See "zone A."

means one whose property abuts, that is, adjoins at a border, boundary or point with no intervening land.

means retail sale activity at a warehouse or manufacturing establishment, offering for sale only those goods manufactured or wholesaled from that establishment. Said activities shall not be more that the lesser of twenty-five (25) percent of the total GFA of the parent establishment or seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

means a structure which is on the same parcel as the principal structure to be insured and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure.

means a use of land or of a building or portion thereof, customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building. An accessory use may be restricted to the same lot as the principal use. An accessory use shall not be permitted without the principal use to which it is related.

as defined in RIGL § 42-64.22-2.

means a walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter of a structure in which the expansion is connected by a common load-bearing wall other than a firewall. A walled and roofed expansion, which is connected by a firewall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls, shall be treated as new construction.

means a facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally impaired adults in a protective setting for a portion of a 24-hour day.

means businesses and commercial establishments where a "substantial portion" of the establishment includes an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort or modeling agency, massage parlor (excluding day spa) or other adult entertainment use or any combination thereof.

means an establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines or other image producing machines, for viewing by five or fewer persons each, are regularly used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

means an establishment that has a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade and offers for sale, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

means a night club, bar, restaurant or similar establishment that regularly or occasionally features live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas.

means a motel, hotel or similar commercial establishment which offers public accommodations, for any form of consideration and also offers patrons closed-circuit television transmission, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and which advertises the availability of this type of entertainment by means of a sign visible from the public right-of-way or by means of any off-premises advertising including but not limited to newspapers, magazines, pamphlets or leaflets, radio or television.

means an establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other similar photographic reproductions are shown and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

means any theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishment which, for any form of compensation, regularly features live performances of persons who expose specified anatomical areas.

means:

means as defined in RIGL Section 45-22.2-4.

means any commercial enterprise which has as its primary purpose horticulture, viticulture, viniculture, floriculture, forestry, stabling of horses, dairy farming, or aquaculture, or the raising of livestock, including for the production of fiber, furbearing animals, poultry, or bees, and all such other operations, uses, and activities as the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, in consultation with the chief of division of agriculture may determine to be agriculture, or an agricultural activity, use or operation.

means any facility or installation such as a windmill or hydroelectric unit, which is designed and intended to produce energy from natural forces such as wind, water, or geothermal heat, for offsite use.

means a facility providing care for domestic animals that do not reside in the facility, that are present primarily during daytime hours and that do not board. An animal day care may include incidental grooming.

means any place or establishment, public or private, where animals are bathed, clipped, or combed for the purpose of enhancing their aesthetic value or health and for which a fee is charged.

See telecommunications definitions.

means a premises used for the sale or trading of articles of which ninety (90) percent or more of the inventory are over fifty (50) years old or have collective value.

means a request to the Zoning Board of Review to review the Inspector of Buildings' interpretation of any provision of this Chapter or a request for a variance.

means an owner or authorized agent of the owner submitting an application or appealing an action of any official, board or agency.

means the completed form or forms and all accompanying documents, exhibits and fees required of an applicant by an approving authority for development review, approval or permitting purposes.

means a designated AO, AH, AR/AO, AR/AH, or VO zone on a FIRM with a one percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of one foot to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and where velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.

See definition for "special flood hazard area."

means any establishment for the preparation, display, and sale of individually crafted artwork, jewelry, furniture, sculpture, pottery, leather craft, hand-woven articles and related items.

means any manufacturing establishment that produces on the premises articles for sale of artistic quality or effect or handmade workmanship. Examples include candle making, glass blowing, weaving, pottery making, woodworking, sculpting, painting, and other associated activities.

means an industrial facility used for the production of asphalt, cement or concrete, or asphalt or concrete products, used in building or construction, and includes facilities for the administration or management of the business, the stockpiling of bulk materials used in the production process or of finished products manufactured on the premises and the storage and maintenance of required equipment, but does not include the retail sale of finished asphalt or concrete products.

means a non-institutional shared living environment which integrates shelter and service needs for functionally impaired and older persons who can maintain a semi-independent lifestyle and who do not require constant supervision or intensive health care as provided by an institution. Each congregate unit has its own bedroom and may have a separate or shared living room, kitchen, dining area or bathroom.

means activities involving the repair, painting, or undercoating of the body or frame of vehicles. Body and frame repair does not include mechanical engine or power train repair.

See "zone B."

means any inflated or inflatable object, with or without copy.

means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail sales of baked products for consumption off site. The products may be prepared either on or off site. Such use may include incidental food service.

"Wholesale bakery" means a bakery in which there is production and/or wholesaling of baked goods, but where over-the-counter or other retail dispensing of baked goods shall be prohibited.

means a clearly defined range of radio frequencies dedicated to a particular purpose.

means a financial institution that is open to the public and engaged in depository banking and that performs closely related functions such as making loans, investments, and fiduciary activities. A bank, financial institution may include a drive thru activity.

means any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that is temporarily or permanently mounted to a pole or a building by a permanent frame at one or more edges. National flags, state or municipal flags or the official flag of any institution or business shall not be considered banners.

means an establishment which is rented by individuals or groups to accommodate private functions including, but not limited to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries and other similar celebrations. Such a use may include: 1) kitchen facilities for the preparation or catering of food; 2) the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, only during scheduled events and not open to the general public; and 3) outdoor gardens or reception facilities.

means any establishment where cosmetology services are provided including hair care, nail care and skin care on a regular basis for compensation.

means the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

means the elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that has a one percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year. The BFE is shown on the FIRM for zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30 and VE.

means any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

means any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere or directed at one or more points not on the same zone lot as the light source; also, any light with one or more beams that rotate or move.

means a place or premises where the practices physical body adornment using, but not limited to the following techniques: Body piercing, tattooing, branding and scarification are performed. This definition does not include practices that are considered medical procedures by the board of registration in medicine in the state, such as implants under the skin and for the application of permanent make-up.

means a retail establishment that, as its primary business, engages in the sale, rental or other charge for use of books, magazines, newspapers, greeting charts, postcards, videotapes, computer software or any other printed or electronically conveyed information or media, excluding adult entertainment.

means a wall that is not part of the structural support of the building and is intended through its design and construction to collapse under specific lateral loading forces, without causing damage to the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system.

means an eating place that includes the brewing of beer as an accessory use. The brewing operation processes water, malt, hops, and yeast into beer or ale by mashing, cooking, and fermenting. The area used for brewing, including bottling and kegging, shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total floor area of the commercial space. The brewery shall not produce more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) barrels of beer or ale per year. A barrel is equivalent to thirty-one (31) gallons.

means an establishment that brews ales, beers, meads, and/or similar beverages on site, excluding brew pub. Breweries are classified as a use that manufactures more than fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels of beverage (all beverages combined) annually.

means commercial and public communications uses including radio, satellite and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, with facilities entirely within buildings.

means land which is maintained in either a natural or landscaped state and is used to screen and/or mitigate the impacts of development on surrounding areas, properties or rights-of-way.

See definition for "structure."

means the three-dimensional space within which a structure is permitted to be built on a lot and which is defined by regulations governing building setbacks, maximum height and bulk by other regulations; and/or any combination thereof.

means the vertical distance from grade to the highest point of the structure. Grade shall be the average ground level of the portion of the lot adjoining and within ten (10) feet of the building where it sets back from the street line ten (10) feet or more. In determining building height of belfries, steeples, chimneys, towers and other similar projections, the vertical distance measured shall be as set forth herein, to the highest point of said projection. For commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings exceeding ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area this measurement shall be taken where the exterior wall meets the roofline only if conditions articulated in Section 17.24.010 can be met.

means any sign indicating the name of a building and date and incidental information about its construction, which sign is cut into a masonry surface or made of bronze or other permanent material.

means a building or portion thereof where services, clerical work, professional duties and related activities are carried out. Services offered are on an individual basis as opposed to services performed on objects or personal property. Business/professional include, but are not limited to, brokerage offices, insurance offices, professional offices (i.e. accountants, engineers, lawyers, etc.) real estate offices, ticket offices and travel agencies. Business/professional offices do not include banks or medical clinics.

means an enterprise offering instruction and training in a trade, service or the arts such as construction, secretarial, cosmetology, commercial artist, computer software, legal, and similar training, provided that such enterprise does not offer student housing or athletic facilities at the site.

means the suitability of the land, as defined by geology, soil conditions, topography and water resources, to support its development for uses such as residential, commercial, industrial, open space or recreation. Land capacity may be modified by provision of facilities and services.

means a building or premises or portions thereof used for washing, cleaning or detailing of automobiles.

means an establishment in which the principal use is the preparation of food and meals on the premises, and where such food and meals are delivered to another location for consumption.

means land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead (humans and pets), including crematoriums, mausoleums, necessary sales and maintenance facilities. Mortuaries shall be included when operated within the boundary of such cemetery.

means a person or business that for compensation engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. "Check cashing facility" does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company. "Check cashing facility" also does not include a retail seller engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods, including consumables, to retail buyers that cash checks or issue money orders for minimum flat fee not exceeding two dollars ($2.00) as a service that is incidental to its main purpose or business.

means a site planning technique that concentrates buildings in specific areas on the site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space and/or preservation of environmentally, historically, culturally or other sensitive features and/or structures. The techniques used to concentrate buildings shall be specified in the ordinance and may include, but are not limited to, reduction in lot areas, setback requirements and/or bulk requirements, with the resultant open land being devoted by deed restrictions for one or more uses. Under cluster development there is no increase in the number of lots that would be permitted under conventional development except where ordinance provisions include incentive bonuses for certain types or conditions of development. All cluster type developments in Cranston shall conform to the requirements of Article VII.

means those parts of the city's coastal floodplain, inland from the mapped V zone, that are subject to the damaging effects of waves, velocity flows, erosion, scour or combination of those forces. The boundary of the coastal A zone shall be the limit of moderate wave action as shown on the FIRM.

means as defined in Chapter 23 of Title 46 of the General Laws of the state of Rhode Island.

means a segment of a frequency band. Also referred to as "frequency."

means locating wireless communications equipment from more than one provider on a single tower or structure within a single site.

means any sign wording, logo or other representation that, directly or indirectly, names, advertises or calls attention to a business, product, service or other commercial activity.

means any other day care center which is not a family day care home.

means a building, portion of a building, or premises used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles of any sort by immersion and agitation, or by immersions only, in volatile solvents.

means a structure or lot of any part thereof for the storage of licensed motor vehicles for a fee. No fuel service activities may be carried on in said facility. Off-site parking authorized under Section 17.64.010(B) shall not be defined as commercial off-street parking.

means any establishment whose main purpose is to provide the general public with an amusing or entertaining activity and where tickets are sold or fees are collected for the activity. Includes, but not limited to, skating rinks, water slides, miniature golf courses, arcades, bowling alleys, and billiard halls, but not movie theaters. This use shall not include adult entertainment uses.

means either:

means an establishment primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms. Excluded are facilities classified as major utility services or broadcasting or communication towers. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers, telegraph service offices, or film and sound recording facilities.

means a home or residential facility where children and/or adults reside in a family setting and may or may not receive supervised care. This shall not include halfway houses or substance abuse treatment facilities. This shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

means the comprehensive plan adopted and approved pursuant to Chapter 22.2 of Title 45 of the RIGL and to which any zoning adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be in compliance.

means an enclosed facility in which used personal items such as clothes, jewelry, or artifacts or small furniture is resold though a broker for the owner at an agreed upon price.

means the placement or storage of a container designed for transportation of freight and for the storage of containers for refuse to be recycled or trucked to another location.

means a single store, the ground floor area of which is five thousand (5,000) square feet or less and which offers for sale primarily bread, milk, cheese, canned and bottled foods and drinks, tobacco products, candy, papers and magazines, and general hardware articles.

means a lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more public ways intersecting at an angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

means a premise used by a construction contractor for the storage of equipment and supplies, fabrication of subassemblies and parking of wheeled or tracked equipment. Said yard shall be fenced and secured.

means the cost of any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, alteration, repair or other improvement of a structure established by a detailed written contractor's estimate. The estimate shall include, but not be limited to: The cost of materials (including interior finishing elements), structural elements, utility and service equipment (including heating and air conditioning and utility meters); sales tax on materials, building equipment and fixtures; labor; built-in appliances; demolition and site preparation; repairs made to damaged parts of the building worked on at the same time and contractor's overhead and profit. Items to be excluded include: cost of plans and specifications, survey costs, permit fees, outside improvements such as septic systems, water supply wells, landscaping, sidewalks, fences, yard lights, irrigation systems, and detached structures such as garages, sheds, and gazebos.

means an establishment where human or animal body or body parts are reduced by direct flame to residue which includes bone fragments and the pulverization of said bone fragments to coarse powdery consistency.

means a structure or other improvement that; because of its function, size, service area, or uniqueness; has the potential to cause serious bodily harm, extensive property damage or disruption of vital socioeconomic activities if it is destroyed or damaged or if its functionality is impaired. Critical facilities include the following categories:

means a library, museum or similar public or quasi-public use displaying, preserving and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interests in one or more of the arts or sciences.

means facilities where electronic data is processed by employees, including, without limitation, data entry, storage, conversion or analysis, subscription and credit card transaction processing, telephone sales and order collection, mail order and catalog sales, and mailing list preparation.

means an establishment that provides state licensed, professionally administered therapeutic massage and body treatments. A day spa services may include body wraps, skin exfoliation, electrolysis, body toning, waxing, aromatherapy, and facial treatments. Full service beauty shops/salons, makeup consultation and applications, manicure and pedicure services, and body tanning may be provided as accessory services to a day spa.

means calendar days.

"Residential density" means the number of dwelling units per unit of land.

means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction of buildings or structures; the construction of additions, alterations or substantial improvements to buildings or structures; the placement of buildings or structures; mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment; the storage, deposition, or extraction of materials; and the installation, repair or removal of public or private sewage disposal systems or water supply facilities.

means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction of structures; mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or the storage of equipment or materials.

means the process whereby authorized local officials review the site plans, maps and other documentation of a development to determine the compliance with the stated purposes and standards of the ordinance.

means permission to depart from the dimensional requirements of this chapter, under the applicable standards set forth in RIGL § 45-24-41.

means the inspector of buildings as defined in the city charter (see Section 9.07, Department of Inspections) or his or her designee.

means a dish-like antenna ranging from two feet to eight feet in diameter used to link communications sites together by wireless transmission of voice or data. Also called microwave antenna or microwave dish antenna.

means an establishment that produces by distillation spirits for consumption; the sales of which are subject to state and federal regulation.

means a facility for the receipt, transfer, short-term storage and dispatching of goods transported primarily by truck. Included in the use type would be express and other main and packing distribution facilities.

See zoning use districts.

means a structure specifically designed for a long-term stay by students of a higher education institution for the purpose of providing rooms for sleeping. One common kitchen and some common gathering rooms for social purposes may also be provided.

means a system for the removal of water from land by drains, grading or other appropriate means. These techniques may include runoff controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or development, the means for preserving surface and groundwaters and the prevention and/or alleviation of flooding.

means any restaurant that encourages or permits customers to receive services, obtain goods or food while remaining in their motor vehicles.

means a private way for vehicles to move between a street and a location within a lot.

means a store where the primary business is the filling of medical prescriptions and the retail sale of drugs, medical devices and supplies and nonprescription medicines, but where non-medical products are sold as well at retail. A drug store may include a drive thru activity.

means any combination of structural and non-structural waterproofing measures incorporated in a structure that is not elevated to the BFE or the elevation required by the Rhode Island Building Code, whichever is greater, that keeps water from entering the building in order to prevent or minimize flood damage.

means a structure or portion thereof providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation and containing a separate means of ingress and egress.

means a pre-school, primary, secondary or charter institution that provides instruction to students. This definition does not include trade or business schools or higher education institutions.

means any person sixty (60) years of age or older.

means a facility used to extract, recover, and reclaim materials for reuse from discarded electronic waste.

means a non-basement building that has its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns. Solid (perimeter) foundations walls are not an acceptable means of elevating buildings in V and VE zones.

means a statement certified by a professional engineer (PE) or professional land surveyor (PLS), on a FEMA approved form, which verifies a structure's elevation and other related information needed to verify compliance with this chapter.

means that portion of an elevated building below the lowest elevated floor that is either partially or fully shut in by rigid walls.

means the physical advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, or development into a floodplain.

means a person who, for any form of consideration, agrees or offers to privately perform strip teases which expose specified anatomical areas or offers or agrees to model lingerie or other types of clothing which expose specified anatomical areas.

means a person or business association who furnishes, offers to furnish or advertises to furnish escorts or models, as herein defined, as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip or other consideration.

means any structure for which the start of construction commenced before January 1, 1975.

means a manufactured (mobile) home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities servicing the lots on which the manufactured (mobile) homes are to be affixed (including, as a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before November 27, 1974.

means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities servicing the lots on which the manufacturing (mobile) homes are to be placed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

means the extraction of minerals, including: Solids, such as coal and ores; liquids, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gases. The term also includes quarrying; gravel pits; well operation; milling, such as crushing, screening, washing and flotation; and other preparation customarily done at the extraction site or as a part of the extractive activity.

means a person or persons related by blood, marriage or other legal means. See also "household."

means any home other than the individual's home in which day care in lieu of parental care or supervision is offered at the same time to six or less individuals who are not relatives of the care giver, but may not contain more than a total of eight individuals receiving day care.

means the federal agency under which the NFIP is administered.

means:

means fully enclosed areas below the base flood elevation that are not considered a basement cannot have finished living space and needs to be designed to be exposed to flood forces. These spaces can only be used for parking, building access or limited storage. Finished living space can include, but is not limited to, a space that is heated and/or cooled, contains finished floors (tile, linoleum, hardwood, etc.), has sheetrock walls that may or may not be painted or wallpapered, and other amenities such as furniture, appliances, bathrooms, fireplaces and other items that are easily damaged by floodwaters and expensive to clean, repair or replace.

means the flood that has a 0.2 percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

means any fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns or symbols, conveying a commercial message used as a means of advertisement.

means an unmapped zoning district adopted within the ordinance which is established on the zoning map only when an application for development, meeting the zone requirements, is approved.

means:

means an official map of a community, on which the Federal Insurance Administrator has delineated both the special hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. A FIRM that has been made available digitally is called a digital flood insurance rate map (DFIRM).

means an examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations, or an examination, evaluation and determination of mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion hazards.

means any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from any source. (See definition of flood or flooding.)

means any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

means a statement certified by a PE or a registered architect, on a FEMA approved form, stating that a non-residential structure, together with attendant utilities and sanitary facilities is watertight to a specified design elevation with walls that are substantially impermeable to the passage of water and that all structural components are capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic flood forces, including the effects of buoyancy and anticipated debris impact forces.

means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.

means a retail business whose principal activity is the selling of plants which are not grown on the site.

means a manufacturing establishments producing or processing foods for human consumption and certain related products. Includes: (1) bakery products, sugar and confectionery products (except facilities that produce goods only for on-site sales with no wider distribution; (2) dairy products processing; (3) fats and oil products (not including rendering plants); (4) fruit and vegetable canning, preserving, and related processing; (5) grain mill products and by-products; (6) meat, poultry, and seafood canning, curing, and byproduct processing (not including facilities that also slaughter animals); (7) miscellaneous food preparation from raw products and bottling of soft drinks.

means an establishment where metals are forged, casted or melted and poured into molds.

means a house occupied by a college or university fraternity or sorority containing sleeping rooms, bathrooms, common rooms, and a central kitchen and dining area maintained exclusively for members of the fraternity or sorority and their guests or visitors.

means a factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood level for purposes of flood plain management. Freeboard tends to compensate for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated for a selected size flood and floodway conditions, such as wave action, bridge openings, and the hydrological effect of urbanization of the watershed.

means a facility limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories. In addition, such a facility may provide car washing, towing, minor vehicle servicing, minor repairs and maintenance, and may provide engine rebuilding but not including reconditioning of motor vehicles, collision services such as body, frame or fender straightening and repair.

"Minimart fuel station" means a facility associated with the sale of gasoline products that also offers for sale food items and tangible consumer goods primarily for self-service by the consumer.

means an establishment for the conducting of funerals, wakes and related activities such as embalming.

means a facility, other than a miniature golf course, for the playing of golf at which there may be a club house including rest rooms and locker rooms. A golf course may provide accessory services such as swimming, outdoor recreation and related sales and may include a restaurant and cocktail lounge.

means an establishment where retail and wholesale products and produces are sold. The items sold may include nursery products and stock, soil and fertilizers, light power equipment and machines, garden and farm tolls and utensils. This definition shall include greenhouses.

means as defined in RIGL Section 46-13.1-3.

means a communication tower that is supported, in whole or in part, by guy wires and ground anchors.

means a residential facility for adults or children who have been institutionalized for criminal conduct and who require a group setting to facilitate the transition to a functional member of society.

See RIGL Section 45-24-41.

means a facility of thirty thousand (30,000) or fewer square feet GFA, primarily engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines, such as tools, builders' hardware, plumbing and electrical supplies, paint and glass, house wares and household appliances, garden supplies, and cutlery; if greater than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet, such a facility is a home improvement center.

means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:

means all structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste, including all operations or storage areas, diked overflow, or emergency spillway areas. A hazardous waste disposal facility may include injection wells and may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units; it includes all areas where hazardous waste may be received, stored, handled, or processed.

means an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion, the primary purpose of which is to thermally break down hazardous waste. Examples of incinerators are rotary kiln, fluidized bed, and liquid injection incinerators.

means any commercial facility, as defined Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) rules for which a RIDEM pollution control agency permit is required, treating hazardous waste generated at any off-site location, that is designed and operated to modify the chemical composition or chemical, physical, or biological properties of a hazardous waste by means such as reclamation, distillation, precipitation, or other similar processes, which neutralizes the waste or renders it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, storage, or reduced in volume, excepting "elementary neutralizing units" and "pretreatment units," as defined in (RIDEM) rules. Hazardous waste processing does not include incineration or disposal.

means the intermediate point in the transport of hazardous wastes where such wastes are brought stored and transferred to vehicles for movement to other intermediate points or to the point of ultimate storage, treatment or disposal.

means a building or portion of a building designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, exercise, leisure time activities, or other customary and usual recreational activities, which can be open only to bona fide members and guests of the organization or open to the public for a fee.

means a self-governing constituent body of a college or university offering instruction towards the granting of an associate, bachelor or graduate degree. Accessory uses of a college or university may include, but shall not be limited to facilities such as: Athletic complexes, auditoriums, bookstores, dormitories, dining halls and administrative offices.

means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.

means as defined in RIGL Section 45-222-4.

means one or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding area property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and the character of the historic site or sites and has been registered or is deemed eligible to be included, on the state register of historic places pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws Section 42-45-5.

means any real property, manmade structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing which has been registered or is deemed eligible to be included, on the state register of historic places pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws Section 42-45-5.

means any structure that is:

means a facility of more than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet GFA, engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines, such as tools, builders hardware, paint and glass, house wares and household appliances, garden supplies, and cutlery.

means any activity customarily carried out for gain by a resident, conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit.

means an institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical and mental conditions and including as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient facilities and/or training facilities. This use includes rehabilitation hospitals, extended care facilities, intermediate care facility, chronic disease hospital and central services facility serving one or more such institutions.

means one or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit, with common access to and common use of, all living and eating areas and all areas and facilities for the preparation and storage of food within the dwelling unit. The term "household unit" shall be synonymous with the term "dwelling unit" for determining the number of such units allowed within any structure on any lot in a zoning district. An individual household shall consist of any one of the following:

means a trailer or portable shelter designated for living or sleeping purposes and provided with any or all of the following systems and equipment: Plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration.

means the process whereby the local authority may grant additional development capacity in exchange for the developer's provision of a public benefit or amenity as specified in local ordinances.

means establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, and similar industrial equipment, and the rental of mobile homes. Included in this use type is the incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.

means facilities and services needed to sustain residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and other activities.

means any premises, except where accessory to an agricultural use, where domestic animals, such as dogs and cats, are boarded for compensation or said animals are bred or raised for sale purposes.

"Freestanding exterior kiosk" means a free standing exterior structure of less than five hundred (500) square feet for drive-up or walk-up window services or retail sales.

means a project in which one or more lots, tracts or parcels of land are to be developed or redeveloped as a coordinated site for a complex of uses, units or structures, including, but not limited to, planned development and/or cluster development for residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, open space and/or mixed uses as may be provided for in the zoning ordinance.

means a business principally engaged in the decorative and functional alteration, planting, and maintenance of grounds. Such a business may engage in the installation and construction of underground improvements but only to the extent that such improvements (e.g., drainage facilities) are accessory to the principal business and are necessary to support or sustain the landscaped surface of the ground.

means a self-supporting communications tower, generally with three or four sides, open and made of a steel frame.

means a facility where patrons wash, dry, or dry clean clothing or other fabrics in machines operated by the patron.

means a public facility for the use, but not sale, of literary, musical, artistic or reference materials.

means the inland limit of the area affected by waves greater than 1.5 feet. The LiMWA is determined based on the landward limit of the one percent annual chance coastal flood that can support a 1.5-foot wave.

means a membership organization that holds regular meeting and that may, subject to other regulations controlling such uses, maintain dining facilities, serve alcohol or engage professional entertainment for the enjoyment of dues paying members and their guests. There are no sleeping facilities. This use shall not include fraternities or sororities and golf club and course.

means a building occupied by a resident family related by blood, marriage or adoption, with not more than two guest rooms where lodging is provided for compensation.

means within buildings that are jointly used for commercial/industrial and residential purposes.

means either:

means the total area within the boundaries of a lot, excluding any street right-of-way, usually reported in acres or square feet.

means that portion of the lot that is or may be covered by buildings and accessory buildings.

means the distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line. For lots where the front and rear lot lines are not parallel, the lot depth is an average of the depth.

means that portion of a lot abutting a street.

means a line of record, bounding a lot, which divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public or private space and shall include:

"Through lot" means a lot which fronts upon two parallel streets or which fronts upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

means the horizontal distance between the side lines of a lot measured at right angles to its depth along a straight line parallel to the front lot line at the minimum front setback line.

means the lowest point of the ground level immediately next to a building. It does not include earth that is emplaced for aesthetic or landscape reasons around a foundation wall. It does include natural ground or properly compacted fill that comprises a component of a structure's foundation system.

means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including a basement). An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of applicable non-elevation design requirements.

means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle."

means a parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into 2 or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

means an establishment engaged in manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging or other industrial processing of products primarily from extracted or raw materials or the bulk storage and handling of such products and materials, or an industrial establishment having potential to produce noise, dust, glare, odors or vibration beyond its property line. This use includes but is not limited to chemical manufacturing; fabrication of metal products; manufacturing of agricultural, construction, or mining machinery; motor vehicle manufacturing; lumber milling; and ship or boat construction.

means the manufacturing, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, provided all manufacturing activities are contained entirely within a building and noise, odor, smoke, heat, glare, and vibration resulting from the manufacturing activity are confined entirely within the building. Further, "light industrial" shall mean uses such as the jewelry assembly and refining; millwork products, furniture and fixtures; manufacture of electronic instruments, musical instruments, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments and scientific equipment, sporting goods and toys, stone, clay or class products, textile mill products and apparel or the like. "Light industrial" shall not include uses such as mining and extracting industries, petrochemical industries, rubber refining, primary metal, or related industries.

means the manufacture of rubber products including: Rubber footwear; mechanical rubber goods; heels and soles; flooring; and rubber sundries from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber. Also includes: Establishments engaged in molding primary plastics for the trade, and manufacturing miscellaneous finished plastics products; fiberglass manufacturing; and fiberglass application services.

means a commercial dock or basin providing secure moorings or slips for boats.

means the price of a structure that a willing buyer and seller agree upon as determined by an independent appraisal by a professional appraiser; a property's tax assessment minus land value; the replacement cost minus depreciation of the structure or the structure's actual cash value.

means any permanent roof-like structure projecting beyond a building or extending along and projecting beyond the wall of the building, generally designed and constructed to provide protection from the weather.

means any establishment where, for any form or consideration or gratuity, the administering of massage, alcohol rub, administering of fomentations, electric or magnetic treatments or any other treatment and manipulation of the human body is performed by a person or persons who exposes specified anatomical areas.

means the National Geodeticl Vertical Datum {NGVD} of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's FIRM are referenced.

means a facility operated by one or more physicians, dentists, chiropractors or other licensed practitioners of the healing arts for the examination and treatment of persons solely on an outpatient basis. This use shall not include a clinic for the dispensing of medical cannabis.

means a facility for scientific laboratory analysis of medical resources materials. The scientific analysis is generally performed for an outside customer, to support the work of that customer. This category includes medical or veterinary laboratories for the collection and analysis of blood, tissue, or other human medical or animal products. Forensic laboratories for analysis of evidence in support of law enforcement agencies would also be included in this category.

See Section 17.92.010(C)(2) or Rhode Island General Laws Section 45-24-41.

means a process to apply a thin layer or coating on metals such as gold or silver.

means a mixture of land uses within a single development, building or tract.

means a communication tower consisting of a single pole, constructed without guy wires or ground anchors.

means a building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation, and which is open to transient guests and is not a rooming or boarding house or tourist home or bed and breakfast as herein defined.

means the use of any building, land area or other premise for the display and sales of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans, trailers or recreation vehicles and boats and including any warranty repair work and other repair services conducted as an accessory use.

means repair of motor vehicles ten thousand (10,000) GVW or greater such as construction equipment, commercial trucks, agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment.

"Light motor vehicle repair and service establishment means the business of minor repairs to any motor vehicle less than ten thousand (10,000) GVW including repairs and replacement of cooling, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems, brake adjustments, relining and repairs, wheel alignment and balancing, and replacement of shock absorbers.

means a land used for the storage of motor vehicles awaiting transport to a wholesale, retail or recycling site. Said storage shall not exceed thirty (30) days.

means a building or structure containing three or more dwelling units.

means any area that is predominately open space, used principally for active or passive recreating, and not used for a profit making purpose. Any area designated by the city as a park.

means services traditionally provided by local government such as water and sewer, roads and parks.

means a building having public significance by reason of its architecture or former use or occupied as a repository for a collection of natural, scientific or literary curiosities or objects of interest or works of are and arranged, intended and designed to be used by members of the public for viewing and which may include as an accessory use the sale of goods to the public.

means a building or portion of a building where dance or music is taught. However, this shall not include nightclubs or other places of commercial entertainment.

means the program of flood insurance coverage and floodplain management administered under the Act and applicable federal regulations promulgated in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B.

means for floodplain management purposes, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after November 27, 1974.

means a manufactured (mobile) home park or manufactured home subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured mobile homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) was completed on or after November 27, 1974.

means a commercial establishment dispensing food and beverages for consumption on the premises and in which dancing, musical and live entertainment are permitted.

means a building, structure or parcel of land or use thereof, lawfully existing at the time of the adoption of the zoning ordinance of January 1, 1966 or any amendment thereof and not in conformity with the provisions of such ordinance or amendment. Nonconformance shall be of only two types:

means an operation for the cultivating, harvesting, and sale of plants, bushes, trees, and other nursery items grown on site or established in the ground prior to sale, and for related accessory sales and uses.

means an institution that is licensed or approved by the state of Rhode Island to provide health care under medical supervision for twenty-four (24) or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood or adoption.

means any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation or other material in, along, across or projecting into any watercourse which may alter, impede, retard or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream.

means any land or area, the preservation of which in its present use would: (1) conserve and enhance natural or scenic resources; (2) protect streams or water supply; (3) promote conservation of soils, wetlands, beaches, or total marshes; (4) enhance the value to the public of abutting or neighborhood parks, forests, wildlife preserves, nature reserves or sanctuaries or (5) enhance recreation opportunities.

means any live exhibition, performance, display or dance of any type, including but not limited to talking, singing, reading, listening, posing, serving food or beverages, soliciting for the sale of food, beverages, products or entertainment, pantomiming, modeling, removal of clothing or any service offered for amusement on any premises to which the public, patrons or members are invited or admitted, including any private club or membership organization and including but not limited to business establishments identified as an adult arcade, escort agency, juice bar, coffee shop, cigar shop, victualler, nude modeling studio, sexual encounter center, massage parlor or similar or like business establishments.

means a sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.

means retail activity that takes place in an open lot, tent, trailer, motor vehicle, enclosure or structure that is not permanently affixed to the land.

means a district established in a zoning ordinance that is superimposed on one or more districts or parts of districts and that imposes specified requirements in addition to, but not less, than those otherwise applicable for the underlying zone.

means a facility used to formulate and create paints from solid pigments to a liquid form.

means antennae that have vertical and horizontal planes that aim signals in specific directions. Panel antennae generally measure four to five feet in height, six to twelve (12) inches in width and six to eight inches in depth.

means a facility or location where the principal use is the handling, receiving, and transfer of passenger traffic for rail or bus service, and may include as an accessory use the loading, unloading, storing, receiving, assembling, dispatching, weighing, consolidating, classifying, switching, distribution, movement, or transfer of freight, as well as all equipment and facilities used to accomplish the foregoing activities.

means an establishment that engage, in whole or in part, in the business of loaning money on the security of pledges of personal property, or deposits or conditional sales of personal property, or the purchase of sale of personal property and is also subject to the provisions of Chapter 26 of Title 19 of the RIGL.

means any lightweight plastic, fabric or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire or string, usually in series, designed to move in the wind.

means a set of criteria or limits relating to elements which a particular use or process either must meet or may not exceed.

means a use by right which is specifically authorized in a particular zoning district.

means any association, company, corporation, firm, organization or partnership, singular or plural, of any kind.

means an establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequent or recurrent needed services of a personal nature, including packaging and shipping. Typical uses include, but are not limited to shoe repair shops, tailor shops and custom dressmaking shops.

"Common signage plan" means an accurate plot plan of the zone lot(s), scaled to the reasonable requirements set forth by the director, indicating the proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, whether requiring a permit or not, except that incidental signs need not be shown. The plan must include location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, landscaped areas, total sign area, total area for individual signs, height of signs, number of freestanding signs on the zone lots, and an accurate set of elevations depicting the location and size of all proposed freestanding and building signs. Plans must specify standards addressing consistency among all signs on the zone lots affected by the plan with regards to: Color scheme, lettering or graphic style, lighting, material and proportions to other advertisements on any freestanding signs.

"Master signage plan" means an accurate plot plan of the zone lot, scaled to the reasonable requirements set forth by the director, indicating the proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, whether requiring a permit or not, except that incidental signs need not be shown. Plans shall include location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, landscaped areas, total sign area, total area for individual signs, height of signs, number of freestanding signs on the zone lot, and an accurate set of elevations depicting the location and size of all proposed freestanding and building signs.

means a "land development project," as defined herein, and developed according to plan as a single entity and containing one or more structures and/or uses with appurtenant common areas.

means the body established by the city charter which has the responsibility to prepare a comprehensive plan and make recommendations concerning that plan to the municipal legislative body.

means a review meeting of a proposed development held between applicants and reviewing agencies as permitted by law and municipal ordinance, before formal submission of an application for a permit or for development approval.

means the building in which is conducted the principal use of the zone lot on which it is located. Zone lots with multiple principal uses may have multiple principal buildings, but storage buildings, garages and other clearly accessory uses shall not be considered principal buildings.

means an establishment in which the principal business consists of duplicating and printing services using photocopy, blueprint, or offset printing equipment, including publishing, binding, and engraving.

means a commercial facility of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more for the designing and reproducing written, typed or graphic materials.

means a person who has been registered and licensed by the state board of registration for professional engineers in accordance with RIGL Chapter 5-8.

means an office or studio located within the principal premises of resident architect, artist, author, attorney, clergymen or engineer.

means a person who has been duly registered as a professional land surveyor by the board established under RIGL 5-8.1, and who is a professional specialist in the technique of measuring land, educated in the basic principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence and all to surveying of real property and engaged in the practice of land surveying as defined in this section.

means a governmental facility for public safety and emergency services, including a facility that provides police or fire protection and related administrative facilities.

means a generic term referring to communication of impulses, sounds and pictures through space by means of electromagnetic waves.

means club or recreation facility for which a membership charge may be made and which are open only to bona fide members and their guests.

means a vehicle which is built on a single chassis; four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as a temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

means a facility that accepts recyclable materials and may perform some processing activities. The principal function is to separate and store materials that are ready for shipment to end-use markets. The presence of power-driven processing equipment distinguishes a processing facility from a collection facility. The facility receives and processes only residential and commercial recyclables.

See definition "special flood hazard area (SFHA)."

See definition for "floodway."

means a building wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship and which is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship, together with all accessory buildings and uses customarily associated with such primary purposed. This use includes synagogues, temple, mosque or other such place for worship and religious activities.

means an establishment which conducts research, development, or controlled production of high-technology electronic, industrial, or scientific products or commodities for sale or laboratories conducting educational or medical research or testing. This term includes but is not limited to a biotechnology firm or a manufacturer of nontoxic computer components.

means a mixed use property housing a business use on the first level with residential uses on the upper level(s).

means an establishment where food and drink is prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building.

means a facility for the storage of household heating fuels and for their distribution to retail sales facilities or other bulk purchasers, regardless of ownership.

means an establishment or business maintained for the pickup and delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry and where there may be the cleaning of fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles of any sort by immersion and agitation, or by immersions only, in volatile solvents for items collected on site.

"Large scale retail sales establishment" means an establishment of greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet primarily devoted to the sale or rental of goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption or to services incidental to the sale or rental of such goods or merchandise.

"Small scale retail sales establishment" means an establishment of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or less primarily devoted to the sale or rental of goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption or to services incidental to the sale or rental of such goods or merchandise.

means a dwelling or part thereof in which lodging is provided by the owner or operator to more than two but less than ten (10) boarders.

means naturally occurring accumulations of sand in ridges or mounds landward of the beach.

means a business engaged in the removal of waste, refuse effluent, sludge, and any other materials from septic tanks, cesspools, and any other similar facilities. Said activity may include the storage of portable personal sanction facilities for use off of site.

means a premises used for the retail sales of previously used merchandise, such as clothing, household furnishings or appliances and sports/recreational equipment. This use does not include the sale of secondhand motor vehicles, parts or accessories.

means a building or group of buildings consisting of individual, self-contained units leased to individuals, organizations, or businesses for self-service storage of personal property.

means a line or lines parallel to a lot line at the minimum distance of the required setback for the zoning district in which the lot is located that establishes the area within which the principal structure must be erected or placed.

See definition for "area of shallow flooding."

means any device, fixture, placard or structure that uses any color, form, graphic, illumination, symbol or writing to advertise, announce the purpose of or identify the purpose of a person or entity or to communicate information of any kind to the public.

"Animated sign" means any sign that uses movement or change of lighting to depict action or create a special effect or scene. Also, a sign on which the text message changes more than eight times per day shall be considered an animated sign and not a changeable copy sign for the purpose of this chapter.

"Billboard sign" means any sign erected outdoors, often freestanding, that displays copy which is generally not pertinent to the primary use of the premises (see Section 17.24.010(A)(1), (2) and (B)(l), (2) entitled billboards).

"Building sign" means any sign attached to any part of a building, as contrasted to a freestanding sign.

"Canopy sign" means any sign that is a part of or attached to an awning, canopy or other fabric, plastic or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window or outdoor service area. A marquee is not a canopy.

"Changeable copy sign" means a sign or portion thereof with characters, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. A sign on which the only copy that changes is an electronic or mechanical indication of time or temperature shall be considered a time and temperature portion of a sign and not a changeable copy sign for purposes of this chapter.

"Freestanding sign" means any sign supported by structures or supports that are placed on or anchored in, the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.

"Incidental sign" means a sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the zone lot on which it is located, such as "no parking," "entrance," "loading only," "telephone" and other similar directives. No sign with a commercial message legible from a position off the zone lot on which the sign is located shall be considered incidental.

"Marquee sign" means any sign attached to, in any manner or made a part of a marquee.

"Monument sign" means any sign, other than a pole sign, placed upon or supported by the ground independent of any other structure. Monument signs within ten (10) feet of an existing driveway or street, shall not exceed thirty (30) inches in height.

"Nonconforming sign" means any sign that does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.

"Political sign" means any sign which has the purpose of advertising, promoting or displaying a political party, platform, referenda or candidate for office and/or a promotion of its ideals, beliefs or philosophy.

"Projection sign" means any sign affixed to a building or wall in such a manner that its leading edge extends more than six inches beyond the surface of such building or wall.

"Real estate sign" means any sign erected for the purpose of informing the public that a certain parcel, property, dwelling or structure(s) is for sale, rent, lease or to be auctioned.

"Residential sign" means any sign located in a district zoned for residential uses that contains no commercial message except advertising for goods or services legally offered on the premises where the sign is located; provided that, offering such service at such location conforms with all requirements of the zoning ordinance.

"Roof sign" means any sign erected wholly on and over the roof of a building, supported by the roof structure and extending vertically above the highest portion of the roof.

"Integral roof sign" means any sign erected or constructed as an integral or essentially integral part of a normal roof structure of any design, such that no part of the sign extends vertically above the highest portion of the roof and such that no part of the sign is separated from the rest of the roof by a space of more than six inches.

"Suspended sign" means a sign that is suspended from the underside of a horizontal plane surface and is supported by such surface.

"Temporary/portable sign" means any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to A- or T-frames; menu and sandwich board signs; balloons used as signs; umbrellas used for advertising; and signs attached to or painted on vehicles parked and visible from the public right-of-way, unless said vehicle is used in the normal day-to-day operations of the business, an advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, plywood or other light material and designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time. Flags, banners and portable signs shall be treated as temporary signs.

"Wall sign" means any sign attached parallel to, but within six inches of, a wall, painted on the wall surface of or erected and confined within the limits of an outside wall of any building or structure, which is supported by such wall or building and which displays only one sign surface.

"Window sign" means any sign, pictures, symbol or combination thereof, designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale or service, that is placed inside a window or upon the window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window.

means an accessory dwelling unit for the sole use of one or more members of the family of the occupant or occupants of the principal residence, but not needing to have a separate means of ingress and egress. (See Section 17.24.010(F))

means a detached building containing one dwelling unit.

means the development plan for one or more lots on which is shown the existing and/or the proposed conditions of the lot.

means electrical power generated through the utilization of photovoltaic cells, nonmechanical semiconductor devices that convert sunlight into direct current electricity.

means a place or facility where nonhazardous solid waste materials are taken from a collection vehicle or dumpster, temporarily stored or stockpiled and placed in a transportation unit for movement to another facility.

means an area having special flood, mudslide (i.e. mudflow) or flood-related erosion hazards and shown on a flood hazard boundary map (FHBM) or a flood insurance rate map (FIRM) zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, AH, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, AR/A1-A30, V1-V30, VE or V.

means a regulated use which is permitted pursuant to the special-use permit issued by the authorized governmental entity, pursuant to RIGL Section 45-24-42.

means any of the following:

means any of the following:

(Includes substantial improvement,) the date the building permit was issued provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

means any department, commission, board or other administrative unit of state government.

means a public or private thoroughfare used or intended to be used, for passage or travel by motor vehicles. Streets are further classified by the functions they perform.

means a method of roadway organization which identifies a street hierarchy according to function within a road system, that is, types of vehicles served and anticipated volumes for the purposes of promoting safety, efficient land use and the design character of neighborhoods and districts. Local classifications shall use the following as major categories:

means a local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate vehicular turnaround, either temporary or permanent, at the closed end.

means that portion of a lot abutting a street.

means the dividing line between the street and the lot.

"Private street" means a thoroughfare established as a separate tract for the benefit of multiple adjacent properties and meeting specific municipal improvement standards. This definition shall not apply to driveways.

"Public street" means all public property reserved or dedicated for street traffic.

"Stub street" means a portion of a street reserved to provide access to future development, which may provide for utility connections.

means a combination of materials to form a construction for use, occupancy or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below, the surface of land or water.

means for floodplain management purposes, a walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground, as well as a manufactured home. Structure, for insurance purposes, means:

means any lot lawfully existing at the time of adoption of the zoning ordinance of January 1, 1966 or any amendment thereof and not in conformance with the dimensional and/or area provisions of that ordinance.

means damage of any origin sustained by a structure during a five-year period whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty (50) percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure during a five-year period, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage", regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

means for the purposes of determining whether a "substantial portion" of an establishment includes an adult entertainment use, the following factors shall be considered:

means a retail establishment primarily selling food, as well as other convenience and household goods, which occupies more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.

means any constructed pool which is used, is designed for use as or is intended to be used as a swimming pool and has a minimum capacity of five thousand (5,000) gallons and a minimum depth of thirty-six (36) inches.

means a commercial enterprise whose primary activity is the sale of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises. Bars include taverns, pubs and similar facilities serving alcoholic liquor.

means a device used in communications which transmits and/or receives telecommunications signals as authorized by the FCC. Examples of such devices include dish, panel and whip antennae.

means a land use facility supporting antennas and microwave dishes that sends and/or receives radio frequency signals. Communications facilities include structures or towers and accessory buildings.

means a tower intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals, including lattice and guyed wire towers.

means a building or part of a building devoted to showing motion pictures, or for dramatic, dance, musical, or other live performances.

See telecommunications definitions.

means an establishment that provides for the removal and temporary storage of vehicles but does not include disposal, permanent disassembly, salvage, or accessory storage of inoperable vehicles.

means an owner occupied dwelling in which not more than five guestrooms are used to provide or offer overnight accommodations to transient guests for compensation. A guestroom shall be occupied by a tenant for not more that fifteen (15) consecutive days.

means a vehicle without motor power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.

means tree service shall mean a building or premises used primarily in support of a business engaged in tree and stump removal, tree and shrub trimming, stump grinding, insect and disease control, tree nutrients, processing wood chips and firewood, and land clearing. The premises may be used for the processing and storage of tree related products and byproducts produced only by the business located on the premises and the parking of trucks, grinders and related equipment, but no retail sales of products shall be allowed on the premises.

means a facility that provides for storage, parking, servicing, leasing and otherwise dealing with trucks, tractors, trailers or other similar motor vehicles. A trucking terminal may also include an area and building where cargo is stored and where trucks load and unload cargo on a regular basis.

means a detached building containing two dwelling units.

means a business that repairs and replaces upholstery to household and office furnishings and boat and motor vehicle upholstering.

means an establishment where human patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for emergency examination and treatment by a group of physicians other health care professionals.

means the purpose or activity for which land or buildings are designed, arranged, or intended, or for which land or buildings are occupied or maintained.

means plumbing, mechanical and electrical equipment including piping, wiring, fixtures, and other accessories which provide sanitation, lighting, heating, ventilation, cooling, refrigeration and fire-fighting facilities essential for the occupancy of structure. Utilities include but are not limited to furnaces, boilers, air conditioning compressors, air and heating ducts, water supply pipes electric, gas and water meters, control panels, electrical wiring, and gas pipes.

means permission to depart from the literal requirements of the zoning ordinance. An authorization for the construction or maintenance of a building or structure or for the establishment or maintenance of a use of land, which is prohibited by this chapter. There shall be only two categories of variance, a use variance or a dimensional variance.

means for floodplain management purposes a grant of relief by a community from the terms of a flood plain management regulation.

means a place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital/clinic use.

The failure of a structure or other development to be fully plain management regulations. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required in Section 60.3(b)(5), (c)(4), (c)(10), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(4), or (e)(5) is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided

"Commercial warehousing" means facilities characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent heavy trucking activity but not involved in manufacturing or production.

means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, channel or other topographic feature on or over which waters flow at least periodically. Watercourse includes specifically designated areas in which substantial flood damage may occur.

As defined in RIGL Section 46-12-1(b).

means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD), North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD) or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.

means a facility that provides for the assembly of metal parts, including blacksmith and welding shops; sheet metal shops; machine shops and boiler shops, that produce metal duct work, tanks, towers, cabinets and enclosures, metal doors and gates and similar products.

means measures designed to minimize damage to a structure or its contents by water that is allowed into a building.

means a salt marsh bordering on the tidal waters of this state and contiguous up-lands extending no more than fifty (50) yards inland therefrom.

means a marsh, swamp, bog, pond, river, river or stream floodplain or bank, area subject to flooding or storm flowage; emergent or submergent plant community in any body of fresh water or area within.

means an establishment primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; industrial, commercial, institutional, professional business users, other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying and selling merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.

means an antenna that transmits signals in three hundred sixty (360) degrees. Whip antennae are typically cylindrical in shape and are less than six inches in diameter and measure up to eighteen (18) feet in height, also called omnidirectional, stick or pipe antennas.

means an institutional use that is classified as either a private club or community club that consists of structures and related grounds and/or moorage used for social and recreation purposes related to pleasure boating the use of which is primarily restricted to members and their guests.

means the required open, unoccupied and unobstructed setback area as set forth in Section 17.20.110, which establishes the outer boundaries of the maximum building envelope of any lot or parcel of land.

"Corner side yard" means a required side yard adjacent to a public way.

"Front yard" means a required yard extending across the full width of the lot adjacent to the front street line.

"Interior side yard" means a required side yard not adjacent to a public way.

"Rear yard" means a required yard adjacent to the rear lot line and between side yards or extending across the full width of the lot where no side yards are required.

"Side yard" means a required side yard extending from the rear of the required front yard or from the street line where no front yard is required, to the rear lot line.

See Zone C [Section 17.16.050].

means the special flood hazard Area (except coastal V zones) shown on a community's flood insurance rate map. There are seven types of A zones:

means area of minimal flood hazard, usually depicted on older FIRM's as between the limits of the base and five hundred (500) year floods of the primary source of flooding.

means a parcel of land in single ownership that is of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for area, coverage and use and that can provide such yards and other open spaces as required by the zoning regulations.

means any one of twelve (12) tables depicting the permitted sum of the area of all individual signs, sign dimensions and characteristics for each zone lot by zoning district (see Section 17.72.010).

means the special flood hazard area subject to coastal high hazard flooding. There are three types of V zones: V, V#, and VE, and they correspond to the A-Zone designations.

means newer flood insurance rate maps show zones B and C (see above) as zone X. The shaded zone X corresponds to a zone B and the unshaded zone X corresponds to a zone C.

means the reservation of certain specified areas within a community or city for building structures or use of land, for certain purposes with other limitations such as height, lot coverage and other stipulated requirements.

means a document signed by the zoning enforcement officer, as required in this chapter, which acknowledges that a use, structure, building or lot either complies with or is legally nonconforming to the provisions of this zoning ordinance or in an authorized variance or modification therefrom.

means the map or maps which are a part of the zoning ordinance and which delineate the boundaries of all mapped zoning districts within the physical boundary of the city or town.

means an ordinance enacted by the city council pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws Sections 45-24-27 through 45-24-72 and in the manner providing for the adoption of ordinances in the city by the city charter, which sets forth regulations and standards relating to the nature and extent of uses of land and structures, which is consistent with the comprehensive plan defined in Rhode Island General Laws Section 45-22.2, which includes a zoning map, and which complies with the provisions of this chapter.

means the basic unit in zoning, either mapped or unmapped, to which a uniform set of regulations applies, or a uniform set of regulations for a specified use. The districts include, but are not limited to: agricultural, commercial, industrial, institutional, open space and residential. Each district may include subdistricts.