel shows.

means a facility operated by a veterinarian for the purpose of examining and treating animals including outdoor facilities for caring for the animals and allowing the keeping of animals overnight.

means a facility that keeps impounded stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals.

means the arrangement of wires or metal rods used in sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves.

means a retail establishment store specializing in selling of antiques where such wares are stored and displayed.

means a room or suite of rooms in an apartment building intended, designed, or occupied as a home or residence by a single family, individual, or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

means any building which is intended, designed, or occupied as the home or residence of three (3) or more families living independently of each other and maintaining separate cooking facilities.

means an establishment where common small household appliances are repaired. Often times included as part of an appliance store where appliances such as refrigerators, TVs, and dishwashers are sold retail.

means a public place of business where fifty (50) percent or more of the gross sales are derived from amusement machines. The term amusement machine shall mean every machine of any kind of character whatsoever, when such a machine is capable of use or operations for amusement, other than for the purpose of vending merchandise, music, or a service such as telephone service, laundry service, etc. Included in the description of amusement machines are video games, pinball machines, miniature sports machines, and all other machines which designed for challenge, entertainment, or pleasure.

means the net area of the lot or site and shall not include portions of streets and alleys.

means a facility, permanent or temporary, which mixes asphalt or cement with various aggregates and water in large quantities for transport elsewhere.

means an institution providing meals and resident care and services for persons who are generally admitted for periods of time exceeding 30 days. Such service includes custodial or attendant care, but may or may not provide for routine and regular medical and nursing services. Nursing and care homes include homes for the aged, and convalescent and rest homes.

means an establishment that provides health and fitness activities such as exercise rooms, weight room, and other gymnasium and other athletic, health recreational uses.

means the area in a repair facility where the vehicle is refinished by refinishing technicians or painters.

means a building or space for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, but not including factory assembly of such vehicles, auto wrecking establishments or junkyards.

means an open area or lot used for the display or sale of automobiles, where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the cars to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of cars for sale or keeping of used car parts or junk on the premises.

means an establishment which produces bakery goods and various confectionery items, such as rolls, bread, etc. for direct sale to the consumer.

means establishments that offer or provide personal services such as haircuts, nails and like personal services.

means a story below the first story of a building.

means a residence where one or more rooms are leased on an overnight basis for accommodations for profit. A bed and breakfast is an accessory use to a residence and the owner of the property must also be the operator of the bed and breakfast establishment.

means that property abutting on one (1) side of a street and lying between the nearest intersecting, or intercepting streets or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, waterway, or other barrier to or gap in the continuity of development along such street.

means the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Aurora.

means a dwelling wherein lodging or meals for three (3) or more persons, not members of the principal family therein, is provided for compensation, but not including a building in which ten (10) or more guest rooms are provided.

means an establishment engaged in the short or long term storage of personal boats or recreational vehicles either inside or outside.

A business that produces craft beers and which business hold[s] a current, valid Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) Type B Permit, including operations related to the manufacture and sale of craft beer for both on-site and off-site consumption.

means an area of land together with specified planting and/or structures thereon, which may be required between land uses of different intensities to eliminate or minimize conflicts between such uses.

means any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind.

means the portion of the lot remaining after the required yards have been provided.

means a building surrounded by yard or open space on the same lot.

means the side of a building most nearly parallel with and adjacent to the front of the lot on which it is situated.

means a line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line at a specified distance therefrom constituting the minimum distance from the street line that a building may be erected.

means the building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

means a business which stocks building materials, such as fencing, wire, bricks, cement, and lumber, for use in building construction and landscaping.

means includes retail, commercial, personal services, excavation, manufacturing and industrial operations and uses.

means a room or group of rooms where the general administration and affairs of a business are carried on, but where no retail transactions are conducted.

means a building and/or premises used for the design and construction of cabinets, shelves and similar structures for subsequent sales, installation and use in homes, businesses and offices.

means any structure of a permanent fixed nature attached to or independent of the main structure, built and designed for the purpose of shielding from the elements, persons or chattels or a roof-like structure of a permanent nature which is supported by or projects from the wall of a structure.

means a building, or portion thereof, where automobiles or other motor vehicles are automatically or manually washed regularly as a business.

means a building story with more than one-half of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not be counted as a story in computing building height.

means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead humans, including mausoleums and mortuaries.

means an official certificate issued by the City of Aurora which indicates conformance with or approved conditional waiver from the zoning regulations and authorizes the legal use of the premises for which it is issued.

means a facility that provides care or supervision for children who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner or operator of the facility for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day for more than twelve (12) children under the age of fourteen (14), whether or not the facility is operated for profit or charges for the services it offers.

means a facility, sometimes referred to as a "registered family home," that regularly provides care in the caretaker's own residence for not more than six (6) children under the age of fourteen (14) years of age, excluding the caretaker's own children. When more than six (6) children are kept in the home, it shall be considered as either a "group day care home" or "child care center."

means a place of worship and religious training of recognized religions including the on-site housing of ministers, rabbis, priests, and nuns.

means a group of offices for one (1) or more physicians, surgeons, opticians or dentists to treat patients who do not remain overnight.

means a building used primarily for the social or recreational activities serving the City, neighborhood, or apartment complex.

means a facility, permanent or temporary, which mixes cement with various aggregates and water in large quantities for transport elsewhere.

See "townhouse."

means a building and/or premises for the storage of materials, tools, products and vehicles used in the conduct of a construction business related to heating and air conditioning service, building construction, electrical service, landscaping service, plumbing service, utility service, etc.

means any building or structure used for or customarily occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from infirmities of age.

means an area of land containing either a golf course or tennis courts, or both, and a clubhouse and which is available to members only. Country clubs may contain adjunct facilities such as private club, dining room, swimming pool, and other similar recreational or service facilities.

means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building and bounded on three (3) or more sides by such building; or the open space provided for access to a dwelling group.

means a group of people formally organized for common interest, usually cultural, religious or entertainment with regular meetings, rituals, and formal written membership requirements.

means the exhibition of vehicles, trailers, boats, goods, wares, or merchandise for sale, rental or lease.

A business that produces distilled spirits and which business holds a current, valid Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) Type D Permit, including operations related to the production and sale of distilled spirits. (TABC definition - "Distilled Spirits" means alcohol, sprits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, or any liquor produced in whole or in part by the process of distillation, including all dilutions or mixtures of them, and includes spirit coolers that may have an alcoholic content as low as four (4%) percent by alcohol volume and that contain plain, sparkling or carbonated water and may also contain one or more natural or artificial blending or flavoring ingredients.)

means a building or group of buildings with cumulative storage space of over five thousand (5,000) square feet in area which is used for the storage of merchandise, goods, and wares which are intended to be distributed to other retail or wholesale establishments.

means a building or group of buildings with cumulative storage space not to exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet in area which is used for the storage of merchandise, goods, and wares which are intended to be distributed to other retail or wholesale establishments.

means a section of the City for which the regulations governing the area height or use of the land and buildings are uniform.

means a building designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other within separate units which have a common wall and are under one roof.

means a building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied or intended to be occupied as living quarters and includes facilities for food preparation and sleeping.

means a building containing two (2) or more dwelling units which is designed for or occupied as a home or residence for two (2) or more families living independently of each other and maintaining separate cooking facilities.

means a detached building which is designed for or occupied as a home or residence by not more than one (1) family.

means an establishment selling electrical supplies and parts and/or providing the servicing and installation of electrical equipment and fixtures.

means one (1) or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than five (5) individuals are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption, but not including a group occupying a hotel, motel, boarding house, club, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house.

means facilities [in] which day care is provided at any one time to four, five, or six persons who are not relatives of the caregiver, and where the care areas are used as a family residence.

means a lot, tract, or parcel of land which is used for growing farm products and livestock. Not allowed is the commercial feeding of offal and garbage to livestock. Not allowed is any type of agriculture prohibited by ordinance or law. Agricultural use shall not be offensive by reason of odor, dust, fumes, rodents, noise, or vibration or be otherwise detrimental to public welfare.

means two (2) or more stands or stalls that are owned, leased, open air, or fully or partly covered market, for the sale directly by producers or by their representatives.

means a commercial establishment which sells animal feed; feeding troughs; animal cages, pens, and gates; fencing materials; pesticides; seeds; and other gardening farming, and ranching supplies. The sale of baby chicks, rabbits, guinea pigs, and other similar small or domesticated animals may be permitted only with a specific use permit and in accordance with all ordinances.

means a masonry wall, or a barrier composed of posts connected by boards, rails, panels or wire for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land. The term "fence" does not include retaining walls.

means music, painting, sculpture, and including drawing, etchings, ceramics, inlays, needlework, knitting, weaving, and craftwork involving leather, wood, metal, glass, and fiber.

means a collection of two (2) or more stalls, booths, tables or other similar arrangements, used by individual vendors, for the display and sale of various items of new or used personal property.

means the area outside of the floodway which may be inundated with floodwater with an average frequency of occurrence in the order of once in one hundred (100) years, normally referred to as the intermediate regional flood by the U.S. Corps of Engineers.

means the channel of a stream and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel that are required to carry and discharge floodwaters.

means the area of a building, including the walls thereof, but excluding all porches, open breezeways and garages.

means a facility open to the public and used primarily for the playing of games of chance, skill, sport or amusement. Such games include but are not limited to the following: dominoes, cards, bingo, billiards, darts, and amusement machines.

means a building or portion of a building used for the general repair of motor vehicles.

means a building or portion of a building used for the parking and storage of motor vehicles, other than a private garage or a auto repair garage, in which any sale of gasoline, oil, and accessories is only incidental to the storage of the vehicles.

means an accessory building or portion of a main building on the same lot and intended to be used for the parking and storage of private passenger motor vehicles, boats, or other vehicles.

means occasional sales at retail by residential owners or occupants conducted in the garage, patio, driveway or yard of the residential premises occupied by the person holding the sale, for the purpose of disposing surplus personal property accumulated incidentally in the regular course of residential occupancy.

means a retail store that specializes in selling unusual, quirky, and amusing items. Does not include "adult" type novelties or toys.

means any building or facility either owned or leased for use by local, state or federal governments and in which the affairs of the governmental body are carried on.

means when used as a reference point in measuring height of building the "grade" shall be the average elevation of the finished ground at the exterior walls of the main building.

means the total area of all floors as measured to the outside walls, excluding open porches, breezeways, balconies, and terraces. In computing the gross floor area of residential uses, garages and carports shall be excluded.

means a facility that regularly provides care in the caretaker's own residence for seven (7) to twelve (12) children under the age of fourteen (14) years of age, excluding the caretaker's own children.

means a residential facility licensed by the Texas Department of Human Resources to house up to six (6) handicapped and/or mentally retarded persons and two (2) supervisors.

means a residential facility providing shelter, supervision and residential rehabilitative services for persons who have been inmates of any county, state or federal correctional institution and released and require a group setting to facilitate the transition to a functional member of society.

means an establishment selling heating and air conditioning units, supplies and parts and/or providing the servicing and installation of heating and air conditioning equipment.

mean a business offering for sale, and including the servicing and repair of, equipment as construction graders, earth movers, backhoes, cement mixer trucks, dirt moving trucks, etc.

means the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the highest ridge board, for gable, hip and gambrel roof.

A landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.

means a designated land area used for helicopter operations and any appurtenant areas, including fueling facilities, terminal buildings and maintenance and repair facilities.

means a designated land area or roof structure used for the pickup or discharge of passengers and cargo, which does not provide helicopter maintenance and repair facilities or fueling services.

means the engagement of a person in an activity such as music, painting, sculpturing, drawing, etching, ceramics, needlework, knitting, weaving, craftwork involving leather, wood, metal and glass, etc. in his or her spare-time activity within his or her premises. No person shall be engaged in a hobby as a business. Such activity shall be carried on within an enclosed or screened area and shall not involve any activity that requires open storage. No activity which is obnoxious or offensive by reason of vibration, electrical interference, glare, noise, odor, dust, smoke or fumes shall be permitted.

means any occupation which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises and which is carried on wholly within a main building or accessory building by a member of a family residing on the premises and which does not change the character thereof. However, such use will not be obnoxious or offensive due to vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, noise or which increases traffic.

A licensed institution providing primary health care services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from physical or mental conditions and which may include related facilities as an integral part of the institution.

means a building or arrangement of buildings designed for and occupied as a temporary abiding place by transient guest[s] who are lodged with or without meals for compensation.

means a vehicle without automotive power designed for human habitation and for carrying persons and property upon its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle. Shall not exceed 400 square feet.

means a garage, parking lot or other type of facility used exclusively for the temporary parking and storage of impounded operable or inoperable motor vehicles for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days. All unenclosed facilities must be paved with an all-weather surface. An impounded vehicle storage facility must be a licensed vehicle storage facility pursuant to V.A.T.C.S. section 6687-9a. An impounded vehicle storage facility does not include a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard pursuant to V.T.C.A., Transportation Code section 396.001. Vehicles may not be salvaged, dismantled or repaired at the facility.

means a parcel of land which has been planned and/or coordinated for a variety of industrial and related activities and business uses. This development may be on a one (1) parcel or may be subdivided. The project is either owned, controlled or managed by a single entity and has its own master plan and/or covenants, conditions, and restrictions.

means a commercial or industrial structure that is constructed on one (1) or more modules or constructed using one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent site, and that is designed to be used as a commercial building when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent commercial or industrial site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. The term does not include any commercial structure that is in excess of two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance.

means a residential structure that is designed for the use and occupancy of one (1) or more families, that is constructed in one (1) or more modules or constructed using one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent residential site, and that is designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. The term does not include any residential structure that is in excess of two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance to the peak of the roof. The term shall not mean nor apply to (a) housing constructed of sectional or panalized systems not utilizing modular components; or (b) any ready-built home which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.

means copper, brass, iron, steel, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, tires, pipe, plastic, debris, trash, rubbish, waste, metal, and ferrous or non-ferrous materials which are old, scrapped, discarded, secondhand, or otherwise used.

means any lot or tract of land upon which junk is kept, stored, bought, sold, or otherwise placed.

means any place or premise where four (4) or more dogs, cats, or other domestic animals at least four (4) months of age are raised, trained, boarded, or kept with or without charge, except for veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, and animal shelters.

means any facility, whether known or incorporated under such descriptive title or name as "child play school," "child development center," "early childhood center," "pre-school" and the like, where six (6) or more children are left for care, training, or education during the day or portion of the day and a fee is charged for this service.

means plant material of the evergreen variety, a minimum of six (6) feet in height at the time of installation and planted on four (4) foot centers. All such landscape screens shall be permanently maintained. Adequate facilities shall be provided for permanent watering at the time of installation.

means living plant material, including but not limited to grass, turf, trees, shrubs, natural land forms, water forms, planters; and other landscape features, including walks and plaza areas consisting of enhanced paving, which are a function of the building and not the streetscape.

means a building or place where clothes and linens are washed and thoroughly dried and pressed by the use of washing, drying, and ironing machines for fee basis and shall include the term "cleaners," and "dry cleaners."

means a commercial establishment which sells leather materials and supplies or leather goods.

A business that is engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption.

means and includes that portion of the dwelling unit which is used or designed for occupancy but does not include carports, garages, and open porches, breezeways, balconies, and terraces.

means a space within the main building or on the same lot therewith, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, and having a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by thirty-five (35) feet and a vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet.

means a parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a main building and its accessory buildings, or by a group of buildings and their accessory buildings and having frontage on a dedicated street.

means a lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.

means the percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the first story or ground floor of all buildings located on the lot.

means the depth of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between the midpoints of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.

means a lot on which the frontage is at right angles or approximately right angles (interior angle less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees) to the general pattern in the area.

means a lot other than a corner lot.

means a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk, or a parcel of land, the deed for which was recorded in the office of the county clerk prior to passage of this Ordinance.

means the width of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between straight lines connecting front and rear lot lines at each side of the lot, measured across the rear of the required front yard; provided, however, that width between side lot lines at their foremost points (where they intersect with the street line) shall not be less than eighty (80) percent of the required lot width except in the case of lots on the turning circle of cul-de-sac, where the eighty (80) percent requirement shall not apply.

means a building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

means a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976 and is transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.

means that part of a parcel of land in a manufactured home park which has been reserved for the placement of one (1) manufactured home unit.

means a site meeting the requirements of this Ordinance which is designed, arranged or used for the purpose of locating two (2) or more manufactured homes used as permanent sleeping/living quarters. A manufactured home park may include a section which is specifically designed, constructed, equipped and restricted for use by recreational vehicles.

means uses restricted from other zoning districts but permitted in the I-L or I-H district. Under this definition are manufacturing and industrial uses which do not emit dust, smoke, odor, gas, fumes, or present a possible hazard beyond the property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use or uses are located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the lot or tract which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise or vibration in the adjacent area.

means that form of solid construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, gypsum, hollow clay tile or other similar building units or materials or combination of these materials which must be laid up unit by unit and set in mortar.

means any building, room, place, or establishment, other than a regularly licensed hospital, where manipulated massage or manipulated exercises are practiced upon the human body by anyone not a duly licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor or a registered nurse or a doctor whether with or without the use of mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices, and shall include Turkish bathhouses. This term shall not include duly licensed beauty parlors or barber shops or a place wherein registered physical therapists treat only patients recommended by a licensed physician and operate only under such physician's direction.

means premises primarily engaged [in] the production and packaging of less than 15,000 [hectoliters] per year of specialty or craft beer, ale, or other malt beverages.

means a building or group of buildings in a controlled access compound that contains individual, compartmentalized, and controlled access stalls or lockers of varying sizes not to exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet for the storage of merchandise, goods, and wares.

means a business that manufactures or makes small monuments using stone, marble, or other natural materials for marker or like elements.

See "hotel."

means every kind of motor driven or propelled vehicle whether required or not required to be registered or licensed under the laws of the State of Texas, including trailers, house trailers, and semi-trailers, and shall also include motorcycles, dirt bikes, or other off-road/all-terrain vehicles.

means a building or buildings used, or to be used, for the preservation of a collection of paintings and/or other works of art, and/or objects of art are displayed for viewing or sale.

means centers which carry convenience goods, such as groceries, drugs, hardware and some variety items, and also may include some service stores. The neighborhood convenience center may contain one (1) or two (2) small apparel or shoe stores, but it is clearly dominated by convenience goods, which are items of daily consumption and very frequent purchase, sometimes called "spot necessity" items. This neighborhood serving store group is within convenient walking distance of families served (within convenient driving range in low-density areas), with due consideration for pedestrian access and amenity of surrounding areas.

means an establishment operated as a place of entertainment, characterized by any of the following as a principal use of the establishment:

means the use of a building or land that does not conform to these zoning regulations and which lawfully existed at the time these zoning regulations became effective.

See "convalescent home."

means the use or intended use of the land or building by proprietors or tenants.

means off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with the requirements specified by this Ordinance and located on the lot or tract occupied by the main use or within two hundred (200) feet of such lot or tract and located within the same zoning district as the main use.

means an area for the temporary storage of an automobile which shall be permanently reserved for such purpose and which shall not be within or on any public street, alley or other right-of-way.

means the storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw, semi-finished materials, and building materials not accessory to a residential use, which is visible from any point on the building lot line when viewed from ground level to six (6) feet above ground level, for more than twenty-four (24) hours.

means an area of one (1) acre or more which is used for the growing of fruit or nut trees.

means an open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency such as the City or the school district and available to the general public for neighborhood use.

means an unenclosed, all-weather surface area used exclusively for the temporary parking and/or storage of motor vehicles.

means an area measuring at least nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet in length, surfaced with an all-weather surface, enclosed or unenclosed, together with an all-weather surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley permitting satisfactory ingress and egress. For computing off-street parking space requirements, parking spaces on public streets, alleys or rights-of-way shall not be used.

means a shop business that loans money on the deposit or pledge or personal property or other items of value, other than securities or printed currency or items are sold to the public.

means businesses which provide services customized for an individual generally involving the care of the person or his or her apparel including but not limited to barber and beauty shops, shoe and boot repair, dry-cleaning shops, laundries, reducing salons, and health clubs.

means an indoor facility dedicated to sheltering and caring for the basic needs of household animals, but not including medical assistance, breeding, grooming, outdoor runs, or overnight boarding.

means a shop or place where animals such as dogs, cats, birds and fish for use as pets are sold, kept for sale or groomed, but does not include extended term boarding.

means the duly appointed Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Aurora.

means an establishment which grows and sells plants, flowers, shrubs, grass and other items typically used as and associated with outdoor landscaping or houseplants.

means a plan of a subdivision of land creating building lots or tracts and showing all essential dimensions and other information essential to comply with the subdivision standards of the City of Aurora and subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

means an establishment selling plumbing supplies and parts and/or providing the repair and installation of plumbing and fixtures.

means an establishment utilizing letter press, duplicating equipment, rotary presses or linotype equipment to produce in printed form orders for its clients or customers.

means facilities where food, beverages (including alcoholic beverages), entertainment, or meeting space are provided to members only.

means a store, stand or stall used for the display or vending of fruit, vegetables, and another garden or farm crop.

means a room or group of rooms occupied by a physician, optometrist, psychologist, chiropractor, dentist, attorney, engineer, surveyor, architect, accountant, planner, management consultant, or any other similar vocation. Veterinary clinics are specifically excluded from this definition.

means structures supporting antennas for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum but excluding noncommercial antenna installations for radio or television home use.

means a site meeting the requirements of Section 6.8 of this Ordinance, which is designed, arranged or used for the purpose of locating two (2) or more recreational vehicles for temporary living quarters for recreational, travel or vacation purposes. A recreational vehicle park may include a section of a manufactured home park which is specifically designed, constructed, equipped and restricted for use by recreational vehicles.

means a facility designed to collect, sort, and package, by either manual or mechanical processes, recyclable items for transport to a processing plant.

means an establishment which offers and [an] array of items such as appliances, furniture, stereo equipment, televisions, etc. at a stated price for a fixed interval of time under a lease or rental agreement.

means the same as dwelling; when used with district, an area subject to residential regulations.

means any eating or drinking establishment where the preparation and serving of food is the primary business of such establishment including cafes, bistros, cafeterias, and other fast food and drive-in food establishments.

means a specific area or venue designated for holding rodeo events. It typically includes spaces for various competitions such as bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, and roping events, as well as spectator seating and amenities for both participants and viewers.

means and necessarily includes:

means and necessarily includes a salvage yard, automotive wrecking yard, and automotive graveyard [and] shall mean any lot or tract of land upon which three (3) or more discarded, abandoned, junked, wrecked, dismantled, worn out, or ruined motor vehicles (including autos, trucks, tractor trailers, and buses), motor vehicle parts, boats, travel trailers, trailers, and/or recreational vehicles and farm vehicles and equipment are:

means a place having a curriculum for the purpose of giving instruction, training or education in a service, art, trade, or for general knowledge.

means any of the following:

means shrubs with an installed minimum height of three (3) feet as identified below, or any other shrubs which, when mature, shall reach a minimum height of six (6) feet, provide a dense visual barrier, be drought resistant, and possess compact root systems posing minimum danger to integrity of public utilities. The large screening shrubs included on the following list are recommended to be planted to screen incompatible land uses, parking facilities, and dumpsters by forming a visual barrier.

means shrubs with an installed minimum height of two (2) feet as hereinafter identified, or any other shrubs which, when mature, shall reach a minimum height of two (2) feet and provides a dense visual barrier. The small screening shrubs included on the following list are recommended to be planted to screen parking lots, playgrounds, ball fields, swimming pools, and tennis courts by forming a visual barrier.

as used in determining parking requirements for this Ordinance, a seat shall mean such sitting space as needed or which is designed to be used for one (1) person to sit down and occupy.

means an establishment specializing in the sale of previously used materials, goods, and merchandise of less than twenty (20) years of age and of that material, goods and merchandise over twenty (20) years of age which do not derive a value as a result of their age.

means a single-family detached housing development that is restricted to people that are 55 years old and over for independent living only. This use shall offer amenities within the complex such as, but not limited to, pickleball, pools, common areas, or clubhouses, and other similar amenities.

means a secondary dwelling unit located on a lot with a main residential structure and used as living quarters for persons employed on the premises and not for rent or use as a separate domicile by persons other than those employed on the premises or their immediate family.

means a business establishment where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and motor vehicle accessories may be supplied and dispensed at retail, and the servicing of vehicles occurs, but not including the major overhaul of automobiles, body work, or repair of heavy trucks and equipment. A service station is sometimes referred to as a "gas station," "filling station," or "fuel service station."

means the required minimum distance between any structure and any street right-of-way line. Setbacks shall be measured perpendicular to lot lines. The terms "setback" and "required yard" shall mean the same and can be interchanged.

means an establishment as defined in section 11.2 of this Ordinance.

means a planned and coordinated grouping of retail business and service uses on a single site or a combination of sites where special attention is given to on-site vehicular circulation, parking, and building design and orientation.

means an outdoor device or structure which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, announcement, direction or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered to the public.

means a sign supported by uprights or braces in or upon the ground, or mounted on a vehicle, trailer, or mobile structure.

means a freestanding sign supported by a freestanding pole and having no guys or braces to the ground or to any structure other than the pole.

means a sign erected, constructed, or maintained above the roof of any building.

means a sign affixed to any building wall or structure.

means a detailed line drawing, to scale, showing scale used, north arrow, date and title of project, clearly describing the project and showing the following information:

means a use that may be allowed if it meets certain specified requirements or conditions and meets the approval of the Board of Adjustments. Specific uses are sometimes referred to as "conditional" uses or "special exceptions."

means an accessory building used by the residents of the premises for sheltering and quartering of horses owned by the occupant and for which no fee is charged for stabling the horses.

means a lot or tract of land used for the sheltering and quartering of horses for which a fee or charge is made for the stabling of the horses.

means that portion of a building, other than a basement, included between the surface of a floor and the surface of a floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the portion of the building between the surface of a floor and the ceiling or roof above it.

means the topmost story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than four (4) feet above the floor of such story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes shall be deemed a full story.

means a public or private thoroughfare or road which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

means the dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street; the right-of-way.

means a street designed to serve properties abutting and in the immediate vicinity of the street, having a minimum right-of-way width of fifty (50) feet in single-family residential districts and seventy-five feet in all other districts.

means a street designed to serve the entire community or substantial portions of the community, as well as traffic of non-local origin and destination, having a minimum right-of-way width of one hundred (100) feet.

means a street designed to serve an area roughly one-quarter (1/4) mile distant from each side of the street, having a minimum right-of-way width of seventy-five (75') feet.

means any change, addition or modification in construction in the supporting members of a building, such as exterior walls, bearing walls, beams, columns, foundations, girders, floor joists, roof joists, rafters or trusses.

means anything constructed or erected having location on or under the ground or attached to something having location on or under the ground.

means a recreational facility used for swimming which is used the owners, employees, or residents of the property and their guests.

means a recreational facility used for swimming which is open to the public for which a membership is required or a fee or charge is made for the use of the facility.

means a commercial establishment which sells horse equipment such as saddles, bridles, blankets, riding accoutrements, etc.

means an earth-based station shaped like a dish which is used for the reception of satellite signals for television programs.

means a structure for shelter, subject to removal by order of the building inspector, used for connection with a development or building project for housing on the site of temporary administrative and supervisory functions and for sheltering employees and equipment.

means a concrete or clay court which is used for the playing of tennis by the owners, employees, or residents of the property and their guests.

means a concrete or clay court which is used for the playing of tennis by the general public and for which membership is required or a fee or charge is made for the use of the facility.

means the same as street.

means an establishment which offers and [an] array of tools and equipment and machinery such as cranes, backhoes, trucks, tractors, etc. at a stated price for a fixed interval of time under a lease or rental agreement.

means a single-family dwelling constructed as part of a series of dwellings, all of which are either attached to the adjacent dwelling or dwellings by party or common walls or are located immediately adjacent thereto with no visible separation between walls or roofs. This definition shall also include the term "condominium."

means an area designed, arranged or used for the parking or storing of one (1) or more recreational vehicles, travel trailers, motor homes, motor coaches, pick-up campers, and camping trailers which are occupied or intended for occupancy as temporary living quarters by individuals or families.

means the following list of turfs and any other turfs which can be demonstrated to the Building Official to be drought resistant.

means [an] establishment that materials (such as fabric, padding or springs) used to make a soft covering especially for a seat.

means the purpose for which land or a building or structure thereon is designed, arranged, intended or maintained or for which it is or may be used or occupied.

means a subordinate use on the same lot with the principal use and incidental and accessory thereto.

means an adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of the zoning Ordinance to a particular parcel of property which, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel, is necessary to prevent the property from being deprived of rights and privileges enjoyed by other parcels in the same vicinity and zoning district.

means an establishment that takes a stock vehicle and changes, retrofits or converts to alternative fuel or CVR vehicle.

means a track or course laid out or designed for competitive racing of self-propelled vehicles whether or not required to be registered or licensed under the laws of the State of Texas. Vehicles may not be salvaged, dismantled or repaired except for adjustments as may be required to effectively compete.

means an establishment for the care and medical veterinary practice on or for large animals and household domestic animals and which animals may be boarded during treatment in outside pens, runs or stables. This term shall also include "animal hospital."

means a building or part of a building used for the storage and distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, substances or articles and may include facilities in combination with office or sales.

means a building or place where clothes and linens are washed and thoroughly dried on a self-service basis by the use of washing, drying, and ironing machines and shall include the term "self-cleaning laundry."

means the use of land or building, or structure where pieces of metal are welded.

means the sale of goods, merchandise, services and/or commodities for resale by the purchaser and does not offer retail sales to the general public.

means an agricultural processing facility used for the pressing and fermenting of grape juice into wine or the fermenting of still wine into sparking wine. Can include a separate off-site retail space or an area within the area.

means an open space, other than a court, on the same lot with a building and which is not obstructed from ground level to the sky except for roof overhangs, fences, trees, and shrubs.

means a yard extending across the full width of a lot and having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the front line of the lot and the nearest portion of the main building, including an enclosed or covered porch, provided that the front yard depth shall be measured from the future street line for a street on which a lot fronts, when such line is shown on the official map or is otherwise established.

means a yard extending across the full width of a lot and having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the rear line of the lot and the main building.

means a yard between the side line of the lot and the main building extending from the front yard to the rear yard and having a width equal to the shortest distance between said side line and the main building.

means the official certified map upon which the boundaries of the various zoning districts are drawn.

means this Ordinance containing land use regulations for the City of Aurora.