A subordinate building having a use customarily incident to and located on the lot occupied by the main building or a use customarily incident to the main use of the property. A building housing an accessory use is considered an integral part of the main building when it has any part of a wall in common with the main building or is under an extension of the main roof and designed as an integral part of the main building. Living quarters used by night watchmen or security personnel shall meet the requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

Offices of private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of executive, management or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices and services, including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction, and business offices of public utilities, organizations and associations or other use classifications when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services.

As used in this Chapter, refers to persons who have attained the age of at least eighteen (18) years.

An establishment or business having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade, books, magazines, photographs, pictures and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" and limited in sale of such sexual material to adults.

An enclosed building used for presenting or showing for money consideration, movie or video films or pictures or other materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" for observation by customers therein.

An establishment which features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainers.

Establishments or places of business engaged in sale from the premises of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agriculturally related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. Typical uses include hay, feed and grain stores, and tree service firms.

A minor way dedicated for public use which is used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Any addition, remodel, removal, extension or change in the interior walls or partitions or any modification of any exterior surface of a main building or accessory building.

Veterinary services and hospitals for animals. Typical uses include small animal clinics and veterinary hospitals for livestock and large animals.

A room or a suite of rooms within an apartment house or two-family dwelling arranged, intended or designed for a place of residence of a single-family or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

An apartment house which furnishes for the use of its tenants services ordinarily furnished by hotels, but the privileges of which are not primarily available to the public.

A building arranged, intended or designed for more than two (2) families.

Appeal for variance from any provision of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance shall be to the Board of Adjustment.

Areas zoned for residential use are defined as Districts.

A use involving the production of works of art which require mechanical equipment exceeding two (2) horsepower or a single kiln of eight (8) kilowatts. This use shall include the incidental sale to consumers of those works produced on site.

A use involving the production of works of art by individuals and assistants and the incidental sale to consumers of those works produced, limited to the use of hand tools or domestic mechanical equipment not exceeding two (2) horsepower or a single kiln not exceeding eight (8) kilowatts. The use shall not produce external noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, fumes, electrical interference or waste runoff.

Any area of land where two (2) or more motor vehicles, not in operating condition or parts thereof, are stored in the open; or any land, building or structure used for the wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles or parts thereof not in operating condition.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in automotive related or heavy equipment sales or services. The following are automotive and equipment use types:

A story below the first story as defined under "Story" counted as a story for height regulations.

A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials.

A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways or streets, other than alleys.

Board of Adjustment.

A building, other than a hotel, occupied as a single housekeeping unit where lodging or meals are provided for five (5) or more persons for compensation pursuant to previous arrangements, but not for the public or transients.

A structure for the purpose of housing or enclosing of persons, animals or property.

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include janitorial, mowing, landscape maintenance, or window cleaning services.

The floor area of the building at grade, also known as the building's "footprint."

The line parallel to the respective lot line and internal to the lot that defines the required building setback as specified in the zoning district. No building or other structure or portion thereof, except as provided in this Code, may be erected above the grade level.

A use providing education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit and not otherwise defined as a home occupation, college or university, or public or private educational facility.

Establishments primarily engaged in the sale, rental or repair of equipment and supplies used by office, professional and service establishments to the firms themselves rather than to individuals, but excludes automotive, construction and farm equipment. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops, or hotel equipment and supply firms.

A facility for religious use.

A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars, cocktail lounges and similar uses other than a restaurant as that term is defined in this Section.

A use providing undertaking services for other funeral service establishments.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of sports, entertainment or recreation for participants or spectators. The following are commercial recreation use types:

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers or telegraph service offices. Film and sound recording shall be included.

A system of separate ownership of individual space within units in a multiple unit building.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale sale of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures, as well as construction activities and the outdoor storage of construction equipment or materials on lots other than construction sites. Excluded are those classified as one of the automotive and equipment services use types or construction sales and services (limited). Typical uses may include lumber yards, building materials stores, tool and equipment rental or sales, and building contractors.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials (such as paint, fixtures, hardware, wall coverings and floor coverings) used in the construction and maintenance of buildings or other structures as well as limited outdoor storage of materials. Excluded are those classified as construction sales and services (general). Typical uses may include building materials stores and lawn and garden supply stores. For the purposes of this definition, limited open air storage shall be screened and shall be ancillary to the primary use and may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the main building floor area.

Establishments which provide services, primarily to individuals, of a convenient and limited nature, often in access-controlled facilities which make twenty-four (24) hour operation possible. Typical uses include the renting of private postal and safety deposit boxes to individuals and automated banking machines.

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of repair services to individuals and households rather than firms, but excluding automotive and equipment services use types. Typical uses include watch or jewelry repair shops or musical instrument repair shops.

Storage services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed storage areas having individual access, but excluding use as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing or commercial activity. Typical uses include mini-warehousing.

An unoccupied open space other than a yard on the same lot with a building which is bounded on two (2) or more sides by the walls of such building.

The mean level of the curb in front of the lot or, in the case of a corner lot, along the abutting street where the mean curb level is the highest.

Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing which involves only the use of hand tools or domestic mechanical equipment not exceeding two (2) horsepower or a single kiln not exceeding eight (8) kilowatts and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site. Typical uses include ceramic studios, candle-making shops or custom jewelry manufacturing.

A facility designed or readapted for the care of more than ten (10) individuals, whether children or adults. This term includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for children or adults and similar uses, but excludes public and private primary and/or secondary educational facilities.

A facility or use of a building or portion thereof for daytime care of ten (10) or fewer individuals. This term includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for children or adults and similar uses, but excludes public and private primary and/or secondary educational facilities.

An establishment whose business consists of preparing and serving food and drink to patrons who remain seated in their automobiles, parked on the premises around the restaurant.

A building or portion thereof designed for residential occupancy, including one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, boarding and lodging houses, apartment houses and apartment hotels, but not hotels, house trailers or mobile homes.

One (1) room or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.

A building or portion thereof arranged, intended or designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other, including apartment houses, row houses, tenements and apartment hotels.

A detached building arranged, intended or designed for occupancy by one (1) family in one (1) dwelling unit.

A building arranged, intended or designed for occupancy by two (2) families in two (2) dwelling units.

Services related to the eradication and control of rodents, insects and other pests with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered.

One (1) or more persons who are related by blood or marriage, including not more than two (2) lodgers or boarders, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities or a group of not more than four (4) (excluding servants) living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities on a non-profit cost-sharing basis.

A vertical plane that represents the transition from the eave height at the load-bearing walls to the roof line.

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of financial and banking services. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, stock and bond brokers, loan and lending activities and similar services.

The ratio of gross floor area to gross site area.

Establishments less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area primarily engaged in the retail sale of food or household products for home consumption. Typical uses include grocery stores [including the sale of beer and wine in unopened containers for off-premises consumption where revenue from the sale of groceries comprises at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the gross income of the establishment and where at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the total display or shelf space is devoted to groceries other than beer and wine], delicatessens, meat markets, retail bakeries and candy shops.

Establishments with ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area or more primarily engaged in the retail sale of food or household products for home consumption. Typical uses include large grocery stores [including the sale of beer and wine in unopened containers for off-premises consumption where revenue from the sale of groceries comprises at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the gross income of the establishment and where at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the total display or shelf space is devoted to groceries other than beer and wine], delicatessens, meat markets, retail bakeries and candy shops.

Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the human dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals. Typical uses include funeral homes and mortuaries, excluding commercial embalming services.

A garage, available to the public, for the parking of motor vehicles for periods of time less than seventy-two (72) hours.

An accessory building for storage only of passenger motor vehicles or light pickup trucks.

Any garage, available to the public, operated for profit and used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.

A building or portion thereof, except those defined as a private, a public or a parking garage, providing storage for motor vehicles with facilities for washing but no other services.

An exterior wall which carries no floor or roof loads and which may consist of a combination of metal, glass and other surfacing material supported in a metal framework.

A building project consisting of three (3) or more buildings, to be constructed on a plot of ground which is not subdivided into customary streets or lots.

The total enclosed area of all floors of a building measured from the outside faces of the exterior walls, including halls, lobbies, stairways, elevator shafts, enclosed porches and balconies, and below-grade areas used for habitation, work or access. Excluded from gross floor area calculations are parking facilities and airspace above the atria ground floor.

An area defined as the total site area, including easements, floodplains, waterways, ponds and any other area for preservation.

Any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two additional persons acting as house parents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the home; or any private residence licensed by the children's division or department of mental health to provide foster care to one or more but fewer than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption in accordance with Section 89.020, RSMo.

The vertical distance measured from the highest of the following three (3) levels:

A building occupied or used as a more or less temporary abiding place of individuals or groups of individuals who are lodged, with or without meals, and in which there are more than twelve (12) sleeping rooms.

Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board.

The total horizontal area of all buildings, roofed or covered spaces, paved surface areas, walkways and driveways, and any other site improvements or structures contributing to runoff greater than would occur on the site in its natural state.

Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls and dance halls.

Uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks, penny arcades, electronic video games and indoor racquetball, handball, volleyball, soccer, badminton and basketball courts.

Any wrecked, disabled or damaged vehicle. Any one (1) of the following conditions shall be deemed prima facie evidence that a vehicle is inoperable:

An area or fenced enclosure used primarily for the collection, storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in operating condition and/or for the sale of parts therefrom.

Boarding and care services for dogs, cats and similar small animals. Typical uses include boarding kennels, pet motels or dog training centers.

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants or linen supply services.

A use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly 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, but excluding basic industrial processing. The manufacture of industrial solvents and cleaners shall be included.

Establishments or places of business engaged in retail sale for consumption off the premises of alcoholic beverages. Typical uses include liquor stores, bottle shops or any licensed sales of liquor, beer or wine for off-site consumption.

An area used for loading or unloading of goods from a vehicle in connection with the use of the site on which a loading space is located.

A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one (1) building or unit group of buildings and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incident thereto, including such open spaces as are required under this Chapter and having its principal frontage upon a public street or a place.

Measures the percentage of the lot that is covered by the building. The area of a site covered by buildings or roofed areas, excluding allowed projecting eaves, balconies and similar features.

The minimum horizontal distance from the front street line to the rear line.

The boundary between a lot and the street on which it fronts.

The boundary line which is opposite and most distant from the front street line; except that in the case of uncertainty, the Building Official shall determine the rear line.

Any lot boundary line not a front or rear line thereof. A side line may be a party lot line, a line bordering on an alley or place or a side street line.

The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

The minimum horizontal distance between side lines, at a point at or behind the building setback line, measured at right angles to the mean depth of the lot. The lot width need only be calculated on that portion of the lot required to meet the minimum lot area.

A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection. A "corner lot" shall be deemed to front on that street on which it has its least dimension, unless otherwise specified by the Director of Community Development.

A lot whose boundary lines, along their entire length, touched lands under other ownership as shown by plat or deed recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jackson County on or before the date of adoption of this Chapter and conforming with previous zoning ordinances of Grain Valley, Missouri.

A lot whose side lines do not abut upon any street.

An interior lot having frontage on two (2) streets.

A vertical plane which extends above the roof line.

A factory-built structure or structures conforming to HUD standards which, in the traveling mode is more than eight (8) body feet in width and forty (40) body feet or more in length, equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.

A parcel of land for the placement of one (1) single or multi-sectional manufactured home and its accessory buildings for the exclusive use of its occupants.

(District "R-4") A parcel of land under single ownership which has been developed into lots for the placement of manufacture homes for residences.

That part of an individual manufactured home lot which has been reserved for the placement of the manufactured home, appurtenant structures or additions.

The Comprehensive Plans adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen indicating the general locations recommended for the major arterial traffic routes, streets, parks, public buildings, zoning districts and other public improvements.

A use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventative or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of Missouri.

A movable, detached, single-family dwelling unit conforming to the minimum Housing Code requirements of the City of Grain Valley, Missouri, for permanent, long-term occupancy with a minimum living area within said unit of five hundred (500) square feet exclusive of attached porches or rooms; is constructed or fabricated within a factory complete with an integral utility system capable of being connected to an outside system and can be transported over the road on its own chassis and wheels to the site where it is to be connected semipermanently to separate utility systems. A mobile home may or may not be placed on a permanent foundation and does not include campers, tent trailers or other units designed for overnight or transitory use.

A factory-fabricated transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a building site into a modular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational or industrial purposes. Modular units do not include structures intended for use as mobile homes or constructed with an integral chassis and attached wheels. Modular units used for residential purposes shall be placed on a permanent foundation.

A motorist's hotel having the following characteristics: (a) complete furnishings and bath facilities in each unit; (b) available services as normally provided by hotels; (c) at least one (1) parking space provided in adjacent private roadways or courts for each guest room with either direct or convenient access from parking space to guest room. The provision for restaurant facilities appurtenant to motels is optional.

A self-propelled vehicular unit mounted on wheels designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use.

A use, building or yard which does not, by reason of design, use or dimensions, conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated. It is a legal, non-conforming use if established in conformance with prior ordinances prior to the passage of this Chapter and an illegal, non-conforming use if established after the passage of this Chapter, established not in conformance with prior ordinances or not otherwise approved as provided herein.

A dwelling constructed of factory-fabricated wall, ceiling, roof and floor panels which are transported to a building site and there erected on a permanent foundation.

A use engaged in the loaning of money on the security of property pledged in the keeping of the pawnbroker and the incidental sale of such property.

Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement and similar services of a non-professional nature. Typical uses include driving schools, health or physical fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and hobby instruction.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and barber shops, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shops or dry cleaning pickup station services.

An open, unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently established or dedicated as the principal means of access to property abutting thereon.

Land rezoned to any zoning classification with development in said district only in accordance with the approved site development plan requirements.

Commission established by separate ordinance for the purpose of promulgating orderly planning and zoning.

A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions.

Vehicular unit mounted on wheels designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and of such size and weight as to not require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motorized vehicle.

The assembly of products which are related to research services and which are used by the owners of the research establishment or by affiliated entities in the delivery of services performed by the owner or affiliated entities. Research assembly services would not include the mass production of products for general sale to customers.

Establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature but excludes final product testing. Typical uses include electronics research laboratories, space research and development firms, higher learning institutions, medical laboratories or pharmaceutical research labs.

Research activities that may be permitted only with the approval of the Board of Aldermen.

The closed or screened storage of materials or equipment related to research services. Research associated storage excludes the bulk warehousing or permanent storage of hazardous or toxic substances. Underground or bulk storage of chemicals outdoors shall be prohibited except for incidental storage in connection with testing services.

A use involving the on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral products or natural resources. Typical extractive uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, oil and gas extraction, and mining operations.

A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food that generates more traffic than the uses listed as restaurant (limited). Typical uses include "fast food" restaurants.

An establishment primarily engaged in preparation of full course meals served on premises with complete kitchen facilities for preparation of the food sold and where alcoholic beverages may be sold only in conjunction with meals.

A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, excluding alcoholic beverages. Typical uses include soda fountains, ice cream parlors and coffee shops.

Sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use but excludes those defined separately and more specifically in this Chapter. Typical uses include apparel stores or establishments providing the following products or services: household cleaning and maintenance products; drugs, cards, stationery, notions, books, tobacco products, cosmetics and specialty items; apparel, jewelry, fabrics and like items; cameras, photography services; household electronic equipment, records, sporting equipment, kitchen utensils, small home appliances, art supplies and framing, arts and antiques, paint, interior decorating services, office supplies and bicycles.

Sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use, but excludes those defined separately and more specifically in this Chapter. Typical uses include department stores, furniture stores or establishments providing the following products or services: home furnishing and appliances, wallpaper, carpeting and floor-covering; and automotive parts and accessories (excluding service and installation).

That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not all such roadways collectively.

A device, label or insignia issued by the Missouri Public Service Commission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or its agent to be displayed on the exterior of the manufactured home to evidence compliance with applicable Codes.

A business that loans money to the general public for a period of thirty (30) days or less and in principal amounts of five hundred dollars ($500) or less, commonly known as "payday lenders." "Short-term loan establishments" do not include banks, savings and loan associations or credit unions that are licensed by appropriate State and Federal agencies, or retail credit financing institutions that are licensed under Chapter 364 or 365, RSMo., or pawn shops governed by Chapter 367, RSMo., or retail merchants governed by Chapter 400.2, RSMo.

Any words, numerals, figures, devices, designs, trademarks or logos intended to direct one's attention to a business, subdivision or attraction, which are a part of, painted on or attached to a frame, pole or bracket and mounted on or affixed to a building, pole, structure or on the ground.

Retail sales, veterinary services, grooming and boarding, when totally within a building, of dogs, cats, birds, fish and similar small animals customarily kept as household pets. Typical uses include pet stores, small animal clinics, dog bathing and clipping salons and pet grooming shops but exclude uses for livestock and large animals.

For the purpose of this Section, "specified anatomical areas" are defined as:

For the purpose of this Section, "specified sexual activities" are defined as sexual conduct, being actual or simulated, acts of human masturbation; sexual intercourse; or physical contact in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or the breast of a female; or any sadomasochistic abuse or acts, including animals or any latent object in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification.

An accessory building for the keeping of ponies, horses or mules owned by occupants of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

A stable other than a private or riding stable as defined herein.

A structure in which horses or ponies, used exclusively for pleasure riding or driving, are housed, boarded or kept for hire; including riding track.

Boarding, breeding or raising of horses not owned by the occupants of the premises or rental of horses for riding by other than the occupants of the premises or their non-paying guests. Typical uses include boarding stables or public stables.

Stockyard services involving the temporary keeping of livestock for slaughter, market or shipping. Typical uses include stockyards, animal sales or auction yards.

Keeping of a product for a period of time exceeding seventy-two (72) hours.

That part of a building including between the surface of one (1) floor and the surface of the floor next above or, if there be no floor above, that part of the building which is above the surface of the next highest floor thereof. A top story attic is a one-half (1/2) story when the main line of the eaves is not above the middle of the interior height of such story. The first story is the highest story having its interior floor surface not more than four (4) feet above the curb level, established or mean street grade or average ground level, as mentioned in "Height of Buildings" in this Section.

A thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to property abutting thereon. A street includes the public right-of-way as distinct from the roadway, which includes only the traffic surface.

The dividing line between the street and the abutting property.

Any alteration or addition to the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, advertising signs, billboards and poster panels, but exclusive of customary fences or boundary or retaining walls.

The business of lending money with the pledge of personal property as collateral, evidenced by a certificate of title issued by the State of Missouri, and regulated under Sections 367.500 through 367.533, RSMo., as from time to time amended, commonly known as "title lenders." "Title loan establishments" do not include banks, savings and loan associations or credit unions that are licensed by appropriate State and Federal agencies, or retail credit financing institutions that are licensed under Chapter 364 or 365, RSMo., or pawn shops governed by Chapter 367, RSMo., or retail merchants governed by Chapter 400.2, RSMo.

A tract or parcel of land upon which two (2) or more tourist cabins are located or where temporary accommodations are provided for two (2) or more automobile trailers, tents or house cars, open to the public either free or for a fee.

Vehicular unit mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and is drawn by a motorized vehicle.

A modification or variation of the provisions of this Chapter, as applied to a specific piece of property, as distinct from rezoning.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesaling, storage and distribution use types:

An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the least horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.

A yard across the full width of the lot extending from the front line of the main building to the front line of the lot.

A yard between the rear lot line and the rear line of the main building and the side lot lines.

A yard between the main building and the adjacent side line of the lot and extending entirely from the front yard to the rear yard thereof.