The purpose of this section is to define terms and words used throughout this chapter. Definitions are organized alphabetically.

A-weighted sound level (dB(A)) means a measurement of sound pressure level, which has been filtered or weighted to progressively de-emphasize the importance of frequency components below 1,000 Hz and above 5,000 Hz. This reflects the fact that human hearing is less sensitive at low frequencies and at extremely high frequencies, relative to the mid-range of the frequency spectrum. This area of sensitivity also corresponds to the human speech band.

Abandonment means an action to give up one's rights of interest in property.

Accessory building or structure means a building or structure located on the same lot (or contiguous lot in the same ownership) as the principal building or structure to which it is related, and which is:

(1)

Clearly incidental to, and customarily found in connection with, such principal building or structure; and

(2)

Subordinate to the permitted use or structure and allowed after the principal dwelling or structure is constructed.

(3)

Is operated and maintained for the use of occupants, employees, customers, or visitors of the principal building or structure.

Accessory use means not a permitted use as authorized in the zoning district, but a subordinate use operated on the same lot as the permitted use, either in the same structure or building as the permitted use, or an accessory structure or building.

Adult bookstore means a building or portion thereof used by an establishment under either of the following circumstances:

(1)

Where 25 percent or more of the floor space of the area of the building is open to the public, and used for the display of books, magazines, or other publications, and is devoted to the sale of books, magazines, or other publications which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters explicitly depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section, and which, because of their sexually explicit nature, may, pursuant to state law or county regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18; or

(2)

Where 25 percent or more of the total number of books, magazines, or other publications offered for sale to the public consist of books, magazines, or other publications which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters explicitly depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section, and which, because of their sexually explicit nature, may pursuant to state law or county regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18.

Adult live theater means a building or portion thereof, or area, open or enclosed, which regularly features live performances distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section, or specified anatomical areas as defined in this section, for observation by patrons or customers.

Adult motion picture theater means a building or portion thereof or area, open or enclosed, which regularly features motion pictures distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section or specified anatomical areas as defined in this section.

Adult uses, as used in this zoning code, adult uses shall mean sexually oriented businesses.

Adult video store means a building or portion thereof used by an establishment under either of the following circumstances:

(1)

Where 25 percent or more of the floor space of the area of the building open to the public, and actually used for the display of video (tapes, DVDs, etc.) is devoted to the sale or rental of video which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters explicitly depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section, and which, because of their sexually explicit nature, may, pursuant to state law or county regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18; or

(2)

Where 25 percent or more of the total number of video offered for sale or rental to the public consist of video which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters explicitly depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities as defined in this section, and which, because of their sexually explicit nature, may, pursuant to state law or county regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18.

Administrative officer means the person or persons designated by the mayor and approved by city council to enforce and administer the provisions of this article, or their duly appointed representative(s).

Agriculture, general means the use of a lot or portion of a lot to produce crops, livestock, or poultry, for sale, barter, trade, or home consumption, including structures or other improvements incidental to such activities.

Agriculture, light means the use of a lot or portion of a lot for agricultural production for the primary use of the residents of the lot, including crop production, gardening, and the raising of food animals, horses, and mules, and including 4-H and vocational agricultural projects. Swine are excluded except for 4-H and vocational projects.

Agriculture, retail establishments means the uses that sell agricultural products either produced on the site or within the community. Such uses include, but are not limited to, agricultural supply stores and permanent roadside crop stands or fruit stands.

Airport means a facility where aircraft, such as airplanes, can take off and land. An airport minimally consists of one runway, but other common components are hangars and terminal buildings.

Alley means a public or private thoroughfare which is less than 30 feet wide, upon which the rear of land of building lots generally abut, and which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation. An alley cannot serve as the primary access to a lot.

All-weather surface means an unpaved road, parking lot, or storage area constructed of a material that does not create mud during rain or snow events. All-weather surface generally consists of crushed rock, scoria, crushed concrete, rotomill asphalt, or a blend of various aggregates and must be a minimum of six inches in depth.

Alteration, as applied to a building or structure, means a change or rearrangement in the structural parts of an existing building or structure. Enlargement, whether by extending a side, increasing in height, or moving from one location or position to another, shall be considered an alteration.

Amusement place means establishments providing indoor or outdoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge, including dance halls and ballrooms, and electronic game arcades, as primary uses. Four or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment, or premises where amusement devices occupy 50 percent or more of the floor area, are considered an electronic game arcade as described above; three or fewer machines are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site.

Annexation means the act of making a tract of land part of the city.

Annexation map means a map showing the boundaries of a parcel of property, surveyed dimensions, and all other items required by the ordinance.

Animals, domestic, means a domesticated animal has extensively and historically been a part of a family or household for pleasure, companionship, and protection. Domesticated animals are household pets, and include fowl, reptiles, and fish, such as dogs, cats, parakeets, and tropical fish.

Animals, ranch, means animals which have historically been bred, reared, and utilized for the production of meat, wool, leather, and similar products.

Animal hospital (or veterinary clinic) means an establishment where animals are admitted principally for examination, treatment, board, or care, by a doctor of veterinary medicine. (This includes open kennels or runs.)

Antenna means any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting discs, or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves when such a system is either external to or attached to the exterior of a structure or is portable or movable. Antennas shall include devices having active elements extending in any direction and directional beam-type arrays having elements carried by and disposed from a generally horizontal boom that may be mounted upon and rotated through a vertical mast or tower interconnecting the boom and antenna support, all of which elements are deemed to be a part of the antenna.

Antenna, amateur radio means any antenna that is used for the purpose of transmitting and receiving radio signals in conjunction with an amateur radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.

Antenna, building-mounted means any antenna directly attached or affixed to a building, tank, tower, or other structure. Building-mounted antennas are identified in two distinct categories herein as follows:

(1)

Wall-mounted. Attached or affixed to the elevation of the structure.

(2)

Roof-mounted. Attached or affixed to the rooftop or top of the structure.

Antenna, directional (also known as a panel antenna) means an antenna that transmits and/or receives radio frequency signals in a directional pattern of less than 360 degrees.

Antenna, ground-mounted means any antenna with its base (either single or multiple posts) placed directly on the ground or a mast 12 feet or less in height and six inches in diameter.

Antenna, parabolic (also known as satellite dish antenna) means any device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar configured that is shallow dish, cone, horn, bowl, or cornucopia shaped and is used to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic or radio frequency communication/signals in a specific directional pattern from orbiting satellites or ground transmitters. This definition is meant to include what are commonly referred to as television receive only (TVRO) and satellite microwave antennas.

Apartment. See dwelling, multiple.

Appeal or appellate review means a hearing, conducted by a single hearing body or officer authorized to conduct such hearings, in which testimony is restricted to information contained in the record developed in a prior open record hearing.

Applicable director means the city administrator, building code official, city planner, or designee for these.

Applicant means a person who applies for any permit or approval to do anything governed by this code and who is the owner of the subject property, the authorized agent of the owner, or the city.

Approving authority means the individual or governing body given the authority under these regulations to render a decision regarding an application.

Armory means a place where military reservists are trained or headquartered, sometimes used for public functions. It can also be used for the storage or manufacturing of weapons and ammunition (classified as an institutional use for this code).

Automobile body repair means restoration, repair, and painting of the external bodies of passenger vehicles.

Automobile repair means the repair of internal, mechanical components of passenger vehicles.

Automobile sales means the sale of new and used passenger vehicles.

Automobile service means the minor repair, tune-up, and routine servicing of passenger vehicles, including retail sales of automotive fuels, lubricants, and accessories.

Barn means an accessory building used primarily for the storage of agricultural products, agricultural equipment, and sheltering of animals and animal products.

Basement means a story having part, but not less than one-half of its height below grade.

Bed and breakfast means a private home which is used to provide temporary accommodations for a charge to the public with not more than four lodging units or not more than a daily average of eight persons per night during any 30-day period.

Berm means an undulation in terrain creating a landform that is higher than the surrounding grade, generally utilized for screening, wind protection, or aesthetic purposes.

Block means an area of land completely bounded by streets, railroad rights-of-way, natural barriers, subdivision or municipal boundaries, or a combination thereof.

Board means the planning and zoning commission of the City of Mills, Wyoming.

Boarding house means a building other than a hotel where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals, or lodging and meals, are provided for three or more persons, but not exceeding 20 persons. No separate cooking facilities for the use of customer residents are allowed.

Buffing means the use of specific measures, including screening, which are designed to separate and protect differing land uses.

Building means any permanently affixed, covered structure intended for the enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, or goods. When a structure is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls from the ground up, each part is deemed a separate building.

Building, attached, means a building attached to another building by a common wall and a common roof.

Building, detached, means a building having no common wall connection with another building.

Building code means chapters 15.02, 15.03, and 15.04 of Mills City Code.

Building code official means the person or persons authorized and empowered by the governing body to administer title 15.

Building, existing, means a building erected prior to the adoption of this article for which a legal building permit has been issued.

Building footprint means the visible area of the structure when viewed from above, measured from the outside of all exterior walls, not including stairs, patios, or decks.

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

Building permit means the official document or certificate issued by the city authorizing the construction, repair, or remodeling of a structure.

Building, principal, means one building housing the principal or primary use permitted for the lot upon which it is located.

Camp trailer. See recreational vehicle.

Caretaker housing means a residence that is accessory to a site with a nonresidential primary use and that is needed for security, 24-hour care or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

Carport means a structure open on at least two sides, generally for covering vehicles. If a carport is not open on at least two sides, it shall be considered a garage and shall comply with all code requirements. Carports require a monolithic slab with vertical strapping and/or concrete anchors and must be approved by the building inspector.

Cemetery, mausoleum, means land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, columbaria, and mausoleums. Also see mortuary and funeral home.

Child care means care, control, supervision, or maintenance of a child provided for compensation by an individual, other than a parent. Child care operations in Mills are categorized as follows:

Child care center (CCC) means any business operated by a private person, partnership, association, or corporation that is operating a business for profit or otherwise, in a building used solely for commercial purposes, where 16 or more children receive care for part of the day. This definition and relevant regulations shall remain compliant with current and future State of Wyoming definitions of child care center.

Family child care center (FCCC) means a care facility in which care is provided for a maximum of 15 unrelated persons for part of a day, which may be in a residential or commercial type structure. This definition and relevant regulations shall remain compliant with current and future State of Wyoming definitions of child care facility.

Family child care home (FCCH) means a licensed child care facility in which care is provided for no more than ten persons in the primary residence of the provider. The maximum of ten children allowed includes the care providers' own infant(s), toddler(s), and preschooler(s). This definition and relevant regulations shall remain compliant with current and future State of Wyoming definitions of family child care home.

Church means a building designed for public worship, which is maintained and controlled by an organized religious body. A church may include a daycare and meeting space facilities open to the general public at the discretion of the owner.

Clinic. See medical, dental, or health clinic.

Clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls mean permanent, headquarters-type, and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for business associations; civic, social, and fraternal organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; political organizations; professional membership organizations; and other membership organizations.

Collocation means a wireless communication facility owned and operated by a communication service provider that is located on the same tower, building, accessor/ structure, or property as another communication facility owned or operated by a different communication service provider.

Commercial storage facility means a building, or group of buildings, that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of articles or goods. This use does not include active retail uses, nor shall there be any activities allowed to be conducted within the structure or structures, other than the temporary storage of articles or goods. All storage shall be totally contained within the building, or group of buildings, with no outdoor storage of articles or goods allowed unless such articles and goods are adequately screened from adjacent properties as determined by the appropriate director. No heavy equipment, nor farm implements, shall be allowed to be stored, nor any part thereof. No hazardous materials shall be allowed to be stored.

Common area means any area or space designed for joint use of tenants or owners occupying a planned unit development or other development.

Common wall means an unbroken wall shared by two or more separate buildings.

Communication substation means a telephone switching station or similar facility used to route telecommunication signals from their origin to their destination. Wireless communication facilities are regulated in section 17.45.45 (utility, transportation, and communication uses).

Comprehensive plan means the plan or any part thereof adopted by the city council to guide development of land use, utilities, streets, community facilities, and other physical aspects of the city.

Conditional use permit means a permit to authorize uses not routinely allowed on a particular site, subject to compliance with specified conditions.

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

Construction, new, means a structure for which the "start of construction" occurred on or after the effective date of this ordinance from which this title is derived.

Construction, start of, means the first placement of permanent construction of a structure, not including grading, excavation, or placement of accessory buildings. For mobile homes, the start of construction is when the mobile home is placed on site and hooked up to utilities.

Construction camp means housing facilities designed and intended to be used for a temporary period of time to house construction-related workers. Such facilities are not intended to accommodate families with school-age children. Construction camps may include the use of bachelor dwellings, travel-trailers (recreational vehicles), campers, manufactured homes, ora combination of these.

Contractor yards means a yard and/or building used by a general contractor, excavation contractor, landscaping contractor, building contractor, oil or well drilling or servicing contractor, or similar, where vehicles, equipment, and materials are stored, or where a contractor performs maintenance, shop, or assembly work. If a building is housed on the property, it may also contain operational offices of the contractor. This definition does not include wholesale or retail sales.

Contested case hearing means a public hearing conducted by a single hearing body or officer authorized to conduct such hearings that creates a record through testimony and submission of evidence and information.

Convention center (and places of assembly) means multipurpose meeting and recreational facilities typically consisting of one or more meeting or multipurpose rooms, a kitchen, and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.

Council means the city council of the City of Mills, Wyoming.

Decibel (dB) means the measurement of a sound pressure relative to the logarithmic conversion of the sound pressure reference level, often set as 0 dB (A-weighted). In general, this means the quietest sound we can hear is near 0 dB (A-weighted) and the loudest we can hear without pain is near 120 dB (A-weighted).

Deciduous tree means a tree that typically loses its leaves for part of the year.

Direct broadcast satellite service (DBS) means a system in which signals are transmitted directly from a satellite to a small home receiving dish.

District means a portion of the area of the city in which certain uniform regulations, requirements, and combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this title.

Domestic water well means a water well permitted by the State of Wyoming engineer's office as a domestic water well.

Dwelling, accessory, means living quarters within a single-family zoned property (UAR, R-I and R-2) that can be attached or detached from the principal structure.

Dwelling, manufactured home means a manufactured home is a structure, transportable in one or more sections, and which is built on a permanent chassis. Manufactured dwellings are built to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards. For the purposes of these provisions, a mobile home shall be considered a manufactured home.

Dwelling, multiple, means a building having accommodations for and occupied or intended to be occupied by more than two families, providing individual cooking facilities for each dwelling unit.

Dwelling, seasonal, means property used temporarily or seasonally for residential use, employed to perform agricultural or industrial labor.

Dwelling, single-family, means a building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by one family. This includes houses built on site or factory-built modular homes that meet the International Residential Code.

Dwelling, townhouses, means three or more single-family attached dwellings with common walls, each having direct outside access.

Dwelling, two-family, means a building having accommodations for and occupied or intended to be occupied by two families.

Dwelling, unit, means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Easement means a vested or acquired right to use land, other than as a tenant, for a specific purpose, such right being held by someone other than the owner who holds title to the land. Easements may include, but not be limited to, land areas necessary for a public utility company to access its equipment, drainage areas, streets, roads, and highways, and similar rights and privileges.

Electrical substation means for the purposes of this zoning code, means any structure with 100,000 volts or greater incoming capacity which:

(1)

Converts electrical energy to a lesser voltage for the purpose of sub-regional or localized distribution;

(2)

Functions as a transition point from overhead to underground electrical transmission lines; or

(3)

Acts as the point of convergence for two or more transmission lines.

Electromagnetic means an electrical wave propagated by an electrostatic and magnetic field of varying intensity.

Equipment sales, rental, and service means service establishments with outdoor storage/rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for sale, rental, or service (e.g., construction equipment).

Explosives means materials or products that decompose by detonation or deflagration.

Explosives manufacturing means an industrial establishment for the purpose of manufacturing and storing explosives.

Evergreen tree means trees and shrubs that retain their foliage throughout the year.

FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.

Family means one or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood, marriage, or adoption, no such family shall contain over three persons; but further provided that domestic servants employed on the premises may be based on the premises without being counted as a family or families. A family shall exclude a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity, sorority, religious society, or similarly used structure.

Fence means a structure erected as a dividing marker, barrier, or enclosure.

Fixed-base structures and facilities include substations (both communication and electrical), portable water storage facilities, public water system wells, natural gas regulating and distribution facilities, and treatment plants.

Floor area means the area included within outside walls of a building or portion thereof, including habitable penthouses and attic space, but not including vent shafts, courts, halls, basements, or uninhabitable areas.

Floor area, gross habitable, means the total area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines, and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet and measured by the bases of interior walls, excluding common areas such as stairways, storerooms, mechanical rooms, landings, etc.

Foster care means an activity regulated by the department of family services, State of Wyoming, that provides care for children in a facility or home on a 24-hour basis. Categories of foster care specified in this resolution include:

(1)

Foster home means a facility in which care is provided for up to five children, including foster parents' biological children (unless waived by the department of family services district manager).

(2)

Group/care foster home means a facility in which care is provided for up to ten children, including the staff's children.

Foundation means footing and foundations constructed of masonry, concrete, or treated wood in accordance with any applicable building code adopted by the city extending below the frost line and made of solid material. Foundations made of wood shall extend six inches above the adjacent finished grade. Footings shall have a minimum depth as indicated in the applicable building codes adopted by the city, unless another depth is recommended by a foundation investigation.

Frontage means all the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street. Where a street is dead-ended, the frontage shall be considered as all that property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.

Front property line means any boundary line of a lot parallel to and abutting the right-of-way line of an officially approved street or highway. If the property does not directly abut a street or highway, then the front line will be determined by the applicable director. Likewise, the front property line of a corner lot, one which abuts two or more roadways, is generally defined as the line parallel to the main entrance of the primary structure on the property, unless otherwise determined by the applicable director.

Fuel storage and distribution means a large-scale facility where fuel (such as propane and gasoline) is stored and distributed without retail sales.

Garage, private, means an attached or detached accessory building designed or used for the storage of three or fewer motor-driven vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory. Apartment houses may provide one space for each unit in a large structure.

Garage, public, means a building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, repairing, hiring, servicing, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles.

Garage, storage, means a building or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively for housing four or more motor-driven vehicles.

Gasoline filling station. See vehicle fueling and service station.

Golf course means golf courses and accessory facilities and uses, including clubhouses with bar and restaurant, locker and shower facilities, driving ranges, "pro shops" for on-site sales of golfing equipment, and golf cart storage and sales facilities.

Governing body means the city council of the City of Mills, Wyoming.

Government facility means a building or group of buildings and grounds that house government-related offices, services, equipment, and personnel.

Grade.

(1)

For buildings having walls facing one street only, the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of the wall facing the street shall be the grade.

(2)

For buildings having walls facing more than one street, the grade shall be the average of the grades as defined in subsection (1) above of all walls facing each street.

(3)

For buildings having no wall facing a street, the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building shall be the grade.

(4)

Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five feet from a street line is considered to face the street. Where no sidewalk exists, the grade shall be established by the city engineer.

Grade, existing, means the natural grade in place prior to the preparation of the property for development. For individual recorded lots, existing grade shall mean natural grade or the grade established as a part of the development of the subdivision.

Grade, finished, means the final contour of the ground surface of a site that conforms to the approved grading plan.

Greenhouse, commercial/nursery means establishments providing for the cultivation and sale of trees, shrubs, and plants, including the sale of garden and landscape materials (packaged and/or bulk sale of unpackaged materials) and equipment.

Greenhouse, residential means an accessory structure largely made of glass, plastic, or a similar substance that uses solar heating, sunlight, or some form of temperature control for the purpose of protecting and/or cultivating vegetation for the private use of the owner of the residence on the same lot, parcel, or tract.

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

Group care means a business that provides for or arranges support and services freely chosen by the individual or his representative to maintain and/or enhance cognitive and functional capacity, physical and mental health, and personal autonomy. Group care also encompasses shared living residences for senior citizens, foster homes, and group foster homes.

Group care community means a housing unit or complex that provides group care services, directly or through agents, in addition to housing.

Group care facility means a group care community serving more than 13 persons in a facility that may offer a variety of accommodations, such as apartment-like units, studios, or private rooms.

Group care family home means a group care community operated in a single-family dwelling serving up to six persons, where the person legally responsible for the home is the primary caregiver and resides in the home.

Group care small group home means a group care community operated in a single-family dwelling serving up to 12 persons, where the individual, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company provides staffing on a 24-hour basis.

Guy cable means any cable or wire that extends from a telecommunications pole or tower for the purpose of supporting the system structure.

Heavy equipment sales, service, and repair means service establishments with outdoor storage/rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for rental (e.g., construction equipment).

Home occupation means a commercial occupation or activity incidental to the residential use of a property, carried on by the immediate members of the family residing on the premises, and which is not harmful to the residential aspect of the neighborhood.

Hospital means facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide.complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses, and emergency heliports.

Hotel and motel means a facility providing lodging and related services for a charge, typically for a period of one month or less. Includes inns, residence or extended stay hotels, or other similar facilities. Does not include accessory dwelling unit, assisted living facility, bed and breakfast house, convalescent center, dwelling unit, nursing home, residential use, or special needs housing.

Improvement means site grading, street work, utilities, or structures built on a lot.

Industrial service means industrial uses and areas primarily focused on repair, service, and small-scale manufacturing uses. Industrial services include printing and publishing, welding, oil field servicing businesses, slaughterhouses, dry cleaning, laundry plants, and other such uses.

Institution means a building occupied by a nonprofit corporation ora nonprofit establishment for public use.

Junk yard means a lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage, and/or sale of various wastes, scrap metal, or discarded material; or the collection, dismantling, storing, and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition or for the sale of parts thereof. Includes auto wrecking and scrap processing.

Kennel, accessory, means a lot or premises at, in, or adjoining a private residence where less than three dogs are kept for pets or for guarding the householder's property. Said kennel shall be an accessory use.

Kennel, commercial, means facilities which provide boarding of four or more animals as the primary use of the facility. May also include daytime boarding and activity for animals (e.g., "doggie day care") and ancillary grooming facilities.

Kennel, private, means a facility for the keeping, boarding, or maintaining of four or more dogs (four months of age or older) or four or more cats. Excludes dogs or cats for sale in pet shops or patients in animal hospitals. Includes a kennel where the animals are owned or kept by the owner or occupant for personal, noncommercial purposes, including hunting, tracking, exhibiting at shows, exhibitions, field trials or other competitions, or for enhancing or perpetuating a given breed, other than dogs or cats used in conjunction with an agricultural operation on the lot or premises.

Landscaping means the use of vegetation and inorganic durable materials, such as those identified within section 17.40.40, to enhance the visual attractiveness of a site and improve erosion control.

Landscaped area means an area within the boundaries of a given lot, consisting primarily of plant materials, including but not limited to grasses, trees, shrubs, flowers, vines, ground covers, and other organic plant materials; or grass paver masonry units installed so that the appearance of the area is primarily landscaped.

Land use permit means a permit granted pursuant to these regulations to allow development or use of a specific project on a specific site under the terms and conditions imposed upon the development/project during the approval process.

Laundry.

(1)

Laundromat means a business that provides home-type washing, drying, and ironing machines for hire to be used by the customers on the premises.

(2)

Commercial industrial laundry means a business that provides washing, drying, and ironing services operated by the employees on the premises.

Linear frontage means the frontage of the subject property is adjacent to or parallel to all open, improved public rights-of-way. If the subject property does not have frontage on an open improved right-of-way, the frontage of any public access easements that serve the subject property and unopened rights-of-way that front on the subject property is the linear frontage of the subject property.

Liquor store (includes package liquor stores) means the retail sale of beer, wine, and/or other alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

Live/work facility means a structure or portion of a structure:

(1)

That combines a commercial or manufacturing activity allowed in the zone with a residential living space for the owner of the commercial or manufacturing business, or the owner's employee, and that person's household; and

(2)

Where the resident owner or employee of the business is responsible for the commercial or manufacturing activity performed.

Lot unless otherwise provided in this regulation, a lot is a parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by one main building, together with its accessory buildings, including the open spaces required by this regulation.

Lot, area, means the total square footage of the land area within the lines of a lot, measured as a horizontal plane.

Lot, corner, means a lot, as defined above, abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.

Lot coverage means the amount (calculated as a percentage) of land that is covered by buildings, roadways, parking areas, or other impervious surfaces through which water cannot percolate into the underlying soils.

Lot, depth of, means the mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.

Lot, lines, means the lines bounding a lot, as defined herein.

Lot, width, means the mean horizontal width of the lot measured at right angles to its depth.

Lot line, front, means the line separating the lot from the street. The street on which a building's frontage is oriented shall determine the location of the front lot line, provided the front setback is not less than the average setback of existing buildings.

Lot line, side, means any lot line other than front or rear lot lines. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is called a street-side lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is called an interior side lot line.

Lot line, rear, means the rear lot line is the lot line or lot lines most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front lot line.

Lot of record means a lot, which is a part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk, Natrona County, Wyoming.

Lot, through, means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

Lumberyard and building material sales and storage means retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials, where most display and sales occur indoors. Includes stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail-ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district.

Machinery and implement sales, service, and storage means establishments with outdoor storage and rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for sales, storage, and rental (e.g., construction equipment).

Manufactured home means a single-family residential dwelling constructed after June 15, 1976, in accordance with the "National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq., as amended and designed to be used as a single-family residential dwelling with or without permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and which includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.

Manufactured home park means a residential facility arranged or equipped for the accommodation of two or more manufactured homes which provide lots, with spaces for such manufactured homes available for rent, lease, or purchase as part of a condominium arrangement wherein the land is held in common by a homeowners association, and providing utility services and other facilities either separately or in common to manufactured home spaces herein. Manufactured home parks may also contain private accessory buildings such as sheds, garages, and other structures reasonable and customary to a single-family residential development, as well as public accessory buildings, such as laundry, grounds maintenance shop, recreation, restroom, and swimming pool. This definition does not include tourist facilities for travel trailers or campers. It also does not include temporary housing for labor camps.

Manufactured home park lot means a defined land area in a manufactured home park on which a single manufactured home may be placed and which is described by boundary lines measured in terms of:

(1)

Its depth is expressed as the mean distance between the front and rear of the space, measured in the general direction of the side space lines.

(2)

Its width is expressed as the mean distance between the side lines of the space, measured in the general direction of the front and rear space lines.

Manufacturing means the process of making wares by hand, by machinery, or by other agency, often with the provision of labor and the use of machinery.

Manufacturing, heavy, means the production, processing, cleaning, testing, and distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs, and products characterized by one of the following traits:

(1)

The manufacturing plant generally has more than 100,000 square feet of floor area.

(2)

Due to the nature of the materials, equipment, or process utilized, the manufacturing operation is considered to be unclean, noisy, or hazardous, or is associated with other objectionable elements and may require mitigation measures to manage external effects of the use on the same or surrounding properties.

Manufacturing, light, means the production, processing, cleaning, testing, and distribution of materials, goods, food, and products which by the nature of the materials, equipment, and process utilized is to a considerable measure clean, quiet, and free of any objectionable or hazardous element and which takes place in plants with generally less than or equal to 100,000 square feet of floor area.

Master planned development means a development on a single parcel or multiple contiguous parcels treated as a single project and which may contain a mix of uses or densities, commonly including such features as an overall integrated design theme, internal transportation networks, and development and use of other shared resources. Master planned developments commonly emphasize interconnectivity between the various uses of the development and may include phased development plans.

Medical, dental, or health clinic means any building designed for use of one or more persons lawfully engaged in the diagnosis, care, and treatment of physical or mental diseases or ailments of human beings, including, but not limited to, doctor of medicine, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, and podiatrists and in which no patients are lodged overnight.

Mixed use means a building or structure that contains two or more of the following basic land use types—commercial, office, or residential—which are vertically integrated and that are located over each other in whole or in part. Mixed uses may be integrated horizontally, provided that they are physically interrelated by pedestrian areas that are uninterrupted by vehicular traffic. In horizontal integration of mixed uses, roads or parking areas may not separate the uses.

Minimum depth means the minimum required dimension extending from and typically perpendicular to a property line, extending into the private development site.

Mobile home means a single family residential dwelling manufactured prior to June 15, 1976, that was not required to be constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, that is transportable in one or more sections, that in traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width and 32 body feet or more in length, or when erected on a site 256 or more square feet, and is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a permanent residence on a temporary or permanent foundation when connected with the permanent utilities including plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.

Modular home means a dwelling constructed in accordance with the current adopted building code for site-built dwellings. The structure is transportable in one or more sections, designed for use as a residential dwelling unit, not built on a permanent chassis, and capable of being transported by an appropriate vehicle from the place of fabrication to the site on which it is to be erected, where it is placed on a permanent perimeter foundation. When placed on a permanent perimeter foundation or slab, a modular home is functionally indistinct from a stick-built dwelling.

Mortuary and funeral home means funeral homes and parlors, where the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, and funeral services may be conducted.

Motor home means a vehicular unit designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or on a chassis cab or van that is an integral part of the completed vehicle.

Motel or motor hotel means a series of attached, semi-attached, or detached sleeping or living units for the accommodation of transient guests and not customarily including individual cooking or kitchen facilities, said units having convenient access to off-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of the guests or occupants.

Motor vehicle sales means any business where two or more motor vehicles, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and recreational vehicles, are parked for sale.

Neighborhood commercial means a location for a limited number of retail commercial uses that serve the day-to-day needs of the residents of surrounding neighborhoods and have only a limited impact on nearby development.

Neighborhood meeting means an informal meeting, hearing, workshop, or other public gathering to obtain comments from the public or other agencies on a proposed project permit prior to the decision. A public meeting does not constitute an open record hearing. The proceedings at a public meeting may be recorded, and a report or recommendation may be included in the project permit application file.

NIER (non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation) means electromagnetic radiation primarily in the visible, infrared, and radio frequency portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Nonconforming structure (illegal) means a structure which is not permitted under the regulations of this title (or any amendments thereto) and was not legally in place, with licenses and permits, at the effective date of this resolution or any subsequent resolution.

Nonconforming structure (legal) means a structure (including signs) which is not permitted under the regulations of this title (or any amendments thereto) but was legally in place, with licenses and permits in current status, at the effective date of this resolution or any subsequent resolution.

Nonconforming use (illegal) means a use which is not permitted under the regulations of this title (or any amendments thereto) and was not legally in place, with licenses and permits, at the effective date of this resolution or any subsequent resolution.

Nonconforming use (legal) means a use which is not permitted under the regulations of this title (or any amendments thereto) but was legally in place, with licenses and permits in current status, at the effective date of this resolution or any subsequent resolution.

Nursing home means an establishment or agency licensed by the state for the reception, board, care, or treatment of three or more unrelated individuals.

Occupied dwelling house means a permanent building or fixed mobile home that is currently being used on a permanent or temporary basis for human habitation. This does not include offices, shops, industrial warehouses, or other structures not intended for human habitation.

Office means offices of administrative businesses providing direct services to consumers, government agencies, and service facilities, professional offices, and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property. Outdoor storage of materials is prohibited.

Oil and gas storage means oil, gas, or liquefied petroleum gas storage means an industrial establishment or area for the storage of gas or liquefied petroleum gas in approved portable metal cylinders for above-ground storage.)

Oil, gas, or mineral processing, includes refining, separation, or storage. Means any establishment and appurtenant facilities utilized in the gas stripping process or coal gasification process to obtain a refined product from a natural resource.

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

Owner means the owner of record as recorded in the office of the county clerk.

Package liquor store. See liquor store.

Park means public parks including playgrounds and athletic fields/courts, public plazas, and outdoor gathering places for community use.

Parking space means a paved surface area for the purpose of storing one parked automobile.

Parking space, accessible, means a paved surfaced area for the purpose of storing one parked automobile that is occupied by a disabled occupant as described by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Pawn shop means any room, store, building, or other place in which the business of pawn brokering, or the business of lending money upon personal property, pawns or pledges, or the business of purchasing articles from vendors or their assignees at prices agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase, is engaged in, carried on, or conducted.

Permit means any land use or environmental permit or license required for a project action, including, but not limited to, building construction, subdivisions, deviations, planned development district master plans, conditional uses, site plan approval, conditional use permits, or site-specific rezones authorized by an adopted land use plan.

Planning commission means the planning and zoning commission of the City of Mills, Wyoming.

Plat means the subdivision plat recorded at the office of the county clerk showing the location of property and property boundaries.

Plat, final, means the drawing or drawings and specific supporting materials showing the subdivider's plan for a subdivision submitted in accordance with the requirements of this title, to be recorded with the Natrona County Clerk.

Plat, minor, means the adjusting or removal of interior lot lines, with the final number of lots being equal to or less than the number of lots originally platted.

Plat, preliminary, means the map or maps of a proposed subdivision and specified supporting materials, drawn and submitted in accordance with the requirements of this title, to permit the evaluation of the proposal prior to detailed engineering and design.

Portable store and shipping containers (sea cans) means a unit originally used or designed to store goods or other merchandise during shipping or hauling by a vehicle, including, but not limited to, rail cars of any kind, truck trailers, or multi-modal shipping containers or similar structures such as look-alike shipping container buildings or metal buildings marked as "containers," "portable storage units," or "conex."

Potable water storage facility means a water tank or similar structure that collects and/or stores potable water after treatment to make the water safe for human consumption.

Premises means a lot, together with all the uses and buildings thereon.

Primary dwelling unit means an existing single-family residential structure on a single parcel with provisions for living, sleeping, eating, a single kitchen for cooking, and sanitation facilities occupied and intended for one household.

Primary highway means those being U.S. Highway 20/26, and State Highways 257, 258 (SW Wyoming Blvd. and 254 (Salt Creek Highway).

Printing and publishing means classified as an industrial service.

Professional office means any building or part thereof used by one or more persons engaged in the practice of law, accounting, architecture, engineering, or other occupation customarily considered as a profession.

Property line means the boundary line between two pieces of property.

Public utility means any business which furnishes the general public (a) telephone service, (b) cable television service, (c) electricity, (d) natural gas, (e) water, and (f) any other business so affecting the public interest as to be subject to the supervision or regulation by an agency of the state or political subdivision thereof.

Rated nameplate capacity means the maximum rated output of electric power production equipment. This output is typically specified by the manufacturer with a "nameplate" on the equipment.

Recreation facility means a facility for various indoor and outdoor participant sports and types of recreation where a fee is charged for use (e.g., amphitheaters, amusement and theme parks, golf driving ranges, health and athletic clubs with outdoor facilities, miniature golf courses, skateboard parks, stadiums and coliseums, swim and tennis clubs, water slides, zoos).

Recreational vehicle means any pickup truck, camper, motor home, travel trailer, or mobile unit designed or modified to be used for vacation or recreational purposes. A vehicular-type unit primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use that either has its own motor power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle. Recreational vehicles are allowed as a primary residence within established manufactured home parks up to 15 percent of the total allowable spaces in the park.

Recreational vehicle park means a parcel of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as limited-term living quarters. This definition does not apply to temporary housing.

Recreational vehicle site means any area or tract of land, or portion of a recreational vehicle park, designed or used for the limited-term occupancy of one recreational vehicle.

Recreational vehicle storage facility or area, private or public means a facility or area, designated for the parking of RVs, boats, or extra vehicles not in continual use, owned by the residents of an immediate subdivision, with the following conditions:

(1)

Neighboring residents may be permitted the use of the facility by the subdivision authority.

(2)

Parked RVs, boats, and vehicles shall not obstruct view at an intersection and shall have a minimum setback of 20 feet from a corner.

(3)

Be maintained in a sanitary and orderly manner by the subdivision authority.

(4)

All outside areas shall be surrounded by a six-foot tall security fence.

Recycling center means a building and/or premises used for the recycling, purchase, and donation of metals, paper, and glass to be packaged and sold for recycling purposes; exclusive of automobile parts, bodies, batteries, petroleum products and all materials defined as hazardous by federal, state and local regulations as they pre-exist or are hereafter amended, and exclusive of any operation that salvages motor vehicles or other similar equipment.

Regulations means Title 17, City of Mills Land Development Regulations.

Related equipment (telecommunication facilities) means all equipment ancillary to the transmission and reception of voice and data by means of radio frequencies. Such equipment may include cable, conduit, connectors, equipment pads, equipment shelters, cabinets, buildings, and access ladders.

Religious institution or parish house means places of religious worship such as synagogues, temples, and churches. May include related accessory uses such as offices, classrooms, auditoriums, social halls, and gymnasiums.

Restaurant means an eating establishment whose principal business is the sale of prepared food and beverages for consumption within the restaurant building or within a designated seasonal outdoor eating area attached to the primary building, and whose principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:

(1)

Customers are served their food and beverages by a restaurant employee at the table or counter at which it is consumed.

(2)

There is a cafeteria-type operation where food and beverages are generally consumed within the restaurant building.

Restaurant, fast-food, means an establishment whose principal business is the sale of pre-prepared food and/or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption on the premises or off the premises, and whose principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:

(1)

Food and beverages are usually served in paper, plastic, or other disposable containers.

(2)

Food and beverages are served directly to the customer in a motor vehicle, either by drive-through window, carhop, or by other means, which eliminates the need for the customer to exit the motor vehicle.

Restaurant, drive in, means any restaurant designed to permit or facilitate the serving of meals, sandwiches, ice cream, non-alcoholic beverages, or any other food directly to patrons in parked vehicles.

Resubdivision means any amendment to a recorded subdivision plat, including the resubdivision of any lots, tracts, or parcels, or the relocation or addition of roads within a subdivision.

Retail sales and services mean stores and shops selling multiple lines of merchandise. These stores and lines of merchandise include, but are not limited to, art galleries, bakeries (all production in support of on-site sales), clothing and accessories, collectibles, department stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies, florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales, only); outdoor sales plant nurseries, furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general stores, gift shops, hardware, hobby materials, musical instruments, parts and accessories, newsstands, pet supplies specialty shops, sporting goods and equipment, stationery, and variety stores.

Reviewing authority means the individual or governing body given the authority under these regulations to review and determine appeals.

Review processes means the processes one through five as described in Table l0.l0-l. Each land use permit/action follows one of the listed review process procedures.

Roadworthy recreational vehicle means a recreational vehicle that is ready for highway use, on wheels or a jacking system, and is attached to the site only by quick-disconnect type utilities and has no permanently attached additions.

Roof means the external upper covering of a building.

Rooming house means a house having self-contained furnished rooms or flats for renting.

Sanitary landfill, solid waste disposal means a site for the disposal of refuse on land without creating a nuisance or hazard to public health and safety by utilizing the principles of engineering to confine the refuse to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest practical volume and to regularly cover it with a layer of earth, on a daily or more frequent basis.

Security quarters means apartments, as a part of the main structure, or mobile homes necessary for safety or security reasons in conjunction with the principal use, located on the same lot as the principal use and occupied only by persons responsible for security of the principal use and on the payroll of the industry or business conducting the principal use. A mobile home may be located where permitted by the city as security quarters in an industrial district.

Sell or sale includes sale, contract to sell, lease, assignment, auction, award by lottery, or any offer or solicitation of any offer to do any of the foregoing, concerning a subdivision or any part of a subdivision.

School, public or private means public educational institutions such as community colleges, universities, elementary, middle/junior high schools, high schools, and military academies.

Service station means a building or group of buildings and surfaced area where automotive vehicles may be refueled and serviced; such service shall not include fire recapping, body repairs, or major overhaul.

Setback means the distance required to comply with the front, side, or rear yard and open space provisions set forth in this title, as measured from the property line. In cases where the property line is the center of the road, the setback shall be figured from the curb, edge of the road, or edge of the dedicated right-of-way or public access easement, whichever is closest to the primary structure.

(1)

Front setback means the distance between the front property line and the outermost wall of a structure.

(2)

Rear setback means the distance between the rear property line and the outermost wall of a structure.

(3)

Side setback means the distance between the side property line and the outermost wall of a structure.

Setback lines mean the lines defining the buildable area of a lot and the inside limits of the required yards.

Sexually oriented business as used in this zoning code, a sexually oriented business is an adult bookstore, adult video store, adult motion picture theater, or adult live theater, or any establishment that consists of any combination of such uses.

Sign means a sign shall include any sign, billboard, or other device which shall display or include any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, or representation used as, or which is in the nature of an advertisement or announcement which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business but shall not include any display of official notice or official flag. The following definitions apply to specific types of signs:

(1)

Billboard. See off-premises sign.

(2)

Sign, business, means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or to products, services, or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located, or to which it is affixed. A for sale or a for rent sign relating to the property on which it is displayed shall be deemed a business sign.

(3)

Sign, electronic graphic display, means any illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not constant in intensity and color at all times. It includes all signs or portions thereof, that display electronic, static images, static graphics, or static pictures, with or without text information, defined by a small number of matrix elements using different combinations of light-emitting diodes (LED), fiber optics, light bulbs, or other illumination devices within the display area where the message change sequence is accomplished immediately or by means of fade, re-pixelization, or dissolve modes. Electronic graphic display signs include computer-programmable, microprocessor-controlled electronic, or digital displays. Electronic graphic display signs include projected images or messages with these characteristics onto buildings or other objects.

(4)

Sign, illuminated, means a sign designed to give forth artificial light or designed to reflect light derived from any source.

(5)

Sign, off-premises, means a sign which directs the attention of the public to any goods, merchandise, property, business, service, entertainment, or amusement conducted or produced which is bought or sold, furnished, offered, or dealt in elsewhere than on the premises where such sign is located, or to which it is affixed. It may be a board, panel, or tablet, either illuminated or non-illuminated.

(6)

Sign, pole, means a sign mounted on a freestanding pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is five feet or more above finished grade.

(7)

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

(8)

Sign, temporary, means a sign approved for use on a temporary basis and subject to a temporary use permit, if applicable.

Site plan means a graphic representation of all existing and proposed improvements to a site and showing the layout of a property, including all buildings, roads, utilities, and other improvements.

Slaughterhouse means a building where animals are butchered. See industrial service.

Smoke shop means an establishment that devotes more than 15 percent of its total floor area to smoking, drug, and/or tobacco sales.

Stable means a roofed structure for the shelter of large animals, typically horses.

Stock water well means a water well permitted by the State of Wyoming engineer's office as a stock water well.

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

Street means a right-of-way or access easement, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

Street line means a dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and the contiguous street.

Street network means the following definitions apply to specific types of streets within a street network:

(1)

Arterial means a street that moves traffic at higher speeds and is intended to connect points of major destinations to provide for regional traffic movement.

(2)

Collector means a street that services neighborhoods and districts by connecting traffic movement between arterials and local streets.

(3)

Local means a street which provides circulation, parking, and access to adjoining properties and parking facilities.

(4)

Local-through means a street that provides limited connectivity between residential subdivisions.

Structural alterations means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any complete rebuilding of the roof or the exterior walls. For the purpose of this regulation, the following shall not be considered structural alterations:

(1)

Attachment of a new front where structural supports are not changed.

(2)

Addition of fire escapes where structural supports are not changed.

(3)

New windows where lintels and support walls are not materially changed.

(4)

Minor repair or replacement of non-structural members.

Structure means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, but not including fences, utility poles, lines, cables, and other transmission or distribution facilities of public utilities.

Subdivision means a creation or division of a lot, tract, parcel, or other unit of land for the immediate or future purpose of sale, building development, or redevelopment, for residential, recreational, industrial, commercial, or public uses. The word "subdivide" or any derivative thereof shall have reference to the term subdivision, including manufactured home parks, the creation of which constitutes a subdivision of land. The term includes resubdivision of land.

Subdivider means any person who lays out any subdivision or parts thereof, either for the account of the owner or others.

Tavern means an establishment in which the primary function is the public sale and serving of alcoholic beverages.

Taxidermy means a business that stuffs and/or mounts animal skins for preservation.

Temporary housing means a structure that, by the way that it has been built, is not expected to maintain its durability for as long a period of time as, but has some of the facilities of a conventional dwelling.

Theater means a structure, room, or outdoor area for the presentation of plays, motion pictures, or other dramatic performances. The following definitions apply to specific types of theaters:

(1)

Indoor theater means a theater entirely contained within a structure.

(2)

Outdoor/drive-in theater means a theater located partially or entirely outdoors, within a roofed structure having sides open to the outdoors, or within a tent.

Tower means a mast, pole, monopole, lattice tower, or other structure designed and primarily used to support antennas. This definition includes ground-mounted structures 12 feet or greater in height and building-mounted structures that extend above the roofline, parapet wall, or other roof screen with a mast greater than six inches in diameter supporting one or more antennas, dishes, arrays, or other associated equipment.

Tower height means the total height above finished grade of the fixed portion of the tower, including the wind turbine blades.

Townhome means a single-family dwelling unit constructed as a part of a series of two or more abutting single-family dwelling units sharing a common lot line and or/wall and located on a single, individually owned lot.

Trailer. See manufactured home.

Transmission lines and pipelines means those facilities that transmit or transport electricity, potable water, reclaimed water, natural gas, petroleum products, sewage, and telephone, telegraph, cable television, and other communication transmission facilities that utilize direct physical conduits.

Travel trailer means a vehicular unit, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use and of such size or weight as not to require special highway movement permits when towed by a motorized vehicle, and a gross trailer area less than 320 square feet.

Truck camper means a portable unit constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, travel, or camping use, consisting of a roof, floor, and sides designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck.

Turbine means the parts of a wind system include the blades, generator, and tail. The definition of a turbine includes both horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) and vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT).

Use means the activity or purpose for which a lot and structures thereon are designed for or intended to be occupied.

(1)

Use, permitted, means uses which are in compliance with the regulations of this title and allowed without a special permit within a zoning district.

(2)

Use, principal, means the primary purpose for which a lot or structure is used, as opposed to subordinate accessory uses.

Used car lot means a zoning lot on which used cars, trailers, or trucks are displayed for sale or trade.

Vehicle fueling and service station means a retail establishment engaged in the sale of automotive fuels, motor oil, or other automobile accessories and providing incidental services including lubrication, hand washing and cleaning, or minor mechanical work and repairs, but shall not include painting or body work or the sale of butane or propane fuels.

Vehicle parking and storage means facilities for the storage of operative and inoperative vehicles for limited periods of time. Includes but is not limited to storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles. Does not include vehicle dismantling or retail sales.

Vehicle sales and/or rental means retail establishments selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks, and vans. This use listing includes the sales and rental of mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and boats. May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships.

Vehicle service and repair means the repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, detailing, or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, and other vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This use includes major repair and body work-repair facilities dealing with entire vehicles; such establishments typically provide towing, collision repair, other body work, and painting services, and may also include tire recapping establishments.

Veterinary clinic means an establishment where animals are admitted principally for examination, treatment, board, or care by a doctor of veterinary medicine. (This does not include open kennels or runs.) Also see animal hospital.

Warehouse/freight movement mean uses involved in the storage and movement of large quantities of materials or products indoors and/or outdoors. Associated with significant truck and rail traffic. Examples include freestanding warehouses; household moving and general freight storage; cold storage plants/frozen food lockers; weapon and ammunition storage; major wholesale distribution centers; truck, marine, and air freight terminals; bus barns; grain terminals; and stockpiling of sand, gravel, bark dust, or other aggregate and landscaping materials.

Wholesale means establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes such establishments as agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants, assemblers, buyers, and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products, merchant wholesalers, and stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning supplies and equipment.

Wireless communication facility means a facility that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic signals for the purpose of transmitting analog or digital voice or data communications. Includes antennas, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, telecommunication towers or similar structures supporting said equipment, equipment buildings, parking area, and other accessory development.

Xeriscape means a landscape design technique that minimizes water consumption by using some or all of the following techniques: using low water demand plants; grouping plants by water demand or specific cultural characteristics; reducing turf areas or using turf materials that have low water demand; using mulches to cover soil and save moisture; using efficient irrigation layouts that zone plants that have specific watering needs; minimizing evaporation of water; and performing regular maintenance to maintain water conserving characteristics.

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

Yard, front, means a yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the street right-of-way and the building setback line.

Yard, rear, means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear of the main building and the rear lot line, the depth of which is the least distance between the rear lot line and the rear of such main building.

Yard, side, means a yard between the main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard, or front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally, at 90 degrees with the side lot line, from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.

Yard, street, means the area of a lot or parcel that lies between any public street right-of-way/property line and the fronting walls of buildings on the parcel oriented to that street. The street yard follows all irregularities, indentations, or articulations in the front wall of the building, excluding minor projections or indentations such as steps. For the purposes of defining the area of the street yard, the front wall is extended from the outer corners of the building parallel with the fronting street until it intersects the side property line. On lots with multiple buildings, the street yard area is defined by all building front walls having direct, visual frontage to the street.

Zone or district means a section of the city for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, size, and intensity of use of buildings, land, open spaces, and other regulatory standards about buildings are herein established.

Zoning certificate means a certificate issued by the city disclosing the nature of the zoning of a property and the applicable regulations.

Zoning code means title 17, City of Mills Land Development Regulations.

Zoning commission means the planning and zoning commission of the City of Mills, Wyoming.

Zoning map means the official zoning district map or maps of the City of Mills adopted by the city council, which shall be a part of this title, together with all amendments subsequently adopted.

Zoning regulations means title 17, City of Mills Land Development Regulations.

(Ord. No. 813, att.(5), 6-25-2024; Ord. No. 823, att.(5), 7-22-2025)