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Gillette City Zoning Code

SECTION 16

DEFINITIONS

The following words, terms and phrases are hereby defined and shall be interpreted in the same fashion throughout this ordinance. The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "may" is permissive. Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense, and words used in the singular shall include the plural. Terms not herein defined shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them.

Accessory Structure

Accessory Structure: a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a main building located on the same zone lot.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Accessory Use

Accessory Use: not a permitted use as authorized by this ordinance, but a subordinate use operated on the same zone lot as the permitted use, either in the same structure as the permitted use or an accessory structure.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Administrative Non-Profit Support Agency for Victim Service Programs

Administrative Non-Profit Support Agency for Victim Service Programs: Non-profit, Court-appointed, victims’ service programs, which provide advocacy and parental access to children under the age of 18, and the administrative offices that support these programs.69

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Alley

Alley: a public or private thoroughfare which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Automobile Body Repair

Automobile Body Repair:30 the restoration, repair and painting of the external bodies of passenger vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Automobile Repair

Automobile Repair:30 the repair of internal, mechanical components of passenger vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Automobile Sales

Automobile Sales: 30 the sale of new and used passenger vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Automobile Service

Automobile Service:30 the minor repair, tune-up and routine servicing of passenger vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Bed and Breakfast Home

Bed and Breakfast Home: A private owner occupied home where a portion is used to provide temporary accommodations for up to 30 consecutive days for a charge to registered guests. No more than four (4) lodging units may be provided and where one (1) but not more than two (2) family style meals must be provided in a twenty-four (24) hour period. Must be licensed with the state as a bed and breakfast home prior to obtaining a use permit to operate within the City. All regulations governing setbacks, open space and parking shall apply to construction of new bed and breakfast homes or conversion of existing dwelling units to bed and breakfast homes. Signage shall comply with signage allowed under home occupations. A bed and breakfast home shall not impair the residential character of the neighborhood in which it is located.54

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Board

Board: the Board of Adjustment of the City of Gillette, Wyoming.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Boarding House

Boarding House: a building other than a hotel where, for compensation and by pre-arrangement for definite periods, meals, or lodging and meals, are provided for three (3) or more persons, but not exceeding twenty (20) persons. No separate cooking facilities for use of customer residents are allowed.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Building

Building: any permanently affixed, covered structure intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or goods.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Building Frontage

Building Frontage: that facade of a structure containing a permitted use which is generally parallel to and closest to the front line of a zone lot.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Building Height

Building Height: the vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of ceiling of the top story; in the case of a flat room, to the deck line of a mansard roof, and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

C

Carport: a covered parking structure accessory to dwelling units.  It may be free standing or attached to another structure.  A carport may not exceed five hundred square feet (500 s.f.) in area or more than twenty feet (20') in height.  It must be entirely open on two or more sides except for structural supports.93

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Commercial Storage Facility

Commercial Storage Facility: 3 a building, or group of buildings, that contain varying sizes of individual compartmentalized and controlled access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of articles or goods. This use does not include active retail uses nor shall there be any activities allowed to be conducted within the structure, or structures, other than the temporary storage of articles or goods. All storage shall be totally contained within the building, or group of buildings, with no outdoor storage of articles or goods allowed. No heavy equipment, nor farm implements, shall be allowed to be stored, nor any part thereof. No hazardous materials shall be allowed to be stored.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Commission

Commission:5 the Planning Commission of the City of Gillette, Wyoming.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Condominium

Condominium:5 real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership, and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership by the owners of those portions.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Conversion Condominium

Conversion Condominium:6 condominium projects not originally built and sold as condominiums but subsequently converted to condominium use.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Corner Lot

Corner Lot: a zone lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Council

Council: the City Council of the City of Gillette, Wyoming.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Crematorium

Crematorium: a business containing a properly installed, certified by the State of Wyoming apparatus intended for use in the act of human cremation.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Day Care

Day Care:6,26, 70 An activity regulated by the State of Wyoming and providing care for children out of their own home for two (2) hours or more a day. Categories of day care specified in this ordinance include:

  1. Family child care home (FCCH): A child care facility in which care is provided for three (3) to ten (10) unrelated children from more than one immediate family for part of a day in the home of the provider.
  2. Family child care center (FCCC): A child care facility in which care is provided for a maximum of fifteen (15) unrelated children for part of a day, which may be in a residential or commercial zoning district.
  3. Child care center (CCC): Any private person, partnership, association or corporation that is operating a business for profit or otherwise, where sixteen (16) or more children receive care for part of the day.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Department

Department:5, 27 the Department of Community Development of the City of Gillette, Wyoming.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Director

Director:30 the Director of Community Development of the City of Gillette, Wyoming.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Districts

Districts: any section or area of the City of Gillette for which the regulations governing the use of land and the use, density, bulk, height and coverage of buildings and other structures are uniform.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Drive-In Restaurant

Drive-In Restaurant: a retail establishment engaged in the sale of prepared food and drink which is served to and/or consumed on the premises by the occupants of vehicles, in their vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Dwelling Unit

Dwelling Unit: a structure, or a portion thereof, used for living purposes or constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit for permanent, residential occupancy.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Enhanced Manufactured Home

Enhanced Manufactured Home:63 A single family residential structure transportable in two or more dependent sections, which when assembled equals or exceeds twenty-four feet (24’) in width and thirty-six feet (36’) in length. Said structure shall be attached to a permanent, frost-free foundation. The structure must: 1) not have been installed or occupied previously at any other site or location, 2) comply with all City codes as they relate to wind load and snow load, 3) provide evidence that the title or certificate of origin has been surrendered at the office of the Campbell County Clerk and the unit converted to real property at the Office of the Campbell County Assessor prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, and, 4) comply with all Other Enhanced Manufactured Housing Design Criteria.

Other Enhanced Manufactured Home Design Criteria

  1. Each Enhanced manufactured home to be located in the City shall provide and comply with all building permit approval requirements applicable to all residential dwelling units prior to arrival at the site. Included, but not limited to, a plot plan approval, plans and specifications verifying compliance with construction and structural load requirements, geotechnical report and design for the foundation, foundation certification, zoning approval and utility connections.
  2. Each enhanced manufactured unit shall conform to the building setback, open space, parking and other district standards and requirements of the zoning district in which the unit is located. No more than one unit may be placed on a zone lot. The owner of the land must also be the owner of the manufactured home unit.
  3. The unit shall have a pitched roof with a slope of not less than a three inch (3”) vertical rise for each twelve inches (12”) of horizontal run.
  4. The load bearing foundation system shall be constructed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications or with HUD’s Permanent Foundation Guide for Manufactured Housing and applicable sections of the Uniform Building Code.
  5. The perimeter of the unit shall be fully enclosed from the lower edge of the enhanced manufactured unit to the ground with a perimeter skirt wall constructed of a material rated for exterior applications giving the appearance of concrete, brick, stucco, block or stone, and able to withstand the effects of wind, water, soil, decay, termites and prevent entry of rodents. An unobstructed minimum 18” high x 24” wide plumbing access door shall be provided. Ventilation per the Uniform Building Code specifications shall be provided.
  6. The unit shall be permanently connected to all utilities in a manner consistent with residential housing and in accordance with the adopted City codes.
  7. Roof material shall consist of non-reflective material customarily used for residential dwellings including, but not limited to, asphalt, fiberglass, shake, tile shingles or metal.
  8. Siding material shall consist of a material customarily used for residential dwellings including but not limited to, wood, wood products, stucco, brick, steel, aluminum or vinyl lap siding, or rock.
  9. A roof overhang exclusive of gutters of not less than six inches (6”) as measured from the vertical side of the home. When an attached carport, garage, porch or similar structure is an integral part of the manufactured unit, this overhang may be waived where the attachment occurs provided that the exterior perimeter of the roof line contains the required overhang.
  10. Unless the foundation perimeter wall is load bearing, no attachments, additions, alterations or modifications to the exterior walls of the unit are allowed except those approved by the manufacturer for the specific unit. If the foundation perimeter wall is not load bearing, all additions, porches, decks, garages or other add-on attachments must be free standing and self-supporting with no structural reliance on the manufactured unit itself and in accordance with applicable City regulations.
  11. All wheels, hitches, tongues and axles shall be removed from the unit and the property at the time the unit is placed on the permanent foundation.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Family

Family: one (1) or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage, occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, fraternity or sorority house, lodging house, hotel or motel.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Family Style Meal

Family Style Meal: Meals prepared in a private bed and breakfast home kitchen and served in the same residence around a common table(s). No meals may be served to people other than those residing as registered guests.54

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Foster Care

Foster Care:6 an activity regulated by the State of Wyoming and providing care for children in a facility or home on a twenty four (24) hour-a-day basis. Categories of foster care specified in this ordinance include:

  1. foster home: allows for the care of up to six (6) children.
  2. group foster home: allows for the care of seven (7) to eleven (11) children.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Front Line

Front Line: any boundary line of a zone lot parallel to and abutting the right-of-way line of an officially approved street or highway.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Gasoline Filling Station

Gasoline Filling Station: a retail establishment engaged in the sale of automotive fuels, motor oil or other automobile accessories and providing incidental services, including lubrication, hand washing and cleaning or minor mechanical work and repairs but shall not include painting or body work nor the sale of butane or propane fuels.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Gross Floor Area

Gross Floor Area: the sum of the areas of the several floors of a building, measured between the exterior faces of the walls at each floor, excluding any floor area used exclusively as parking for motor vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Group Care Facility

Group Care Facility:22, 43, 80, 96 A facility or dwelling unit housing persons unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption and operating as a not-for-profit (nonprofit) or actively participating and in compliance with the State of Wyoming Medicaid Development Disability Waiver Program, housekeeping unity consisting of no more than six (6) client individuals and up to two (2) supervisors in all zoning districts where the primary use is residential. No Group Care Facility may house any person whose residency would constitute a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals. It may include shelters for abuse victims and homes for handicapped or for disabled individuals. All uses stated in the definition of Halfway House are not permissible and are considered outside the scope of the definition of Group Care Facility.

Effective on: 1/16/2024

Halfway House

Halfway House:43 a facility or dwelling unit used as a work release facility for convicts or ex-convicts, alcoholism or drug treatment center, or other housing facilities serving as an alternative to incarceration.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Home Occupation

Home Occupation: a gainful operation conducted by members of the family, only within the dwelling, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Hospital

Hospital: an institution intended primarily for the medical diagnosis, treatment and care of patients being given medical treatment. A hospital shall be distinguished from a clinic by virtue of providing for bed and patient care.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Industrial Pipe Yard

Industrial Pipe Yard:74 an area in which the primary use is the storage of pipe for non-residential applications, including coils or spools, typically involving outside storage. The pipe is intended for industrial applications and may include drilling pipe, oil well casing, tubing, pipe for water or sewer mains, and pipe for production or transportation pipe line for oil and gas. Industrial Pipe Yards are only allowed in Industrial Zones, because of the inherent noise, dust and heavy truck traffic associated with operations involving pipe.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Institution

Institution: a building, or building complex, occupied by a nonprofit establishment for public or semi-public use.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Junkyard

Junkyard: a lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material; or for the collection, dismantling, storing and salvaging of machinery of vehicles not in running condition, or for the sale of parts thereof.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Licensed Vehicle

Licensed Vehicle: an operable vehicle with a currently valid license.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Loading Space

Loading Space: a space within the main building or on the same zone lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of a vehicle.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Lodging Unit

Lodging Unit: A separate room in a bed and breakfast home with one (1) but not more than two (2) beds or two (2) sets of two tiered bunks for sleeping purposes.54

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Manufactured Home

Manufactured Home:60 A structure, transportable in one or more dependent sections, constructed in conformance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single family residential dwelling unit.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Mixed-Use Development

Mixed-Use Development: A single building or complex of buildings containing a mixture of residential and commercial uses provided that the commercial uses are located at and oriented toward the street grade.73

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Mobile Home

Mobile Home:60 a structure, transportable in one or more sections, designed for use as a single family residential dwelling unit, built on a permanent chassis that cannot provide certification of compliance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act. Such a structure shall be considered to be a mobile home, whether or not the wheels originally mounted have been removed, and whether or not the structure has been placed upon a permanent foundation.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Mobile/Manufactured Home Subdivision

Mobile/Manufactured Home Subdivision:60 a subdivision consisting of two (2) or more lots and meeting all of the requirements of the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Gillette; the lots of which are intended to be sold, leased or assigned for use by mobile/manufactured homes to create a suitable environment for long term, residential occupancy.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Modular Home

Modular Home:26,60 a structure, transportable in one or more dependent sections, designed for use as a single family residential dwelling unit, not built on a permanent chassis, capable of being transported from place of fabrication to the site on which it is to be erected, where it is placed on a permanent foundation and, when assembled, meets all of the provisions of the Uniform Building Code for residential dwelling units.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Motel

Motel: a building or series of buildings in which lodging is offered for compensation, and which is distinguished from a hotel primarily by reason of providing direct, independent access to and adjoining parking for each rental unit.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

M

Motor Vehicle Salvage:30 the dismantling or demolition of motor vehicles for parts.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Motor Vehicles

Motor Vehicles:30 inclusive of passenger vehicles and, additionally, including any other motorized heavy equipment, commercial trucks, buses, semi-tractor trailers, tractors, farm implements and other utility vehicles.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Multiple Family Dwelling

Multiple Family Dwelling: a structure containing three (3) or more dwelling units on one (1) zone lot.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Neighborhood Recreational Facility

Neighborhood Recreational Facility:1 a facility which provides, for a fee, predominantly indoor, recreational activities. It is intended that those limited outdoor, recreational activities which are offered to be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood shall not produce or create offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or glare at or beyond the property line.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Open Space

Open Space: that portion of a zone lot not occupied by a structure, not utilized for parking and not otherwise used in the operation of the permitted use. Setback areas meeting this definition shall be considered as open space.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Parking Space

Parking Space:12 an off street space available for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle, being nine feet (9') in width and eighteen feet (18') in length, exclusive of passageways and driveways, and having direct access to a street or alley.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

P

Passenger Vehicles:30 cars, light trucks, vans, motorcycles, RV's or any other vehicles intended to transport persons and light cargo.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Permitted Use

Permitted Use: a use enumerated for a zoning district.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Public Utility

Public Utility: any person, firm, corporation, municipal department or board, duly authorized to furnish and furnishing under State or municipal regulations to the public electricity, gas, steam, communication, telegraph, transportation or water.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rear Line

Rear Line: [1] on any zone lot, with but one (1) front line, the rear line shall be the boundary of the zone lot opposite the front line; [2] on any zone lot with two (2) front lines, the rear line shall be fixed by the Department of Community Development27, taking into consideration the orientation and location of existing structures in the area, probable orientation of proposed structures and the use of the rear portion of zone lots in the district; and, [3] on any zone lot with three (3) or more front lines, there shall be no rear line.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recreational Facilities

Recreational Facilities: land and structures, along with accessory equipment, designed and utilized for leisure time activities of a predominantly "outdoor" nature and of more specific purpose than passive, park-like open space.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recreational Vehicle

Recreational Vehicle:12 any pickup camper, motor home, travel trailer or other mobile unit designed or modified to be used for vacation or recreational occupancy.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recreational Vehicle Park

Recreational Vehicle Park: a tract of land upon which two (2) or more recreational vehicles or tent sites are located, established or maintained for occupancy by the general public.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

R

Restaurant:24

  1. Fast Food: an establishment whose principal business is the sale of pre-prepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready to consume state for consumption on the premises or off the premises, and whose principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:
    1. Food and beverages are usually served in edible containers or in paper, plastic or other disposable containers.
    2. Food and beverages are served directly to the customer in a motor vehicle, either by carhop or by other means, which eliminate the need for the customer to exit the motor vehicle.
  2. Standard: an establishment whose principal business is the sale of prepared food and beverages for consumption within the restaurant building, and whose principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:
    1. Customers are served their food and beverages by a restaurant employee at the table or counter at which it is consumed.
    2. There is a cafeteria type operation where food and beverages generally are consumed within the restaurant building.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rooming House

Rooming House: a building where more than three (3) persons, either individually or as families, are housed or lodged for hire, with or without meals. No separate cooking facilities for use by customer residents shall be allowed.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Setback Lines

Setback Lines: the lines defining the buildable area of the zone lot and the inside limits of the required yards.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Sexually Oriented Businesses

Sexually Oriented Businesses:59 Sexually Oriented Businesses are classified as follows and defined in Chapter 10-31 of the Gillette City Code: (1) adult arcade; (2) adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store; (3) adult cabaret; (4) adult motel; (5) adult motion picture theater; (6) adult theater; (7) massage parlor; (8) sexual encounter establishment; (9) escort agency, or (10) nude model studio.59

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Shared Living Residence for Senior Citizens

Shared Living Residence for Senior Citizens:48,52 A dwelling unit constructed as a single family home designed to promote and allow for the independent living or no more than four (4) related or unrelated 55 year old or older individuals. In the R-R, Rural Residential District and the R-S, Suburban Residential District, no more than six (6) related or unrelated 55 year old or older individuals. No separate in-room kitchen facilities for use by occupants is permitted. Shared Living Residences do not include any or all of the following: permanent live-in resident staff personnel; permanent supportive care services; or permanent personal nursing care on an around-the-clock basis. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 9. c. (3) (a) Off-Street Parking Requirements.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Side Lines

Side Lines: any boundary or a zone lot, not a front line or a rear line.'

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Sight Triangle or Sight Distance Triangle

Sight Triangle or Sight Distance Triangle:25,26,29 a triangular portion of land at the intersection of two (2) streets, a street and an alley or a street and a commercial or multi family driveway used by more than one (1) living unit, in which nothing shall hereafter be erected, placed or planted which would obstruct the view of motorists entering or leaving the intersection. The boundary of any sight distance triangle as well as the permitted obstructions within them shall be determined according to the terms of Section 611.5, et seq. of the City of Gillette 2005 Design Standards, as adopted by § 7-2 of the Gillette City Code.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Sign

Sign:11 any device or display of letters, words, models, banners, flags, pennants, symbols or other representations which are in the nature of an announcement or advertisement or calls attention to a product, service, organization, person or event. The word "sign" does not include the flag, pennant, or insignia of any nations, state, city or other political unit. Types of signs authorized by this resolution include:

Single Family Dwelling

Single Family Dwelling:5 a single, detached structure having but one (1) dwelling unit for the residential occupancy of any number of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption and complying with the provisions of the Uniform Building Code for dwellings. Mobile homes shall not be considered as single family dwellings for the purpose of this ordinance.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Structure

Structure: anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a more or less permanent location on the ground. Fences, signs, utility poles and lines, railways, monuments, statuary, flagpoles, roadways and bridges shall not be considered structures for the purposes of this ordinance.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Taxidermy

Taxidermy: an operation conducted solely within an enclosed building to include on-site preparation, stuffing, and mounting of heads and skins of animals. Exterior storage or processing of carcasses or parts of animals shall be prohibited.49

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Townhouse

Townhouse: a rowhouse or other unit in a building containing two (2) or more units, in which generally no part of a living unit extends over or under another living unit. Townhouse units may consist of one (1) or more stories.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Unit

Unit: that portion of a condominium or townhouse building designated for separate ownership on a recorded plat.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Unlicensed or Inoperable Vehicle

Unlicensed or Inoperable Vehicle: a motor vehicle which does not have a valid State license, is not mechanically able to operate, or which cannot otherwise legally operate on the highway.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Yard

Yard: a space on the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Yard, Front

Yard, Front:18 the required open space extending across the full width of a zone lot between the front line and an authorized structure. On a corner lot, the required open space adjacent to all street frontages shall be considered front yards.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Yard, Rear

Yard, Rear: the required open space between the rear lot line and a structure containing a permitted or an accessory use.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Yard, Side

Yard, Side: the required open space between the side line of the zone lot and an authorized structure on the zone lot.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Zone Lot

Zone Lot: a single parcel of contiguous land occupied, or intended to be occupied, by structures and uses, as permitted by this ordinance, together with the open spaces required by this ordinance. All zone lots shall abut on a public street or an officially approved way.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Off-Street Parking and Storage of Personal Vehicles and Effects

Off-Street Parking and Storage of Personal Vehicles and Effects: Includes outdoor storage of non-commercial, personally owned vehicles, including Recreational Vehicle(s) and licensed, self propelled motorized units and other licensed units designed for hauling or towing.

Shall also include covered, unwalled, and/or indoor mini storage units, allowing buildings used exclusively for vehicle and personal effects storage, provided building construction and fire protection is sufficient in accordance with adopted building and fire codes.

Shall allow a small office space limited to 300 sf gross floor area.

Any structures shall meet the requirements of the International Building Code and current Zoning Ordinance.

Shall not exceed more than 20% of the total platted subdivision area and shall not exceed more than 15% of the contiguous district area where multiple subdivisions exist in a single, homogeneous zoning district.

The driving surface shall consist of asphalt or concrete pavement from the public street access to any required parking area for facilities with an office building, or a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet as measured along the centerline of the access driveway from the edge of the paved public street for facilities without an office building.

Type J gravel or recycled pavement materials is acceptable for surfacing of vehicle parking, storage and drive areas not including the required parking area for facilities with an office or the aforementioned 75-ft minimum access driveway area. Scoria surfacing is not allowed.

Screening shall be provided when residential uses are within 100 feet from the “established off-street parking and storage of personal vehicles and effects” area. Screening shall be at least 6 feet in height. Chain link fencing or chain link fencing with slats shall not be permitted to meet screening requirements in accordance with Section 14 Landscaping and Screening Standards. Screening shall have a minimum opacity of 75%.89

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Parking Lot

Parking Lot: A defined area where patrons can park for a brief period of time while visiting a business.

 

Effective on: 11/13/2019

Access

Access: A vehicle access way shared by and serving two or more lots not publicly maintained, regardless whether dedicated to the public, and accessible to public rights of way.

 

Effective on: 11/13/2019

B

  • Billboard: a board, panel or electronic graphic display sign used for the display of advertising matter, either illuminated or non-illuminated, which directs attention to goods, merchandise, entertainment or services offered elsewhere than the premises where the sign is located.86
    1. Electronic Graphic Display Signs:86 sign faces attached to billboard structures with electronic graphic displays that are highly visible from long distances and at very wide viewing angles, both day and night.
    2. Tri-Face Billboards:90  a Billboard with three (3) advertising faces supported by one (1) or more uprights, poles or braces in or upon the ground, and not attached to any building.
    3. Billboards shall not exceed a maximum of three (3) advertising faces.

    • Effective on: 5/29/2019

    B

  • Building Sign: a sign which directs attention to the building to which it is attached. The following signs are building signs:
    1. Canopy Sign: any sign attached to or constructed on the face of a permanent, roof-like shelter, extending from part or all of the building face and constructed of some durable material.
    2. Projecting Sign: a sign attached to or erected on a wall of a building, with the face perpendicular to the building wall.
    3. Roof Sign: any sign erected upon, against or directly above a roof or on top of the parapet of a building.
    4. Under-Canopy Sign: any sign attached to or constructed under a canopy
    5. Wall Sign: a sign attached to, erected against or painted upon the wall of a building, with the face horizontally parallel to the building wall.
    6. Window Sign: a sign installed or painted on a window for purposes of viewing from outside the premises.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Bulletin

  • Bulletin: a notice or message typically erected by a church or a public institution, not advertising a commercial product, goods or services.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Canopy

  • Canopy: a permanent roof-like shelter extending from part or all of the building face and constructed of some durable material.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Center Sign

  • Center Sign: a sign identifying a commercial, industrial or professional center or complex, having at least three (3) separate businesses. A center's management company or owner shall be the only acceptable applicant for a center sign.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Changeable Copy

  • Changeable Copy: a sign on which copy is changed manually in the field, i.e., reader boards with changeable letters.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Sign, Directional or Informational

  • Sign, Directional or Informational: any sign of thirty-two (32) square feet or less38 which directs vehicular or pedestrian traffic for purposes of parking, circulation or sale points of various products and services. No directional or informational sign may contain any business name, advertising, price or other commercial message with the exception of a business logo not to exceed 25% of the area of the sign face.35

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Flashing Sign

  • Flashing Sign: any illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not constant in intensity and color at all times.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    For Sale Sign

  • For Sale Sign: a sign advertising real estate for lease, rental or sale.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Free-Standing Sign, Ground

  • Free-Standing Sign, Ground: a sign supported by one (1) or more uprights, poles or braces in or upon the ground, not attached to any building and having its bottom edge on the ground.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Free-Standing Sign, Pole

  • Free-Standing Sign, Pole: a sign supported by one (1) or more uprights, poles or braces in or upon the ground, not attached to any building and having its bottom edge above ground.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Illuminated Sign

  • Illuminated Sign: a sign designed to give forth artificial light or designed to reflect light derived from any source.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Off-Premise Sign

  • Off-Premise Sign: any sign advertising goods, products or services, not located or sold on the premises on which the sign is located.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    On-Premise Sign

  • On-Premise Sign: any sign identifying or advertising a business, person, activity goods, products or services, located on the premises where the sign is installed and maintained.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Residential Development Sign

  • Residential Development Sign: a sign identifying a subdivision, planned mobile home development or residential building complex, displaying no more than the name and location of the development.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Sandwich Sign

  • Sandwich Sign: an advertising or business ground sign which is constructed in such a manner as to form an "A" or a tent-like shape, hinged or not hinged at the top; and each angular face held at an appropriate distance by a supporting member.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Temporary Business Sign

  • Temporary Business Sign: sign which is portable and does not have a permanent location, which is used to advertise special purpose business activities for a limited amount of time.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Temporary Construction Sign

  • Temporary Construction Sign: a sign identifying new development or construction and including such information as the name of the project, the owner, the leasing agent, the contractor, the architect and brief descriptive material on the project or other pertinent data.

    • Effective on: 1/1/1901