Some of the definitions of this UDO include links to world wide web sites that provide supporting information ("external links"). The external links were current as of the effective date. However, the materials provided in the external links are not part of this UDO. The director is authorized to maintain and update the external links to provide for public and administrative convenience without further action of the county board. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

   A.   Generally: The rules of this section shall be observed and applied when interpreting this UDO, except when the context clearly requires otherwise.

   B.   Word Usage: Words shall be interpreted as follows:

      1.   Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, words used or defined in one tense or form shall include other tenses or forms.

      2.   Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, words in the singular number shall include the plural number, and words in the plural number shall include the singular number.

      3.   The masculine gender shall include the feminine. The feminine gender shall include the masculine.

      4.   The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory.

      5.   The words "may" and "should" are permissive.

      6.   The word "person" includes individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, associations, trusts, and any other similar entities or combination of individuals. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

Table 8-16-1-3, "Meaning Of Abbreviations And Acronyms", of this section sets out the meaning of the abbreviations and acronyms used in this UDO.

TABLE 8-16-1-3
MEANING OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

 

(Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

AGRICULTURE: These uses include land (with and without farm residences) used for field crops, orchards, viticulture, aquaculture, sod, plant materials for off site sales, and truck farming. It also includes the raising or breeding of livestock, cattle, horses, poultry, and bees where there is no more than one animal unit per acre. The following uses are also included as agriculture:

   Agriculture Sales And Events: Activities such as "pick your own" sales, agricultural tourism such as corn mazes and farm tours, or community supported agricultural events.

   Clearing: This involves the cutting of trees or underbrush on a site whether by clear cutting, selective cutting, bulldozing, burning or other means including forestry or in preparation for agricultural use.

   Incidental Processing: Processing activities such as production of honey, butter, syrup, or other products from raw materials grown or obtained on site.

APIARY: Assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location.

BEE: All stages of life of the common domestic honey bee or apis mellifera species.

BEEKEEPER: A person who owns and has responsibility in the maintenance and safety of the apiary.

BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT: Anything that used for the operation of an apiary.

BOARDING/RIDING STABLES: The stabling, training, feeding of horses, or the provision of riding facilities for other than personal use by the resident of the property.

CARGO CONTAINER: A premanufactured structure, of metal construction that is designed as a shipping container for portable storage. Cargo containers are considered to be accessory structures as regulated by the unified development code and will require a building permit prior to placement. The container shall be limited such that the containers are not greater than eight and one-half feet (8'6") in height, eight feet (8'0") wide, and not longer than forty feet (40'0") in length.

COLONY: Grouping of honey bees that consists of workers, one queen, drones, brood, combs, and honey.

FARMSTEAD: A residential-agricultural unit in a portion of the agricultural land, platted or unplatted, is used for the residence of the owner/operator of the agricultural operation who lives on the land as owner or by lease. It may include multiple properties; the residence, barns, and fields or pastures need not be on the same lot.

FLYWAY BARRIER: A solid wall, fence or dense vegetation that is maintained that modifies the flight pattern for the bees.

HIVE: A Langstroth design that houses the colony and has removable frames for inspections.

   Nucleus Hive: Consisting of a hive that does not exceed one standard 9-5/8 inch depth ten frame hive body with no supers attached. Each nucleus hive shall be disposed of or combined with an authorized colony within thirty days after the date it is acquired as it provides the queen and starter bees for the hive.

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: These uses include any agricultural uses such as feedlots, hog farms, and poultry operations where animals are tightly confined in buildings or outdoor pens or pastures that are required to obtain an NPDES or related permit because of animal or poultry wastes.

KENNEL: Any premises or portion of a premises on which more than two (2) dogs or cats are maintained, boarded, bred, or cared for in return for remuneration or are kept for the purpose of sale.

NURSERIES: Nurseries and ornamental floriculture whose primary use is the growing of plants, with incidental sales of landscaping products or equipment. For uses that are primarily involved in the retail sale of plants, garden supplies, and landscape materials, see definition of Garden Center.

SENSITIVE USE PARCEL: Parcels which house or have uses which have multiple people such as the elderly, small children, individuals with medical conditions or housing that confines animals. These uses include but are not limited to nursing homes, hospitals, schools, preschools, daycares, stables, and kennels. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010; amd. Ord. 2011-012, 7-12-2011; Ord. 2021-018, 6-8-2021)

CHICKEN: A female gendered domesticated fowl (hen) of the subspecies Gallus gallus domesticus.

COOP: An enclsoure or cage consisting of four (4) walls, a roof, and a floor with adequate ventilation and appropriate access and egress, designed in such a way as to provide safe and healthy living conditions for the chickens.

GROUP HOME: A dwelling that is owned or leased by a behavioral health service provider and shared by persons who live together as a single housekeeping unit in a long term family like environment that:

   A.   Provides residential services and supervision for children or individuals who are developmentally disabled or behaviorally disabled;

   B.   Is occupied as a residence with full time, twenty four (24) hour staff supervision;

   C.   Does not include living quarters that serve persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense;

   D.   Houses eight (8) or fewer nonemployee residents (see the definition of Institutional, Residential for larger facilities).

LIVE-WORK UNIT: A dwelling unit that provides space that is designed for commercial uses that are permitted in the zoning district. Access between the dwelling unit and the commercial space is provided within the unit.

MANUFACTURED HOME: A dwelling unit that is fabricated in an off site manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the building site, bearing a seal certifying that it is built in compliance with standards promulgated by the U.S. department of housing and urban development (HUD), pursuant to 42 USC section 5403, construction and safety standards, and certified as provided in 77 Illinois administrative code 880.

MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION: A parcel of land divided into two (2) or more lots for rent, lease, or sale. This use also includes a parcel of land divided into two (2) or more recorded parcels for sale.

MULTI-FAMILY: Buildings that contain three (3) or more residential condominium or rental apartment units (subject to long term leases) that share one or more common entrances. Boarding houses, dormitories, fraternities, sororities, bed and breakfast establishments, hotels and motels are not included in this definition.

SINGLE-FAMILY: All detached dwelling units constructed on lots and intended for only one family.

SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED: All attached dwelling units, including duplexes, in which two (2) or more units are physically connected with each unit having its own entrance.

SINGLE-FAMILY CLUSTER: Single-family residential uses within a subdivision that is designed to include common open space that remains undeveloped.

TWO-FAMILY: Attached, two-dwelling units including duplex and twin home types. The units are joined by a common side wall or occupy separate stories. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010; amd. Ord. 2012-011, 4-10-2012; Ord. 2020-03, 1-14-2020)

CHILDCARE HOME: A family home that receives more than three (3), and up to a maximum of eight (8), children for less than twenty four (24) hours per day. The number counted includes the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of twelve (12).

HOME OCCUPATIONS: Any service, professional, or art occupation, which is conducted in a residence, which does not change the essential character of the residential use. Sales, wholesale or retail, shall be prohibited except for sales distributors who fill orders for catalog type products and make deliveries to the customer's house, as opposed to customers coming to the place of business. Commercial deliveries are made by parcel services, not large trucks. No employees other than family members living in the unit are permitted. No commercially licensed vehicles are permitted. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY: Public or private colleges, universities, and professional schools providing other advanced education beyond high school.

CORRECTIONAL FACILITY: Housing where the residents are assigned to the facility and are under the protective care of the county, state, or federal government. This use includes jails, prisons, work release, other similar facilities, and psychiatric hospitals.

DAYCARE FACILITY: A commercial facility that regularly provides daycare for less than twenty four (24) hours per day, usually during customary business hours, in a facility other than a family home.

HOSPITALS: Hospitals and medical laboratories, including general medical and surgical hospitals and specialty hospitals, except alcoholism and drug rehabilitation facilities.

INSTITUTIONAL, RESIDENTIAL: These uses include:

   Convents or monasteries and nursing homes.

   Dormitories, fraternities, sororities, or co-ops.

   Institutional housing where there is commercial rental or condominium ownership combined with any of the following: common food service, nursing, or healthcare.

   Schools with live-in facilities on site, other than universities, colleges, or preparatory schools.

   Sheltered care facilities or group living facilities where the residents live in an institutional environment and are, generally, under the care or control of staff. All sheltered care, group care, group homes, and residential substance abuse facilities where total occupancy is more than eight (8) shall be included in this category. The residents would be members of an institution, or would have institutional care, or would be treated by staff in an institutional setting with common living and eating spaces, rather than living independently. This category includes drug and alcoholism hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY: This use includes museums, aquariums, cultural or arts centers, conference centers, libraries, public and private schools serving grades K – 12, places of worship, and cemeteries. The use is further defined by scale.

PRIVATE CLUB: Organizations or associations of persons for some common purpose, such as a fraternal, social, educational or recreational purpose, but not including clubs organized primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business. Examples of private clubs include (but are not limited to) 4-H clubs, veterans' organizations, Boy Scout and Girl Scout facilities, Elks lodges, YMCA, YWCA, private community clubhouses, golf clubhouses, and fraternities and sororities that do not include residential facilities.

PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY: These uses include government or privately operated facilities that provide local public services. They include:

   Conservation and agricultural service agencies.

   Emergency service, buildings, or garages (e.g., ambulance, fire, police, rescue).

   Postal service buildings except major distribution centers.

   Other state and federal agency services.

UTILITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD: Utilities serving the local area. Utility substations or transmission and local distribution facilities, including electric, gas, telephone, sewer, water, and stormwater. Whether a substation or transmission facility, the transmission lines shall either be in road rights of way, adjacent to the rights of way, or in easements or separate rights of way twenty feet (20') or less in width. Generation or storage of combustibles is not included in this definition. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010) 

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AND OTHER RURAL SERVICES: This use includes farm supply services, farm equipment repair and dealers, grain storage, and large animal veterinary practices.

BED AND BREAKFAST: Any place of lodging that provides five (5) or fewer rooms for rent, is the owner's personal residence, and is occupied by the owner at the time of rental.

CAR WASH: A building or portion of a building containing facilities for washing two (2) or more motor vehicles using automated procedures.

COMMERCIAL LODGING: These uses include hotels, motels, including those with convention facilities, and facilities that cater their occupants.

COMMERCIAL RETAIL: Commercial and retail uses include the following, provided no general storage or sales occur on the exterior on a regular basis. Furthermore, no regular sales can exceed five percent (5%) of the interior floor area. Examples of commercial retail uses include:

   Clothing and accessory stores.

   Consumer electronics, personal computers, and appliances.

   Consumer rental of light equipment or video entertainment media.

   Food and beverage stores.

   Furniture stores.

   General merchandise stores.

   Miscellaneous retail, including: art, gifts, sporting goods, drugstores, liquor, books, toys, camera stores.

   Paint, glass, wallpaper, hardware stores.

DRIVE-IN/DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY: These uses include all uses providing service to customers in vehicles who either drive up to a window or station or drive through the building for purchases or services (e.g., banking). This is often the second use of the property, and the primary use must also be permitted in the district. A drive-in facility does not include a drive-in cinema.

GARDEN CENTER: A retail enterprise that sells garden supplies, plant materials, packaged fertilizers and topsoil, outdoor ornaments, tools and household equipment, and related products to the general consumers. This category also includes adjoining areas for growing plant materials.

HEAVY RETAIL AND SERVICE: These are retail and/or service activities that have regular exterior service or storage areas or partially enclosed structures as listed below:

   Exterior commercial retail sales.

   Fuel dealers.

   Home improvement centers.

   Lumber and other building materials.

   Miniwarehouses, not with outside storage.

   Recreational equipment rental where equipment is stored outside.

   Repair shops and related services.

   Vehicle repair services, towing, and parking except light auto services (see definition of Light Automobile Service).

LIGHT AUTOMOBILE SERVICE: This includes:

   Auto malls with a number of the uses, as listed below in this definition, contained in a single building. This definition includes an accessory car wash as part of the mall.

   Gasoline service stations, gas convenience marts, and quick service oil, tune up, brake, and muffler shops where repairs are made in fully enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. A single bay car wash associated with a gas convenience mart is included in this definition, provided it constitutes less than twenty percent (20%) of total floor area and is not in a separate building.

MINISTORAGE UNITS: A single building or series of buildings for the storage of personal property in self-contained, self-storage units, each of which units has separate and exclusive access from either the exterior or interior of the building. This definition includes an accessory office or living quarters for the person providing security services for the property.

MIXED USE: An occupancy or use that contains two (2) or more use categories, one of which shall be residential. Two (2) configurations are included:

   A building or group of buildings arranged around a walkway or pedestrian oriented street containing three (3) or more uses; or

   A multi-story structure.

OFFICE: Office uses include:

   Agricultural support and services (offices only, no equipment or warehousing).

   Business services.

   Civic and social organizations.

   Educational services, such as business schools, technological, and trade schools excluding public and private schools serving grades K – 12 (see institutional uses).

   Finance, banks, trusts, lending.

   Governmental offices (excluding public service).

   Health services.

   Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service.

   Miscellaneous services.

   Professional and technical services.

   Real estate.

   Security, commodity brokers, and services.

   Social services (except care facilities).

RESTAURANT: A use that serves food for consumption within or to take out.

SERVICES: These uses include a wide variety of personal and commercial services. This category does not include those services for customers in vehicles, such as a drive-in banking facility.

   Funeral homes.

   Health and exercise; dance studios.

   Laundry services.

   Miscellaneous repair services and shops.

   Personal services.

   Professional, medical, dental, or social assistance.

SHOPPING CENTER: A group of commercial retail, service, and other commercial uses located in a single planned unit.

VEHICULAR SALES, RENTAL, AND SERVICE: Automobile, boat, motorcycle, recreational vehicle dealers, auto repair.

VETERINARY PRACTICE: Clinics and hospitals that provide care for small domestic animals. For the purposes of this UDO, the term does not include large animal and livestock veterinarians, which are classified as agricultural support and other rural services. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

CAMPGROUNDS: This is a form of commercial lodging where guests bring tents, travel trailers, recreational vehicles (RVs), campers, or other similar forms of shelter, and the campground or RV park owner rents pads to the guests.

COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, INDOOR: This use includes, but is not limited to, all indoor commercial amusement facilities: bowling alleys, indoor sports arenas, movie theaters, indoor skating rinks (ice or roller), video arcades, pool halls, and shooting arcades.

COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, OUTDOOR: This use includes, but is not limited to: fairgrounds, outdoor stadiums, racing facilities, rodeos, music arenas, theme parks, amusement parks, miniature golf establishments, water slides, batting cages, hunting preserves, and shooting ranges.

INDOOR RECREATION: This use includes the following:

   Recreational uses that are public (open to community or development residents) including community recreation centers, gymnasiums, indoor swimming pools, or tennis, racquetball, or handball courts.

   Specifically excluded are health and exercise clubs and uses listed as commercial amusement uses.

OUTDOOR RECREATION: This use includes the following:

   Passive recreational uses including, but not limited to: arboretums, wildlife sanctuaries, forests, areas for hiking, nature areas, and other passive recreation oriented parks.

   Picnic areas, garden plots, and beaches.

   Public areas (open to community residents) for active recreational activities including, but not limited to: jogging, cycling, tot lots, playing fields, playgrounds, outdoor swimming pools, and tennis courts, golf courses (full sized 9 holes, regulation length) regardless of ownership and membership, golf and country clubs, par 3 golf courses, and golf driving ranges. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

ADULT USES: This includes:

   An establishment having as a significant or substantial portion of its stock in trade books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, and/or photographs, films, motion pictures, electronic media, slides, tapes, records or other forms of visual or audio representations that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified anatomical areas, or

   An establishment offering massage, manipulation, rubbing, vibration, stroking, or tapping of the human body with the hand or an instrument, staffed by one or more persons who do not belong to any nationally recognized massage therapy association or by persons who are not graduates of any recognized training school in massage therapy.

   An establishment or building used for presenting material and/or conduct distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein. This includes bars, restaurants, movie theaters, theaters, peepshows, strip halls, special cabarets, physical culture establishments, photographic studios, role playing or bondage establishments, or any other normally permitted use where "specified sexual activities" are displayed, or where "specified anatomical areas" are exposed to customers.

   A.   For the purpose of this definition, the term "specified sexual activities" is defined as:

      1.   Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;

      2.   Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy;

      3.   Fondling, kissing, or other erotic touching of specified anatomical areas;

      4.   Flagellation or torture in the context of a sexual relationship;

      5.   Masochism, erotic or sexually oriented torture, beating or the infliction of pain;

      6.   Erotic touching, fondling or other such contact with an animal by a human being; or

      7.   Human excretion, urination, menstruation or vaginal or anal irrigation as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in this definition.

   B.   For purposes of this definition, the term "specified anatomical areas" is defined as:

      1.   Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock, anus, or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and

      2.   Human male genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

CARGO CONTAINER: A standardized, reusable container for the transport of cargo, which may be moved by multiple modes (including semitrailer trucks, cargo ships, and freight trains), without unpacking.

DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITION: One or more of the following:

   Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, cachexia/wasting syndrome, muscular dystrophy, severe fibromyalgia, spinal cord disease, including, but not limited to, arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, syringomyelia, rheumatoid arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Arnold-chiari malformation and syringomyelia, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), Parkinson's, Tourette's, myoclonus, dystonis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, RSD (complex regional pain syndromes type I), causalgia, CRPS (complex regional pain syndromes type II), neurofibromatosis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, interstitial cystitis, myasthenia gravis, hydrocephalus, nail-patella syndrome, residual limb pain, or the treatment of these conditions; or any other debilitating medical condition or its treatment that is added by the department of public health by rule.

DESIGNATED CAREGIVER: A person who is: a) at least twenty one (21) years of age; b) has agreed to assist with a patient's medical use of cannabis; c) has not been convicted of an included offense; and d) assists no more than one registered qualifying patient with his or her medical use of cannabis.

DISPOSAL: Facilities for the disposal of waste or the composting of organic wastes. The term includes:

   A.   Landfill; and

   B.   Composting facility.

EXTRACTION: This category includes extraction uses such as mining, quarrying, and gas and oil drilling. Wells and removal of water from a surface water body or underground aquifer are excluded from this definition.

HEAVY INDUSTRY: This category includes: construction, mining support, manufacturing, transportation, and public utilities due to the land use intensity impacts typically associated with large industrial uses, their accessory outdoor storage uses, and large building areas. The following uses are permitted:

   Alcoholic beverages.

   Any light industry in a building or buildings in excess of eighty thousand (80,000) square feet of ground cover, or having exterior storage occupying fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet or more, or having a height in excess of forty five feet (45').

   Electric power generation intended primarily for transmission and distribution off premises.

   Heavy construction contractors.

   Hydrocarbon production, refining, and processing facilities; but excluding office functions, transmission, or distribution. This includes all utilities that are excluded from the definition of "utilities, community".

   Industrial equipment leasing.

   Meat products manufacturing.

   Stone, clay, and glass products.

   Transportation equipment manufacturing.

   Trucking and warehousing.

   Welding, sheet metal, blacksmith.

LIGHT INDUSTRY: This use includes: manufacturing, transportation, and wholesale use in buildings of less than eighty thousand (80,000) square feet of ground cover or having exterior storage occupying less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, or having a height of less than forty five feet (45'). This, generally, includes the following uses:

   Any heavy industrial use (defined in this section) occupying a masonry building less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in floor area, having no outside storage or processing and which is serviced with delivery of raw or partially assembled materials and shipping of the final product by parcel delivery vans, not semitrailers.

   Building, development, and general contracting. Special trade contractors, except storage of any equipment that is more than twelve feet (12') in height.

   Communications.

   Electric and electronic equipment, except electronic distribution and electrical industrial.

   Food products other than microbreweries.

   Furniture and fixtures.

   High tech heavy industry where the business is less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and receives and ships all its packages via courier service.

   Instruments and related products.

   Miniwarehouses.

   Miscellaneous manufacturing industries.

   Office and computing machines.

   Printing and publishing.

   Regional utility substation or distribution station on at least two (2) acres.

   Textiles and apparel.

   Transportation services.

   Truck, recreational vehicle, and mobile home sales.

   Truck rental.

   Other rental.

   Wholesale trade, durable and nondurable, except farm products.

MEDICAL CANNABIS: Includes marihuana, hashish and other substances which are identified as including any parts of that plant Cannabis sativa, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or resin including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other cannabinol derivatives, including its naturally occurring or synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical syntheses; but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt derivative, mixture or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seeds of such plant which is incapable of germination.

MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER: A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the department of agriculture to perform necessary activities to provide only registered medical cannabis dispensing organization with usable medical cannabis, which is run by a registered cultivation center agenda as defined in state statute 410 Illinois Compiled Statutes 130/10(f).

MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING FACILITY: A facility that is operated by an organization or business that is registered by the department of financial and professional regulation to acquire medical cannabis from a registered cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients, and under the control of a registered, medical cannabis dispensing organization agent as defined in state statute 410 Illinois Compiled Statutes 130/10(p).

OUTDOOR CARGO CONTAINER STORAGE AND HANDLING FACILITIES: An outdoor facility for the parking, storage, and transfer of cargo containers among transport modes (e.g., truck to train, or truck to truck).

PRIVATE AIRSTRIP: A grass runway for fixed wing aircraft that is generally limited to the private use of a single owner.

QUALIFYING PATIENT: A person who has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition.

REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD: A document that is issued by the department of public health that identifies a person as a registered qualifying patient or registered designated caregiver.

SALVAGE ACTIVITIES: This use includes any land or structure used for salvaging, recycling, junkyards, or storing of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal, and discarded materials and the collection, dismantlement, storage, and salvage of two (2) or more inoperative vehicles, automobiles, boats, trucks or farm vehicles or equipment, or other types of machinery. This includes the aggregate storage of manmade equipment, machinery, scrap, or other used materials having a total cubic volume of seven hundred (700) cubic feet. Where there is no exterior storage and all the material is stored inside buildings with impervious floors, the use shall be considered light industry.

UTILITIES, COMMUNITY: A utility described above that is served by or involves rights of way or easements greater than twenty feet (20'). Generation or storage of combustibles is excluded from this definition (see definition of Heavy Industry).

WAREHOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION: This category includes all warehousing and storage during transit, except mini- or self- storage warehouses or that is not incidental to a manufacturing facility and occupying less than twenty five percent (25%) of the total floor area. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010; amd. Ord. 2014-018, 11-10-2014)

AIRPORTS: This use includes all fixed wing aircraft runways, landing strips, and flight training schools excluding those that are accessory to a residence or farmstead for the private, noncommercial use of an individual.

CEMETERIES: This use includes outdoor areas designated for the burial of human remains. The term cemetery does not include:

   A.   Private memorial gardens that are accessory to places of worship, university campuses, or farmsteads; or

   B.   Columbaria that are accessory to places of worship, or university campuses.

LANDSCAPE WASTE COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC COMPOSTING FACILITY: An establishment for the composting of waste materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines, and trees, or the composting of other organic materials (e.g., food scraps) that are collected from off site.

PARKING AND TRANSIT FACILITIES:

   A.   Parking that is not accessory to a specific use, where a fee is normally charged. A facility that provides both accessory parking for a specific use and regular fee parking for people not connected to the use is also classified as a parking facility. This includes small structures intended to shield attendants from the weather.

   B.   Terminals used for the ticketing, loading, and unloading of bus or train passengers. Food and beverage sales conducted during normal terminal operations are included as accessory uses.

PRIVATE PIPELINE: A pipeline (including pump stations and surge and storage tanks) that conveys crude petroleum or refined petroleum (e.g., gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or comparable commodities) between sources, terminal facilities, distribution centers, or other wholesale or retail supply facilities. Private pipelines do not include pipelines associated with utility service to individual retail customers.

UTILITY SCALE WIND ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITIES: Utility scale devices that convert wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator consisting of the turbine, blade, tower base, and pad transformer (if any).

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES: This use includes radio or television broadcasting towers, telecommunications towers, and antenna arrays. The phrase does not include residential satellite dishes, TV or HDTV antennas, or amateur radio antennas. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

COMMERCIAL OUTDOOR SALES EVENT: Outdoor sales for seasonal goods in an area designated on the plan for exterior sale, which may be permanently or temporarily delimitated by a fence of some sort.

CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE: This includes watchmen's trailers, construction equipment sheds, contractors' trailers, and similar uses incidental to a construction project. Sleeping and/or cooking facilities may also be permitted.

FARM STAND: This is a temporary or permanent structure or vehicle used in the sale of agricultural produce in season, at least fifty percent (50%) of which is grown by the seller. More than one farm may sell at a single stand.

MODEL HOMES: A dwelling unit in a subdivision used as a sales office or a modular unit used as a sales office for a subdivision.

SALES OFFICE: A modular unit temporarily used as a sales office for any development or redevelopment project.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Outdoor gatherings, auctions, art sales, and bake sales for the benefit of the community, or community service or nonprofit organizations. These events may also include, but are not limited to, outdoor concerts, auctions, carnivals, circuses, outdoor religious meetings, and special entertainment at commercial properties. Such uses often travel to various communities or involve noisy events regardless of purpose. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)

This section sets out all of the other definitions that are used in the UDO. Definitions for which illustrations are appropriate as an interpretive tool will be illustrated.

ABANDONMENT: That the use, structure, or sign is not used, occupied, or otherwise operating for the intended nonconforming activity for six (6) months, as specified in section 8-12-2, "Continuation Of Nonconformities", of this title. Periods of active remodeling during which the use is closed for repairs should not be considered in determining abandonment, provided the remodeling is completed within a reasonable time period as indicated on the zoning permit issued for remodeling nonconforming use. Abandonment of signs shall mean having electricity disconnected for lighted signs, no message, or the failure to repair damaged signs.

ABUTTING: Two (2) or more lots sharing the same or common property or district lines, including lots separated by an alley.

ACCESS: An area designated as a way for vehicles to enter or leave a property or lot to a public or private street or alley. Access is intended to permit residents to bring their vehicles onto the property, customers or tenants to park, and to provide for public access in emergencies.

ACCESS EASEMENT: That portion of a lot used for ingress/egress to an abutting lot and shown on a record plan by a recorded easement declaration. In no case shall a street or highway right of way be construed to mean an easement.

ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: A building or structure detached from a principal building located on the same lot, and which is customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building.

ACCESSORY USE: A use of land or a building, or portion thereof, customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building, and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.

ACTIVE RECREATION: Recreational uses, areas, and activities oriented toward potential competition and involving special equipment. Playgrounds, sports fields and courts, swimming pools, picnic areas and golf courses are examples of active recreation uses. Also see definition of Passive Recreation.

ADDITION: Any construction, which adds or enlarges the size of an existing building. Additions also include any extension or increase in floor area, or height of a building or structure. Examples of an addition are: a porch, carport, new room, roof configuration, etc. Also see definitions of Conversion, Building Or Use and Structural Alterations.

ALLEY: A secondary means of access to abutting property that may be used for service vehicles and access to parking areas.

ALTER OR ALTERATION: A change in the appearance of a building, structure, site, or object, which is not otherwise covered by the definition of demolition, or any other change for which a permit is required pursuant to this UDO.

ANCILLARY USES: Uses subordinate to the principal use being conducted on a lot located either on the same lot as the proposed use(s) or on a separate lot, but which provide services convenient to the operation of the principal use.

APARTMENT: A multi-family residential unit.

APPEAL: A way to obtain review of a decision, determination, order, or act of an administrative agency pursuant to the terms of this UDO.

APPLICANT: A person, firm or governmental agency who executes the necessary forms to obtain approval or a permit for any zoning, subdivision, land development, building, land disturbance, or other activity regulated by this UDO.

APPROVAL: Final approval given by the department, zoning board of appeals, or when county board action is required for final approval, approval shall mean the adoption of all necessary ordinances, resolutions or the signature of the county board chairman when no ordinance or resolution is required.

APPROVED SEGMENT: A portion of a subdivision street for which a developer has posted a bond, letter of credit, or other surety with the county to ensure completion of specified public or private street improvements.

AQUIFER: A body of rock (crystalline, sand or gravel) that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to conduct groundwater springs or to yield economically significant quantities of groundwater to wells.

ARBORIST: A person possessing a bachelor's degree in arborculture from a college or university who is certified through the International Society Of Arborculture with documented experience in midwest states.

ARTERIAL STREET: See definition of Street, Arterial.

AS BUILT PLANS OR RECORD DOCUMENTS: A set of engineering or site drawings that delineate the lot lines, roads, water, sewer, other utilities, and stormwater management facility as actually constructed.

ATTIC: The area between roof framing and the ceiling of the rooms below, and that is not habitable, but may be reached by ladder and used for storage or mechanical equipment. Improvement to habitable status shall make it a story.

AWNING: A structure partially attached or entirely supported by a wall, and which is covered by canvas, cloth, plastic, other similar material, used as a protective cover for a door, entrance, window, walkway, or service area.

BASE FLOOD: The flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. A flood is a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas adjoining a river, stream, or watercourse. The "base flood" is also known as the 100-year flood.

BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE): The elevation in relation to mean sea level of the crest of the base flood.

BASE SITE AREA: A calculated area obtained by subtracting various land areas from the gross site area.

BASEMENT: See definition of Story, First.

BENCH MARK: A definite point of known elevation and location, and of more or less permanent character. The identity and elevation shall be based on NAD 1927/NGVD 1929 or NAD 1983/NGVD 1988.

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: That combination of conservation measures, structures, vegetation or management practices, that reduces or avoids adverse impacts of development on adjoining site's land, water, or waterways and water bodies.

BLOCK: A piece of land surrounded on all sides by streets or other transportation rights of way, or by physical barriers such as water bodies or public open spaces. Blocks are normally divided into lots.

BOARD OF APPEALS: The Grundy County zoning board of appeals.

BUFFER: A designated area between two (2) land uses deemed incompatible with each other, or along the perimeter of a natural feature to be protected from an incompatible use, or along the perimeter of that use, which will absorb or otherwise preclude such incompatibility by some combination of construction design, vegetative plantings, fences and/or maintenance practices which shall be permanently maintained.

BUFFER, RIPARIAN: See definition of Riparian Buffer.

BUFFER YARD: A strip of land on the periphery of a property created to separate one type of land use or zoning district from another when they are incompatible or in conflict. Buffer yards include street buffer yards that protect the use from road related nuisances or screen undesirable uses. (See figure below.)

BUILD TO LINE: The building setback where the structure is required to be constructed.

BUILDABLE AREA: The space remaining on a lot after the minimum open space or landscape surface requirements, buffer yards and setbacks have been met. (See figure below.)

BUILDING: A walled and roofed structure, including gas or liquid storage tank that is principally aboveground, including manufactured homes, prefabricated building and gas or liquid storage tanks. The term also includes recreational vehicles and travel trailers installed on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days per year.

BUILDING CODE: Title 6 of this code.

BUILDING FRONT: That exterior wall of a building which faces the front lot line.

BUILDING HEIGHT: See definition of Height, Building.

BUILDING LINE: A line that runs along the ground at the plane of the principal building wall that is closest to the lot line that corresponds to the building line. For example, the "front building line" marks the location of the front of the principal building that is closest to the front lot line.

BUILDING OFFICIAL: Building officer of the land use department or his or her designee.

BULK REGULATIONS: Controls which establish the maximum size, height, and setback of a building on its lot. See chapter 3 of this title.

CLOMA: FEMA's comment on a proposed structure or group of structures that would, upon construction, be located on existing natural ground above the base (1 percent annual chance) flood elevation on a portion of a legally defined parcel of land that is partially inundated by the base flood.

CLOMR: FEMA's comment on a proposed project that would, upon construction, affect the hydrologic or hydraulic characteristics of a flooding source and thus result in the modification of the existing regulatory floodway, the effective base flood elevations, or the special flood hazard areas (SFHA).

CALIPER: The diameter of new landscape plantings measured six inches (6") aboveground.

CANOPY TREE: See definition of Tree, Canopy.

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: A statement signed by the department setting forth that a building, structure, or use legally complies with this UDO and title 6 of this code, and that the building, structure, or use may be used for the purposes stated therein.

CERTIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP: A statement bearing the signature of the owner of the subdivision or land development stating that all dedications are offered to the county, state, or private utilities.

CERTIFY OR CERTIFICATION: Formally attesting that the specific inspections and tests, where required, have been performed, and that such tests comply with the applicable requirements of this title.

CLEAN FILL: A nondecomposable, environmentally inert solid, such as rock, soil, gravel.

CLEAR CUTTING: The practice of wholesale, complete removal of all trees, disturbing shrubs, or other vegetation in the process. This definition does not include the selective removal of trees on a building pad or normal maintenance of vegetation.

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT: An alternative development technique, usually for single-family dwellings, where individual lot size is reduced and other areas are set aside within the development for water, natural resource protection, agriculture, or common open space.

COLLECTOR, RESIDENTIAL: See definition of Street, Residential Collector.

COLLECTOR STREET: See definition of Street, Collector.

COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION: A building permit or other written permit required to be issued by the department has been issued and work commenced under such permit which is recognizable upon an inspection of the property and which work is of a nature and character that reflects a good faith intention to continue the work until completion, such as the clearing of rights of way, rough grading of the roadway, the installation of a drainage system or stormwater management facilities, and the placement and active maintenance of erosion and sediment control measures.

COMMON FACILITIES: Any area on a record plan dedicated as private open space, stormwater management area, recharge or infiltration system, park, active recreation facility, common parking area, sidewalk not located in a county or state right of way, street not dedicated for public use, and landscaping, easement, fence or any other item if specifically defined as a common facility on the record plan or in the maintenance declaration.

COMMON LAND: That land set aside for open space, including stormwater retention lakes, ponds or recreational use areas for the owners of lots in a subdivision, which land is conveyed in trust for the benefit, use and enjoyment of the lot owners.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES: Facilities and services required to serve new development, including, but not limited to:

   A.   Roads, streets, highways, bridges and public transportation facilities;

   B.   Water supply production, treatment and distribution facilities;

   C.   Sewage collection, treatment and disposal facilities;

   D.   Drainage facilities;

   E.   Parks, open space and recreation facilities;

   F.   Public primary and secondary schools;

   G.   Police protection services;

   H.   Fire and paramedic services;

   I.   Libraries.

COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE: Open space areas within a manufactured home park which are designed and intended for the use and enjoyment of park residents and their guests.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The adopted land use plan or any of its adopted elements, indicating the proposed future development of the county as adopted by the county board.

CONDOMINIUM: A multi-family dwelling or single-family detached or attached dwelling governed by the Illinois condominium act 1 .

CONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: A building that:

   A.   Complies with all the regulations of this UDO, or of any of its amendments, governing bulk, lot area, height, setbacks and other requirements for the district in which it is situated; or

   B.   Is designed or intended for a permitted or specially permitted use as allowed in the district in which it is located.

CONSERVATION: The planned management of a natural feature to prevent its exploitation, destruction, or neglect.

CONSERVATION DESIGN: A series of holistic land development design goals that maximize protection of key land and environmental resources, preserve significant concentrations of open space and greenways, evaluate and maintain site hydrology, and ensure flexibility in development design to meet community needs for complementary and aesthetically pleasing development. Conservation design encompasses the following objectives: conservation/enhancement of natural resources, wildlife habitat, biodiversity corridors, and greenways (interconnected open space); minimization of environmental impact resulting from a change in land use (minimum disturbance, minimum maintenance); maintenance of a balanced water budget by making use of site characteristics and infiltration; incorporation of unique natural, scenic and historic site features into the configuration of the development; preservation of the integral characteristics of the site as viewed from adjoining roads; and reduction in maintenance required for stormwater management practices. Such objectives can be met on a site through an integrated development process that respects natural site conditions and attempts, to the maximum extent possible, to replicate or improve the natural hydrology of a site.

CONSERVATION EASEMENT: A portion of a lot that is covered by an easement providing that such land shall be left in agricultural use, a natural state, or as an open space access easement.

CONSTRUCT OR CONSTRUCTION: The erection of a new building, structure, or object upon a site.

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND: A low lying, basin like structure, artificially created by dredging, damming, or leveeing of earth for the retention of water, and the establishment of a hydrophytic vegetative community.

CONSTRUCTION BUFFER: A specific separation distance that serves to absorb the impact of land disturbing activities and protect a designated resource area.

CONTIGUOUS: Land that abuts other land or lands that are separated only by streets, ways, pipelines, electric power lines, conduits or rights of way, owned in fee or less than fee, by third parties.

CONVERSION, BUILDING OR USE: The process by which the original use of a building or land is changed to a different use. See also definitions of Addition and Structural Alterations.

COUNTY: The county of Grundy, Illinois.

COUNTY BOARD: The governing body of Grundy County, Illinois.

COUNTY CLERK: The county clerk of Grundy County, Illinois.

CRITICAL FACILITY: Any facility which is critical to the health and welfare of the population and, if flooded, would create an added dimension to the disaster. Damage to these critical facilities can impact the delivery of vital services, can cause greater damage to other sectors of the community, or can put special populations at risk. Examples of critical facilities where flood protection should be required include: emergency services facilities (such as fire and police stations), schools, hospitals, retirement homes and senior care facilities, major roads and bridges, critical utility sites (telephone switching stations or electrical transformers), and hazardous material storage facilities (chemicals, petrochemicals, hazardous or toxic substances).

CUBIC YARDS: The amount of material in excavation and/or fill measured by the method of average end areas.

CUTOFF: The point at which all light rays emitted by a lamp, light source, or luminaire are intercepted by a shield preventing their continuation. For signs, the term cutoff simply refers to the use of shields to direct the light so light rays shine exclusively on the sign.

CUTOFF TYPE LUMINAIRE: An outdoor lighting fixture, or luminaire, with shields, reflectors, or refractor panels which direct and cut off the light at an angle that is less than ninety degrees (90°). (See figure below.)

DAY-NIGHT LEVEL (DNL): A measure of noise that is an outdoor, day-night average A-weighted sound level.

DAYS: Working days.

DEDICATION: The transfer of private property to public or common ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be in fee simple interest, or less than fee simple interest, including easements. Dedication requires the acceptance of the interest to be complete.

DEMOLISH: Demolition or demolish means the razing or destruction, whether entirely or in significant part, of a building, structure, site, or object. Demolition includes the removal of a building, structure, or object from its site, the removal or destruction of the facade or surface, or the alteration to such an extent that repair is not feasible or is so costly so as to be prohibitive, rendering the property unfit for use. Demolition shall also include demolition by neglect.

DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT: The failure to provide ordinary and necessary maintenance and repair to a building, structure, or object. Whether by ordinary negligence or wilful neglect, purpose or design, by owner or any party in possession thereof, which results in any of the following conditions:

   A.   The deterioration of the exterior features so as to create or permit a hazardous or unsafe condition to exist.

   B.   The deterioration of exterior walls, roofs, chimney, windows, the lack of adequate waterproofing, or deterioration of interior features or foundations which will or could result in permanent damage or loss of exterior features.

DENSITY: The number of dwelling units (or other units if specified) per acre of land of a parcel proposed for development.

DETENTION/RETENTION BASIN: A natural or manmade structure designed as a temporary holding basin for water. Water may be detained to minimize flooding downstream, or retained to increase aquifer recharge.

DEVELOPABLE LAND: All land within the boundaries of any tract proposed for development except for land which is located within the existing rights of way of any public or private road or any overhead utility line, floodplains, including land continuously covered with water, wetlands and prohibitive steep slopes.

DEVELOPER: A person seeking to build or develop as defined in this UDO.

DEVELOPMENT:

   A.   Any manmade change to real estate including, but not necessarily limited to:

      1.   Construction, reconstruction, or placement of a building, or any addition to a building;

      2.   Substantial improvement of an existing building;

      3.   Installation of a manufactured home on a site, preparing a site for a manufactured home, or installing a travel trailer on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days;

      4.   Installation of utilities; construction of roads, bridges, and culverts; or similar projects;

      5.   Construction or erection of levees, dams, walls, or fences;

      6.   Drilling, mining, filling, dredging, grading, excavating, paving, or other alterations of the ground surface;

      7.   Storage of materials, including the placement of gas and liquid storage tanks; and

      8.   Channel modifications or any other activity that might change the direction, height, or velocity of flood or surface waters.

   B.   "Development" does not include maintenance of existing buildings and facilities; resurfacing roads; or gardening, plowing, and similar practices that do not involve filling, grading, or construction of levees.

   C.   Any action covered by section 8-1-2-1, "Applicability", of this title.

DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (dbh): A measurement of the size of tree equal to the diameter of its trunk measured 4.5 feet above the adjacent natural grade. See also definition of Caliper.

DIRECTOR: The director of the Grundy County land use department, being also the administrative official charged with the administration and enforcement of this UDO.

DISPOSAL FIELD: A system of open jointed or perforated pipes laid in the upper strata of the soil to distribute sewage effluent into the soil for absorption and vaporization.

DISTRICT: A section or part of the unincorporated portion of the county or of an unzoned municipality within which certain regulations and requirements of this UDO apply.

DOMESTIC ANIMALS: An animal that is tame or domesticated and that is not normally found in the wild state. Hybrids of animals normally found in the wild state are not included within the meaning of domestic animal.

DRIP LINE: A generally circular line, the circumference of which is determined by the outer reaches of a tree's widest branching points.

DRIVEWAY: A private accessway, primarily for vehicles, leading from a street to a parking or loading area.

DRY WASTE: Includes clean fill, plastics, lumber, trees, stumps, vegetative matter, asphalt pavement, asphaltic products incidental to construction/demolition debris, or other materials which have reduced potential for environmental degradation and leachate production.

DWELLING: A building, or portion thereof, used as a place of residence, containing sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities, excluding commercial lodging facilities. (See section 8-16-2-2, "Residential Uses", of this chapter.)

DWELLING UNIT: One or more rooms physically arranged so as to create an independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one family with separate facilities for all of the following: sanitation, living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

EASEMENTS: Any portion of a parcel subject to an agreement between the property owner and another party which grants the other party the right to make limited use of that portion of the property for a specified purpose. See definition of Conservation Easement.

ELEVATION CERTIFICATE: A FEMA form to be completed by a professional engineer or surveyor to document the elevation of the lowest floor, including basement, of all new and substantially improved structures.

ENDORSEMENT: The signature of the director of the department, and, where applicable, that of the county board chairman, appended to the record plan to signify its approval.

ENGINEER: An individual technically and legally qualified to practice the profession of civil engineering and who is registered to do so in the state of Illinois.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT: Any study, report or application required by this UDO, such as critical natural areas, floodplains, riparian buffers, steep slopes, water resource protection areas and wetlands.

EROSION: The wearing away of soil or rock fragments by water, rain, wind or earth gravity.

EROSION PRONE SLOPES: Slopes that consist of land with soils of United States department of agriculture soil conservation service capability classifications IVe, VIe, VIs and VIIe as mapped by the latest soil survey of the county.

ESSENTIAL ACCESS: An access that must cross a protected resource area, such as a wetland, floodplain or steep slope, to reach an area of the site that is otherwise buildable, and would result in damage to the protected resource.

EXCAVATION: Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.

EXISTING GRADE: The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.

EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION: A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed or buildings to be constructed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.

EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION: The preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

EXTERIOR FEATURES: The architectural style, design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building, structure or object, including the color, nature and texture of building materials, and the type of style of all windows, doors, light fixtures, signs or other similar items found on or related to the exterior of a building, structure or object.

EXTERIOR STORAGE: Outdoor storage of fuel, raw materials, products, equipment and other materials accessory to the permitted nonresidential use.

   A.   Exterior storage includes all building materials or waste or scrap materials stored outdoors.

   B.   Truck trailers held on the site for more than one night storing materials or awaiting pick up shall be considered exterior storage.

   C.   In the case of truck terminals, exterior storage includes all trucks, truck beds and truck trailers that are not involved in active loading.

FAA: Federal aviation administration.

FEMA FLOODPLAIN: Floodplains identified and delineated on the FIRMs issued by the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) for unincorporated Grundy County as amended.

FACADE: See definition of Building Front.

FALL ZONE: The area, defined as the farthest distance from the tower base, in which a guyed tower and blade will collapse in the event of a structural failure.

FAMILY: A group of individuals living together and functioning as a single housekeeping unit, using certain rooms and housekeeping facilities in common. The following individuals shall qualify as a family for the purposes of this UDO:

   A.   One person or two (2) or more persons each related to the other by blood, marriage, or legal adoption,

   B.   Persons placed in foster care by an authorized agency.

   C.   Live-in domestic workers employed by the resident household to conduct cleaning, cooking, gardening, and similar tasks.

   D.   Not more than four (4) other unrelated individuals.

   E.   In addition to subsection D of this definition, not more than two (2) room boarders or permanent guests, whether or not gratuitous.

FARM: The land, buildings, structures and machinery which are primarily adapted and used for agricultural purposes.

FASCIA: A band located at the top edge of a building but below the actual roofline and above the building wall. Fascia material is often of a different type than either the actual roof or the building wall.

FEEDER LINE: Any power line that carries electrical power from one or more wind turbines or individual transformers associated with an individual wind turbine to the point of interconnection with the electric power grid, in the case of interconnection with the high voltage transmission systems the point of interconnection shall be the substation serving the U-SWECS.

FENCE: Constructed barrier erected to enclose, screen, or separate areas and may include masonry walls designed and constructed for these purposes.

FINAL GRADE: Surface prior to excavation or filling. The vertical location of the ground or pavement surface after the grading work is completed in accordance with the site development plan.

FINANCIAL ASSURANCE: Reasonable assurance from a creditworthy party, examples of which include a surety bond, trust instrument, cash escrow, irrevocable letter of credit or combinations thereof.

FLAG (PENINSULAR) LOT: A tract of land having insufficient lot width along a road or at the minimum setback line to meet bulk standards for the district. Section 8-2-3-11, "Residential Development", of this title lists alternative development requirements for this lot type. (See example below.)

FLOOD: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation, or the runoff of surface waters from any source.

FLOOD FRINGE: That portion of the floodplain outside of the regulatory floodway.

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP: A map prepared by the federal emergency management agency that depicts the floodplain or special flood hazard area (SFHA) within a community. This map includes insurance rate zones and may or may not depict floodways and show base flood elevations.

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations.

FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION (FPE): The elevation of the base flood plus one foot (1') of freeboard at any given location in the floodplain.

FLOODPLAIN: A relatively flat or low lying land area adjoining a river, stream, or watercourse which is subject to periodic, partial or complete inundation by water from any source during the base flood.

FLOODPLAIN AND SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA): These two (2) terms are synonymous. Those lands within the jurisdiction of the county that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The floodplains of the county are generally identified on the countywide flood insurance rate map of Grundy County prepared by the federal emergency management agency and dated August 2, 2012. Floodplain also includes those areas of known flooding as identified by the community.

FLOODPROOFING: Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to properties and structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to lands, water and sanitary facilities, structures and contents of buildings.

FLOODPROOFING CERTIFICATE: A FEMA form to be completed by a professional engineer or surveyor to certify that a floodproofed nonresidential building has been constructed in accordance with NFIP requirements.

FLOODWAY: That portion of the floodplain required to store and convey the base flood. The floodway for the floodplains of the Illinois River, Kankakee River, Des Plaines River, Mazon River, East Fork Mazon River, East Fork Mazon River Tributary, Aux Sable Creek, Nettle Creek, East Fork Nettle Creek, East Fork Nettle Creek Tributary, Gooseberry Creek, West Fork Gooseberry Creek and Claypool Drainage Ditch shall be as delineated on the countywide flood insurance rate map of Grundy County prepared by FEMA and dated August 2, 2012. The floodways for each of the remaining floodplains of Grundy County shall be according to the best data available from federal, state, or other sources.

FLOOR AREA, GROSS: See definition of Gross Floor Area (GFA).

FOOT-CANDLE: A unit measuring the amount of illumination produced on a surface. One foot-candle is the amount of illumination falling on all points which are one foot (1') from a uniform point source of one candle.

FOREST: An area covered by a canopy of woody plants (trees) that qualifies as mature and/or young. It may also be a woodland, woodlot, grove, or stand of trees meeting the specifications of the forest type.

FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: That combination of generally accepted methods for preserving, promoting and protecting silviculture, which may include selective cutting, burning and removal of trees.

FOREST, MATURE: An area or stand of trees whose total combined contiguous canopy covers an area of one acre or more composed of canopies of trees having a dbh of at least eighteen inches (18") or greater covering at least seventy five percent (75%) of that area.

FOREST, YOUNG: An area or stand of trees whose total combined canopy covers an area of one acre or more, with canopy trees having a dbh of six inches (6") and covering at least sixty percent (60%) of the area. However, no trees kept or grown for commercial purposes shall be considered a young forest.

FORESTER: A person possessing a bachelor's degree in forestry from a college or university accredited by the Society Of American Foresters or licensed in midwest states maintaining licensing programs.

FORMER CODES: Titles 7, 8 and 9 of this code in existence prior to the adoption of this unified development ordinance and prior to any update amendments adopted by county board.

FORMER ZONING DISTRICT: All Grundy County zoning districts (zoning designations) prior to the adoption of this unified development ordinance.

FREEBOARD: An increment of elevation added to the base flood elevation to provide a factor of safety for uncertainties in calculations, future watershed development, unknown localized conditions, wave actions and unpredictable effects such as those caused by ice or debris jams.

FRONT LOT LINE: See definition of Lot Line.

FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF STREETS: See definition of Street Functional Classification.

GARAGE, PRIVATE: A garage accessory to a principal building and in which no business, service or industry is conducted.

GARAGE, PUBLIC: A garage available to the public for free or fee.

GEOLOGIST: An individual technically and legally qualified to practice the profession of geology and who is registered to do so in the state of Illinois.

GOVERNMENTAL BODY: Any federal, state, or local government including the departments, agencies, commissions, and instrumentalities thereof.

GRADE: The natural level of the ground adjoining the object whose height is to be measured. Where grade refers to a street or road, it is the existing grade at that point.

GRADING: The excavation, filling (including hydraulic fill) or stockpiling of earth materials, or any combination thereof, including the land in its excavated or filled condition.

GREENWAY: A linked system of open spaces, park lands, historic and cultural sites, wildlife management areas and natural preserves. Connecting corridors between such resources generally will be linear in nature and can include such features as natural areas, hiking trails, bike paths, city sidewalks, stream corridors, rivers, abandoned railroad rights of way, or scenic roads.

GROSS AREA: The total land and water surface area contained within the boundaries of a lot or tract.

GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA): The sum of the total horizontal areas of every floor of every building on a lot. The measurement of gross floor area shall be computed by applying the following criteria:

   A.   The horizontal square footage is measured from the outside face of all exterior walls.

   B.   Cellars, basements, penthouses, attics, enclosed storage or mechanical areas, mezzanines and similar structures shall be included as GFA wherever at least five feet (5') are provided between the finished floor and the ceiling.

   C.   Except upper floor areas in open atriums no deduction shall apply for horizontal areas void of actual floor space, for example, elevator shafts and stairwells.

   D.   All parking structures count toward GFA unless specifically exempted by other sections of this UDO.

   E.   Unheated structures or buildings, not fully enclosed whether temporary or permanent and exposed to the elements through the absence of walls on at least twenty five percent (25%) of its perimeter shall not be counted as GFA.

GROUNDWATER: A portion of the subsurface water that occurs beneath the water table in soils and geologic formations that are fully saturated.

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: Any substance as found in 40 CFR 116, designation of hazardous substances.

HEIGHT, BUILDING: The maximum height of a building permitted on a lot. Building height is determined from the vertical distance as measured from the median level of the finished grade adjacent to the exterior walls of the building to the highest point of the building, excluding chimneys and antenna.

HIGHWAY: Any road, thoroughfare, street, boulevard, lane, court, trailway, right of way or easement used for, or laid out and intended for, public passage of vehicles or persons.

HISTORIC STRUCTURE: Any structure that is:

   A.   Listed individually in the national register of historic places or preliminarily determined by the secretary of the interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the national register.

   B.   Certified or preliminarily determined by the secretary of the interior as contributing to the historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the secretary to qualify as a registered historic district.

   C.   Individually listed on the state inventory of historic places by the Illinois historic preservation agency.

   D.   Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places that has been certified by the Illinois historic preservation agency.

HOME OCCUPATION: Any gainful business, occupation, or profession conducted within a dwelling unit by a member of the family residing in the dwelling unit that is incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for dwelling purposes.

HOMEBUYER: Any person whose intent is to accept a deed to a lot or dwelling unit.

HOMEOWNER: Those individuals who accept a deed to a lot or dwelling unit.

HYDRIC SOILS: Soils which in their natural, undrained state are wet frequently enough at or near the surface to periodically produce anaerobic conditions, thereby influencing plant species composition and/or growth.

HYDROPHYTIC VEGETATION: Those plants which are adapted to life in saturated soil conditions.

IDNR/OWR: Illinois department of natural resources/office of water resources.

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO (ISR): The proportion of a development that is impervious surface. It is determined by dividing the area in impervious surface by the base site area.

IMPERVIOUS SURFACES: Areas that do not allow significant amounts of water to penetrate.

INFILTRATION: The passage or movement of water through the soil profile.

INTENSITY: The degree to which land is allowed to be used for development. See definition of Density.

INTERIOR STREET: A right of way that provides vehicular access within a manufactured home park or development that is not dedicated or intended to be dedicated to the county and that is not maintained by the county.

INTERMITTENT STREAM: A channel with banks and a bed within which concentrated water flows some of the time.

INVASIVE WOODY PLANTS: Trees and other woody plants which have a tendency to spread, encroach, or infringe on other plant species, often displacing less hardy species.

LAND DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR: See definition of Major Land Development.

LAND DEVELOPMENT, MINOR: See definition of Minor Land Development.

LAND DISTURBANCE: Changing the composition or character of the land or vegetation on the site. This includes cutting trees, clearing and grading operations, grading, excavation, removal or destruction of the ground cover. Disturbance includes the act of preparing a site for a building. The act of construction of a building or any portion of a building is not covered by the term land disturbance and would be regulated by the land uses category.

LAND GRADING: See definition of Grading.

LAND, IMPROVED: Vacant land that has been provided with electrical power, water, wastewater collection, streets and sidewalks, and other infrastructure.

LAND USE APPLICATION: Any building permit application, zoning permit application, subdivision or land development plan application, rezoning application, limited use application, special use application, variance application, appeals, or any other application made to the department which, if granted, would have the effect of permitting the development or use of land.

LAND USE DEPARTMENT: Consists of the building and zoning officer, planner, and director.

LANDOWNER: Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or any other entity who possesses a legal interest in property.

LANDSCAPE PLAN: A plan indicating the placement of trees, shrubs, ground cover and affiliated structures and improvements, including specifications, species, quantities and installation as prepared by an Illinois registered landscape architect.

LANDSCAPE SURFACE AREA: Surface area of land not covered by any buildings, storage areas, or impervious surface. These areas shall be maintained as lawn or a natural area and may be left undisturbed. (See example below.)

LANDSCAPE SURFACE RATIO (LSR): The area of landscaped surface divided by the base site area.

LANDSCAPING: The design and installation of plant material such as lawns, ground cover, trees, bushes, etc., in formal, informal, or natural arrangements.

LEACHABLE WASTES: Waste materials including, without limitation, solids, sewage sludge and agricultural residue which may release waterborne contaminants to the surrounding environment.

LEACHATE: Liquid that has passed through, contacted or emerged from dry waste and contains dissolved, suspended or miscible materials, chemicals and microbial waste products removed from the dry waste.

LESSEE: Any person who leases all or a portion of a premises on a day to day, week to week or month to month basis.

LETTER OF MAP AMENDMENT (LOMA): FEMA's comment on a proposed structure or group of structures that would, upon construction, be located on existing natural ground above the base (1 percent annual chance) flood elevation on a portion of a legally defined parcel of land that is partially inundated by the base flood.

LETTER OF MAP REVISION (LOMR): FEMA's modification to an effective flood insurance rate map (FIRM), or flood boundary and floodway map (FBFM), or both. LOMRs are generally based on the implementation of physical measures that affect the hydrologic or hydraulic characteristics of a flooding source and thus result in the modification of the existing regulatory floodway, the effective base flood elevations, or the special flood hazard area (SFHA). The LOMR officially revises the FIRM or FBFM, and sometimes the flood insurance study (FIS) report, and, when appropriate, includes a description of the modifications. The LOMR is generally accompanied by an annotated copy of the affected portions of the FIRM, FBFM, or FIS report.

LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS): A measure of traffic on a roadway segment or intersection being used during peak hours, as determined by the most current version of report 209, the "Highway Capacity Manual", prepared by the national research council's transportation research board. Level of service is expressed on a scale of "A" to "F" with "A" indicating the best level of service and "F" indicating the worst. The definitions of levels of service "A" through "F" shall be those contained in the references cited in this definition.

LOADING SPACE: A durably paved, properly designed for drainage, off street space used for the loading and unloading of vehicles, except passenger vehicles, in connection with the use of the property on which such space is located.

LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ACCESS STREET: See definition of Street, Local Residential Access.

LOCAL STREET: See definition of Street, Local.

LOT: A parcel of land whose boundaries have been established by a legal instrument such as a recorded deed, court order or a recorded plot that is recognized as a separate legal unit for purposes of transfer of title.

LOT AREA: The area of a lot taken at its perimeter exclusive of any portion within a public or private street right of way.

LOT COVERAGE: That portion of the lot area that is covered by buildings.

LOT, EXTENSION (PENINSULAR): See definition of Flag (Peninsular) Lot.

LOT LINE: A property line dividing one lot from another or from a street or other public place. A lease line shall not be interpreted to be a lot line. There are basically four (4) types of lot lines - front, rear, side, and street. (See figure below.)

   Front Lot Line: The street lot line from which the unit takes access; or where more than one street yard could safely provide this access, the street serving the smallest traffic volume.

   Rear Lot Line: The lot line opposite or nearly opposite the front lot line. In the case of a lot without a clearly identified rear lot line, that line shall be construed to be a ten foot (10') long line drawn parallel with the front street line.

   Side Lot Line: The lot line that runs generally perpendicular or at angles to the street or any line that is not a front, street or rear lot line.

   Street Lot Line: Any lot line that is also a street right of way line.

LOT WIDTH: The distance across the lot (side lot line to side lot line) at the minimum front setback line.

LOWEST FLOOR: The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including 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 the applicable nonelevation design requirements of title 6 of this code.

LUMINAIRE: A complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts ready to be mounted on pole or other location.

LUMINAIRE, CUTOFF TYPE: See definition of Cutoff Type Luminaire.

MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE: A guarantee of facilities or work to ensure the correction of any failures of any improvements required pursuant to this UDO, or to maintain same.

MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION: An organization approved by Grundy County that is legally responsible for owning, maintaining, and/or managing open space. A maintenance organization may be a condominium association, a third party conservancy, or a maintenance corporation.

MAJOR CHANGE: A change to the plan that increases density or floor area, decreases open space, buffer yards, or parking, or which alters the alignment or layout of streets by more than five feet (5'). For special use approvals granted prior to the adoption of this UDO, any use proposed not contained in the original advertisement shall be considered a major change.

MAJOR LAND DEVELOPMENT: A plan that proposes one or more of the following:

   A.   A new public or private street.

   B.   Buildings or expansions that exceed the limits of subsection B of the definition of Minor Land Development.

   C.   A subdivision of land resulting in more than five (5) lots.

   D.   Apartment or multi-family development of ten (10) or more dwelling units.

MANUFACTURED HOME: A dwelling unit that is fabricated in an off site manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the building site, bearing a seal certifying that it is built in compliance with standards promulgated by the U.S. department of housing and urban development (HUD), pursuant to 42 USC section 5403, construction and safety standards, and certified as provided in 77 Illinois administrative code 880.

MANUFACTURED HOME PARK: (See section 8-2-5-17, "Manufactured Home Park Or Subdivision", of this title.) An area of land upon which manufactured homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure or enclosure used, or intended for use, as part of the manufactured home park.

MANUFACTURED HOME SITE: (See section 8-2-5-17, "Manufactured Home Park Or Subdivision", of this title.) A plot of land within a manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of a single manufactured home unit.

MARQUEE: A hood or permanent roof type construction that projects from the wall of a building above an entrance for movie theaters, banquet hall, hotel, and similar uses.

MAXIMUM PERMITTED ILLUMINATION: The most illumination, measured in foot-candles, that is allowed at the interior lot line at ground level.

MEADOW: A grassland condition either planted or a result of natural succession that has been established for at least five (5) years. Areas with shorter establishment periods shall be considered disturbed land.

MEAN SURFACE WATER ELEVATION: The observed limit of dry weather flow elevation in a watercourse.

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER: Meteorological towers are those towers which are erected primarily to measure wind speed and directions plus other data relevant to siting U-SWECS. Meteorological towers do not include towers and equipment used by airports.

MINIMIZE: To reduce to the smallest amount possible using best management practices. "Minimize" shall not mean complete elimination, but shall require that the most substantial efforts possible under the circumstances have been taken to reduce the adverse effect of the action required to be minimized.

MINOR CHANGE: A change to the plan that does not increase density or floor area, does not decrease open space, buffer yards or parking, or alter the alignment or layout of streets by more than five feet (5').

MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT: A plan that proposes one or more of the following:

   A.   A subdivision of land resulting in not more than two (2) lots having an overall acreage of less than five (5) acres.

   B.   Except for single-family dwellings and accessory structures on existing fee simple lots, land development proposing new buildings or additions one thousand (1,000) square feet gross floor area (GFA) or less.

MITIGATION: Any action taken to lessen the specified undesirable impacts of a proposed land use or land disturbance activity, including those which would adversely affect the health or longevity of a natural feature, pose a visual intrusion or conflict, or otherwise be deemed incompatible with surrounding properties.

MOBILE HOME: (See section 8-2-5-17, "Manufactured Home Park Or Subdivision", of this title.) A structure constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation. This definition shall not include motor homes or recreational vehicles.

MOBILE HOME PARK: A lot, parcel, or tract of land developed with facilities for accommodating two (2) or more mobile homes, provided each mobile home contains a kitchen, flush toilet, and shower or bath; and such park shall be for use only by nontransient dwellers remaining continuously for more than one month, whether or not a charge is made. It shall not include a sales lot in which automobiles or unoccupied mobile homes or other trailers are parked for the purpose of inspection or sale, except mobile homes located on a site in the mobile home park which are occupied or vacant for not more than ninety (90) days after occupancy may be sold or offered for sale.

MONUMENT: A stone or concrete boundary marker, as required by this UDO, intended to fix the physical location of property lines.

MOTOR VEHICLE: Shall include:

   A.   A passenger vehicle, truck, truck trailer, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.

   B.   A motorcycle, motor bike, or recreational vehicle.

   C.   A boat or boat trailer.

NFIP: National flood insurance program.

NAMEPLATE: A sign indicating the name and address of a building, or the name of one of its occupants, and the type of operation being practiced by that occupant.

NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM (NGVD): Elevations referenced to mean sea level datum of the 1929 or 1988 U.S. geological survey.

NATURAL DRAINAGE: Channels formed in the existing surface topography of the earth prior to changes made by unnatural causes.

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN: A supplemental plan associated with residential major subdivision plans, applicable to the natural resource area open space, which shall be referenced on the record plan as being an integral part of the record plan detailing the disposition, use and maintenance for all natural resource area open spaces. The plan shall include:

   A.   Executive Summary: A brief description of the contents of the plan and the natural resource area open space to be managed. The ownership of natural resource area open space shall also be identified.

   B.   Description Of Existing Conditions: Narrative description of protected resources on site, including natural and scenic resources. The discussion of natural resources shall include a list of species found on the site and the overall condition and health of the natural systems. Other resources shall be similarly discussed, including their health and condition or significance.

   C.   Goals And Objectives: Overall goals and objectives for managing natural resource area open space shall be established along with methods of measuring the implementation of such objectives to help in determining that the goals are met.

   D.   Management Measures: A description of proposed activities, budget and schedule for managing and restoring natural resource area open space pursuant to the goals and objectives identified in subsection C of this definition.

   E.   Maintenance And Operation Plan: Identification of any annual or periodic maintenance and operation of natural resource area open space necessary to implement the management plan.

NEW CONSTRUCTION: Structures for which the start of construction commenced or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community and includes any subsequent improvements of such structures.

NONCONFORMING BUILDING: A building, structure or parts thereof lawfully existing at the time this UDO or a subsequent amendment to this UDO became effective which does not conform to the dimensional requirements of the district in which it is located.

NONCONFORMING LOT: A lot, legally established prior to the adoption of this UDO, which does not meet the standards of the district in which it is located. This can involve minimum area, buildable area, or dimensional requirements of the lot.

NONCONFORMING SIGN: Any sign, legally established prior to the adoption of this UDO, which does not fully comply with the standards of this UDO.

NONCONFORMING SITUATION: A building/structure or the use of a lot or building/structure lawfully existing at the time this UDO or a subsequent amendment to this UDO became effective which does not conform to the dimensional and/or use requirements of the district in which it is located.

NONCONFORMING USE: A use of land or use of a building/structure lawfully existing at the time this UDO or a subsequent amendment to this UDO became effective which does not conform to the use requirements of the district in which it is located.

NONDELINEATED FLOODPLAIN: An area subject to a 100-year flood, for which FEMA has not delineated a floodplain, adjacent to a watercourse that is also identified by a blue line on the current United States geological survey (USGS) topographic maps of the county, or adjacent to a watercourse that is identified as a "stream" in the detailed maps of the Grundy County soil survey.

OPACITY: The measurement of the screening effectiveness of a landscape buffer or fence expressed as the percent of vision that the screen blocks.

OPEN SPACE: Parcels of land within a residential subdivision, exclusive of streets and lots, generally preserved in a natural state or improved to provide common amenities for the residents of the subdivision. Open space shall be categorized as either natural resource area open space or community area open space. Open space is intended to preserve environmentally sensitive areas and protected resources, provide active and passive recreation facilities, establish greenways, provide wildlife habitats, facilitate stormwater management functions, and landscaped buffer yards. Both natural resource area open space and community area open space can be public or private and would be annotated as such on the development record plan and/or deed.

OPEN SPACE RATIO (OSR): The proportion of a development required to be left in open space. It is determined by dividing the area in open space by the base site area. When applied to resource protection, the open space ratio shall mean that percentage of the resource feature to be protected and/or preserved in the total land area in that resource.

OPEN SPACE SUBDIVISION: A development pattern or design technique in which lots are grouped together rather than spread evenly throughout a parcel as in conventional subdivision development. Clustering development allows the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space and the preservation of natural resources. (See figure below.)

OPERATOR: The entity responsible for the day to day operation and maintenance of the U-SWECS, including any third party subcontractors.

OVERLAY DISTRICT: A district that is applied over other zoning districts and which may modify the permitted uses or intensity of use.

OWNERS: The entity or entities with an equity interest in the U-SWECS, including their respective successors and assigns. Owner does not mean the property owner from whom land is leased for locating the U-SWECS (unless the property owner has an equity interest in the U-SWECS) or any person holding a security interest in the U-SWECS solely to secure an extension of credit, or a person foreclosing on such security interest provided that after foreclosure, such person seeks to sell the U-SWECS within one year of such event.

PARCEL: See definition of Lot.

PARK: An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational, educational or scenic purposes.

PARKING SPACE: An area of land, or enclosed within a building, designated for the parking of one motor vehicle.

PASSIVE RECREATION: Recreational uses, areas or activities oriented to noncompetitive activities which either require no special equipment or are natural areas. Bicycle riding, hiking and birdwatching are examples of passive recreation activities.

PAVED AREA: See definition of Impervious Surfaces.

PEAK HOURS OR PEAK PERIODS: In general, periods from seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. to nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and from four o'clock (4:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on weekdays. A peak hour is a sixty (60) minute period occurring within a peak period. Different peak hours may be established by the department, based on type of development or traffic counts on a street.

PEDESTRIANWAY: A publicly or privately owned right of way or easement for pedestrian or bicycle use.

PERCOLATION TESTS: See definition of Soil Borings And Percolation Tests.

PERENNIAL STREAM: A channel with banks and a bed within which concentrated water flows all of the time.

PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE: See definition of surety.

PERMITTED USE: Any use that is or may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts, provided it conforms with all requirements, regulations, and, when applicable, performance standards of this title for the district in which such use is located.

PERMITTEE: Any person to whom a site development permit is issued.

PERSON: An individual person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

PERVIOUS: A description of a surface that presents an opportunity for precipitation to infiltrate into the ground.

PLAN, EXPLORATORY SKETCH: An informal plan indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and including the general layout of a proposed subdivision or land development.

PLAN, MAJOR LAND DEVELOPMENT: A plan depicting a major land development which may include the subdivision of land.

PLAN, MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT: A plan depicting a minor land development which may include the subdivision of land.

PLAN, PRELIMINARY: A plan of a subdivision or of a land development, including all required supplementary data, showing the approximate proposed street and lot or site layout, or a plan of existing private streets to be dedicated to public use, as a basis for consideration by the department and the Development Review Committee prior to the preparation of a record plan.

PLAN, RECORD: A complete subdivision or land development plan, including all required supplementary data, which defines property lines, proposed streets and other improvements, and easements; or a plan of private streets to be dedicated to public use.

PLAN, RECORD STREET: A minor land development plan the sole purpose of which is to dedicate private streets to public use.

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT: A form of cluster development and residential use type. See section 8-3-3, "Planned And Cluster Development", of this title.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE: The Planning and Zoning Committee of the Grundy County Board.

PLANS, CONSTRUCTION: The architectural or engineering drawings showing the construction details and the types of material for the physical structures and facilities, excluding dwelling units, to be installed in conjunction with the development of the project.

PLOT: See definition of parcel.

PRIMARY STRUCTURE: The structure that one or more persons occupy the majority of the time on that property for either business or personal reasons. Primary structure includes structures such as residences, commercial buildings, hospitals and daycare facilities. Primary structure excludes structures such as hunting sheds, storage sheds, pool houses, unattached garages and barns.

PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR USE: The main use on a property in terms of size, area, and function. See definitions of accessory building or structure or accessory use.

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER: A qualified individual who is licensed as a professional engineer in the State of Illinois.

PROPERTY LINE: See definition of lot line.

PROPERTY LINE (U-SWECS): The boundary line of the area over which the entity applying for U-SWECS permit has legal control for the purposes of installation of a U-SWECS. This control may be attained through fee title ownership, easement, or other appropriate contractual relationship between the project developer and the landowner.

PUBLIC CONSERVATION LANDS: Land owned in fee title by state or federal agencies and managed specifically for conservation purposes, including, but not limited to, state wildlife management areas, state parks, state scientific and natural areas, federal wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas. For the purposes of this definition public conservation lands will also include lands owned in fee title by nonprofit conservation organizations. Public conservation lands do not include private lands upon which conservation easements have been sold to public resource management agencies or nonprofit conservation organizations.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT: Any improvement, facility or service, together with customary improvements and their appurtenances, necessary to provide for public needs such as: streets, alleys, pedestrian walks or paths, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, public utility and energy services.

PUBLIC UTILITIES: Include potable water; stormwater collection and treatment; sanitary sewage collection and treatment; oil, gas, heat, steam, and electricity distribution; and data, audio, and video networks that are made available to customers at their homes and businesses via pipes, wires, or cables. The phrase does not include individual sewer systems, private wells, on site stormwater detention or retention, propane storage, or on site geothermal heating and cooling systems. See also definitions in sections 8-16-2-4, "utilities, neighborhood"; 8-16-2-7, "heavy industry" and "utilities, community"; and 8-16-2-8 "utility scale wind energy conversion facilities" of this chapter.

RECREATION, ACTIVE: See definition of Active Recreation.

RECREATION, PASSIVE: See definition of Passive Recreation.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR TRAVEL TRAILER: A vehicle which is:

   A.   Built on a single chassis;

   B.   Four hundred (400) square feet or less in size;

   C.   Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.

REDEVELOPMENT: A process used to identify previously developed land that is now vacant, abandoned or underutilized real property where older structures if they exist are rehabilitated or replaced.

REFORESTATION: Replanting or planting of forest plant materials. Also includes planting in areas not originally forested for mitigation purposes.

REMOVAL: Cutting vegetation to the ground or stumps, complete extraction, or killing by spraying.

REPETITIVE LOSS: Flood related damages sustained by a structure on two (2) separate occasions during a ten (10) year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds twenty five percent (25%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

RESERVE STRIP: A parcel of ground in separate ownership separating a street from other adjacent properties or from another street.

RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREET: See definition of Street, Residential Collector.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: New residential construction or new mixed use construction with a residential component.

RESPONSIBLE PERSON: An agent, tenant, individual, corporation, firm, partnership, or any other legal entity having a legal or equitable interest in property or owing a legal duty to same.

RESTORATION: The reasonable rehabilitation of the affected land for useful purposes and the protection of the natural resources of the surrounding area, including surface water and groundwater.

RETAINING WALL: A structure which holds an earthen embankment in place.

REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT: A lot extending between and having frontage on two (2) generally parallel streets. Also referred to as double frontage lot.

REZONING: An amendment to the zoning map.

RIGHT OF WAY: An area of land dedicated for public or private use to accommodate a transportation system, except that with some older lots in Grundy County, property lines may extend into the right of way. In no case shall a right of way be construed to mean an easement.

RIPARIAN BUFFER: An area on either side of a stream or around a body of water that is protected as open space and principally used to provide natural filtration of runoff into the water body.

ROAD, ARTERIAL: See definition of Street, Arterial.

ROAD, COLLECTOR: See definition of Street, Collector.

ROAD, LOCAL: See definition of Street, Local.

ROADWAY: The portion of a highway including the cartway and shoulders within a right of way.

ROOFLINE: The top of a roof or building parapet, excluding any cupolas, pylons, chimneys, or other minor projections.

ROTOR: An element of a wind energy system that acts as a multi- bladed airfoil assembly, thereby extracting through rotation, kinetic energy directly from the wind.

ROTOR DIAMETER: The diameter of the circle described by the moving rotor blades.

RUNOFF: That portion of precipitation or snowmelt that has not evaporated or infiltrated into the soil, but flows on the land surface.

SFHA: See definition of Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) and Floodplain.

SANITARY SEWAGE: Any liquid discharge from a structure or animal containment area, except roof drains.

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, COMMUNITY: A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried from individual lots, by a system of pipes, to a small scale central treatment and disposal plant, generally serving a neighborhood area.

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, ON LOT: A system in which sanitary sewage is collected from a single use or dwelling unit by a system of pipes and carried to a septic tank or mechanical treatment unit and an inground disposal area located within the boundaries of an individual lot.

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, PUBLIC: A system in which sanitary sewage and wastewater are collected from multiple uses or dwelling units, by a system of pipes, and carried to a central disposal facility, generally serving a community or region.

SANITARY SEWER LINE: A sanitary sewer collection system in which sewage is carried from individual lots, by a system of pipes, to a central treatment and disposal plant, or to other pipes, that run to a central treatment and disposal plant.

SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM: A central treatment and disposal plant and related systems and pipes, including, but not limited to, sanitary sewer lines.

SCREEN, VISUAL: A physical device and/or landscaping, such as berms, walls or hedges, used to hide or conceal a use or structure from sight.

SEDIMENT: Soils or other surface materials transported and/or deposited by the action of wind, water, ice or gravity as a product of erosion.

SEDIMENT AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN: A plan for the control of soil erosion, sedimentation, stormwater quantity and water quality impacts resulting from any land disturbing activity.

SELECTIVE CUTTING: The felling of certain, but not all, trees in an area for the purpose of:

   A.   Removing dead, diseased, damaged, mature or marketable timber;

   B.   Improving the quality of a tree stand or species; or

   C.   Meeting personal domestic needs.

SEPTIC SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL: See definition of Sanitary Sewage Disposal, On Lot.

SEPTIC TANK: A multiple compartment, watertight receptacle which receives sewage from a building and is designed and constructed so as to permit settling of solids from the sewage, digestion of the organic matter and discharge of the liquid portion into a disposal area.

SETBACK: A stated minimum distance on a lot as measured perpendicular from a lot line or a right of way, whichever is closest to the proposed structure.

SHADOW FLICKER: Alternating changes in light intensity caused by the moving blade of a wind energy system casting shadows on the ground and stationary objects, such as a window at a dwelling.

SIDEWALK: A pedestrianway extending along, parallel to and within an easement or the right of way of a public or private street.

SIGN: A name, identification, description, illustration, display or device that is affixed to, painted or represented on a building, structure or land antenna that directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution, or business.

   A.   A sign shall also include a permanent sign located within an enclosed building in such a manner as to be viewed or intended for view primarily from the exterior of the building, such as a store window.

   B.   However, a sign shall not include the following:

      1.   A court ordered or other official public notice.

      2.   The flag, emblem, or insignia of a nation, unit of government, school, or religious or charitable institution.

SILTATION CONTROL: The installation of such devices as sediment ponds, bales of straw, fencing, siltation webbing, sodding, seeding and mulching, or other devices to prevent silting of abutting properties and roadways during the period of construction, up to and including, such times as permanent ground cover is attained.

SINGLE LOT DEVELOPMENT: A development consisting of one or more buildings to be erected on a platted parcel of land or a single lot which is part of a subdivision, intended to be separately owned, developed and otherwise used as a unit.

SITE: The lot on which the residence or manufactured home is located for habitation. See definition of Manufactured Home Site.

SITE ANALYSIS PLAN: For all major residential subdivisions, the applicant shall be required to submit a site analysis plan as the first phase of the exploratory sketch plan review process. The site analysis plan shall serve as a basis for the planning process and shall be used to determine the best areas of the site for open space preservation, land conservation and development. The site analysis plan allows both the applicant and the department the opportunity to utilize the natural site conditions to determine how the development of each tract can be designed to minimize environmental degradation while achieving highest possible community character design standards.

SITE DEVELOPMENT: Altering terrain and/or vegetation and constructing improvements.

SITE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: A properly executed and legally binding contract between the developer of a parcel of land and Grundy County to proceed with development as noted therein.

SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: A permit issued by the county for the construction or alteration of ground improvements and structures for the control of erosion, runoff and grading.

SITE PLAN: A plan or drawing showing the location of buildings, parking, or other elements that is used for the issuing of approvals other than subdivision plans or land developments. The drawings shall show sufficient detail to enable the department to determine whether the standard requiring a site plan has been met.

SLOPE, STEEP: The term "slope" is defined as the vertical change in elevation divided by the horizontal distance over which that vertical change occurs. The steep slope area consists of two (2) areas which are delineated and defined as follows:

   Moderate Slope: Those of fifteen (15) to twenty five percent (25%) slope as based on a site survey, where such slope exists in any continuous horizontal span of fifty feet (50') or more. These definitions do not include manmade steep slopes resulting from the implementation of an approved plan.

   Prohibitive Slope: Those of greater than twenty five percent (25%) slope as based on a site survey, where such slope exists in any continuous horizontal span of fifty feet (50') or more.

SOIL BORINGS AND PERCOLATION TESTS: Field tests conducted and used in judging the suitability of soil for on site, subsurface sewerage and seepage systems. The borings indicate the soil formations penetrated and groundwater conditions. The percolation tests give an indication of the absorptive capacity of the soil and provide a basis for the design of seepage facilities.

SOIL STABILIZING FUNCTION: A plant or structure which encourages resistance of soil to erosion, soil creep or other movement which results in net loss of soil from an area.

SOUND PRESSURE: Average rate at which sound energy is transmitted through a unit area in a specified direction. The pressure of the sound measured at a receiver.

SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL: The sound pressure mapped to a logarithmic scale and reported in decibels (dB).

SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS (SFHA): The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

SPECIAL USE: A use having some special impact that requires careful review and approval of the location, design, configuration, and the desirability of allowing its establishment on any given site based on the conditions stated in section 8-2-5 of this title.

STABILIZATION: The prevention of soil erosion by surface runoff or wind through the establishment of vegetative or structural soil coverage measures. Examples include, but are not limited to, straw mulch with temporary or permanent vegetation, wood chips and stone or gravel ground cover.

START OF CONSTRUCTION: Includes substantial improvement and means the date the building permit was issued. This, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement or other improvement, was within one hundred eighty (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 placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. For a substantial improvement, 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.

STORY, FIRST: The ground floor story of a building, provided its floor level is not more than four feet (4') below the mean lot level adjacent to the foundation.

STORY, HALF: A story under a sloping roof at the top of the building, the floor of which is not more than two feet (2') below the wall plate.

STREET: A strip of land, comprising the entire area within the right of way, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation to provide access to more than one lot. However, the establishment of a common driveway for access purposes for no more than four (4) separate parcels contiguous to one another shall not be considered a street as this term is defined.

STREET, ARTERIAL: Streets that generally carry high traffic volumes over longer distances. Arterial streets generally connect other arterials and/or collectors. Although arterial streets sometime connect local streets, they rarely provide direct access to individual lots. Streets classified as arterial on the most recent version of the Grundy County comprehensive plan are considered arterial streets in this UDO.

STREET, COLLECTOR: Streets that generally carry medium traffic volumes over shorter distances. Although collector streets connect all types of streets, they rarely provide direct access to individual lots. Streets classified as collector on the most recent version of the Grundy County comprehensive plan are considered collector streets in this UDO.

STREET, CUL-DE-SAC: A short, independent, minor street having only one point of entrance and exit, terminating in a circular turnaround or other approved termination.

STREET FRONTAGE: The linear measurement of a parcel along a street line, private road or right of way to which the parcel abuts.

STREET FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION: The ranking of streets in a hierarchy, based on the type of service they provide. Streets comprise a network, with individual streets carrying traffic within the network. As links in a network, streets provide two (2) types of service mobility for through traffic and access to adjacent lands. Streets are ranked according to the proportion of each type of service they perform. Arterial streets, which emphasize mobility, are at the highest level of the street hierarchy. Collector streets, which provide both mobility and access, are in the middle of the hierarchy. Local streets, which emphasize access, are at the lowest level of the street hierarchy. This UDO recognizes the functional classification of individual streets on the most recent Grundy County comprehensive plan.

STREET LINE: A property line of a lot which coincides with a line indicating the limits of an existing or proposed right of way.

STREET, LOCAL: Streets that generally carry low traffic volumes over short distances. Local streets generally provide access to adjacent lots and connect to other local and/or collector streets. Local streets rarely provide direct access to arterial streets. Streets classified as local on the most recent version of the Grundy County comprehensive plan are considered local streets in this title.

STREET, LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ACCESS: A street that provides access to individual residential lots and abutting properties.

STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS: A local street, parallel and adjacent to an arterial street, but separated from it by a long strip, which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.

STREET, MINOR: See definition of Street, Local.

STREET, PRIVATE: Any street right of way not dedicated to public use.

STREET, PUBLIC: Any street right of way dedicated to public use or maintained by the state, county, or any municipal or township government.

STREET, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR: A street that serves or is designed to serve as the connection from minor streets in residential areas to the arterial street system (such as the main entrance street of a residential subdivision that includes a network of lesser streets) or as a secondary connection between arterial streets that runs through or among residential neighborhoods.

STREET RIGHT OF WAY: See definitions of Street and Right Of Way.

STRIPPING: Any activity which removes the vegetative surface cover; including tree removal, clearing, and storage or removal of topsoil.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders and floor joists, ceiling joists, roof rafters or stairways.

STRUCTURE: Any manmade object having an ascertainable stationary location on land or in water, whether or not affixed to the land.

STRUCTURE, PERMANENT: A structure placed on or in the ground, or attached to another structure in a fixed position.

STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY: A structure that is designed to be repeatedly erected or inflated, tents and inflatable structures, or buildings that are picked up and moved.

SUBDIVISION:

   A.   The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of land, by any means, including by means of a plan or a description by metes and bounds, into two (2) or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of the transfer of ownership or of building development, exempting, however, the division of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than ten (10) acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provision, or division of property under court order.

   B.   The division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets, or the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants or leaseholders, or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water supply, storm drainage or other public facilities.

   C.   The elimination of one or more lot lines through the recordation of a deed that eliminates common property lines shall not be considered subdivision for purposes of this UDO, provided the resulting lot(s) is in conformance with this UDO. The deed shall indicate that the purpose of this deed is to comply with the definition of subdivision in chapter 6, "Subdivisions And Land Development", of this title, exempting subdivision review to eliminate one or more interior division lines affecting the herein described property.

SUBDIVISION, MAJOR: See definition of Major Land Development.

SUBDIVISION, MINOR: See definition of Minor Land Development.

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS: Chapter 6, "Subdivisions And Land Development", of this title.

SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION:

   A.   Subdivisions: Payment of surety, the clearing and grading of the site, installation of roads and utilities and placing of initial foundations.

   B.   Land Developments: Installation of parking, circulation, stormwater facilities and installation of foundations.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT: Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or improvement of a structure taking place during the life of the building in which the cumulative percentage of improvements:

   Equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the improvement or repair is started, or

   Increases the floor area by more than twenty percent (20%).

   "Substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. This term includes structures which have incurred repetitive loss or substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work done. The term does not include:

   A.   Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions, or

   B.   Any alteration of a structure listed on the national register of historic places or the Illinois register of historic places.

SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION: The reconstruction, enlargement, installation, repair, alteration, improvement or renovation of a building, structure, or portion thereof.

SUBSTANTIAL REPAIR: See definition of Substantial Improvement.

SUBSTATIONS: Any electrical facility designed to convert electricity produced by wind turbines to a voltage greater than thirty five thousand (35,000) kV for interconnection with high voltage transmission lines shall be located outside of the road right of way.

SUMPS: A point of comparatively low elevation that cannot be drained by means of surface flow.

SURETY: A form of financial guarantee that requires improvements to be made by providing the county with the resources to install the improvements should the developer fail to do so. These include, bonds, cash, letters of credit, or other financial instruments approved by the county attorney.

SURFACE WATER: Natural or artificial bodies of water greater than one acre in extent at the normal annual water level, as depicted on USGS topographic quadrangles and/or as determined by on site surveys by a registered surveyor, landscape architect or engineer. Excluded from this definition are retention basins or other stormwater management facilities, farm ponds or other facilities associated with agricultural operations, sewage lagoons and other facilities for which normal maintenance and repair is necessary.

SURVEYOR: A land surveyor registered by and licensed to practice in the state of Illinois.

TOP OF BANK: A point above the mean water surface of a watercourse which defines the maximum depth of channel flow in the watercourse. It is either determined visually or computed as an elevation using the peak rate of runoff from a 2-year storm event.

TOPOGRAPHY: The characteristics of a parcel of land with respect to elevation.

TOWER: The monopole or lattice structure freestanding or guyed structure that supports a wind turbine generator.

TOWER HEIGHT: The total height of the U-SWECS exclusive of the rotor blades.

TRANSMISSION LINE: Those electrical power lines that carry voltages of at least sixty nine thousand (69,000) volts (69 kV) and are primarily used to carry electric energy over medium to long distances rather than directly interconnecting and supplying electric energy to retail customers.

TRAVEL TRAILER: See definition of Recreational Vehicle Or Travel Trailer.

TREE, CANOPY: A tree whose leaves would occupy the upper level of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are also called shade trees, and typically reach heights of fifty (50) to one hundred feet (100') at maturity.

TREE, UNDERSTORY: A tree whose leaves would occupy the intermediate level of a forest in a natural ecological situation. They are also found as dominant species in old field succession. These trees are also called ornamental trees.

U-SWECS: Utility scale wind energy conversion systems shall mean any device that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of wind turbine generator which includes the turbine, blade, tower base and pad transformer, if any.

U-SWECS TOWER: The support structure to which the nacelle and rotor are attached, freestanding or guyed structure that supports a wind turbine generator.

UNDERGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE: Any underground storage vessel, including the underground pipes connected thereto, which is used to contain petroleum products including heating oil and diesel fuel, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected thereto, is ten percent (10%) or more beneath the surface of the ground.

UNDERSTORY TREE: See definition of Tree, Understory.

UNLAWFUL ACTS: The violation of any note, regulation, order, permit condition or provision of the UDO.

USE, ACCESSORY: See definition of Accessory Use.

USE, PERMITTED: See definition of Permitted Use.

USE, PRINCIPAL: See definition of Principal Building Or Use.

UTILITY: Publicly or investor owned or regulated entity that provides services to the general public utilities, e.g., water, sewer, communications, waste management, cable, gas and electric.

VACANT: Land on which there are no structures or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.

VARIANCE: Relief from the standards of this UDO.

VIOLATION: The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with the community's floodplain management regulations. A structure or other development without the required federal, state, and/or local permits and elevation certification is presumed to be in violation until such time as the documentation is provided.

VISUAL AMENITY: Any type of visible feature which the observer finds attractive or pleasing to the eye.

WATER BODY: Any watercourse or lake defined by a bank or shore in which water can be found.

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM:

   A.   Community: A system for supplying and distributing water from a common source to two (2) or more dwellings or other buildings within a single neighborhood.

   B.   On Site: A system for supplying and distributing water to a single dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.

   C.   Public: A system for supplying and distributing water from a common source to dwellings and other buildings, but generally not confined to one neighborhood.

WATER QUALITY: Those characteristics of stormwater runoff, usually from a land disturbing activity that relate to the chemical, physical, biological or radiological integrity of water.

WATER TABLE: The level below the surface at which the ground is saturated by water.

WATERCOURSE: A stream channel (perennial, intermittent, mapped or unmapped) with banks and a bed within which concentrated water flows.

WATERSHED: The total or partial drainage area contributing stormwater runoff to a single point.

WETLAND: Those areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; or areas that are defined and delineated in accordance with the "Federal Manual For Identifying And Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands" dated January 10, 1989, and as may be amended from time to time; or as further defined and delineated by the U.S. army corps of engineers, the U.S. environmental Protection Agency, or the Illinois Department of Conservation.

WETLAND DELINEATION AND REPORT: An on site method or process for identifying wetlands as described in the "Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual", technical report: Y-87-1, from 1987, and as may be amended from time to time. The report shall be prepared by a person with professional experience and knowledge in wetlands identification and shall analyze a site for the existence and extent of wetlands. When such a delineation and report is required as part of a land use application, such report and delineation may be required to be updated and revised if the original report was prepared more than three (3) years prior to the date of submission of the land use application.

WILDLIFE HABITAT: A community of plants that provide food, water, cover, nesting, and foraging or feeding conditions necessary to maintain populations of animals.

WIND SITE ASSESSMENT: An assessment to determine the wind speeds at a specific area and the feasibility of using that site for construction of a wind energy system.

WIND TURBINE: Any piece of electrical generating equipment that converts the kinetic energy of blowing wind into electrical energy through the use of air foils or similar devices to capture the wind.

WOODLAND: See definition of forest.

YARD: An unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building or structure.

YARD, CORNER LOT: Corner lots shall be considered to have one front yard based upon street access. Rear yard requirements shall apply to the yard opposite the front street line; the remaining street yard shall be considered a side yard and shall be subject to side yard requirements.

YARD, REAR: A yard extending the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the parts of the principal building erected thereon. For a corner lot, the rear yard shall not extend beyond the building setback line on the side street.

YARD, SIDE: A yard between the parts of the principal building and the adjacent side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.

YARD, STREET: A yard extending the full width of the lot between the street line and the parts of the principal building erected thereon setting back from and nearest such street line. (This is commonly referred to as the "front" yard.)

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS: The Grundy Zoning Board of Appeals.

ZONING DISTRICT: A designation shown on the zoning map as being in a district enumerated in chapter 1 of this title in which a specific set of zoning standards apply. The term may refer to the standards or an area so mapped. The term is also analogous with zoning classification or designation.

ZONING MAP: The map(s) showing the location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this title. These maps are entitled, "official zoning map of Grundy County".

ZONING OFFICER: The Grundy County Zoning Officer.

ZONING PERMIT: A written permit issued by the department that certifies that the proposed use of the land will be in compliance with this title.

ZONING REGULATIONS: Chapters 1 through 17 of this title. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010; amd. Ord. 2012-012, 4-10-2012; Ord. 2012-025, 8-14-2012; Ord. 2018-012, 6-12-2018)