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Newtown City Zoning Code

§ B70-2.16

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A. 
“PARKING AREA." An authorized off-street area not within a building where motor vehicles are stored for the purpose of temporary, daily or overnight off-street parking.
[Added 4-10-2019, effective 4-22-2019]
B. 
"PARKING SPACE" means any area used or designated for use for the parking of motor vehicles.
C. 
"PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" shall mean an establishment engaged in providing a service involving the care of a person, his or her apparel or his or her pets, including a barbershop, beauty parlor, day spa, nail salon, day health club, shoe repair, tailoring or dressmaking, photographic studio, apparel rental services, counseling and pet grooming, provided that pets are not kept overnight.
[Added 8-10-2016, effective 8-22-2016[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections B through D as Subsections C through E, respectively.
D. 
"PLANTED BUFFER" means a strip of land dividing buildings, parking lots and uses on one lot from the boundary with an adjacent lot in which is planted two or more parallel rows of evergreen trees or evergreen shrubs of not less than 10 feet in height above ground with their lowest branches not more than three feet above ground. Said rows shall be at least 10 and not more than 20 feet apart and substantially parallel with the lot line, with the row closest to the lot line to be within 15 feet, but not closer than 10 feet to the lot line. Said trees shall be spaced 12 feet apart in said rows, alternating so that each tree is placed on a point in its row which is midway between the trees on either side of it in the adjacent row. Said trees must be maintained or replaced if necessary to provide continuous screening.
E. 
"POND" shall mean any body of water of any size created by excavation or impounded by the action of man and not existing as a natural condition in the Town.
F. 
"PROFESSIONAL BUILDING" is a structure that is used by professional persons and may include residential units, personal service establishments and light office spaces.
[Added 8-10-2016, effective 8-22-2016]
G. 
"PROFESSIONAL PERSON" shall mean a person who is engaged in a business such as medical, dental, legal, engineering, consulting, clerical, administrative, educational, financial, real estate and similar professions.
[Amended 8-10-2016, effective 8-22-2016[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections F through I as Subsections H through K, respectively.
H. 
"PUBLIC GARAGE" shall mean a building, or a part thereof, used for the storage, care or repair of motor vehicles for remuneration, including without limitation, the keeping of motor vehicles for hire, but excluding sales rooms for the sale of new automobiles, farm equipment, trucks and motorcycles.
I. 
"PRINCIPAL PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATION" is a major utility infrastructure facility that constitutes a principal use on a parcel.
[Added 4-8-2015, effective 4-20-2015]
J. 
"PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATION, INCIDENTAL," includes facilities and structures that aid in the delivery of public utility services to the public but does not include public utility equipment. Such installations are considered incidental only insofar as they are minor in relation to the principal use on the lot and are limited in height to the average peak roof height of buildings, any part of which are within 500 feet of the installation.
[Added 4-8-2015, effective 4-20-2015]
K. 
"PUBLIC UTILITY EQUIPMENT" facilitates the delivery of public utility services to the public that is either underground or it occupies less than 10 square feet of surface area, such as telephone, electric and/or cable poles, street and/or sidewalk lighting, wires, fire hydrants and accessways to underground utilities that do not project above the natural ground surface.
[Added 4-8-2015, effective 4-20-2015]