Noblesville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 2
Definitions and Rules of Word Usage
Section 1. Word Usage
- The word “person” includes an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation, or any other legal entity.
- The masculine includes the feminine.
- The present tense includes the past and future tense; the singular number includes the plural.
- The word “shall” is a mandatory requirement; the word “may” is a permissive requirement; and the word “should” is a preferred requirement.
- The words “used” or “occupied” include the words “intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied.”
- The word “lot” includes the words “plot, parcel, and tract.”
Effective on: 9/24/2013
360º Architecture -
{360º Architecture - Use of same materials, colors, architecture elements around all four (4) sides of a structure.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Abutting -
Abutting - Bordering.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Access Connection -
{Access Connection - ‘Any driveway, street, road, turnout or other means of providing for the movement of vehicles to and from a roadway system or between abutting sites. This includes any pedestrian crosswalks not adjacent to an intersection and intersecting with vehicular movements.} ORD. #25-7-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Accessibility Ramp -
{Accessibility Ramp - An inclined plane installed in addition to or instead of stairs to permit wheelchairs, walkers, strollers, carts or other wheeled objects to more easily access a building.} ORD. #41-11-20
Effective on: 11/24/2020
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) - A secondary suite or living unit within the principal building that may have accommodations for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. ORD. #13-02-14
Effective on: 3/11/2014
Accessory Use
Accessory Use - {A secondary use on a property that is incidental and subordinate to a primary use located on the same property, and which does not alter or change the character of the premises. } ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Acre
Acre - A unit of land that measures 43,560 square feet.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Actual Emissions
{Actual Emissions -Any emissions which occur over a specified period of time based upon emissions monitoring, stack testing, emission factors or other acceptable measurements. } ORD. #09-03-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Abandonment
{Abandonment - The relinquishment of property or a cessation of the use of the property for a continuous period of one (1) year.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Addition
{Addition - An extension or increase in the floor area or height of a building or structure. For the purposes of floodplain regulation, it is a walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter of a structure in which the addition is connected by a common load-bearing wall other than a firewall. Any walled and roofed addition which is connected by a firewall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls is new construction.} ORD #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Adjacent Property
Adjacent Property - Any property adjacent to or directly diagonal to the subject property. Properties across a public or private right-of-way are also considered adjacent.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Administrator - The Director of Department of Planning or his/her designee who administers and enforces the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance or Building Codes.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Adult cabaret
{Adult cabaret - A building or portion of a building regularly featuring dancing and other live entertainment if the dancing or entertainment that constitutes the primary live entertainment is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the exhibiting of specific sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Adult media
Adult media - Magazines, book, videotapes, movies, slides, CD-ROMS, or other devices used to record computer images, or other media that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to hard-core material.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Adult media shop
Adult media shop - An establishment that rents and/or sells media, and that meets any of the following three tests.
- 40 percent or more of the gross public floor area is devoted to adult media
- 40 percent or more of the stock-in-trade consists of adult media
- It advertises or holds itself in any forum as “XXX”, “adult”, “sex” or otherwise as a sexually oriented business other than as an adult media store, adult motion picture theater, or adult cabaret.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Adult motion picture theater
Adult motion picture theater - An establishment emphasizing or predominantly showing films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions, which are characterized by the depiction or description of, specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities. } ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Aggregate Side Yard
{Aggregate Side Yard - The minimum yard area between two {principal} structures on adjacent lots.} ORD. #76-9-05, ORD # 25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Agriculture
{Agriculture - The science, art, or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Agricultural Processing, Primary
Agricultural Processing, Primary - An establishment primarily engaged in performing services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Agricultural Processing, Accessory
Agricultural Processing, Accessory - The use of land and building for agricultural processing on the same lot with, and of a nature incidental and subordinate to, the principal agricultural use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Agricultural Uses
{Agricultural Uses - The use of land for farming, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing the resulting product provided, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to the normal agricultural activities. The term agriculture does not include chemical storage, the sale of resulting products to the general public except from temporary roadside stands, or manufacturing of products associated with Agriculture. See also Farm.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Air Containment
{Air Containment - Any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter, or any combination thereof, that may be emitted into the ambient air in any manner which may cause or contribute to air pollution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Air Containment Emitter or Air Containment Source
Air Containment Emitter or Air Containment Source - Any vehicle, process facility or other device that emits or is capable of emitting air contaminants, which are privately or publicly owned or operated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this term includes all types of business, commercial, industrial plants; workshops and stores; heating and power plants and power stations; and buildings and other structures of all types including but not limited to single-family, two-family, and multi-family residences; office buildings; public buildings; commercial uses; industrial uses, all types of vehicles; portable fuel burning equipment; incinerators of all types; refuse dumps and piles; and all stack and other chimney outlets from any of the foregoing.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Air Pollution
Air Pollution - The presence or threatened discharge from whatever source of solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous matter or any combination thereof, in the ambient air in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration which:
- injuries or threatens to injure human, plant, or animal life; or
- damages or threatens to damage property; or
- unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.} ORD. #09-03-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Airport
Airport - Any location either on land, water, or structure which is designed or used for the landing and taking-off of aircraft, including all necessary buildings and facilities, if any.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Airport (Public Use)
{Airport (Public Use) - Any area, site or location, either on land, water or upon any building, which specifically adopted and maintained for landing and taking off of aircraft, and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public or such purposes. The term does not include (1) private use airport or landing field, or (2) any military airport solely occupied by any federal branch of government using that airport for military purposes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Alley
Alley - A {public or private} right-of-way intended to provide secondary access to the rear or side of lots or to buildings in urban areas and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Alteration
Alteration - Any change, addition, or modification in construction, or any change in the structural members of a building, such as load bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Alteration of a Watercourse
{Alteration of a Watercourse - A dam, impoundment, channel relocation, change in channel alignment, channelization, or change in a cross-sectional area of the channel or the channel capacity, or any other modification which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction of and/or velocity of the flow of water during conditions of the base flood.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Amend or Amendment -
Amend or Amendment - Any repeal, modification, or addition to a regulation; any new regulation; any change in the number, shape, boundary, or area of a district, or any repeal or abolition of any map, part thereof, or addition thereto.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Amenity Area
{Amenity Area - An outdoor facility that may include a clubhouse that is owned and maintained by the owner’s association or property owner(s) for the primary use and benefit of the residents of the residential development. The term may include swimming pools, basketball courts, soccer fields, tennis courts, and indoor recreational facilities.} {ORD. #56-11-07}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Amphitheater
Amphitheater - Any land, semi-enclosed structure, or combination thereof, designed for the enactment of the performing arts {or other entertainment uses that include entertainment related facilities and uses.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Amusements, Outdoor
Amusements, Outdoor - A commercial use of land, which is primarily outdoors, and which is conducted primarily for the entertainment of the customer. Such uses shall include miniature golf courses, batting cages, and similar uses. See also Sports and Recreation Parks.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Annuals
{Annuals - A plant that dies at the end of a growing season both above and below ground.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Antenna
{Antenna - Any communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of wireless communication service.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Antenna or Satellite Dish
Antenna or Satellite Dish - Any device designed to transmit or receive wave signals to or from any source whatsoever.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Antenna Array or Wireless Telecommunications Antenna Array
{Antenna Array or Wireless Telecommunications Antenna Array - One or more rods, panels, discs, or similar devices used for the transmission or receptions of radio frequency signals, which may include omni-directional antennas (whip), direction antennas (panel), and parabolic antennas but excluding any support structure.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Application
{Application - The completed form or forms, together with any other materials, exhibits, and fees as required of an applicant pursuant to this Ordinance.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Aquatic Buffer
Aquatic Buffer - Any area in and around a water feature including lakes, ponds, detention and retention areas, legal drains, and rivers that are generally vegetated and separate the water resources from adjacent land providing numerous functions including water quality, fish and wildlife habitats, and wildlife travel corridors.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Apartment House
{Apartment House - A building that includes self-contained housing units used or intended to be used as the residence of three or more families living independently of each other and typically for lease or rent.} ORD. #46-07-16
Effective on: 9/3/2016
{Appeal -
{Appeal - A request for a review of an interpretation by the Director of Planning and Development of any provision of this ordinance.} ORD #49-10-14
Effective on: 10/28/2014
Appellant
{Appellant - A person filing for an appeal.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Applicant
Applicant - The owner, {owners, or legal representative of land who makes application to the City of Noblesville} Written consent shall be required from the legal owner of the premises. ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Applied Trim
{Applied Trim - Supplemental and separate decorative strips applied to the face or sides of a frame.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Architectural Detail
Architectural Detail - Any project, relief, cornice, column, change of building material, window, or door opening on any building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Architectural Guidelines
{Architectural Guidelines - The guidelines established by the Architectural Review Board for reviewing detached single-family, attached single-family and multi-family structures as a part of the Preliminary Development Plan process.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Architectural Plane
{Architectural Plane - A two-dimensional surface defined by width and length.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Architectural Plane (Primary)
Architectural Plane (Primary) - That two-dimensional surface fronting along a street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Architectural Plane (Secondary)
Architectural Plane (Secondary) - All two-dimensional surfaces of a building other than the primary architectural plane.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Area of Special Flood Hazard
{Area of Special Flood Hazard - The land within a community subject to a one (1) percent or greater chance of being flooded in any given year.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Art Galleries and Museums
Art Galleries and Museums - Public or semipublic uses whose primary use is to enhance the appreciation of its visitors for past and present cultural practices and events, through the use of exhibits, tours, demonstrations, audio-visual technologies, and similar communications media.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Arterial
Arterial - See Street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
As-Built Construction Plans
As-Built Construction Plans - Drawings made after the completion of improvements, which identify how the improvements were constructed on site.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Assembly of Finished Goods
{Assembly of Finished Goods - The process of assembling and packaging pre-manufactured items into a single final product.} ORD. 22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Assisted Living Facility
{Assisted Living Facility - A residential facility where limited health care is provided including assistance with daily activities such as dressing, grooming and bathing, and/or taking medicines are provided for the aged or any other reasonably independent person in need of nursing care. These facilities do not contain equipment for surgical care or treatment of disease or injury and are not primarily designed for patients with mental illness or alcohol or drug addiction. Assisted Living Facilities have private rooms that are not shared by non-related persons.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
{Automated Teller Machine (ATM) - An electronically operated devise used to conduct financial transactions on site by means of direct computerized access.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automotive Fuel Station
Automotive Fuel Station - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels, oils, or accessories.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automotive Rental
Automotive Rental - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the rental of motor vehicles on a temporary basis, and including any incidental storage thereof.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automotive Repair/Body Shop
Automotive Repair/Body Shop - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the {general repair of automobiles including but not limited to engine rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles; engine steam cleaning; transmission welding or rebuilding and installation; collision service such as body, frame and fender straightening and repair; and painting of motor vehicle after a collision, fire damage, water damage, or other natural disaster or for the purpose of restoration. Automobile Repair/Body Shop may also include Automotive Service, as defined.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automotive Sales
Automotive Sales - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the sale or lease of new or used motor vehicles. Automotive Sales may include Automotive Repair and Automotive Service. See also Automotive Repair and Automotive Service.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Automotive Service
Automotive Service - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the {routine maintenance of automobiles and limited servicing of automobiles including but not limited to the sale and installation of oil, lubricants, filters, batteries, tires, brakes, belts, and other similar activities or for installing or repairing parts and accessories but not to include the activities of Automobile Repair/Body Shop as defined.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Average Daily Traffic (ADT)
{Average Daily Traffic (ADT) - The estimated daily average number of vehicular travelers on a street in a 24-hour period.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Ballast
{Ballast - A heavy substance placed in such a way as to improve the stability and control of an object.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Banding
{Banding - A continuous series of moldings projecting slightly from the architectural plan.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bar, Tavern or Lounge
Bar, Tavern or Lounge - Premises used primarily for the sale and dispensing of liquor by the drink for on-site consumption and where food may be available for consumption on the premises as accessory to the principle use. ORD. #67-12-98
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bare-bulb (Illumination)
Bare-bulb (Illumination) - See Illumination, Bare-bulb.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Base Flood -
{Base Flood - The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. {The base flood may also be referred to as the 1% annual chance flood or one hundred (100) year flood.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD 68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Base Flood Elevation
Base Flood Elevation - {The water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to a specified datum, usually the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Base Station
{Base Station - A station located at a specific site that is authorized to communicate with mobile stations. The term includes all radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial cables, power supplies, and other electronics associated with a station.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Basement -
Basement - That portion of the building that is underground but having at least half its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground. See also Cellar.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Basement (for {floodplain management purposes)}
{Basement (for {floodplain management purposes)} - That portion of a structure having its floor below ground level on all sides.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Basement Finish
{Basement Finish - Completion or construction of new walls, heating, electrical, etc., so as to make the below ground area habitable.} ORD #61-12-15
Effective on: 1/12/2016
Bed and Breakfast Establishment
Bed and Breakfast Establishment - An owner-occupied dwelling unit providing overnight accommodations and breakfast to the public for compensation for ten (10) or more days in a twelve-month period.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Berm (mound) - A man-made landscape feature used for screening in which earth is piled up in irregular, round, oblong shapes. Berms do not have consistent crest elevations but are irregular creating a more natural landscape feature.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Best Available Flood Layer (BAFL) - Floodplain studies and any corresponding floodplain maps prepared and/or approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources which provide base flood elevation information and/or floodway delineations for flood hazards identified by approximate studies on the currently effective FIRM (Zone A) and/or waterways where the flood hazard is not identified on available floodplain mapping.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Best Management Practices (BMP)
{Best Management Practices (BMP) - The utilization of the natural environment, artificial structures, scheduling, and/or prohibition to ensure the long-term operation and maintenance of features that control erosion and/or the discharge of polluting elements.} ORD. #95-11-06, #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Beverage Bottling -
Beverage Bottling - An establishment engaged in manufacturing, processing, and bottling or packaging of beverages for wholesaling and distribution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bioretention Facilities (rain gardens)
{Bioretention Facilities (rain gardens) - A stormwater management system that uses soil and plants to absorb stormwater runoff and to capture pollutants. These are small landscaped basins intended to provide water quality management by filtering stormwater runoff before release into a storm drain system.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bioswale
{Bioswale - A bioswale is a shallow depression created in the earth to accept and convey stormwater runoff. A bioswale uses natural means, including vegetation and soil, to treat stormwater by filtering out contaminants being conveyed in the water.} ORD. 64-1-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Block -
Block - A tract of land bounded by streets, or a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways, or boundary lines of municipalities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
BMP
{BMP - Best Management Practices.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)
{Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) - The City of Noblesville’s Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals or any division thereof and its designees.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Board of Works
Board of Works - The Noblesville Board of Public Works and Safety is in charge of approving City contracts and accepting public improvement projects.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Boarding House -
Boarding House - A building, not available to transients, in which only meals and lodging are regularly provided for compensation for at least three (3) but not more than twelve (12) persons.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bond -
Bond - Any form of security including a cash deposit, surety bond, collateral, property, or instrument of credit in an amount and form satisfactory to the Board of Works or County Commissioners. All bonds shall be approved by the Board of Works or County Commissioners whenever a bond is required by these regulations.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Borrow Pit
{Borrow Pit - An area of land from which earth is removed for use on another site and a permanent or temporary irregular terrain is created.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Branch
{Branch - An outgrowing shoot, stem, or twig that grows from the main stem or trunk.} ORD. # 32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Brewpub
{Brewpub - A commercial use which brews ales, beers, meads, and/or similar beverages on-site and serves those beverages on-site.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Brick
{Brick - A solid or hollow masonry unit of clay mixture with sand, and molded into a rectangular-shape while in a plastic state, then baked in a kiln.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Buffer Landscaping
{Buffer Landscaping - Any trees, shrubs, walls, fences, berms/mounds, space or related landscaping features required under the UDO for buffering lots, parcels, etc., from adjacent properties or public rights of way for the purpose of increasing visual shielding or other aspects of privacy or aesthetics.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Buffer Yard (Peripheral)
{Buffer Yard (Peripheral) - See Landscaping Buffer Yard} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Buffering
{Buffering - Any means of protecting an area of land from the adverse visual and suitable effects of another area, which may include trees, shrubs, walls, fences, berms/mounds, space or related landscaping features required under this ordinance for buffering lots, parcels, etc., from adjacent properties or public rights-of-way or the purpose of increasing visual shielding or other aspects of privacy or aesthetics.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Build-to-line
{Build-to-line - A line appearing on the development plan stated as the setback dimension from the right-of-way, which a building façade must be placed.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building
Building - Any structure designed, built, and used for the shelter, protection, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property, and which is permanently affixed to the land. A building is also a structure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Addition -
Building, Addition - Construction that increases the square footage of an existing structure or building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Height of -
Building, Height of - See Height, Building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Principal -
Building, Principal - A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot in which said building is situated.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Detached
{Building, Detached - A building that has no structural connection with the primary building or any other building or structure.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Remodel -
Building, Remodel - The alteration of an existing structure or building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building, Single-Tenant
{Building, Single-Tenant - A building in which all space is occupied by one (1) tenant and is not a part of a larger unified development.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Area
{Building Area - The horizontal {square footage, under roof, of a building or structure} ORD #56-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Building Code
{Building Code - The Indiana Building Code that establishes and controls the standards for constructing all forms of permanent structures and related matters. Also referred to as the Noblesville Building Code.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Envelope
Building Envelope - The setback lines that establishes an area on a lot in which a building and related activities can occur.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Frontage
{Building Frontage - The length of an outside building wall on a dedicated public or private street.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Permit
Building Permit - A permit signed by the Director of Planning & Development stating that a proposed improvement complies with the provisions of this Ordinance and such other parts of the City Code as may be applicable.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Setback Line (Front)
{Building Setback Line (Front) - The line nearest the front of and across the lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the front line of a building or structure and the Front Lot Line. Said building setback line shall be parallel to the street.} ORD. #96-11-05
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Building Separation
{Building Separation - The least distance between the walls of two (2) structures regardless of whether they are located on the same lot or parcel.} {ORD. #56-11-07}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Business, General
Business, General - Commercial uses, which generally require locations on or near major arterials and/or their intersections which tend to, serve day-to-day needs of the neighborhood and supply the more durable and permanent needs of the whole community.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Business, Local
Business, Local - Commercial establishments, which cater to and can be located in close proximity to residential districts without creating excessive congestion, noise, or other objectionable influences. Uses in this classification tend to serve the day-to-day needs of the neighborhood.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bus
Bus - A motor vehicle, other than a commuter van, designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Bus Passenger Terminal
Bus Passenger Terminal - Any land, structure, or building which serves as a point of arrival or departure for passengers of commercial busses, including any ticket sales areas, reception areas, bus parking and/or refueling areas, and retail sales accessory thereto. Bus Passenger Terminals shall not include the storage, cleaning, or repair of busses.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Caliper -
{Caliper -The American Association of Nurserymen Standard for trunk measurement of nursery stock. Caliper of the trunk shall be taken six inches above the ground for up to and including four-inch caliper sizes, and twelve inches above the ground for larger trees.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Camouflaged
Camouflaged - Any telecommunications facility that is designed to blend into the surrounding environment. Examples of camouflaged facilities may include architecturally screened roof mounted antennas, building mounted antennas painted to match the existing structure, antennas integrated into architectural elements, towers made to look like trees and antenna structures designed to resemble light poles or flag poles.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Campground -
Campground - An area of land on which two or more recreational vehicles, including campers, tents, RV’s, or other similar temporary recreational structures, are regularly accommodated with or without charge, including any building, structure, or fixture or equipment that is used or intended to be used in connection with providing such accommodations.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cane
{Cane - A primary stem which starts at a point not higher than one-fourth (1/4) the height of the plant.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Canopy Cover
{Canopy Cover - The percent of a fixed area covered by the crown of an individual plant species or delimited by the vertical projection of its outermost perimeter. Small openings in the crown are included.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Capital Improvements Program
Capital Improvements Program - A schedule of all proposed public improvement projects in order of construction priority together with cost estimates and the anticipated means of financing each project. All major projects requiring the expenditure of public funds, over and above the annual municipal operating expenses, for the purchase, construction, or replacement of the physical assets for the community are included.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Car Share
{Car Share - The offering of an automobile for rent for a short period of time such as by the hour. Use allows occasional access to an automobile often through an app or online.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
Car Wash
Car Wash - A building or portion thereof containing facilities for washing one(1) or more automobiles simultaneously, using production line methods such as a chain conveyor, blower, steam cleaning device, or other mechanical devices, or providing space, water, equipment, or soap for the complete or partial cleaning of such automobiles, whether by operator or by customer.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cart Corral
{Cart Corral - A structure within a parking lot that is designed and designated for patrons to deliver shopping carts.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cellar -
Cellar - A portion of the building partly underground, but having half or more of its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cellular on Wheels (COW)
{Cellular on Wheels (COW) - A mobile cell site that consists of an antenna tower and electric radio transceiver equipment on a truck or trailer to provide expanded cellular network coverage and/or capacity at major special events or disaster areas and designed to be a part of the cellular network.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cemetery -
Cemetery - Land used or intended to be used for the burial of human or animal dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery for which perpetual care and maintenance is provided.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Certificate of Compliance
{Certificate of Compliance - A certificate issued by the Director of Planning and Development or his designee stating that the plans submitted for an Improvement Location Permit including grading and pad elevations, {Sign Permits, {Landscape Plans,}and Miscellaneous Permits that comply with the approved plans, provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance, and commitments as required by the Plan Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Common Council, Board of Public Works, or the Director of Planning and Development. A Certificate of Compliance is not a substitute for a Certificate of Occupancy for occupying a building/structure.} ORD #89-10-06, ORD #32-10-11, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Certificate of Occupancy -
Certificate of Occupancy - A certificate signed by the Director of Planning and Development stating that the occupancy and use of land or building or structure referred to therein complies with the provisions of this Code.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Certificate of Occupancy ({Temporary})
{Certificate of Occupancy ({Temporary}) - A certificate with a specific expiration date issued by the Director of Planning and Development or his designee, that at the time of issuance, the occupancy and use of the building or structure does not fully comply with the provisions of all applicable codes including but not limited to the Unified Development Ordinance, Building Codes, Electrical Codes, Fire Codes, Mechanical Codes, and all other State and Federal Codes and Ordinances, but may be occupied for the specified period subject to the conditions stipulated on the certificate.} ORD #89-10-06, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Change of Zoning -
{Change of Zoning - (See Rezoning)} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Changeable Copy
{Changeable Copy - Letters, numerals, or other copy that may be manually or mechanically affixed to and/or removed from a sign. Changeable copy is only permitted when incorporated into a permanent sign structure as permitted by this Ordinance.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Channel -
Channel - A natural or artificial water course of perceptible extent, with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Channel Letters
Channel Letters - Three-dimensional individually cut letters or figures, illuminated or not illuminated, and affixed to a structure. {Open-face channel letters are prohibited.} ORD. #17-5-09, ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Channel Letters, Open-Face -
{Channel Letters, Open-Face - Three-dimensional, individually cut letters or figures, illuminated having a clear plastic face allowing for raw neon or like materials to be seen and affixed to a structure. This type of channel letter is prohibited.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Chemical Processing -
Chemical Processing - An establishment engaged in producing basic chemicals or in manufacturing products by predominantly chemical processes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Child Care Center
Child Care Center - A place where at least seventeen (17) children receive child care from a provider while unattended by a guardian, for regular compensation and, and for a period of at least four (4), but no more than twenty-four (24), consecutive hours in each of ten (10) consecutive days per year, excluding intervening weekends and holidays.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Child Care Home -
{Child Care Home - A dwelling unit where at least six (6) children not including the children for whom the provider is a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, custodian or other relative that receives child care from a provider while unattended by a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, or custodian for regular compensation and for a period of at least four (4) hours and less than twenty-four (24) hours in each of ten (10) consecutive days per year, excluding intervening weekends and holidays. Any child that is at least 14 years of age that does not require child care and any child who is at least seven (7) years of age for whom a provider of care in the child care home is a parent, stepparent, legal guardian or custodian does not count toward determining the limit set forth regarding the number of children. The term “Child Care Home” shall refer to “Class I Child Care Home” and “Class II Child Care Home.”
Child Care Home, Class 1 - A Child Care Home that serves any combination of full-time and part-time children, not to exceed twelve (12) children at any one time.
Child Care Home, Class II - A Child Care Home that serves more than twelve (12) children but not more than any combination of sixteen (16) full-time and part-time children at any one time.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Church -
Church - See Place of Worship.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cinema or Theater -
Cinema or Theater - Any building designed for the enactment of dramatic performances and/or showing of motion pictures. For the purposes of this chapter, a drive-in theater shall be deemed a separate and distinct use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
City -
City - The city having jurisdiction over the parcel of land under consideration. The City of Noblesville, Indiana.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
City Engineer -
City Engineer - The City Engineer of the City of Noblesville.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Coffee House -
{Coffee House - A restaurant primarily offering coffee, tea, and other beverages that are typically sold at a counter or drive-up window for motor vehicles.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Clinic -
Clinic - See Office, Medical.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Club or Lodge, Private
Club or Lodge, Private - {An association organized and operated on a non-profit basis for persons who are bona fide members paying dues, which association owns or leases premises, the use of which premises is restricted to such members and their guests, and which manages the affairs of such association by and through a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members. Food, meals and beverages may be served on such premises, provided adequate dining room space and kitchen facilities are available. This includes fraternities and sororities.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Clubhouse
Clubhouse - A building or portion thereof, accessory to a residential subdivision or multi-family development, and used primarily by the residents and their guests for recreational and entertainment purposes. Such uses shall not include retail or food sales or services except on a temporary and occasional basis.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Cluster Box Unit
{Cluster Box Unit - A freestanding, pedestal-mounted mailbox containing 8, 12, 13, or 16 individually locked mailboxes and parcel compartments.} ORD. #46-07-16
Effective on: 9/3/2016
Co-Location
{Co-Location - A space on an existing or proposed telecommunication tower that can be used for the installation and/or mounting of antennas or radio or cellular communication equipment that operates on a different frequency from the initial user.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Collector
Collector - See Street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
College or University
College or University - A public or private institution providing full-time or part-time education beyond the high school level and including any lodging rooms or housing for students or faculty. A Business or Trade School is not considered a College or University.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{
{Commercial Message - Any image, logo, or words that advertises a business conducted, services rendered, activities conducted, or goods produced and/or sold.} ORD #37-08-18
Effective on: 9/9/2014
Commission
Commission - The Noblesville City Plan Commission.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Commitment
Commitment - A recordable written agreement or {covenant concerning the use or development of a parcel of real property which is made in writing by the owner of that parcel that may include a site plan and/or other pertinent drawings that sets forth any binding limitations of use or development for that particular parcel. This may be made either voluntarily or in accordance with an order or request of the Plan Commission.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Common, Creative, and Collaborative Spaces -
{Common, Creative, and Collaborative Spaces - A facility that offers open access to resources that is characterized by a culture of openness and collaboration concerning knowledge-sharing, skills, and tools. Shared resources may range from physical resources like office materials, machines and prototyping tools, to more intangible resources such as new knowledge, professional networking, training, or mentorship.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
{Common Spaces (Multi-Family)
{Common Spaces (Multi-Family) - Areas within multi-family developments that are generally open to all residents and may be open to the public. These spaces generally can include, but not be limited to, lobbies, fitness facilities, leasing offices, laundry, storage, mail/package room, gathering areas, light food prep, pools, and entertainment rooms.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
{
{Community - A political entity that has authority to adopt and enforce floodplain ordinances for the areas within its jurisdiction.} ORD. #68-11-23
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Community Event
{Community Event - An activity {in Noblesville} that is open to the general public and sponsored by a public, private not-for-profit, or religious organization that is educational, cultural, or recreational in function. Charitable events sponsored by for-profit organizations are also considered community activities.} ORD. #17-5-09, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Community Gateway
{Community Gateway - a corridor, expressway, or arterial that citizens or visitors of Noblesville travel {in high numbers} which represents the character of the community. These gateways include the State Road 37 corridor, the 146th Street corridor, the State Road 32 corridor, the State Road 38 corridor, and the Corporate Campus.} ORD. #57-9-04, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Community Rating System (CRS)
{Community Rating System (CRS) - A program developed by the Federal Insurance Administration to provide incentives for those communities participating in the regular program of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that have included provisions beyond the minimum floodplain management regulations to develop extra measures providing additional protection(s) from flooding.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Compatible
Compatible - A structure, planned development, and/or use that is capable of existing together in harmony with its surrounding structures, planned developments, and/or uses forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates from nor alters its surroundings causing attention to be drawn to the proposed structure, planned development, and /or use.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Composition
{Composition - The manner in which parts are combined or related to form a united whole. It includes scale, site relationship, space, volume, texture, proportion, reflection, rhythm, repetition, pattern, ornamentation, mass, form, harmony, depth, color, contrast, and balance} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan - A plan adopted by the Plan Commission and Common Council, pursuant to State law, and including any part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan, or parts thereof. The document shall include:
- A statement of objectives for the future development of the jurisdiction.
- A statement of policy for the land use development of the jurisdiction.
- A statement of policy for the development of public ways, public places, public lands, public structures, and public utilities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Concept Plan -
{Concept Plan - A plan for the development of land brought by the applicant/petitioner to a PRE-Submittal meeting that shows in general terms the proposed land use, circulation, natural characteristics and typical development of the area to be developed including the affected adjacent properties and traffic.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Condition -
{Condition - A restrictive or modifying factor that is essential to the occurrence of something else.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Conditional Approval
{Conditional Approval - Stipulations or provisions attached to an approval issued by any governmental entity that is a prerequisite for a Final Certificate of Occupancy.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR)
{Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) - A document that illustrates 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 Elevation (BFE), or the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). The letter does not revise an effective NFIP map, it indicates whether the project, if built as proposed, would be recognized by FEMA. Building permits cannot be issued based on a CLOMR because a CLOMR does not change the NFIP map.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Conditional Use
Conditional Use - A use permitted within a district other than a use permitted “by right”, and requiring approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals because of its unusual nature. Conditional uses that may be allowed in each district are listed in the Official Schedule of District Regulations.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Condominium
{Condominium - The individual ownership of a dwelling unit within a multiple family dwelling, together with an interest in the common land and building areas and the underlying land as per IC 32-25.} ORD. #89-10-06 . {Real property is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Confined Feeding Operation
{Confined Feeding Operation - the raising of animals for food, fur or recreation in an area where they are confined, fed, and maintained for at least 45 days during any year, and where there is no ground cover or vegetation present over at least half of the confinement area. This shall be any animal feeding operation that houses at least 300 cattle, or 600 swine or sheep, or 30,000 or more fowl.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Conifer
{Conifer - Cone-bearing tree.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Conservation
{Conservation - Protection, improvement, and wise use of natural resources according to principles that will assure utilization of the resource to obtain the highest economic and social benefits.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Construction Plans
{Construction Plans - The maps, drawings, and textual description showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed or constructed.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Contractor’s Offices
Contractor’s Offices - Any land, building, or structure used as the permanent place of business for a general contractor or tradesman, including the incidental storage of construction equipment and materials and company vehicles.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Convalescent, Nursing or Rest Home
Convalescent, Nursing or Rest Home - An establishment for the care or assisted living of the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Such home does not contain equipment for surgical care or for the treatment of disease or injury.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Convenience Store -
{Convenience Store - An establishment where food stuffs, patent medicines, periodicals, and other similar items of household convenience are kept for retail sale to the public.} ORD #48-10-14
Effective on: 11/10/2014
Conversion
{Conversion - A change of a building’s use to another use.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Copy
{Copy - The wording, logo, shapes, or object content of a sign in either permanent or removable letter media.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Core Central Business District
{Core Central Business District - The area beginning at the intersection of Clinton Street and 10th Street, running thence South along 10th Street to its intersection with Maple Avenue, running thence West along Maple Avenue to a point where Maple Avenue would intersect with White River, if Maple Avenue were continued upon its westerly course, running thence North along the meandering thread of White River to the intersection of a line which would represent the extension of Clinton Street to the West to its intersection with White River thence East to Clinton Street and along Clinton Street to the point of beginning.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Corner Break -
{Corner Break - The position at which two architectural planes meet and form relief creating a third dimension.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cornice
{Cornice - A molded ornamental projection that crowns or finishes the top of the building or wall to which it is affixed.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Council
Council - The Common Council of the City of Noblesville.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
County
{County - Hamilton County, Indiana } ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Covenant (Deed Restriction)
Covenant (Deed Restriction) - {Private and legal restrictions of various kinds on the usage of lots, typically within a subdivision and applied by the subdivider. {In the case of public health, safety, and welfare, covenants maybe applied by the Plan Commission that are recorded with the plat and deed.} Covenants can also be placed on commercial and industrial developments. Unless specifically agreed to, covenants are not enforceable by the Plan Commission or its designees, however, they are enforceable in civil court by interested or affected parties.} ORD. #56-11-07, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Critical Facility
{Critical Facility - Any use of land for which even a slight chance of flooding might be too great. Critical facilities include, but are not limited to, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, police, fire, and emergency response installations, or installations which produce, use, or store hazardous materials or hazardous waste.} ORD. #22-10-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Critical Root Zone
{Critical Root Zone - The area of undisturbed natural soil around a tree {that must be left undisturbed in order to preserve a sufficient root mass to give the tree a reasonable chance of survival} defined by a horizontal circle drawn at grade with the center being the center of the trunk of the tree and a radius equal to the distance from the trunk to the outermost portion of the drip line.} It is the area around the tree. See graphic below Crown Width ORD. #32-10-11, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Crown
{Crown - The portion of the tree comprising the branches.} See graphic below Crown Width. ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Crown Form (Shape)
{Crown Form (Shape) - The configuration crown of a standing tree or shrub (circle, triangle, parabola, rectangle, or horizontal ellipse).} ORD. #32-10-11
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Effective on: 9/24/2013
Crown Width (Diameter)
Crown Width (Diameter) - The span of the crown of a tree or shrub.} See graphic below ORD. #32-10-11
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Effective on: 9/24/2013
Curb -
Curb - A concrete boundary marking the edge of a street or other paved area and providing for a change in grade between the street surface and the adjacent unpaved portions of the street right-of-way.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Curb Cut (Driveway Cut) -
Curb Cut (Driveway Cut) - A permit issued by the Department of Engineering providing for vehicular ingress/egress between property and the abutting street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Curb Radius -
Curb Radius - The curved edge of a street, driveway, or other paved area at an intersection with another street driveway, or other paved area.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cul-de-sac -
Cul-de-sac - See Street, Cul-de-sac.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Culvert -
Culvert - A drainpipe that channels water under a bridge, street, or driveway.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cut -
Cut - An excavation. The difference between a point on the original ground and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade. Also, the material removed in excavation.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cut and Fill
Cut and Fill - The modification of a lot or parcel by excavating in one location and subsequently moving the excavated material to another location on the same site. See also single words Cut and Fill. ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cut and Fill (For Flood Purposes Only)
Cut and Fill (For Flood Purposes Only) - To build up the level of low lying land in the Special Flood Hazard Area (floodplain) using material from within the same watershed floodplain to cause a permanent increase in existing ground elevations. The intent of this method is to provide an area of compensatory storage to offset the impact of the fill area.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dead End
Dead End - See Street, Dead End.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Decibel
{Decibel - A unit of measurement of the intensity of loudness of sound. Sound level meters are used to measure such intensities and are calibrated in decibels.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Deciduous
{Deciduous - Plants that shed their leaves annually.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dedication
Dedication - The setting apart of land or interests in land for use by the public {or municipality} by ordinance, resolution, or entry in the official minutes as by the recording of a plat. ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Demolition
{Demolition - The act of doing away with a structure by destroying it to the ground.} ORD. #76-9-05
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Density
Density - A unit of measurement; the number of dwelling units per acre of land.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Density, Gross
Density, Gross - the number of dwelling units per acre of the total land to be developed, including public rights-of-way.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Density, Net
Density, Net - The number of dwelling units per acre of land when the acreage involved includes only the land devoted to residential uses, excluding public right-of-way, {floodplains, wetlands}, and other public lands. ORD. #82-10-05
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Detention Area
{Detention Area - An area that is designed to capture specific quantities of Stormwater and to gradually release the Stormwater at a sufficiently slow rate to avert flooding. This area normally is eventually dry.} ORD. 89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Developed Area
{Developed Area - Land that has been substantially improved by making it more useful to humans including the erection of buildings or increasing its value by cultivation.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Developer
Developer - The owner or his legal representative of land proposed to be subdivided, {or residentially, commercially, or industrially utilized.} Consent shall be required from the legal owner of the premises. ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Development
Development - Any man made change to improved or unimproved real estate{including, but not limited to: {construction; reconstruction; or placement of a structure; an addition to a structure; installation of a manufactured home; installation of a recreational vehicle on a site for more than 180 days; mining; dredging; filling; grading; paving; excavation; drilling operations; construction and/or reconstruction of bridges or culverts; construction of roads; erection of walls and fences; utility installation; construction of flood control structures including levees, dikes, dams, channel improvements, etc.; storage of materials; construction or reconstruction of boat lifts, docks, piers, and sea walls; or any other activity that might change the direction, height, or velocity of flood or surface waters. This does not include activities such as the maintenance of existing structures and facilities such as painting, re-roofing, resurfacing roads, gardening, plowing, and similar agricultural practices that do not involve filling, grading, excavation, construction of elevated beds, or the construction of permanent structures.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Development Plan
Development Plan - A scale drawing, including a legal or site description, of the real estate involved which shows the location and size of the following, both existing and proposed: all buildings, structures, and yards; topographic map; location and dimension of building lines and easements; widths and lengths of all entrances and exits to and from said real estate; location of all adjacent or adjoining streets, service facilities; and other improvements such as planting areas.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Development Plan, Detailed
{Development Plan, Detailed - The construction drawings incorporating} all amendments and plans adopted at the Preliminary Development Plan hearing that sets the stage for approval of the Secondary Plat(s) as evidenced in a development plan.} ORD. #56-11-07, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Development Plan, Preliminary
{Development Plan, Preliminary – The initial development plans as proposed for a Planned Development following approval by the Plan Commission and adoption by the Common Council of said drawings {and Planned Development (PD) ordinance including any waivers from the underlying zoning district regulations and commitments by the developer for said real property.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Director of Planning and Development
{Director of Planning and Development - The official in charge of the Department of Planning and Development and authorized to administer and enforce the Unified Development Code including his/her designees.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Disc Golf Course -
{Disc Golf Course - An area of land laid out with a series of targets which a player throws discs at a target.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Display publicly
{Display publicly - The act of exposing, placing, posting, exhibiting, or in any fashion displaying in any location, whether public or private, an item in such a manner that is may be readily seen and its content or character distinguished by normal unaided vision viewing it from a street, highway, or public sidewalk, or from the property of others, or from any portion of the premises where items and materials other than adult media are on display to the public.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Distribution Facilities
{Distribution Facilities - An area and any subsequent buildings where trucks load and unload cargo and freight and where the cargo and freight may be broken down or aggregated into smaller or larger loads for transfer to other vehicles or modes of transportation.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
District (Zoning)
District (Zoning) - {Specific areas within the jurisdiction of the Plan Commission for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, size, and intensity of use of buildings and land, parking, open space and similar bulk standards that are established by this ordinance. (Individual zoning districts).} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
DNR
{DNR - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Domestic Pets
{Domestic Pets - Animals commonly used as household pets, protection, companions, and for assistance to disabled persons. Domestic pets shall include animals that are cared for and treated in a manner acceptable for pet dogs, cats, and birds. Domestic pets shall include, but not be limited to, dogs, cats, parakeets, parrots, finches, lizards, spiders, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, rabbits, aquarium fish, ferrets, and snakes if cared for in the manner described above.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Downtown Mixed-Use Residential
{Downtown Mixed-Use Residential - Any single-family, two-family, or multi-family dwelling units(s) located above a non-residential use in the same building.} ORD. #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Drainage
Drainage - The outflow of water or other fluids from a site through natural or artificial means.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Drainage Concentration
{Drainage Concentration - The diversion of the natural flow of water, directed to a point or an area that creates a greater than natural flow at that point or area.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drainage System
{Drainage System - All facilities, channels and areas which serve to convey, filter, store and/or receive Stormwater, either on a temporary or permanent basis.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drinking Place
Drinking Place - An establishment whose primary use is the sale of beverages such as coffee or juice. A drinking place shall not include a bar unless the sale of alcoholic beverages is also permitted in the district in which the drinking place is located. See also Bar, Tavern, or Cocktail Lounge.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drip Line
{Drip Line - The vertical line encompassing the outermost portions of the tree canopy extending to the ground.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drive-In Theater
Drive-In Theater - A cinema which is also a drive-in establishment. See also Cinema or Theater and Drive-in or Drive-through Establishment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drive-in or Drive-up Facility
{Drive-in or Drive-up Facility - A small scale establishments developed so that its retail or service character is dependent on providing a driveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles so as to serve patrons, while remaining in their motor vehicles, rather than within a building or structure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Drive-Thru Service
Drive-Thru Service - An opening or openings in the wall of a building or structure designed and intended to be used to provide for sales and/or service to patrons, who remain in their vehicles, of products that are used or consumed off-site.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Driveway
Driveway - {Access for vehicular movement to egress/ingress between the right-of-way of private or public streets and the required building setback line.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Driveway, Leading Edge
{Driveway, Leading Edge - The edge of the driveway located behind the street right-of-way.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Driving Range -
{Driving Range - A tract of land equipped with distance markers for practicing golf shots.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Dry Cleaning Establishment with On-Site Plant
{Dry Cleaning Establishment with On-Site Plant - An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry with an on-site plant and the maintenance or operation of any laundry or dry cleaning equipment on the premises.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling
Dwelling - A building {or structure or portion thereof used exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family, two-family, and multi-family; however, excluding hotels, motels, and boarding houses.} {ORD. #56-11-07}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling, Multi-Family
Dwelling, Multi-Family - A building consisting of three (3) or more dwelling units, including condominiums, with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached - A building consisting of a single dwelling unit only and separated from other dwelling units by open space. Single-family dwellings shall include modular homes and may include mobile homes. (See definitions.)
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
{Dwelling, Single-Family Attached - A building consisting of two (2) or more dwelling units, each that occupies a separate platted lot.} {ORD. #56-11-07}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling, Two-Family
Dwelling, Two-Family - A building consisting of two dwelling units which may be attached either side-by-side or one above the other, and each unit having a separate or combined entrance or entrances. Includes condominiums.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Dwelling Unit
Dwelling Unit - A room or group or rooms designed and equipped exclusively for use as living quarters for only one family and including provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities. The term shall include manufactured and mobile homes but shall not include recreational vehicles.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Easement
Easement - An authorization or grant by a property owner to specific person(s) or to the public to use land for specific purposes.
{Permanent Utility Easements – These easements shall be provided where necessary to accommodate utilities that serve the parcel, subdivision, or planned development allowing for utility service in and through the proposed subdivision or planned development.
Temporary Utility Easements – These easements shall be provided where necessary to accommodate the installation of utilities that serve the parcel, subdivision, or planned development and typically expire after the initial installation of the required utilities.
Drainage Easements – These easements are for water courses, drainage swales, or streams, or buried storm water pipes or other structures that traverse the parcel, subdivision, or planned development. These easements shall be exclusive to that use and separate from the dedication of other utility easements. } ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Easement, No Access
{Easement, No Access - A public easement along right-of-way across which the access to the property is not permitted.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
EIFS
{EIFS - External Insulation Finish System.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Electrical transmission tower
{Electrical transmission tower - A structure that physically supports high voltage overhead power lines. The term does not include a utility pole.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Elevation (building)
{Elevation (building) - A scaled-drawing of any side of a building or structure.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Elevation Certificate
{Elevation Certificate - A certified statement that verifies the existing grade, pad, footings, and/or structure elevation.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{
{Elevation Certificate (for floodplain management purposes) - A FEMA form that is routinely reviewed and approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act, that is encouraged to be used to collect certified elevation information.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{
{Enclosed Area - An area of a structure surrounded by walls on all sides. Also known as an enclosure.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Enclosure
{Enclosure - See Enclosed Area.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Enclosure Below the Lowest Floor
{Enclosure Below the Lowest Floor - See Lowest Floor and Enclosed Area.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Encroachment
{Encroachment - The advancement or infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures, or development into a sensitive natural environment, such as a floodplain or wetland areas. Such encroachment may impede or alter the natural systems in place in those areas, including altering the flow capacity of a floodplain. May also be defined as any work, equipment, construction material, merchandise, furniture, or other related items that are located in public right-of-way.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Entertainment Related Facilities and Uses
{Entertainment Related Facilities and Uses - Any use which is typically or commonly associated with permitted entertainment uses which include but are not limited to:
Amphitheater Facilities – These accessory uses and structures can include but are not limited to stage houses, pavilion seating, lawn seating, sound amplification systems, lighting towers, hospitality rooms, guest rooms and suites, dressing rooms, firework displays;
Concession and Merchandise Stands – This includes stands for the sale of food, alcohol, and beverages; stands for the sale of event related merchandise; stands for the rental of customer convenience items such as lawn chairs or strollers; and other vendor kiosks or stations;
Entrance / Ticket Facilities – These include entry plazas, bridge and ticket gates, and box office;
Merchandise Buildings – These include office, storage, warehouse, and sales administration related to merchandise tracking, preparation, and on-site sales;
Plaza Areas – These areas include plaza stage, party plaza shelters, and VIP Club and plaza;
Property Management Facilities – These include property management / grounds office buildings, maintenance buildings, storage buildings, workshops, and parking operations house;
Restrooms and related accommodations including port-o-lets;
Specialty lights for individual productions, concerts, and shows.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
EPA
{EPA - The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Equipment Compound
{Equipment Compound - The area that (1) surrounds or is near the base of a wireless support structure; and (2) encloses wireless facilities.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Erosion
Erosion - The removal of surface materials by the action of natural elements.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Escrow
Escrow - The arrangement for the handling of instruments or money not to be delivered until specified conditions are met.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Essential Services
{Essential Services - The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance of gas, electrical, communication facilities, steam, fuel, or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, supply, or disposal systems. Such systems may include: poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm and police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and similar accessories, but shall not include buildings which are necessary for the furnishing of such services.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Establishment
{Establishment - Any business regulated by this Ordinance.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Evergreen -
{Evergreen - A plant having green leaves or needles throughout the entire year.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Excavation
Excavation - {An operation for the movement, placement, or removal of} earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other material {in or on the ground by use of tools or mechanized equipment or by discharge of explosives, including augering, backfilling, boring, digging, ditching, drilling, driving, grading, jacking, plowing in, pulling in, ripping, scraping, trenching, and tunneling.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Excluded Event or Location
{Excluded Event or Location - An area, location, or event where the operation of a mobile food vehicle is prohibited as stated in this ordinance unless permission is received from the event organizer or Noblesville Park Board. Excluded events or locations include any public event held in downtown Noblesville on public streets with an approved encroachment permit or on public or private property, Noblesville park property, public or private property or streets within the “DT Downtown” zoning district, and streets or private property within a residential zoning district.} ORD. #24-07-13, As Amended
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
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 (including 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 community's first floodplain ordinance.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Existing Structure
{Existing Structure - Does not include a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Expansion of an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
Expansion of 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, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final grading or the pouring of concrete pads).
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Explicit sexual material
{Explicit sexual material - Any hard-core material.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Expositions, Indoor
{Expositions, Indoor - A public exhibition or show located entirely within an enclosed building which may include conventions, trades shows, auctions, flea markets, swap meets, or other types of exhibition. Expositions are typically a temporary use lasting no more than a weekend, a holiday weekend, or a maximum of a one (1) week period time.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Expositions, Outdoor
Expositions, Outdoor - A public exhibition or show not located entirely within an enclosed building, which may include conventions, trades shows, or other types of exhibition. Expositions are typically a temporary use lasting no more than a weekend, a holiday weekend, or a maximum of a one (1) week period time.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Façade
{Façade - An exterior wall or face of a building.
Primary Façade - The front exterior wall or face of a building that contains the building's main entrance and/or fronts a street.
Secondary Façade - The exterior wall or face of a building which does not contain the building's main entrance and/or fronts a street.} ORD. #46-07-16
Effective on: 9/3/2016
Façade Variation
{Façade Variation - Shifts in the plane of walls, setbacks, stepbacks, reveals, overhangs, and details in order to create fluctuation in the building’s façade} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Fair Market Value
Fair Market Value - The value of land, structures, or both as determined by one or more professional real estate appraisers under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds - The Hamilton County (Indiana) Fairgrounds.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Family
Family - An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, guardianship, or legal adoption living together as a single housekeeping unit within a dwelling unit, plus no more than two domestic servants. A family may also consist of not more than three (3) unrelated persons.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Farm
{Farm - See Agricultural Uses.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
FEMA
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Fence
Fence - {A freestanding structure made of metal, masonry, composition, or wood, or any combination thereof, resting on or partially buried in the ground, rising above ground level designed and constructed for enclosure, confinement, protection, or screening.} ORD. #22-06-13
THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE SUBSETS OF THE DEFINITION OF FENCE:
{Decorative Fence - An open ornamental (metal) fence which main purpose is to decorate or enhance the appearance of the existing lot and principal structure and is not being used as a visual enclosure or barrier. Columns for this type of fencing may include masonry, stone, wrought iron, brick, or a combination thereof. Fences consisting of chain-link mesh, welded or woven wire, barbwire, or sheet metal fences, and metal pipe materials are excluded from this definition.} ORD #37-08-14
Open Fence – A fence that is a minimum of sixty (60) percent transparent as viewed from the outside of the fence. This type of fence includes but is not limited to chain-link or vinyl-link without slats, split-rail or post and rail, picket, and wrought-iron.
Solid/Vision Block Fence – A fence that is a minimum of fifty (50) percent opaque as viewed from the outside of the fence. This type of fence includes but is not limited to wooden or vinyl shadowbox, stockade, concave, dog-ear cut, convex, panel and/or masonry materials such as brick or stone. ORD. #21-06-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Festivals
{Festivals - A program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions, which include fairs, carnivals, haunted houses, as well as other seasonal celebrating activities such as holiday light shows. Festivals may include amusement rides and games. Festivals are typically a temporary use lasting no more than one (1) week at a time or in some instances seasonal festivals may last the duration of the season.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
FHBM
FHBM - Flood Hazard Boundary Map.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Fill
Fill - Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported, or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom. The difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade. Also, the material used to make a fill
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Fill (For floodplain management purposes)
{Fill (For floodplain management purposes) - Any material deposited or placed which has the effect of raising the level of the ground surface above the natural grade elevation. Fill material includes but is not limited to consolidated material such as concrete and brick and unconsolidated material such as soil, sand, gravel, and stone.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Final Plat -
Final Plat - See Plat, Secondary.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Financial Institution
{Financial Institution - Any business that the primary occupation is concerned with Federal or State regulated businesses such as banking, savings and loans, loan companies, and investment companies.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Finished Goods, Assembly and Packaging
Finished Goods, Assembly and Packaging - An establishment engaged in the assembly and/or packaging of finished goods for the purpose of wholesaling or distribution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{FIRM
{FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Five Hundred Year Flood (500-year flood)
{Five Hundred Year Flood (500-year flood) - The flood that has a 0.2 percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{
{Flag - A rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is or represents an official symbol of a nation, state, municipality, or the legal entity that occupies the property.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Flex or Flexible Uses -
{Flex or Flexible Uses - Spaces designed to easily transition from one use to another with little or no alteration to the physical space.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
Flood {or Flooding
Flood {or Flooding - A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
1. The overflow of inland or tidal waters.
2. The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
3. Mudslides (i.e. mudflows) which are proximately caused by flooding and are akin to a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surfaces of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a currrent of water and deposited along the path of the current.
Flood or Flooding also includes the collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or similar body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or current of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels that result in a flood as defined above.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood, Regulatory
Flood, Regulatory - {The flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as calculated by a method and procedure that is acceptable to and approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. {The regulatory flood elevation at any location is as defined in Article 8, Part G of this ordinance.} The “Regulatory Flood” is also known by the terms “Base Flood,” “One-percent Annual Chance Flood”, and “100- year Flood."} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM)
{Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) - An official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) has delineated the areas of flood hazards and regulatory floodway.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Flood Fringe
{Flood Fringe - Those portions of the floodplain lying outside the floodway.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Flood Hazard Area
Flood Hazard Area - {Areas subject to the one percent annual chance flood. See Special Flood Hazard Area.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) - {An official map of a community on which FEMA has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. A FIRM that has been made available digitally is called a Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM).} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) - The official {hydraulic and hydrologic report provided by FEMA. The report contains flood profiles, as well as the FIRM, and the water surface elevation of the base flood.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood-Prone Area
{Flood-Prone Area - Any land area acknowledged by a community as being susceptible to inundation by water from any source. See Floodplain.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Floodproofed Building
Floodproofed Building - A building designed to exclude floodwaters from the interior of that building or otherwise preclude the possibility of flood damage. All such flood proofing shall be adequate to withstand the flood depths, pressures, velocities, impact and uplift forces and other factors associated with the regulatory flood, as certified by a registered professional engineer or an architect licensed to practice in the state.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floodproofing Certificate
{Floodproofing Certificate - A form used to certify compliance for non-residential structures as an alternative to elevating structures to or above the flood protection grade.} ORD. #95-11-06, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Floodproofing (Dry)
{Floodproofing (Dry) - A method of protecting a structure that ensures that the structure, together with attendant utilities and sanitary facilities, is watertight to the floodproofed design elevation with walls that are substantially impermeable to the passage of water. All structural components of these walls are capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic flood forces, including the effects of buoyancy and anticipated debris impact forces.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Flood Protection Grade (FPG)
Flood Protection Grade (FPG) - The {Base Flood Elevation (BFE) plus two (2) feet at any given location in the SFHA. See Freeboard.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Flood Waters
{Flood Waters - The water of any lake, stream, creek, drainage ditch or watercourse that is above its banks and/or outside of the channel and banks of said lake, stream, creek, drainage ditch or watercourse.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floodplain
Floodplain - The channel proper and the areas adjoining any wetland, lake or watercourse that have been or hereafter may be covered by the regulatory flood. The floodplain includes both the floodway and {the fringe} districts. The floodplain is shown on the FIRM map(s). ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Floodplain Management
{Floodplain Management - The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage and preserving and enhancing, {where possible,} the natural resources in the floodplain, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open space plans.} ORD. #56-11-07, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Floodplain Management Regulations
{Floodplain Management Regulations - {Zoning Ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as a floodplain ordinance, grading ordinance, and erosion control ordinance), and other applications of police power which control development in floodprone areas. The term describes such state or local regulations in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floodway
Floodway - The channel of a river or {other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Floodway Fringe
Floodway Fringe - Those portions of the Flood Hazard Areas lying outside the Floodway as shown on the FIRM map(s).
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floor Area, Gross
Floor Area, Gross - The sum, in square feet, of the floor areas of all roofed portions of a building, as measured from the interior walls. It includes the total of all space on all floors of a building, except for porches, garages, or space in a basement or cellar when said basement or cellar space is used for storage or other such incidental uses. The gross floor area is generally applied in residential use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floor Area (for the Purpose of Parking Calculation)
Floor Area (for the Purpose of Parking Calculation) - Gross floor area, for the purpose of parking calculation, shall mean the total horizontal areas of the one or several floors of the building or portion thereof devoted to the use, from the exterior face of exterior walls, but excluding any space where the floor to ceiling height is less than (6) feet.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floor Area, Net
Floor Area, Net - The gross floor area of the specified use excluding stairs, washrooms, elevator shafts, maintenance shafts and rooms, display windows, fitting rooms, etc. The net floor area is generally applied in non-residential use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Floor Area Ratio
Floor Area Ratio - The net floor area of the building divided by the area of the lot(s) on which such building is located.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Food Production
Food Production - An establishment engaged in manufacturing, processing, and/or packaging of food products for wholesaling or distribution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Foundation
{Foundation - The supporting member of a wall or structure. ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Foundation, Permanent
Foundation, Permanent - A structural support system for transporting loads from a structure to the earth at a depth below the frost line without exceeding the safe bearing capacity of the supporting soil.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Freeboard
{Freeboard - A factor of safety, usually expressed in feet above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE), which is applied for the purposes of floodplain management. It is used to compensate for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than those calculated for the base flood.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Fringe (Flood Fringe) -
{Fringe (Flood Fringe) - Those portions of the floodplain lying outside the floodway.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD 68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Frontage
Frontage - Property connected directly with a street or highway. For the purpose of determining frontage, an alley is not considered to be a street or highway.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Functionally Dependent Use
{Functionally Dependent Use - An activity or establishment that cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only docking facilities, port facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, and shipbuilding and ship repair facilities, but does not include long term storage or related manufacturing facilities.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Funeral Homes
Funeral Homes - See Mortuary
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Gallery/Museum
{Gallery/Museum - A privately-operated facility or area for the acquisition, preservation, study, exhibition or sale of works of artistic, historic or scientific value.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Garage, Community
{Garage, Community - A detached accessory {structure, or collection of detached accessory structures}, used for the storing or parking of passenger vehicles and/or recreational vehicles and/or boats of the occupants of the premises. Such uses shall be permitted only inside multi-family developments.} ORD #67-12-98, ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Garage, Private
{Garage, Private - A detached accessory {structure}, or a portion of the principal building, used for storing or parking of passenger vehicles and/or recreational vehicles and/or boats of the occupants of the premises} ORD #67-12-98, ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Garage, Public or Commercial
Garage, Public or Commercial - A principal {building or accessory structure} other than a private or storage garage, used for parking or temporary storage of passenger vehicles. ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Garage Sale (Rummage, Neighborhood, Estate and other similar activities)
{Garage Sale (Rummage, Neighborhood, Estate and other similar activities) - The sale or offering for sale to the general public of personal property on any portion of a lot in any zoning district, either within or outside of a structure on a temporary basis. It includes a single-individual, a group of individuals, and/or a sale conducted by a religious, school, or not-for-profit organization.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Glass
{Glass - A hard, brittle transparent or translucent substance, produced by melting a mixture of salica oxides; while molten it may be blown, drawn, rolled, pressed, or cast into a variety of shapes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Glass Block
Glass Block - Two sheets of plate glass with an air space between them, formed into a sealed modular hollow block.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Golf Course
{Golf Course - An area of land laid out for golf with a series of 9 or 18 holes each including tee, fairway, and putting green and often one or more natural or artificial hazards. Naturalized areas are acceptable alternatives to resurfaced and well manicured courses. This definition may include a driving range accessory to the golf course, but a driving range as a primary use shall not constitute a golf course.} ORD # 25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Government Offices
Government Offices - An office use owned or operated by a unit of government, except for Fire & Police Stations, Post Offices, Libraries, or other government-owned or operated uses elsewhere specified in the Schedule of Uses. This definition also shall not include offices that are accessory to the primary use of a lot or structure, such as Parks or Utility Plants.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
G
Government Use - The use of land within the zoning jurisdiction of the City of Noblesville by a political subdivision (as such term is defined by Indiana Code 36-1-2-13 and including any Board, Commission, Authority, or Committee of any such political subdivision) to advance the governmental ends of said political subdivision.
Effective on: 7/29/2025
Grade
Grade - The level of the ground. Elevation.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Grade, Average
Grade, Average - The mean elevation of the land measured at the front setback line between the side lot lines.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Grade, Finished
Grade, Finished - The elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjoining the building or structure after final grading and normal settlement.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Grandfather, grandfathering, grandfathered
{Grandfather, grandfathering, grandfathered - see nonconforming lot, use, structure.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Grace Period
{Grace Period - An extension of time granted for correction, termination, or cessation of a violation of this Unified Development Ordinance or related codes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Grading Plan
Grading Plan - A drawing(s) indicating the existing vertical elevation of the ground prior to any excavation, filling, or other construction activity and the resulting vertical elevation of the ground surface after man-made alterations have been completed.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Green Space
{Green Space - Areas designated for public gatherings or recreation.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Greenbelt
Greenbelt - A landscaped area required in the MO District which measures 25 feet in depth and the width of the building plus twenty feet in length, and is installed on all sides of the building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Gross Public Floor Area
{Gross Public Floor Area - The total area of the building accessible or visible to the public, including showrooms, motion picture theaters, motion picture arcades, service areas, behind-counter areas, storage areas visible from such other areas, restrooms (whether or not labeled “public”), areas used for cabaret or similar shows (including stage areas), plus aisles, hallways, and entryways serving such areas.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Ground Floor Level
Ground Floor Level - That level of a structure which is not more than three (3) feet above or three (3) below grade as defined in this Ordinance. It is generally the first floor of living area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Groundcover
{Groundcover - A species of low-growing plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Growth Habit
{Growth Habit - The mode or rate of growth, general shape, mature size, and branching structure of a plant including the changes that take place seasonally during its life cycle.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Guyed Tower
Guyed Tower - A telecommunications tower that is supported, in whole or in part, by guy wires and ground anchors.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Habitat Preservation Area
{Habitat Preservation Area - An area of a site in which the entire natural habitat is unchanged and protected for the preservation of trees, storm water infiltration, and/or wildlife.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hard-core material
{Hard-core material - Media characterized by sexual activity that includes one or more of the following: erect male organ; contact of the mouth of one person with the genitals of another; penetration with a finger or male organ into any orifice in another person; open female labia; penetration of a sex toy into an orifice; male ejaculation; or the aftermath of male ejaculation.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hardscape
{Hardscape - The non-living elements used in landscape such as decorative walls, ledges, fountains, sculptures, stone paths, etc.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hardship
{Hardship - The exceptional burden that would result from failure to grant a requested variance. The City of Noblesville Board of Zoning Appeals requires that the variance is exceptional, unusual, and peculiar to the property involved. Mere economic or financial hardship alone is not exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical handicaps, personal preferences, or the disapproval of one’s neighbors likewise cannot, as a rule, qualify as an exceptional hardship.} {All of these problems can be resolved through other means without granting a variance, even if the alternative is more expensive, or requires the property owner to build elsewhere or put the parcel to a different use than originally intended.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Headquarters -
{Headquarters - A facility that is the center of operations for an organization or company. Also may be called the chief administrative office.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
Health Fitness Facility
{Health Fitness Facility - A place that provides activity components including strength training, muscular development, and endurance training and nutritional guidance conducted by a personal trainer or as group sessions.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Health Officer
Health Officer - Any Officer of authority within the Hamilton County Health Department and Indiana State Health Department.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hedge
{Hedge - A row or rows of closely planted shrubs, bushes, or combination thereof creating a vegetative barrier.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Height, Building
{Height, Building - The vertical distance measured from the average finished grade to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridges for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. (See also Height, Structure)
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Height, Sign
{Height, Sign - The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to the finished grade of the ground immediately beneath the sign. For those instances when the sign is constructed on an artificially constructed earthen berm, the sign height shall be measured from the highest point of the sign to the base of the earthen berm.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Height, Structure
Height, Structure - The vertical distance measured from the average finished elevation to the highest point of the structure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Helipad
{Helipad - A location which is occasionally set aside for helicopters to land and take off which is intended to be an accessory use that is temporary in nature.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Heliport
{Heliport - A place for helicopters to land and take off usually constructed of an asphalt or concrete pad that is appropriately marked and lighted.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Herbaceous Plant
{Herbaceous Plant - A plant with a non-woody stem, typically the above-ground growth dies back in the winter.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Highest Adjacent Grade
{Highest Adjacent Grade - Highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to the start of construction, next to the proposed walls of a structure.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Highway
Highway - See Street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Historic Structure -
{Historic Structure - Any structure that is:
1. Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of the Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
2. Certified or preliminary determination by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
3. Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or
4. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified by (a) an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, or (b) directly by the Secretary of Interior in states without approved programs.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Home Occupation
Home Occupation - A business use conducted completely within a dwelling unit, carried on by any member of the immediate family residing on the premises, clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Homogeneity
{Homogeneity - The uniformity of the overall structure, resulting from the compatibility of components.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hospital
Hospital - An institution licensed by the State Department of Health and providing health services primarily for in-patient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices which are an integral part of the facility, provided such institution is operated by, or treatment is given under direct supervision of a licensed physician. Types of hospitals include general, mental, chronic disease and allied special hospitals such as cardiac, contagious disease, maternity, orthopedic, cancer and the like.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Hotel -
Hotel - A building in which lodging is offered with or without meals principally to transient guests and that provides a common entrance, lobby, halls, and stairways. See also Motel, Bed and Breakfast Establishment, and Boarding House.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering Analysis
{Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering Analysis - Analyses performed by a professional engineer licensed by the State of Indiana, in accordance with standard engineering practices that are accepted by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and FEMA, used to determine the base flood, other frequency floods, flood elevations, floodway information and boundaries, and flood profiles.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
IDNR
{IDNR - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources} ORD. #22-05-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination
{Illumination - An artificial light source incorporated internally or externally for the purposes of illuminating the sign.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination, Bare-Bulb -
Illumination, Bare-Bulb - A light source which consists of light bulbs with a 20 watt maximum wattage for each bulb.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination, Flood -
Illumination, Flood - A light source which shines directly upon the object which it is intended to illuminate.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination, Halo-Lit
{Illumination, Halo-Lit - Individually mounted opaque, internally backlit letters that illuminate the wall or surface to which they are attached.} ORD. #17-5-09 (See Reverse Channel Letters)
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination, Indirect -
Illumination, Indirect - A light source which does not directly shine upon the object which it is illuminating.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Illumination, Internal -
Illumination, Internal - A light source that is concealed or contained within the object which it is intended to illuminate and becomes visible in darkness through a translucent surface.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Impact -
{Impact - The effect of one land use upon another as measured by traffic or noise generation; site activity, hours of operation, site lighting, vibration, smoke or odor emissions or similar factors.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Impervious Surface - {
Impervious Surface - {Any surface that does not allow water to be absorbed or percolate into the ground. Such surfaces include areas covered by buildings, porches, decks, patios, swimming pools,} tennis courts and also includes surfaces constructed of asphalt, concrete, gravel composite, brick, stone, tile, or any other paving material used for parking, driveways, and walkways. ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Improvement -
Improvement - Any alteration to the land or other physical constructions associated with subdivision and building site development.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Improvement, Public -
Improvement, Public - Any drainage ditch, roadway, sidewalk, tree, lawn, off-street parking area, main, or other facility for which the local or state government may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and/or operation, or which may affect an improvement for which local or state government responsibility is established. All such improvements shall be properly bonded. See also Infrastructure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Improvement, Substantial -
{Improvement, Substantial - Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market value of the structure before the “Start of Construction” of the improvement. This term includes structures that have incurred “substantial damage” regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not include those improvements of structures to correct existing violations of State or Local health, safety, sanitary code requirements or an alteration of a “historic structure”, provided said alteration shall not preclude the structures continued designation as a “historic structure.”} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Improvement, Temporary -
Improvement, Temporary - Improvements built and maintained by a subdivider during construction of the subdivision and which may become permanent prior to release of the Performance Bond.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Improvement Location Permit -
Improvement Location Permit - A permit issued by the Director of Planning and Development permitting a person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, or demolish any building or structure as a part of a building permit and/or the alteration of the condition of land, change of use or occupancy, or any change that is subject to the provisions of this ordinance not governed by other requirements. A separate Improvement Location Permit shall be issued for grading, earthwork, pad elevations, and similar activities and is required prior to the issuance of a building permit and/or in conjunction with the approval of the Technical Advisory Committee members. A performance bond is required in the amount of 110% of the improvements and/or disturbance of the land including grading, topsoil removal, excavation etc. and shall be posted with the Department of Planning and Development prior to the issuance of an improvement location permit for any land disturbance activities associated with multi-family, commercial, industrial, and/or institutional uses.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC)
{Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) - The cost to repair a substantially damaged structure that exceeds the minimal repair cost and that is required to bring a substantially damaged structure into compliance with the local flood damage prevention ordinance. Acceptable mitigation measures are elevation, relocation, demolition, or any combination thereof. All renewal and new business flood insurance policies with effective dates on or after June 1, 1997 will include ICC coverage.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
INDOT -
{INDOT - The Indiana Department of Transportation.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Individual Sewage Disposal System -
Individual Sewage Disposal System - A septic tank, seepage tile, sewage disposal system, or any other approved sewage treatment device designed for use in a limited area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Individual Letters
{Individual Letters - May include channel letters/figures, sandblasted letters/figures, wood-carved letters/figures or other types as determined by the Director of Planning and Development or his/her designee.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Industrial, Extractive -
Industrial, Extractive - Any mining, quarrying, excavating, processing, storing, separating, or cleaning, of any mineral natural resource.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Industrial, Heavy -
Industrial, Heavy - Manufacturing, processing, assembly, storing, testing, and similar industrial uses which are generally major operations and extensive in character; require large sites, open storage and service areas, extensive services and facilities, ready access to regional transportation; and normally generate some nuisances such as smoke, noise, vibration, dust, glare, air pollution, and water pollution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Industrial, Light -
{Industrial, Light - Clean, low intensity (non-polluting and no nuisance), industrial uses including light manufacturing, assembly and processing, warehousing and distribution, research and development, and testing laboratories} ORD #67-12-98
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Infrastructure -
Infrastructure - The fixed public works and facilities necessary in a community, such as sewers, water systems, and streets.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Innovation -
{Innovation - A facility that enables problem-solving and provides creative insight that allows things to be looked at from a different perspective. Includes assembly facilities, research and design labs, and technology related production uses.} ORD #28-07-24
Effective on: 7/9/2024
Institutional -
Institutional - Public and quasi-public land uses which enhance the community's quality of life, such as schools, churches, libraries, or hospitals, but not including such uses as utility plants or garages.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Integrated Development -
{Integrated Development - A development containing three or more stores, service establishments, offices or other permitted uses planned, organized, and managed to function as a unified whole and featuring all or some of the following features in common: (1) driveways, (2) parking, (3) signage plan, (4) landscaping plan, and /or platted as a subdivision that may include outlots for lease or for sale.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{International Code Council-Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Report
{International Code Council-Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Report - A document that presents the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from a particular evaluation. ICC-ES reports provide information about what code requirements or acceptance criteria were used to evaluate a product, and how the product should be identified, installed.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Invasive Plant Species -
{Invasive Plant Species - An alien species that is not native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Item of Information -
Item of Information - A word, an initial, a logo, an abbreviation, a number, a symbol, or a geometric shape.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Junk Yard/Salvage Yard -
{Junk Yard/Salvage Yard - Any place at which personal property is or may be salvaged for reuse, resale, reduction or similar disposition and is owned, possessed, collected, accumulated, dismantled or sorted, including but not limited to used or salvaged base metal or metals and their compounds or combinations; used or salvaged rope, bags, paper, rags, glass, rubber, lumber, millwork, brick, and other similar properties, except animal matter{;} and used motor vehicles or the equipment which is used, owned or possessed for the purpose of wrecking or salvaging parts there from.} ORD. #23-6-10, ORD #78-10-16
Effective on: 10/25/2016
Jurisdiction -
Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction of local government means all land within its boundaries and any land outside its boundaries over which it is authorized to exercise powers under State planning legislation.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Kennel, Commercial
{Kennel, Commercial - A place primarily for the keeping of three (3) or more dogs, cats, or other small animals of at least four (4) months of age that are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained, and/or sold.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Kennel, Private -
Kennel, Private - A place for keeping three or less dogs, cats, or other small animals for personal use and enjoyment which are primarily kept indoors at a residence as domestic pets and is subordinate to the primary use.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Laboratory -
Laboratory - A place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis, including chemical labs, dental-medical labs, and labs performing mechanical, physical, or environmental tests.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lamp -
{Lamp - The component of a luminaire that produces the actual light.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Land -
Land - The earth, water, and air above, below, or on the surface, including any improvements or structures customarily regarded as land.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Land Use Designation
{Land Use Designation - The classification of land according to the general use allowed therein, under which certain regulations are imposed and which appears in one or more locations on the City of Noblesville’s Comprehensive Master Plan Land Use Map.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Land Use Map -
{Land Use Map - The official City of Noblesville’s map that is a part of the Comprehensive Master Plan which generalizes boundaries of the land use designations.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscaping -
{Landscaping - The improvements of an area with trees, shrubs, grasses and other vegetation and/or ornamental objects. Landscaping may include flowerbeds, berms, fountains, {depressions for LID Stormwater BMPs,} and other similar and man-made objects designed and arranged to create an aesthetically pleasing effect.} ORD. #64-11-08, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscape Area -
Landscape Area - Areas on or adjacent to a lot or right-of-way or the perimeter of a development that are identified for application of landscaping regulations. Landscape areas include street tree plantings, parking lots including islands and perimeter, foundation planting areas, building base landscaping areas, peripheral buffer yard areas, {LID Stormwater BMPs}, and retention/detention pond areas. ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscape Buffer Yard -
{Landscape Buffer Yard - An area adjacent to the front, side, and rear property lines of a development, measured perpendicularly from and parallel to adjacent property lines and/or right-of-way lines, intended to provide attractive spaces to reduce the impacts of proposed uses on adjacent properties and rights-of-way, or to maintain natural features, or as required by this Ordinance. Buffers help to maintain existing trees and natural vegetation; to block or reduce noise, glare, or other emissions; and to maintain privacy. Landscape Buffer Yards are in addition to and separate from front, side, and rear yard setbacks and are not contained within any lots. This area is common area to be maintained by the property owners, homeowners association, developer(s) and/or another entity approved by the Director of Planning and Development.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Landscape Island - A landscape area defined by a curb {or edge of pavement and surrounded on all sides by pavement. To function as a LID Stormwater BMP, the landscape island shall be at a lower grade than the surrounding pavement and strategic breaks in the curbing shall allow drainage from pavement to enter into the recessed landscaping area.} ORD. #64-11-08, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscape Materials -
Landscape Materials - Trees, shrubs, grasses, plants, decorative fences, walls, berms, irrigation systems, flower beds, ground cover, and edging. {Xeriscaping landscaping materials are encouraged to function as LID Stormwater BMPs.} Artificial trees, shrubs, grasses, plants, flowers, ground cover are not considered landscape material. ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Landscape Peninsula - A landscaped area defined by a curb {or edge of pavement and surrounded by paving on three sides. To function as a LID stormwater BMP, the landscape peninsula shall be at a lower grade than the surrounding pavement and strategic breaks in the curbing shall allow drainage from pavement to enter into recessed landscape area.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscape Plan
{Landscape Plan - A scaled drawing, prepared by a licensed landscape architect or a landscape contractor, showing all plant materials including locations, sizes, species (botanical and common names) at the time of planting, and {and the mature tree canopy size} signed by one of the above including a license number for the landscape architect.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Landscape, Structure (Hardscape)
Landscape, Structure (Hardscape) - Decorative fences, walls, retaining walls, decorative rocks, pavers, fountains, or like materials.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lattice Tower -
{Lattice Tower - A guyed or self-supporting three or four sided, open, steel frame structure used to support telecommunications equipment.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Laundries/Dry Cleaners with on-site plant - A commercial laundering or dry cleaning establishment that contains the cleaning facilities on-site.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Letter of Credit
{Letter of Credit - An irrevocable letter of credit, issued by a bank on behalf of a developer, subdivider, owner, or their designated representative, providing a cash surety to a governmental body, guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements according to the approved plans and specifications, within a prescribed time.}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Letter of Final Determination (LFD) -
{Letter of Final Determination (LFD) - A letter issued by FEMA during the mapping update process which establishes final elevations and provides the new flood map and flood study to the community. The LFD initiates the six-month adoption period. The community must adopt or amend its floodplain management regulations during this six-month period unless the community has previously incorporated an automatic adoption clause.} ORD #49-10-14
Effective on: 10/28/2014
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) - An amendment to the currently effective FEMA map that establishes that a property is not located in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). A LOMA is only issued by FEMA.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Letter of Map Change (LOMC) -
{Letter of Map Change (LOMC) - A general term used to refer to the several types of revisions and amendments to FEMA maps that can be accomplished by letter. They are broken down into the following categories:
1. Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) - FEMA's comment on a proposed project that would, upon construction, result in modification of the SFHA through the placement of fill outside the existing regulatory floodway.
2. Conditional Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (CLOMR-F) - A letter from FEMA stating that a proposed structure that will be elevated by fill would not be inundated by the base flood.
3. Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) - An amendment by letter to the currently effective FEMA map that establishes that a building or land is not located in a SFHA through the submittal of property specific elevation data. A LOMA is only issued by FEMA.
4. Letter of Map Amendment Out as Shown (LOMA-OAS) - An official determination by FEMA that states the property or building is correctly shown outside the SFHA as shown on the effective NFIP map. Therefore, the mandatory flood insurance requirement does not apply. An out-as-shown determination does not require elevations.
5. Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) - An official revision to the currently effective FEMA map. It is issued by FEMA and changes flood zones, delineations, and elevations.
6. Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F) - FEMA's modification of the SFHA shown on the FIRM based on the placement of fill outside the existing regulatory floodway.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) - An official revision to the currently effective FEMA map. It is issued by FEMA and changes flood zones, delineations, and elevations.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F)
{Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F) - An official revision by letter to an effective NFIP map. A LOMR-F provides FEMA’s determination concerning whether a structure or parcel has been elevated on fill above the BFE and excluded from the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). } ORD #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Level of Service
{Level of Service - A qualitative measure describing operational conditions within a traffic stream and the perception thereof by road users. Level of Service standards may be evaluated in terms such as speed and travel, time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort, convenience, geographic accessibility, and safety. The highway capacity manual defines six levels of service for each type of facility for which analysis procedures are available. They are given letter designations from ‘A’ to ‘F’, with level of service ‘A’ representing the best operating conditions and level of service ‘F’ the worst operating conditions, as calculated by a methodology endorsed by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Library
Library - A permanent building or portion of a building whose primary use is the temporary loan of books and other reading material to the public. Such uses may also include the loan of audio or video tapes, the use of computer hardware and software, and meeting rooms.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Light Fixture
{Light Fixture - The assembly that houses a lamp or lamps.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Light Source
Light Source - Source from which light emanates either directly from a bulb or indirectly from a reflective enclosure, lens, or diffuser. Light level meters are used to measure such intensities and are calibrated in foot candles or Lux. ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lingerie modeling studio
{Lingerie modeling studio - An establishment or business that provides the services of live models modeling lingerie to individuals, couples, or small groups in a room smaller than 600 square feet either as a temporary or primary use.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Loading Berth -
{Loading Berth - An off-street space for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading and unloading goods or materials within a loading facility exclusive of driveways, aisles, maneuvering areas, ramps, columns, landscaping areas, office and work areas.} ORD #41-11-20
Effective on: 11/24/2020
Logo
{Logo - The official emblem or insignia of an organization, corporation, or institution.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Long Term Care Facilities
{Long Term Care Facilities - See Convalescent, Nursing, or Rest Home.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot
Lot - A parcel of land located within a single block and may be either a Lot of Record or a Zoning Lot.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Corner
Lot, Corner - A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135 degrees. A lot abutting a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if tangent projections of the front lot lines drawn perpendicular at the side lot lines meet at an interior angle of less than 135 degrees in from of the lot.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Flag - {
{Lot, Flag - {Any lot that does not meet the minimum street frontage requirements and that continues the narrow width from the frontage }for some distance and becomes wider and takes shape as a rectangle or similar shape of which said lot resembles a hanging flag from a flag pole.} ORD. #64-11-08 ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Lot, Infill
{Lot, Infill - A lot or parcel bordered on at least two (2) sides by another established development.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Interior
Lot, Interior - A lot with only one frontage on a street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Reversed Frontage
Lot, Reversed Frontage - A lot on which frontage is at right angles to the general pattern in the area. A reversed frontage lot may also be a corner lot.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Through
Lot, Through - A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street. Through lots, abutting two streets may be referred to as double frontage lots.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot, Zoning
Lot, Zoning - A single tract of land located within a single block which (at the time of filing for a building permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under a single ownership or control. A Zoning Lot may not coincide with a Lot of Record.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Area
Lot Area - The area of any lot exclusive of street, highway, alley, road, or other rights-of-way, the area of the horizontal plane of the lot bounded by the vertical plans of the front, side, and rear lot lines. Easements are considered to be part of the Lot Area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Coverage
Lot Coverage - The ratio of the enclosed ground floor area of all buildings on a lot to the total area of the lot.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Coverage, Maximum
{Lot Coverage, Maximum - The {percentage of buildable lot that can be covered with impervious surface including but not limited to principal buildings and accessory structures, parking, {driveways and walkways.} ORD. #23-6-10, ORD. #12-2-11, ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Lot Depth
Lot Depth - The distance between the mid-points of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear. See graphic below Lot Line, Side
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Frontage
Lot Frontage - The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. For the purpose of determining yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage, and yards shall be provided as indicated under “Yards” in this section. See graphic below Lot Line, Side
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Lot Line Adjustment - A division made for the purpose of adjusting a boundary line(s), which does not create any additional lot; cause any lot to contain insufficient area, dimensions or building setbacks, or reduce the overall area in a subdivision plat devoted to open space and which is not inconsistent with any restrictions or conditions of approval for the recorded plat, and does not have a common boundary and does not circumvent the subdivision procedures as set forth in this ordinance.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot-of-Record
{Lot-of-Record - A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder; or a lot or a parcel described by metes and bounds, legally defined and duly recorded in the Office of the County Recorder prior to January 1974.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Lot Width - The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at the building setback line. See graphic below Lot Line, Side
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Lot Line, Front - On an interior lot, the line separating the lot from the street. On a corner or through lot, the line separating the lot from either street. See graphic below Lot Line, Side
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Line, Rear
Lot Line, Rear - The lot line opposite the front lot line. On a lot pointed at the rear, the rear lot line shall be an imaginary line between the side lot lines parallel to the front lot line, not less than ten feet long, lying farthest from the front lot line. On a corner lot, it {has two front yards (those fronting on a street) and two side yards.} See graphic below Lot Line, Side ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Line, Side
Lot Line, Side - Any lot line other than a front lot line or rear lot line.
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Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot of Record
Lot of Record - A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder; or a lot or a parcel described by metes and bounds, legally defined and duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Low Impact Development (LID)
{Low Impact Development (LID) - A land planning and engineering design approach with a goal of replicating the pre-development hydrologic regime of urban and developing watersheds. The primary goal of LID is to mimic a site’s predevelopment hydrology by reducing the impervious surface, infiltrating, filtering, storing, evaporating, and detaining runoff close to its source.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Lowest Adjacent Grade - The lowest elevation, after completion of construction, of the ground, sidewalk, patio, deck support, or basement entryway immediately next to the structure.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Lowest Floor {(for floodplain management purposes)
Lowest Floor {(for floodplain management purposes) - the lowest elevation described among the following:
- {The lowest floor of a structure;}
- The basement floor;
- The garage floor, if the garage is connected to the structure;}
- The first floor of a structure elevated on pilings or pillars;}
- The floor level of any enclosure, {other than a basement}, below an elevated {structure} where the walls of the enclosure provide any resistance to the flow of flood waters. Designs for meeting the flood opening requirement must either be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect or meet or exceed the following criteria:
- The wall are designed to automatically equalize the hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing for the entry and exit of flood waters.
- At least two (2) openings are designed and maintained for the entry and exit of flood water; and these openings provide a total net area of at least one (1) square inch for every one (1) square foot of enclosed area. The bottom of all such openings shall be no higher than one (1) foot above the exterior grade or the interior grade immediately beneath each opening, whichever is higher. Doorways and windows do not qualify as openings.
- Such enclosed space shall be usable solely for the parking of vehicles and building access.
- The first floor of a building elevated on pilings or columns in a coastal high hazard area (as that term is defined in 44 CFR 59.1), as long as it meets the requirements of 44 CFR 60.3.} ORD. #22-06-13,ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Lumen
{Lumen - A unit used to measure the amount of light emitted by lamps.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Luminaire
{Luminaire - The complete lighting system including the lamp and fixture.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lux
Lux - Unit of luminance in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one (1) lumen per square meter.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Machinery and Equipment Repair
Machinery and Equipment Repair - An establishment providing repair for heavy machinery or equipment, such as farm or construction equipment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Major Change (as applies to Planned Unit Developments)
Major Change (as applies to Planned Unit Developments) - {An amendment which alters the concept or intent of the Planned Development or changes in the final governing agreements, provisions, waivers, stipulations, conditions, or covenants where such changes conflict with the approved preliminary development plan including: (1) increases in density (residential); (2) a ten (10) percent or greater increase in the quantity of approved diverse housing types; (3) modifications to the proportion or allocation of land uses; (4) lessening of aesthetic treatments of structures, buildings, signs, and/or landscaping; (5) modifications in the functional use of open space; (6) modifications to the street system, access to the development, and/or off-street parking areas affecting traffic patterns, alignment, or intensity greater than 10% of the planned development area; (7) modifications to utilities including water, electricity, gas, drainage, and other infrastructure greater than 10% of the planned development area; (8) significant changes to the drainage management systems including but not limited to BMP’S and legal drains; and/or any other modification that is not specifically listed and is determined significant by the Director of Planning and Development.} ORD # 25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Manufactured Home
Manufactured Home - A dwelling unit, designed and built in a factory, which bears a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) and which is constructed after January 1, 1981, and which exceeds nine hundred fifty (950) square feet of occupied space. {For purposes of floodplain management, a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities.} The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle." ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision -
{Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision - A parcel or collection of contiguous parcels that have been allocated into sites or lots for installation of manufactured homes. The sites or lots may be offered for rent or sale.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Manufactured Housing Construction And Safety Standards Code
Manufactured Housing Construction And Safety Standards Code - Title IV of the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act (42 U.S.C. 5401 et. seq.), as amended (previously known as the Federal Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act), rules and regulations adopted thereunder, which include HUD-approved information supplied by the home manufacturer, and regulations and interpretations of the code by the Indiana Administrative Building Council.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Manufacturing, G
Manufacturing, General - An establishment engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the creation of products, and the blending of materials, such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins, or liquors.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Manufacturing, Light
Manufacturing, Light - Clean, low intensity (non-polluting and no nuisance), manufacturing uses.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Map Amendment (For Flood Purposes Only)
{Map Amendment (For Flood Purposes Only) - Change of the effective NFIP map that results in the exclusion from the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) of an individual structure or a legally described parcel of land that has been inadvertently included in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) [i.e. no alterations of topography have occurred since the date of the first NFIP map that showed the structure or parcel to be within the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)].} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Marina
Marina - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the launching, docking, and storage of marine craft.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Marine Craft Sales, Repair, and Service
Marine Craft Sales, Repair, and Service - Any land, building, structure, or premises used for the sale, repair, and/or service of new or used marine craft.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Market Value -The building value, excluding the land, as agreed upon by a willing buyer and seller, as established by what the local real estate market will bear. Market value can be established by an independent certified appraisal, replacement cost depreciated by age of the building (actual cash value), or adjusted assessed values.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Marker (survey)
{Marker (survey) - A stake, pipe, rod, nail or any other object that serves to identify something and that is not intended to be a permanent point for record purposes such as on a lot or within a subdivision.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Massage Studio
{Massage Studio - Any place where, for any form of consideration or gratuity, massage, alcohol rub, administration of fomentations, electric or magnetic treatments, or any other treatment or manipulation of the human body, which occurs as a part of or in connection with specified sexual activities, or where any person providing such treatment, manipulation, or service related thereto, exposes his or her specified anatomical areas. The definition of sexually oriented businesses shall not include the practice of massage in or by any licensed hospital; nor by a licensed physician, surgeon, chiropractor or osteopath; nor by any nurse or technician working under the supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon, chiropractor or osteopath; nor by trainers for any amateur, semiprofessional or professional athlete or athletic team or school athletic program; nor by any person or entity {that operates in compliance with the} Noblesville City Code of Ordinances Title XI, Chapter 113.} ORD. #57-9-04, Ord. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Masonry
{Masonry - Includes all brick products, all stone products, and all concrete block units including decorative and customized blocks.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
M
Master Plan - See Comprehensive Plan.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Media - Anything printed or written, or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, film, videotape or videotape production, or pictorial representation, or any electrical or electronic reproduction of anything that is or may be used as a means of communication. Media includes but shall not necessarily be limited to books, newspapers, magazines, movies, videos, sound recordings, CD-ROMS, other magnetic media, and undeveloped pictures.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Media shop
Media shop - A general term, identifying a category of business that may include sexually oriented material but that is not subject to the special provisions applicable to adult media shops. In that context, media shop means a retail outlet offering media for sale or rent, for consumption off the premises provided that any outlet meeting the definition of adult media shop shall be treated as an adult media outlet. See special conditions in Article 9, {Part I, and Section 4}for media shops in which adult media constitute more than 10 percent but less than 40 percent of the stock in trade or occupy more than 10 percent but less than 40 percent of the floor area.} ORD. #57-9-04, ORD. #25-7-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Medical Offices - See Office, Medical.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Meeting or Party Hall
{Meeting or Party Hall - A building, structure, or space designed for public assembly providing an area for open discussion or a particular service and containing at least one room having an area equivalent to four hundred (400) square feet.} ORD. 23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Metes and Bounds
{Metes and Bounds - A description of land prepared by a state-registered land surveyor providing measured distances and courses from known or established points on the surface of the earth.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{MicroBrewery -
{MicroBrewery - A limited-production facility, typically producing specialty beers and ales and often selling its products only locally or on the premises.} ORD #48-10-14
Effective on: 11/10/2014
{Midland Trace -
{Midland Trace - Any property conveyed to the City of Noblesville, by title or easement, for purposes of the establishment of the Midland Trace public recreational trail.} ORD. #31-05-21
Effective on: 5/25/2021
Mineral/Sand/Gravel Extraction
{Mineral/Sand/Gravel Extraction - The extraction of, or mining of, sand, gravel, rock and other earth materials, and/or minerals, and the processing, storage, stockpiling, distribution and sale thereof.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Minor Change (as applies to Planned Unit Developments)
Minor Change (as applies to Planned Unit Developments) - {An amendment that does not alter the intent, objectives, conditions, stipulations, waivers, or findings of the approved plan and does not significantly differ from the plan/ordinance adopted. Minor amendments may include (1) alteration of plant materials or type; (2) locations and/or specifications of lighting; (3) additions of emergency generators that have limited impact both visually and acoustically to the surrounding properties; (4) addition of electric vehicle charging stations or bike-share facilities; (5) modifications to the appearance of entrance/subdivisions signs; (6) changes to lot arrangement but not lot size; (7) reduction of parking spaces by less than 5% of what is required by the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) provided it does not increase intensity or fall below the minimum parking requirements of the UDO; (8) minor modifications to drainage management structures; (9) modifications in access to the development site where such change is a reduction in intensity in the traffic patterns of the roadway; (10) addition of or modifications to fencing; and/or (11) modification of trails/sidewalks but not the elimination of such and any modification that is determined by the Director of Planning and Development meeting this definition.} ORD # 25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Mitigation
{Mitigation - Sustained actions taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards and their effects.} {The purpose of mitigation is twofold: to protect people and structures, and to minimize the cost of disaster response and recovery.} ORD. #89-10-0, ORD. #22-06-13, ORD # 68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Mobile Food Vehicle
Mobile Food Vehicle - Any motorized vehicle that includes a self-contained or attached trailer kitchen in which food is prepared, processed, or stored and used to sell and dispense food to the consumer that holds all requisite health department, business, and resale licensures to sell food and beverages. Mobile units must be mobile at all times during operation.} ORD. #24-07-2013, As Amended
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mobile Home
Mobile Home - Any factory fabricated portable structure, residential or non-residential, designed to be towed or transported on its own chassis for placement on a temporary or permanent foundation, or on its own structure or elements thereof, without the aid of house moving equipment or other specialized but separate supporting apparatus, and which is not a Manufactured Home as defined by this chapter. Mobile Home shall include double-wide mobile homes of two such units designed to be used in combination at a building site. This definition is not intended to apply to other modular housing or prefabricated housing panels, trusses, or other sub-elements, nor any other Dwelling Unit which is defined as a Manufactured Home by this chapter.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mobile Home Park
Mobile Home Park - A tract of land under single, joint or common ownership designed in such a manner as to provide sites for mobile homes in a residential environment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Mobile Home Subdivision - A tract of land divided into individual lots for the purpose of setting mobile homes on lots generally owned by the occupant of the mobile home and arranged in such a manner as to provide a residential community environment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
M
Mobile Home Tie-downs - Sufficient anchorage to resist floatation, collapse or lateral movement of any mobile home. At a minimum, such anchorage shall consist of one over-the-top tie provided at each of the four (4) corners of the mobile home with two (2) additional ties per side at intermediate locations, except mobile homes less than fifty (50) feet long require only one (1) additional tie per side; and two (2) frame ties provided at each corner of the home with five (5) additional ties per side at intermediate points, except mobile homes less than fifty (50) feet long require only four (4) additional ties per side. All components of the anchoring system shall be capable of carrying a force of four thousand eight hundred (4,800) pounds. Any additions to the mobile home shall be similarly anchored.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Model Home - A dwelling unit used initially for display purposes which typifies the type of units that will be constructed in the subdivision or development.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Monopole
{Monopole - A telecommunication tower consisting of a single-pole constructed without guy wires and ground anchors.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Monument
Monument - Any permanent marker either of stone, concrete, galvanized iron pipe, or iron or steel rods, used to identify the boundary lines of any tract, parcel, lot, or street lines.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mortuary or Funeral Home
Mortuary or Funeral Home - An establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body and for funerals. See also Cemetery.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Motel
Motel - A building in which lodging is offered with or without meals principally to transient guests and that provides each unit with individual entrances from the outdoors. See also Hotel, Bed and Breakfast Establishment, and Boarding House.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Motor Vehicle, Commercial
{Motor Vehicle, Commercial - Any motor vehicle used or designed for: (a) use in pulling, towing, hauling, transporting or (b) as a temporary or permanent base, platform, or support for equipment, machinery, materials, or other goods (including but not limited to stake body trucks, dump trucks, trucks or trailers having dual rear wheels or more than two axles, semi-trailer tractors, semi-trailers and trailers having dual rear wheels or more than one (1) axle or having an overall length of more than twelve (12) feet; or (c) passenger vehicles marked by signage, logos or commercial messages. This definition does not apply to motor vehicles which serve as a source of transportation for an individual residing at the premises where the vehicle is stored or parked on a regular basis and is not used in any commercial activity or vehicles and trailers used for the transport of livestock or goods associated with and located upon the premises of a property used for farming or grazing.} ORD. #12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mound
{Mound - See Berm} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Multi-Tenant Building, Externally Accessed - A single building occupied by two or more tenants in whom individual business entrances are accessed externally on the ground floor.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Multi-Tenant Building, Internally Accessed
Multi-Tenant Building, Internally Accessed - A single building occupied by two or more tenants in whom individual business entrances are accessed internally through a single exterior access point or limited exterior access points.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mural, Art
{Mural, Art - Original works (i) created by an individual or team that are designed with the intent of producing a creative or aesthetic outcome, (ii) are not used for advertising a business, product, service, or commercial activity, and (iii) is painted, drawn, or similarly applied on the exterior of a structure for artistic expression. The only lettered or numeric messaging includes the artist's name and date of installation.} ORD. #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
{National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - The Federal program that makes flood insurance available to owners of property within participating communities nationwide through the cooperative efforts of the Federal Government and the private insurance industry.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Native Prairie Grasses
{Native Prairie Grasses - A mixture of perennial grasses that historically populated the prairie ecosystem of the United States that contain no trees. Prairie grasses may vary by region.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Natural Areas
{Natural Areas - Any critical area such as floodplains, wetlands, high tree concentrations, critical habitats that contain rare, threatened or endangered species, wooded slopes, wooded or partially wooded streams, woodlands, and riparian areas.} ORD. #96-11-05
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Natural Condition
{Natural Condition - The condition that arises from, or is found in nature unmodified by human intervention.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Natural Drainage
Natural Drainage - Drainage channels, routes, and ways formed over time in the surface topography of the earth prior to any modifications or improvements made by unnatural causes and/or human intervention.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Natural Features - The physical characteristics of a property or area that are not man-made, such as soil types, geology, slopes, vegetation, and drainage patterns.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Natural Grade (for floodplain management purposes) - The elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground. Fill placed prior to the date of the initial identification of the flood hazard on a FEMA map is also considered natural grade.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 1/1/1901
NAVD
NAVD - North American Vertical Datum.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Neighborhood
{Neighborhood - An area with characteristics that distinguish it from others including distinct economic bases, housing types, schools, development styles or patterns, or boundaries defined by distinct physical barriers such as railroads, arterial streets, rivers or major water bodies and/or similar characteristics and boundaries.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Neighborhood Delivery Centers (Postal Kiosks)
{Neighborhood Delivery Centers (Postal Kiosks) - A freestanding sheltered or enclosed installation containing a large number of individually locked, wall-mounted mailboxes and compartments.} ORD. #46-07-16
Effective on: 9/3/2016
New Construction
New Construction - Structures for which the “start of construction” commences on or after the effective date of this ordinance. {For floodplain management purposes, any structure for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{New Manufactured Home Park {or Subdivision -
{New Manufactured Home Park {or Subdivision - A manufactured home park or subdivision} for which the construction of facilities for servicing the sites on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (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 on or after the effective date of the community’s first floodplain ordinance.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Newspaper and Job Printing
Newspaper and Job Printing - An establishment providing printing, blueprinting, photocopying, engraving, binding, or other related services.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
NFIP
{NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Noblesville Parks
{Noblesville Parks - All public land owned by the City of Noblesville and under the jurisdiction of the Noblesville Parks Board.} ORD. #24-07-13, As Amended
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Noise Sensitive Purpose - The use of a building or structure as a residence, school, church, child care facility, medical facility, retirement home, or nursing home.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Non-Conforming Lot, Use or Structure
Non-Conforming Lot, Use or Structure - Any lot, use, or structure legally existing as of the effective date of this ordinance, that is not in compliance with this ordinance or any subsequent amendments.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Non-Point Source Pollution -
{Non-Point Source Pollution - Pollution affecting a water body from widely spread sources. Such sources range from runoff from agricultural areas draining into a river. Nonpoint source pollution may also include urban runoff, such as contaminated storm water washed-off of parking lots, roads and highways, and lawns (often containing fertilizers and pesticides).} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
N
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD) - Adopted in 1993 and is a vertical control datum used as a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Notice of Public Hearing -
{Notice of Public Hearing - A legal document announcing the opportunity for the public to present their views to an official representative, board, and/or commission of a public agency concerning an official action pending before the agency.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
N
Nude Model Studio - Any place where a person, who regularly appears in a state of nudity or displays specified anatomical areas for money or any form of consideration and is to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed or similarly depicted by other persons.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
N
Nursing Home - See Convalescent, Nursing, or Rest Home.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Nursery, Plant Materials, Primary
Nursery, Plant Materials, Primary - Land, buildings, structures, or combination thereof for the storage, cultivation, transplanting of live trees, shrubs, or plants offered for retail sale on the premises including products used for gardening and landscaping.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Nursery, Plant Materials, Accessory - Land, buildings, or structures for the use of offering live trees, shrubs, or plants for retail sale on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use, building, and/or structure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Obstruction (for floodplain management purposes)
{Obstruction (for floodplain management purposes) - Includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, canalization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation, or other material in, along, across or projecting into any watercourse which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of water; or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
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Occupancy - {The portion of a building or premises owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied for a given use.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Office
Office - A use that provides professional, administrative, or business related services. This definition also includes welfare and charitable services. Production, distribution, or the retail or wholesale of goods are not included.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Office, Medical
Office, Medical - An establishment for the care, diagnosis, and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm, or injured persons, and those who are in need of medical and surgical attention, but which building does not provide board, room or regular hospital care and services. This definition shall include clinics as well as the offices of medical doctors, physicians, dentists, or other health care practitioners.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Off-Site or Off-Premises (Regarding Subdivision Approval)
Off-Site or Off-Premises (Regarding Subdivision Approval)- Any premises or structure not located within the area of the property to be subdivided, whether or not in the same ownership of the applicant.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Off-Site or Off-Premises (Regarding Signs)
Off-Site or Off-Premises (Regarding Signs) - Any sign not located on the same lot or parcel as the use it is serving.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Off-street parking area
Off-street parking area - See Parking, Off Street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
On-Site Consultation
On-Site Consultation - A representative of the Planning Department meeting at a location that is off-site from the Office of Planning and Development to discuss an item(s) relating to a permit or planning process as requested by the contractor, owner, and/or developer.} ORD #61-12-15
Effective on: 1/12/2016
One And Two Family Dwelling Code, Indiana
One And Two Family Dwelling Code, Indiana - The mandatory statewide building code adopted by the Indiana Administrative Building Council for one and two family residential dwellings.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
One Percent Annual Chance Flood
{One Percent Annual Chance Flood - The flood that has a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. (Refer to ‘ Flood, Regulatory’).} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Open Space
Open Space - {An area of land not covered by buildings, parking areas/structures, structures for habitation, or accessory uses. Open Space does not include street rights-of-way, platted lots, private yards, patio areas or land scheduled for future development.
THE FOLLOWING ARE SUBSET DEFINITIONS FOR OPEN SPACE
Environmental Open Space – An area which contains natural systems (including man-made) that function to preserve the natural integrity of the area including but not limited to woodlands, bio-swales, restored prairies, wetlands, and naturalized detention/retention ponds.
Recreational Open Space – An area that has been designed and designated for active use including but not limited to trails, nature viewing areas, plazas, ball fields or similar activity fields, accessible bodies of water for active use, and playgrounds.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Ordinance -
Ordinance - Any legislative action, however denominated, of a local government which has the force of law, including the amendment or repeal of any ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
OSHA -
{OSHA - The United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration. } ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Outdoor Amusements
Outdoor Amusements - See Amusements, Outdoor.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Outdoor Sale and/or Display
Outdoor Sale and/or Display - The placement and availability for purchase of products temporarily placed outside of a building or structure, including but not limited to garden supplies, clothing, toys, play equipment, agricultural products, building materials, landscape materials, and bagged salt.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Outdoor Storage
Outdoor Storage - The keeping of materials, merchandise, stock, supplies, machines, equipment, or manufacturing materials of any nature that are not kept in a structure, regardless of how long such materials are kept on the premises.} ORD. #33-6-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Overhang
Overhang - The horizontal distance that the roof projects beyond the story immediately below.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Overlay District
Overlay District - An area that is superimposed upon another district which supersedes, modifies, or supplements the underlying district regulations.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Owner
Owner - Any person, firms, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity having legal title to or sufficient proprietary interest in the land under these regulations.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Packaging of Finished Goods
{Packaging of Finished Goods - A facility that packages supplies and products that are manufactured off site.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Package Sewerage System - A sewerage system including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision or development in an outlying or generally rural area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parapet
{Parapet - A low solid protective wall along the edge of a roof or balcony.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Park
Park, Public - A public space designed and set aside exclusively for diversion, recreation, or amusement; characterized by large amounts of open space. While the majority of park activities take place out of doors, accessory buildings and structures such as swimming pools, tennis courts, picnic shelters, or playground equipment may also be permitted. See also Sports and Recreation Park and Amusement, Outdoor.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Park, Private
Park, Private - An area, restricted as to use by a particular group, that is set aside for passive and/or active recreational opportunities and is of a non-commercial character.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking Garage
{Parking Garage - A structure or portion thereof composed of one (1) or more levels or floors used exclusively for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking Lot, Public
Parking Lot, Public - An un-enclosed area for off-street parking which is owned and/or operated by the City, County, or other unit of government; or which is operated for the general public and not for patrons of a particular use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking, Off-Street
Parking, Off-Street - An area appropriate in size to accommodate the required parking for the applicable land use(s), together with driveways and maneuvering room; located totally out of public right-of-way; and set back from such right-of-way as required within this Unified Development Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking, Required
Parking, Required - The number of parking spaces required for a particular use or uses as required within this Unified Development Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking Space
Parking Space - An enclosed or un-enclosed surfaced area permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one (1) passenger motor vehicle and appropriately part of a street or connected with a street or alley by a surfaced driveway affording adequate ingress and egress.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Partial Street
Partial Street - See Street, Partial.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Particulate Matter
{Particulate Matter - Finely divided liquid or solid materials which are discharged and carried along in the air. This shall not include water droplets commonly called steam.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Party Wall - A wall starting from the foundation and extending continuously through all stories to or above the roof, which separates one building unit from another and is in joint use by each building unit.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Patio
{Patio - An open landing that adjoins a dwelling, is often paved, and is adapted to outdoor uses.} ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
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{Pediment - A crowning material used over doors and windows.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Penal or Correctional Facility - The use of land for the confinement or safe custody of persons as a result of a legal process and may include attendance centers established for persons sentenced to serve periods of community service.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Perennials
{Perennials - A plant that has a life-cycle lasting more than two years and survives during the winter by an underground root system.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Performance Bond or Surety Bond - An amount of money or other negotiable security paid by the subdivider, developer, property owner or his/her surety to the City of Noblesville that guarantees that the individual will perform all actions as required by the City of Noblesville regarding approved plans or in other situations as stated in the Unified Development Ordinance or by the Director of Planning and Development within a specified time; which provides that if the subdivider, developer, property owner or his/her surety defaults and fails to comply with the provisions of his/her approvals, the subdivider, developer, property owner, or his/her surety shall pay damages up to the limit of the bond or the surety will itself complete the requirements of approval.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Permanent Foundation
Permanent Foundation - A structural system for transporting loads from a structure to the earth at a depth below the established frost line without exceeding the safe bearing capacity of the supporting soil.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Permeable Pavers
Permeable Pavers - Any kind of pavement constructed of material that allows water to penetrate and drain into underlying soils.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Permitted or Licensed Premises
Permitted or Licensed Premises - Any premises that requires a license and/or permit and that is classified as a sexually oriented business.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Permitted Use -
{Permitted Use - An authorized use within a zoning district.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Personal Care Services
Personal Care Services - Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily is engaged in the provision of frequent or recurrent needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include shoe repair, barber and beauty shops, tailor shops, nail shops, individual personal trainer, and similar activities.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Personal Services
Personal Services - Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily offers services to the general public as shoe repair, watch repair, barber shops, beauty parlors, and similar activities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Petitioner
{Petitioner - The property owner or a person legally empowered, in writing by the property owner, to act on the property owner’s behalf and who thereby has the property owner’s authority to make representations and decisions before the City of Noblesville officials, regarding the use and/or development of the subject real estate.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Petitioner’s Representative - A person legally empowered, in writing by the property owner, to act on the petitioner’s behalf and who thereby has the petitioner’s authority to make representations and decisions before the City of Noblesville officials, regarding the use and/or development of the subject real estate.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Petrochemical Facilities - An establishment engaged in the processing of chemicals derived from petroleum or natural gas.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Physical Map Revision {(PMR) (for floodplain management purposes)}
{Physical Map Revision {(PMR) (for floodplain management purposes)} - An official republication of a community’s FEMA map to effect changes to base (one percent annual chance) flood elevations, floodplain boundary delineations, regulatory floodways, and planimetric features. These changes typically occur as a result of structural works or improvements, annexations resulting in additional flood hazard areas, or correction to base flood elevation or SFHAs.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Places of Public Assembly -
Places of Public Assembly - Buildings or indoor facilities including, but not necessarily limited to, banquet halls, auditoria, and conference centers, and including any kitchens for the preparation of food to be consumed at the premises.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Places of Worship
Places of Worship - Structures and other indoor or outdoor facilities used for public worship and related educational, cultural, and social activities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plan Commission (PC)
{Plan Commission (PC) - The Advisory City of Noblesville Plan Commission or any division thereof and its designees.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
{Planned Unit Development (PUD) - A large-scaled unified development consisting of a parcel or parcels of land, controlled by a single owner to be developed as a single entity. The} area of land in which a variety of residential, commercial, and/or industrial uses are planned and developed as a whole according to the adopted preliminary development plans and approved detailed plans, with more flexible standards, such as lot sizes, uses and setbacks, than those restrictions that would normally apply {to a specific zoning district.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Planning Jurisdiction
{Planning Jurisdiction - City of Noblesville and the two mile jurisdictional area(s), and any and all townships participating in a Joinder Agreement.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Planning and Development, Director of
Planning and Development, Director of - An official appointed to administer this ordinance. Director of and Development for Noblesville.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plant Materials
{Plant Materials - Trees, shrubs, native grasses, ground cover, perennials and the like. {Xeriscaping landscape materials are encouraged to function as LID Stormwater BMPs.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Planting Season
Planting Season - The spring and fall time periods during which new plant materials that are installed are most likely to survive the planting process. Generally, these periods are from April 15 to June 15 (spring) and October 15 to November 15 (fall). This does not prohibit the installation of plant materials during other times of the year.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plastics
{Plastics - Any of the various complex organic compounds produced by polymerization.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plat
Plat - The drawing, map, or plan of a subdivision or other tract of land or a replat of such including certifications, descriptions, and approvals. The final map or drawing, described in these regulations, on which the subdivider’s plan of subdivision is presented to the Plan Commission for approval and which, if approved, may be submitted to the County Recorder for filing.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plat, Primary
Plat, Primary - The preliminary drawing or drawings, described in these regulations, indicating the proposed manner or layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Plan Commission for approval.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Plat, Secondary
Plat, Secondary - The final and formal presentation of the map, plan, or record of a subdivision and any accompanying material, as described in the regulations {of the Unified Development Ordinance.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Point Source Pollution -
{Point Source Pollution - A single, identifiable, discrete source from which pollution is generated. For example a smokestack, ditch, pipe, sewer outfall, or an industrial waste pipe.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Porch
{Porch - A structure attached to a building that has a roof and that may or may not have walls.} ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Portable Storage Pods
{Portable Storage Pods - A portable streamlined enclosure or detachable container that is delivered on-site for the packing of temporary storage needs and is removed to a secure Storage Center (indoor warehouse) for storage of the enclosure/container. The actual pods shall remain on-site for a maximum of thirty (30) days per calendar year.} ORD. # 12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Portico - A major porch usually supported by a pedimented roof and supported by columns.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Post FIRM Construction
{Post FIRM Construction - Construction or substantial improvement that started on or after the effective date of the initial FIRM of the community or after December 31, 1974 whichever is later.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Potential Emissions
{Potential Emissions - Any emissions of any one pollutant which would be emitted from a facility, if that facility were operated without the use of pollutant control equipment unless such control equipment (aside from air pollution control equipment) is necessary for the facility to produce its normal product or is integral to the normal operation of the facility. Potential emissions shall be rated on the maximum rated capacity.} ORD. #09-03-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Prefabricated Building - A structure that is manufactured and constructed using factory-made components or units that are transported and assembled on-site to form the complete structure.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Preschool
{Preschool - See School, Preschool} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Premises - One or more lots which are in the same ownership and are contiguous, or separated only by a right-of-way or water body, including all buildings, structures, and improvements.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Pre FIRM Construction
{Pre FIRM Construction - Construction or substantial improvement that started on or before December 31, 1974, or before the effective date of the initial FIRM of the community, whichever is later.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Principally Above Ground - A structure where at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the actual cash value of the structure, less land value, is above ground.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Primary live entertainment
{Primary live entertainment - On-site entertainment by live entertainers that characterizes the establishment, as determined (if necessary) from a pattern of advertising as well as actual performances.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Principal Use
Principal Use - The primary use to which the premises are devoted, and the main purpose for which the premises exist.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Printing and Publishing
{Printing and Publishing - An establishment that provides printing, publishing, duplicating, or collating services using photocopy, blueprint, off-set printing, or related equipment.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Private Streets
Private Streets - See Street, Private.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Private Water System
Private Water System - A water system formed by a developer to serve a new community development in an outlying or generally rural area. It includes water treatment and distribution facilities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Process (Air Quality)
{Process (Air Quality) - Any action, operation or treatment and the equipment used in connection therewith and all methods or forms of manufacturing or processing that emits or is capable of emitting an air contaminant.} ORD. #09-03-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Processing of Raw Goods
Processing of Raw Goods - An establishment engaged in a specific industrial or manufacturing operation, such as the chemical transformation of raw goods into new products that may include the blending and combining of gases and liquids.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Professional Office
{Professional Office - The office of a recognized profession maintained for the conduct of that profession. A profession is a vocation, calling, occupation, or employment requiring training in the liberal arts or sciences, or combination thereof, requiring advanced study in a specialized field, and any occupation requiring licensing by the State and maintenance of professional standards applicable to that field. Professions include attorney, architect, engineer, financial planner, Realtor, insurance agent, broker and other similar professions.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Program of Signs -
{Program of Signs - A plan and narrative that sets forth and describes the signs permitted in a specific development area including sign materials, lighting, sizes, colors, types, and locations.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Prohibited Use
Prohibited Use - A use indicated as prohibited for a certain district in the Schedule of Uses.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Project Site
{Project Site - The area of the entire site for a development that might include smaller, individual platted lots or parcels.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Provisional Plat -
Provisional Plat - See Plat, Primary.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Public Access Area -
{Public Access Area - A public place that is generally an outdoor area, whether publicly or privately owned, to which the pubic have access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not, but not a place when used exclusively by one or more individuals for a private gathering or other personal purpose. A social space that is open and accessible to people.} ORD #48-10-14
Effective on: 11/10/2014
Public Law 360, Acts Of 1971
Public Law 360, Acts Of 1971 - Enabling legislation requiring the Indiana Administrative Building Council to adopt rules and regulations for the construction, repair, or maintenance of factory-constructed one or two family residential dwellings.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Public Service Facilit
{Public Service Facility - Buildings, power plants, substations, water treatment plants, pumping stations, sewage disposal or pumping plants; lift stations, transmission or distribution systems; collection or disposal systems; and other similar structures used by a public utility or railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other governmental agency to furnish electrical, gas, rail transport, transportation, communications, water, and sewer services. Such facilities may include the specific facilities listed above as well as poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarms, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and similar accessories needed to provide such services for consumption by the general public.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Public Street
Public Street - See Street, Public.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Public Uses -
Public Uses - Public parks, schools, fire and police stations, libraries, museums, zoological gardens and parks, city and town halls, county courthouses, utility complexes, fairgrounds, and administrative and cultural buildings and structures, but not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and materials and public service facilities.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Public Utility
Public Utility - Any person, firm, or corporation duly authorized to furnish electricity, gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, water, or sewerage systems to the public under public regulation.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Quality of Life -
{Quality of Life - The degree to which individuals perceive themselves as able to function physically, emotionally and socially. Quality of Life includes all aspects of community life that have a direct influence on the physical and mental health of its members.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Quarries and Other Excavation Activities
Quarries and Other Excavation Activities - A place where rock, ore, stone, sand, and similar materials are excavated for sale or for off-tract use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Quarters for Relatives
Quarters for Relatives - A second dwelling unit, located within and subordinate to an accessory {structure}, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provision within said dwelling unit for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use to the main dwelling on the lot. ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Quasi-Public Use
Quasi-Public Use - Places of worship, private and parochial schools, colleges, hospitals, cemeteries, and other facilities of an educational, religious, charitable, philanthropic, or no-profit nature. Private airports, clubs and lodges, athletic complexes, nursing homes, clinics, country clubs, homes for elderly and children, and other seemingly public uses which are in private ownership shall be considered quasi-public.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Quoins
{Quoins - Units of stone or brick used to accentuate the corners of a building.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Raceway
{Raceway - A long rectangular metal enclosure used to mount individual channel lettering and to conceal related electrical components onto a wall face. Raceways may be internal or external to a building.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Rain Barrels
{Rain Barrels - A container that collects rainwater managing rooftop runoff. ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Rain Garden
Rain Garden - (See Bioretention Facility)} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Recreation, Indoor
Recreation, Indoor - Any indoor athletic activity such as but not limited to indoor swimming pools, track & field events, soccer fields, gymnasiums, or skating rinks (ice or roller). See also Park, Outdoor Amusements, and {Sports and Recreation Parks (indoor).} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Recreation and Entertainment Uses
{Recreation and Entertainment Uses - These uses include but are not limited to an amphitheater, expositions (indoor and outdoor), festivals, recreation, sports and recreation parks (indoor and outdoor), and places of public assembly.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Recreational Equipment, Major
Recreational Equipment, Major - Equipment which must be hauled on a trailer with two(2) or more wheels or which has two (2) or more wheels attached, or which is self-propelled with wheels, including boats, travel trailers, and recreational vehicles.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Recreational Vehicle (RV)
Recreational Vehicle (RV) - A vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreation, camping, or travels with its own motor power or mounted on or towed by another powered vehicle.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Recreational Vehicle (for floodplain management purposes) -
{Recreational Vehicle (for floodplain management purposes) - A vehicle which is (1) built on a single chassis; (2) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections; (3) designed to be self propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and (4) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use.} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Recycling Center
Recycling Center - A facility that accepts source-sorted recyclable materials, processes those materials, and makes the materials available for use in their original form. Recycling Centers are subject to all applicable requirements of the City and State.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Redevelopment
{Redevelopment - Any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses on it.} ORD. #12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Registered Architect - An architect properly licensed and registered in the State of Indiana or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Registered Land S
Registered Land Surveyor - A land surveyor properly licensed and registered in the State of Indiana or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Registered Landscape Architect
Registered Landscape Architect - An architect, specializing in landscaping, properly licensed and registered in the State of Indiana or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Registered Professional or Civil Engineer
Registered Professional or Civil Engineer - An engineer properly licensed and registered in the State of Indiana or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Regulation -
{Regulation - A rule or order issued by a public agency having the force of law.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Regulatory Flood
Regulatory Flood - (Refer to Flood, Regulatory) ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Religious Institution
{Religious Institution - Any church, synagogue, mosque, temple or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities. See also places of worship.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Repetitive Loss
{Repetitive Loss - Flood related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a 10-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equaled or exceeded twenty five percent (25%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
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Replacement Costs - The sum of money which would be required to reconstruct a structure identical to the one in question.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Research Activities
Research Activities - Removed definition and replaced with Research and Development definition. ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Research and Development
{Research and Development - Indoor facilities for scientific research; and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing, that are not associated with a manufacturing facility on the same site. Includes pharmaceutical, chemical, medical/dental, electrical, and biotechnology research and development.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Residential Area
{Residential Area - Any portion of the City in which residential uses are permitted or a legal non-conforming residential use is established.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Residential Care Home
Residential Care Home - A dwelling unit shared by four (4) or more unrelated disabled individuals, exclusive of staff, who require assistance and/or supervision and who reside together in a family-type environment as a single housekeeping unit. A Residential Care Home shall not include a home for persons currently addicted to alcohol or narcotic drugs or whom are criminal offenders serving on work release or probationary programs.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Responsible Party
{Responsible Party - Any person, firm or corporation that uses property in violation of the Unified Development Ordinance or knowingly permits another person, firm or corporation to do so.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Restaurant, Sit-down
Restaurant, Sit-down - A business establishment within which the primary use is prepared food offered for sale and consumption within the structure or in a designated and permitted outdoor area. May also include carry-out service. See Drive-in or Drive-Through Establishment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Restaurant, Carry-out - A business establishment within which the primary use is prepared food offered for sale in disposable containers and packaged for carryout. See Drive-in or Drive-Through Establishment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Resubdivision (Replat)
Resubdivision (Replat) - A change in a map for an approved or recorded subdivision plat if such change effects any street layout on such map or area reserved thereon for public use, or any lot line; or if it affects any map or plat legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivision.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - A business establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Retention Area - An area that is designed to capture specific quantities of Stormwater and to gradually release the Stormwater at a sufficiently slow rate to avert flooding. It is an area that normally contains water at a specific level prior to a storm event.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Retirement Community
Retirement Community - An age-restricted development that may include detached and attached dwelling units, apartments, and may include assisted living units and a nursing home.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Reverse Channel Letters (sign)
{Reverse Channel Letters (sign) - See Illumination, Halo-lit.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Rezoning -
{Rezoning - An amendment to a zoning map and/or text of a zoning ordinance to effect a change in the nature, density, or intensity of uses allowed in a zoning district and/or on a designated parcel or land area.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
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{Ridge - The line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Ridgetop -
Ridgetop - The crest of the ridge.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Ridgeline -
Ridgeline - A line marking or following the ridgetop.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Right-of-Way
Right-of-Way - An area of land occupied or intended to be occupied by transportation facilities, public utilities, or other special public uses. Rights-of-way intended for any use involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to the public use by the maker of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Right-of-Way Width
Right-of-Way Width - The distance between properties adjacent to the right-of-way as measured at right angles to the centerline of the right-of-way. {The minimum right-of-way width will be the sum of the widths of travel lanes, shoulders, median (if applicable), ditches, plus that necessary for fill or cut slopes or for roadside clear zones, whichever is greater. The overall right-of-way width shall be increased to provide additional width for the following: maintenance, utility corridors and future expansion.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Riparian Area
{Riparian Area - Wooded or vegetative areas along creeks, streams, rivers or designated regulated drains. The area on each bank designated as a riparian area shall be no wider than the average width of the creek, stream, or river at normal flow elevation, but be no less than 10 feet in width from the top of the banks.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Riverine - Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Road
Road - See Street.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Roadside Corridor - A linear green space of a minimum width of thirty (30) feet along each side of State Highway 32, and immediately abutting the State Highway 32 right-of-way line, within which alternative transportation trail improvements are installed.} ORD. #31-05-21
Effective on: 5/25/2021
Roadside Stand
Roadside Stand - A temporary structure designed or used for the display or sale of agricultural and related products, or novelties and other items of interest, to the motoring public.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Roof Graphic
Roof Graphic - A street graphic that is displayed above the eaves and under the peak.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Root Protection Zone
{Root Protection Zone - Refer to Critical Root Zone definition. ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Runoff
Runoff - The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Salvage Yard
{Salvage Yard - See definition of Junk Yard.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Same Ownership
Same Ownership - Ownership by the same person, corporation, firm, entity, partnership, or unincorporated associations, in which a stockholder, partner, or associate, or a member of his family owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or un-incorporated association.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sanitary Landfill -
{Sanitary Landfill - A solid waste disposal facility designed to meet the minimum standards of the State of Indiana wherein “solid waste” as defined by State standards is disposed of by utilizing acceptable landfill engineering technology.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Satellite Store/Office -
{Satellite Store/Office - A small store or office in a different location from a company or government agency's main office to serve an expanding market share or an underserved area.} ORD#48-10-14
Effective on: 11/10/2014
School, Preschool
{School, Preschool - A school for children primarily between the ages of three (3) and five (5), providing preparation for elementary school.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
School, Primary or Secondary
School, Primary or Secondary - An institution primarily engaged in academic instruction for all or part of grades K through 12, and recognized or approved by the State.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
School, Trade or Business
School, Trade or Business - A school with a curriculum which is focused upon certain skills required in Business, trades or the arts, including secretarial skills, instrumental music, dancing, barbering, hairdressing or other technical trades which require knowledge of special machinery.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Screening -
Screening - A structure erected or vegetation planted which eventually is of sufficient height and density for concealing an area from view.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Seat
Seat - For purposes of determining the number of off-street parking spaces for certain uses, the number of seats is the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 lineal inches of benches, pews, or space for loose chairs.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Secondary Plat
Secondary Plat - See Plat, Secondary.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sedimentation
Sedimentation - The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or deposited by moving wind, water, or gravity. Once this matter is deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is usually referred to as “sediment.”
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Self-Storage
{Self-Storage - See Warehouse, Mini-storage.} ORD #12-04-17
Effective on: 4/25/2017
Septic System
Septic System - See Sewer, On-site.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Service Delivery Space -
{Service Delivery Space - An off-street space provided for motor vehicles that are 25-FT in length or less that are making deliveries and/or providing a maintenance service. Required service delivery loading space is not to be included as off-street parking space in computation of required off-street parking spaces. All off-street service delivery spaces shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right-of-way.} ORD #41-11-20
Effective on: 11/24/2020
Services
Services - An establishment providing recurrently needed services, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use, including finance, real estate and insurance, barber and beauty shops, personal service, health, and social services.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Setback, Required
Setback, Required - The minimum and/or maximum required distance between a property line and a setback line, as established by this Unified Development Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Setback Line
Setback Line - A line established by the Unified Development Ordinance, generally parallel with and measured from the {lot} line, defining the limits of a yard in which no building, other than {an accessory structure exempted in Article 9}, may be located above ground, except as may be provided in said development ordinance. See also Yard and Building Setback Line (Front). ORD. #56-11-07 ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Sewers, On-Site (Private)
Sewers, On-Site (Private) - A septic tank or similar installation on an individual lot which utilizes an aerobic bacteriological process or equally satisfactory process for the elimination of sewage and provides for the proper and safe disposal of the effluent, subject to the approval of health and sanitation officials having jurisdiction.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sex Shop
{Sex Shop - An establishment offering goods for sale or rent and that meets any of the following tests.
- The establishment offers for sale items from any two of the following categories: (a) adult media, (b) lingerie, or (c) leather goods marketed or presented in a context to suggest their use for sadomasochistic practices; and the combination of such items constitutes more than 10 percent of its stock in trade or occupies more than 10 percent of its floor area.
- More than 5 percent of its stock in trade consists of sexually oriented toys or novelties.
- More than 5 percent of its gross public floor area is devoted to the display of sexually oriented toys or novelties.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sexually-Oriented Business
Sexually-Oriented Business - An inclusive term used to describe collectively: adult cabaret; adult media shop, adult motion picture theater; video-viewing booth or arcade; massage studio; and/or sex shop.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sexually-Oriented Toys or Novelties
Sexually-Oriented Toys or Novelties - Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed as representations of human genital organs or female breasts, or designed or marketed primarily for use to stimulate human genital organs.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Shooting Gallery
{Shooting Gallery - An indoor range equipped with targets for practice with firearms.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Shrub
{Shrub - A woody plant of relatively low height having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sidewalk
Sidewalk - That portion of the road right-of-way which is improved for the use of pedestrian traffic.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sign
Sign
Any identification, description, display, or illustration which is affixed to, or painted, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor structure or parcel of land, and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, business, person, service, or interest.
THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE SUBSETS OF THE DEFINITION OF SIGN:
Sign, Commercial Message
Sign, Commercial Message - Any image, logo, or words that advertise a business conducted, service rendered, activity conducted, or good produced and/or sold. ORD. #13-02-14
Effective on: 3/11/2014
Sign, Height of
Sign, Height of - The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to the finished grade of the ground immediately beneath the sign. For those instances when the sign is constructed on an artificially constructed earthen berm, the sign height shall be measured from the highest point of the sign to the base of the earthen berm.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Sign, Illuminated - Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas, or other artificial light including reflecting or phosphorescent light.
- Indirectly illuminated – A sign with a light source directed primarily toward said sign and so shielded so that no direct rays from the light source are visible.
- Internally illuminated – A sign that has its light source enclosed and viewed through a translucent material.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sign Area
Sign Area - The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing all elements of the sign which form an integral part of the sign and which are organized, related, and composed to form a single unit. Where matter is displayed in a random manner without organized relationship of elements, or where there is reasonable doubt about the relationship of elements, each element shall be considered to be a single sign.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Sign Area, Ground and Projecting Sign (for calculating area) - The total area of the face which is used to display a street sign, not including its supporting poles or structures. If a sign has two faces that are parallel and supported by the same poles or structures, the area of the sign is one-half the area of the two faces. If a sign has two or more faces that are supported by the same poles or structures but are not parallel, the area of the sign is the largest area of all faces visible at one time.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sign Area, Wall Signs (for calculating area)
Sign Area, Wall Signs (for calculating area) - The percentage of the signable area of a building or structure which may be used for wall signs.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sign Backer -
Sign Backer - A background display that is attached to the building or a part of the sign which is typically a geometric shape and usually of a contrasting color to either the building and/or the sign face. ORD. #17-04-14
Effective on: 5/13/2014
Signable Area
Signable Area - An area which is free of architectural details on the facade of a building or part of a building in which an activity is located.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Signature Monument
{Signature Monument - An identifying mark, architectural feature, or water feature located at the entrance to a residential development on a roadway identified on the Noblesville Thoroughfare Plan. These include, but are not limited to, a fountain, clock tower, pergola, gazebo, outdoor plaza, ponds, spire, arbor, or waterfalls.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Site -
{Site - A parcel or adjoining parcels under single ownership or single control, considered as a unit for the purposed of development or other use.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Site Composition - The position of a building in reference to the surrounding locality.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Site Plan - A drawing of the site, drawn accurately to an engineering scale, showing existing and proposed features of the site including but not limited to buildings and other structures both existing and proposed; setbacks from all buildings/structures to the property lines; location and dimensions of all building lines and easements; widths and lengths of all entrances and exits to and from said property (driveways); location of all adjacent and adjoining streets, service facilities, manholes, ponds, drainage swales, grading and all other improvements sufficient for the review as required by the Unified Development Ordinance. The lot number and subdivision and/or legal description, address of site, property owner’s name and contact information, and contractor’s name and contact information shall be included.
All Planned Developments and/or ARB Subdivisions require the addition of a landscaping plan that is relevant to said site, indicating plants (common and botanical names) if possible, or an approved list of plants from the developer/owner/builder; tree calipers, minimum height of shrubs and/or grasses at the time of installation; planting bed (s) width and length including materials used in the planting beds and any and all other information as required for sufficient review by the Planning Staff.} ORD. #03-02-12
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Slope - Any ground, sidewalk, or off-street parking area whose surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Small cell facility
{Small cell facility - A wireless service facility that satisfies the following requirements: (1) each antenna, including exposed elements, has a volume of three (3) cubic feet or less; (2) all antennas, including exposed elements, have a total volume of six (6) cubic feet or less; and (3) the primary equipment enclosure located with the facility has a volume of seventeen (17) cubic feet or less.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
{Small cell network
{Small cell network - A collection of interrelated small cell facilities designed to deliver wireless service. } ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Soil Map
{Soil Map - A National Cooperative Soil Survey prepared by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with Purdue Experiment Station and the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Solid Waste Disposal Facility - Any facility involved in the storage or disposal of non-liquid, non-soluble materials ranging from municipal garbage to industrial wastes that contain complex and sometimes hazardous substances. Solid waste also includes sewage sludge, agricultural refuse, demolition wastes, mining wastes, and liquids and gases stored in containers.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Special Consideration
{Special Consideration - A use requiring specific approval by the Plan Commission and Common Council because of its unique or unusual nature accompanied with special conditions.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Special Event
{Special Event - {A noteworthy location or activity that is not part of a regular service or occasion that is conducted by a business, religious, civic, educational, community, governmental or similar organization.} ORD #24-07-13 As Amended, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Special Exception
{Special Exception - A use that may be permitted in a district only if it meets special conditions, and upon application is specifically authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
{Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) - Those lands within the jurisdiction of the City {subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. The SFHAs of the City are designated by the Federal Emergency Agency on Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Studies as Zone A, AE, or A99). The SFHA includes areas that are flood prone and designated from other federal, state, or local source data including, but not limited to, best available flood layer maps provided by or approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, historical flood information reflecting high water marks, previous flood inundation areas, and flood prone soils associated with a watercourse. Also known as "Areas of Special Flood Hazard" and floodplain.} ORD. # 04-01-03, ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Specified anatomical areas
{Specified anatomical areas - (1) Less than completely and opaquely covered: human genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and (2) human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Specified sexual activities -
Specified sexual activities - Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal or acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, sodomy, or fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttock, or female breast.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sports and Recreation Parks, Indoor
{Sports and Recreation Parks, Indoor - The use of land for commercial indoor athletic activities located entirely within an enclosed building such as but not limited to those activities of outdoor sports and recreation parks and other recreational uses such as paintball facility, truck pulls, demolition derby, equestrian events, and rodeos.} ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sports and Recreation Parks, {Outdoor}
Sports and Recreation Parks, {Outdoor} - The use of land for commercial athletic activities {not located entirely within an enclosed building} such as but not limited to baseball/softball diamonds, {golf driving range, miniature golf, sled or toboggan runs}, soccer fields, {football fields}, tennis courts, swimming pools, water parks, ice skating rinks, {rugby, polo}, or track and field events. Such uses shall not include shooting ranges. ORD. #26-4-03
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Stadium (Coliseum, Arena)
{Stadium (Coliseum, Arena) - A large usually roofless building with tiers of seats for spectators at public entertainments.} ORD. 23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Stained Glass
{Stained Glass - Glass that is given a desired color while in the molten state or by firing a stain into the surface of the glass after forming. This glass is used as decorative windows set in lead canes.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Start of Construction
Start of Construction - The first placement of permanent construction of a structure {including a manufactured home} on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling, nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations, or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not as part of the main structure. This term does include substantial improvement, in which the start of construction would be 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. The start of construction, repair, reconstruction, or improvement must be commenced within 180 days of the permit date. ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
State
State - State of Indiana.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Stipulation -
{Stipulation - A condition, requirement, or item specified as a part of an agreement or ordinance.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
{Stockpile, Soils Pile, Storage Pile (Construction Only)
{Stockpile, Soils Pile, Storage Pile (Construction Only) - The accumulation of excavated soil which is a reserve supply to provide proper building/site elevations for construction.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Stockpile (Permanent)
{Stockpile (Permanent) - Any stockpile remaining after a particular phase of construction has achieved its own dirt balance and is surplus that remains on site for future phases.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Stockpile (Temporary)
{Stockpile (Temporary) - Any stockpile associated with the same phase of construction for which a permit has been issued and will be removed at the end of the permitted phase for which it was created.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Stone Processing Activities
Stone Processing Activities - An establishment engaged in the processing of stone and its products for the purpose of wholesaling or distribution.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Storage by the Bin
{Storage by the Bin - A building that contains storage bins which are leased or rented and are used for storing of personal property, household goods, merchandise, or commodities. Such bins are transported to and from the warehouse building by the storage company as request by the lessee/renter to another destination for loading, unloading or reloading.} ORD #12-04-17
Effective on: 4/25/2017
Stor
Story - The part of a building between the surface of a floor and the ceiling immediately above; or if there is a floor above, the portion of a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above. A basement shall be counted as a story, and a cellar shall not be counted as a story.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street
Street - A general term denoting a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way. The term “street” also includes the terms highway, parkway, road, thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, lane, court, place, and other such terms.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Arterial
Street, Arterial - A system of streets and roads which form an integrated network of continuous routes primarily for through traffic. The “Arterial” system is stratified into “major” and “minor” categories.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Arterial, Major
Street, Arterial, Major - Serves corridor traffic movements having trip length and travel density characteristics indicative of substantial statewide or interstate travel, or connects major population centers in rural areas or serves major centers of activity and highest traffic volume corridors with the longest trip desires in urban areas.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Arterial, Minor
Street, Arterial, Minor - Links other cities, town, and traffic generators, and provides a substantial amount of interstate and inter-county service in rural areas; or interconnects and augments with the principal arterials to provide service to trips of moderate length for intra-community continuity in urban areas.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Collector
Street, Collector - A system of streets and roads which generally serve travel of primarily intra-area and intra-county importance with approximately equal emphasis to traffic circulation and land access service. The “collector” system is generally further stratified into “major” and “minor” categories. The system collects and distributes traffic between arterial and local systems.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Cul-de-loop
{Street, Cul-de-loop - A local street that runs into and reconnects with its main axis with the center or island used for parking or open space purposes.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Cul-de-sac
Street, Cul-de-sac - A short local street having one end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicle-turnaround at the other end.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Dead-end
Street, Dead-end - A local street open at one end only and without a special provision for a vehicle turn-around.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Frontage
Street, Frontage - A local street or road auxiliary and parallel to an arterial for service to abutting property and adjacent areas, and for control of access. Sometimes also called a “marginal access street.”
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Highway
Street, Highway - A term applied to streets and roads that are usually under the jurisdiction of the Indiana State Highway Commission.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Street, Local - A system of streets and roads, which primarily provides local access service {including supplying access to fronting properties} and access to higher order street systems. ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Street, Partial
Street, Partial - A dedicated right-of-way providing only a portion of the required street width, usually along the edge of a subdivision or tract of land. Sometimes referred to as a “half-street.”
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Private
Street, Private - A local street that is not dedicated or accepted for public use or maintenance which provides vehicular and pedestrian access {to more than one property, business, or dwelling unit.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Public
Street, Public - A street owned and maintained by a {unit of government within an officially dedicated and accepted right-of-way} to provide vehicular and pedestrian access.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street, Stub
Street, Stub - A temporary dead-end street intended to be extended at a later date.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Street Trees
Street Trees - Trees growing on public rights-of-way except for alleys and for medians contained within subdivisions.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Structure - Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground or requires location under the ground. Among other things, structures include buildings, walls, fences, signs, gas or liquid storage tank, mobile homes, {and accessory structures under 200 square feet that do not require a permanent foundation}. A structure is not a building except as further defined by that term.} ORD. #89-10-06, ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Structure (for floodplain management purposes) - A walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank, which is principally above ground. The term includes a manufactured home, as well as a prefabricated building. It also includes recreational vehicles installed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Structure, Accessory
Structure, Accessory{- A structure that is located on the same parcel of property as the {principal {structure and the use of which is incidental and subordinate to the use of the principal structure. An accessory structure specifically excludes structures used for human habitation. Accessory structures should be designed to have a minimal impact on adjoining properties. Examples of accessory structure include, but are not limited to, detached garages, carports, storage and tool sheds, pole barns, hay sheds, lean-tos, and boathouses.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #53-10-15
For purposes of floodplain regulation, accessory structures shall have the following additional defining characteristics:
1. A floor area of 400 square feet or less.
2. Accessory structures are considered walled and roofed when the structure includes at least two outside rigid walls and a fully secured roof.
3. The following may have uses that are incidental or accessory to the principal structure on a parcel but are generally not considered to be accessory structures by the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program).
a. Structures in which any portion is used for human habitation, whether as a permanent residence on a parcel or as a temporary or seasonal living quarters, such as a detached garage or carriage house that includes an apartment or guest quarters, or a detached guest house on the same parcel as the principal residence;
b. Structures used by the public, such as a place of employment or entertainment; and
c. Development that does not meet the NFIP definition of a structure for floodplain management purposes. Examples include, but are not necessarily limited to, a gazebo, pavilion, picnic shelter, or carport that is open on all sides (roofed but not walled).} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Structure, Elevated
{Structure, Elevated - A non-basement structure built to have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, filled stem wall foundations (also called chain walls), pilings, or columns (posts or piers).} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Structure, Historic
{Structure, Historic - Any structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Indiana State Survey of Historic, Architectural, Archaeological and Cultural Sites, Structures, Districts and Objects, or a local designation of a structure, site or object.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Structure, Semi-enclosed - A structure which has either a roof or walls but not both, or which has only partial roof and/or walls, such that the structure is open to the outdoors.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Structure, Temporary
{Structure, Temporary - Any building or structure which is easily moved, without any foundation or footing, or intended to be used for a limited period of time.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Stucco
{Stucco - A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, Portland cement and water to produce a paste-like materials which sets to form a hard surface.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Subdivider
{Subdivider - An individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndicate, trust, or other legal entity, which is engaged in developing or improving a tract of land that complies with the definition of subdivision and executes the application and initiates proceedings for the subdivision of land in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Subdivision - Any land, vacant or improved, which is divided or proposed to be divided into two (2) or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots or the combination of two or more lots into one lot, or interests for the purpose of offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions, including resubdivision. Subdivision includes the division or development of residential and nonresidential zoned land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, or other recorded instrument. However, this regulation shall not apply to the following:
- An adjustment of lot lines as shown on a recorded plat which does not reduce the area, frontage, width, depth, or building setback lines of each building site below the minimum zoning requirements, and does not change the original number of lots in any block(s) of the recorded plat.
- An allocation of land in the settlement of an estate of a decedent or a court decree for the distribution of property.
- The unwilling sale of land as a result of legal condemnations as defined and allowed in the Indiana State Law.
- Widening of existing streets to conform to the Comprehensive Plan.
- The acquisition of street rights-of-way by a public agency in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan.
- The exchange of land for the purpose of straightening property boundary lines which does not result in the change of the present land usage.
- The division, sale, and recordation of land and structures within condominium developments which comply with the appropriate statutes of the State of Indiana and the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Noblesville Regarding Condominium Development.} ORD. #89-10-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Subdivision, Minor
{Subdivision, Minor - Is any land which is proposed to be further divided or the combining of existing lots currently existing in an approved and recorded plat, meeting the following criteria:
- Contains a maximum of three (3) lots;
- Has all lots fronting an existing street;
- Does not involve the construction of a new street, realignment, or the extension of an existing street;
- Does not involve the dedication of additional right-of-way;
- Does not necessitate the extension of any municipal infrastructure or the creation of any public improvements;
- Does not create non-conformity of lot and/or structures; and
- Does not adversely affect the remainder of the parcel or adjoining properties.
The land shall be subdivided to developable lot(s) as required by the applicable regulations in the Unified Development Ordinance.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Substantially Similar
Substantially Similar - The same or significantly the same as a prior plan or application as determined by the associated land area, the intensity of development proposed, the range of proposed uses, the type, variety, and scale of signage, and other relevant factors.} ORD. #29-9-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Substantial Damage
{Substantial Damage - Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to it’s before damage condition would equal or exceed forty percent (40%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred in the “FH” (Flood Hazard) zoning district and would equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred in all other zoning districts before the damage occurred.} ORD. #22-06-13, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Substantial Improvement
Substantial Improvement - Any {reconstruction, rehabilitation,} {addition,} {or other improvement} of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 40 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures that have incurred {"repetitive loss" or} "substantial damage" regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not include improvements of structures to {correct existing violations of state or local} health, sanitary, or safety code requirements."} ORD #49-10-14, ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Substantial modification of a wireless support structure
{Substantial modification of a wireless support structure - The mounting of a wireless facility on a wireless support structure in a manner that:
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Increases the height of the wireless support by the greater of:
- Ten percent (10%) of the original height of the wireless support structure; or
- Twenty (20) feet;
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Adds an appurtenance to the wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the wireless support structure more than the greater of:
- Twenty (20) feet; or
- The width of the wireless support structure at the location of the appurtenance; or
- Increases the square footage of the equipment compound in which the wireless facility is located by more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
This does not include the following: (1) increasing the height of a wireless support structure to avoid interfering with an existing antenna; (2) increasing the diameter or area of a wireless support structure to: (a) shelter an antenna from inclement weather, or (b) connect an antenna to the wireless support structure by cable.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Supply Yard
Supply Yard - A commercial establishment storing and offering for sale building supplies, steel, coal, heavy equipment, feed and grain, and similar goods.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Support Structure
{Support Structure - A free standing structure designed and constructed to support an antenna array that may consist of a monopole, a self supporting lattice tower, a guyed tower, or other similar structure.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Surety
{Surety - An amount of money or other negotiable instrument provided by a developer, subdivider, or owner to the City, which guarantees that the developer, subdivider, owner or their assigns will perform all actions required by the City of Noblesville regarding an approved development plan, site plan, subdivision plat, landscaping plan or other improvements. Surety provides that, if the developer, subdivider, or owner fails to comply with the requirements of the approval, funds will be provided for the City to complete those requirements.} ORD. #22-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Surveyor, Land
Surveyor, Land - Any person who is licensed in the State of Indiana to practice professional land surveying.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Swale
Swale - A low lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface water runoff.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Swimming Pool, Community
Swimming Pool, Community - A swimming pool for the benefit of the general public, usually operated with a charge for admission; a principal use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Swimming Pool, Non-Permanent -
{Swimming Pool, Non-Permanent - Any on-ground pool capable of a water depth no greater than forty-two (42) inches that is so constructed that it may be readily disassembled for storage and reassembled to its original integrity.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Swimming Pool, Permanent -
{Swimming Pool, Permanent - Any in-ground pool or on-ground pool capable of a water depth of greater than forty-two (42) inches and twelve (12) feet in diameter.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Swimming Pool, Private
Swimming Pool, Private - A swimming pool used exclusively without paying an additional charge for admission by the residents and guests of a single household, a multi-family development, a community, the members and guests of a club, or the patrons of a motel or hotel; an accessory use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Technical Advisory Committee
Technical Advisory Committee - A committee established to assist in the evaluation of development applications, and to make advisory recommendations to the applicable reviewing authority. The membership of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, persons that are engaged in either private or public work with specific knowledge in road design and construction; sewer and water facility design and construction; solid waste; health requirements for water and sewer facilities; recreation and open space; environmental planning criteria related to geology, vegetation, noise, and water systems; and urban design.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Telecommunication Tower
{Telecommunication Tower - Any mast, pole, monopole, guyed tower, lattice tower, freestanding tower, or other similar structure designed and primarily used to support antenna arrays.} ORD. 64-11-08 (For Mobile Telecommunications Tower Refer to Cellular on Wheels (COW))
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Temporary Shelters
{Temporary Shelters - An establishment providing cover, protection, and/or food to individuals or families on a short term basis. Such accommodations shall be utilized for no more than three consecutive months per individual or family. This shall include shelters operated by organizations such as the Red Cross and churches to provide housing for families and individuals displaced by a natural or man-made disaster.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Terrain Classification
Terrain Classification - For purposes of these regulations and to guide the application of geometric design criteria, terrain has been classified as follows:
- Level—that condition where street sight distances, as governed by both horizontal and vertical restrictions, are generally long or would be made to be so without construction difficulty or major expense.
- Rolling—that condition where the natural slopes consistently rise above and fall below the street grade line and where occasional steep slopes offer some restriction to normal horizontal and vertical street alignment.
- Hilly—that condition where longitudinal and transverse changes in the elevation of the ground, with respect to a street, are abrupt and where the roadbed is obtained by fragment benching or side hill excavation.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Text Amendment -
{Text Amendment - A modification that clarifies or preserves the written provisions of an adopted ordinance or creates a new provision. It may correct an error or inconsistency or meet the challenge of changing conditions.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Theater
Theater - See Cinemas and Theaters.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Thoroughfare Plan
Thoroughfare Plan - The portion of the Comprehensive Plan adopted by the City Plan Commission indicating the general location recommended for arterial, collector and local streets and roads within the appropriate jurisdiction.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Topography
{Topography -The configuration of the earth’s surface, including the relative relief, elevations, and position of land features.} ORD. #22-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Topsoil
Topsoil - Surface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile soils and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called the “A Horizon.”
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Towing and Recovery Yard
{Towing and Recovery Yard - A lot or building used for the storage of damaged, wrecked or impounded motor vehicles for a limited period of time, usually awaiting insurance adjustment, transport to a repair shop, or recovery by the owner operator.} ORD. #22-6-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Townhouse
{Townhouse - One or more single-family dwellings with a minimal front and rear yards and no side yards, arranged side-by-side, separated by common walls between living areas; each having more than one story.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Traffic Calming
{Traffic Calming - Methods of reducing the negative impact of vehicles on surrounding land uses and other methods of personal transportation through street design that decreases the speed of vehicles and provides increased space and comfort for pedestrians.} ORD. #22-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Traffic Control Devices
Traffic Control Devices - All signs, signals, markings, and devices placed or erected by authority of the Common Council or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Trailer, Utility - A road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle and features an open-top rear cargo area (bed), and used for the transportation of a user’s personal property including but not limited to boat, ATV, motorcycle, snowmobiles, other water recreational vehicles or horse trailers, not used in commerce, which has a gross weight equal or less than three thousand (3,000) pounds, or a manufacturer’s gross vehicle rating (GVWR) of 3,000 pounds. Notwithstanding the above, a “utility trailer” includes a trailer or semi-trailer designed and used for the transportation of livestock, not in commerce, which does not exceed GVWR of 10,000 pounds or manufacturer’s GVWR of 10,000 pounds.} ORD. #12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Training Facility
{Training Facility - A site used for education and preparation of individuals in a specific field or skill. May include indoor or outdoor spaces and may be manipulated to create different drills or activities for hands-on demonstrations.} ORD. #23-6-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Transit Passenger Terminal
{Transit Passenger Terminal - Any land, structure, or building which serves as a point of arrival or departure for passengers of any train or other fixed-route transportation mode, including any ticket sales areas, reception areas, bus parking and/or refueling areas, and retail sales accessory thereto. Transit Passenger Terminals shall not include the storage, cleaning, or repair of trains, busses or other vehicles.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Trash Receptacle Enclos
{Trash Receptacle Enclosure - An enclosure for trash containers, recycling containers, garbage containers, building material containers or other large metal containers. Three (3) sides of the enclosure shall be constructed of building materials matching the façade of the on-site principal building with the fourth side being screened by a metal gate or other similar materials. The enclosure shall completely screen the containers from view and measure a minimum of six (6) feet in height or two above the size of the container whichever is greater.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Travel Trailer
Travel Trailer - A vehicle or other portable structure less than 35 feet in length designed to move on the highway, not under its own power, and designed or used as a recreational dwelling.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Tree - A perennial woody plant with one main trunk and a rather distinct and elevated head, ordinarily growing to definite heights and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.} ORD. #95-11-06
{Large Shade – any tree the height of which is thirty-five (35) feet or greater at maturity and having a limb spread of thirty (30) feet or more at maturity and has a spreading
canopy that screens the sun.
Medium Shade – any tree of which has a mature height of twenty-five (25) to forty (40) feet and has a spreading canopy that screens the sun.
Small Shade – any tree of which has a mature height of less than twenty-five (25) feet and has a spread that screens the sun.
Ornamental – any tree grown for decorative purposes, typically small with multi-seasonal interest.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Trees, Street
Trees, Street - See Street Trees.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Truck Terminal
{Truck Terminal – A building or area in which freight brought by truck is assembled and/or stored for routing in intrastate and interstate shipment by truck or in which semi-trailer, including tractor and/or trailer units, and other trucks are parked or stored. This term includes moving and storage establishments.} ORD. #22-06-13}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Trunk
{Trunk - The portion of a stem or stems of a tree before branching occurs.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Truss
Truss - An assemblage of members (as beams) forming a rigid framework
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Truss Design Drawing
Truss Design Drawing - The graphic depiction of an individual truss, which describes the design and physical characteristics of the truss.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Turf
Turf - Lawn-type grasses that are intended to be manicured and maintained at a maximum height of six (6) inches.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Unified Development Ordinance
Unified Development Ordinance - A document comprised of the zoning ordinance and subdivision control ordinance for the City of Noblesville and its jurisdictional area(s).} ORD. #22-4-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Use
Use - The specific purpose for which land or a building is designated, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Use, Accessory
{Use, Accessory - A use subordinate to another use located on the same property which does not change or alter the character of the premises and is clearly and customarily incidental to the primary use.} ORD> #22-06-13.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Use, Legal-Nonconforming
{Use, Legal-Nonconforming - Any continuous, lawful use of structures, land, or structures and land in combination, established prior to the effective date of the Unified Development Ordinance or its subsequent amendments that is no longer a permitted use in the zoning district where it is located.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Use, Nonconforming
{Use, Nonconforming - A use which does not conform to the use regulations of the zoning district in which it is located.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Use, Permitted
{Use, Permitted - Any use by right authorized in a particular zoning district or districts and is subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district(s).} ORD. #12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Use, Primary
{Use, Primary - The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from an accessory use. It may be a permitted use, conditional use, or a special exception.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Use, Temporary
{Use, Temporary - Short term or seasonal uses which may be associated with construction projects or which intend to sell or promote specific merchandise or products and shall include but not be limited to residential model homes, sales offices operated from a temporary structure, non-commercial batching plants, temporary building or yard for construction materials, parking lot for a special event; bazaars, carnivals and similar temporary uses; outdoor seasonal sales, parking of recreational vehicles that exceeds the 14 days, garage sales, and any uses deemed appropriate by the Director of Planning and Develop and/or the Board of Zoning Appeals.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Utility, Public
Utility, Public - Any person, firm, or corporation dully authorized to furnish under public regulations to the public electricity, gas, steam, telephone, fiber optics, transportation, water, or sewage systems.} ORD. #56-11-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Utility Pole
{Utility Pole - A structure that is:
- Owned or operated by:
- a public utility;
- a communications service provider;
- a municipality;
- an electric membership corporation; or
- a rural electric cooperative; and
- Designed and used to:
- carry lines, cables, or wires for telephone, cable television, or electricity; or
- provide lighting.
This does not include a wireless support structure or an electrical transmission tower.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Variance
Variance - A modification of the strict terms of the relevant regulations of this ordinance where such modification will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the action of the applicant, a literal enforcement of this ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship, serious practical difficulties. {For the purposes of floodplain management, it is the grant of relief from requirements of the ordinance consistent with the variance conditions herein.} ORD #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
{Variance, Development Standards
{Variance, Development Standards - A specific approval granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals deviating from the development standards (such as height, setbacks, lot area, etc) that are prescribed within the Unified Development Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Variance, Use
Variance, Use - An approval of use granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals permitting a use other than that prescribed in the Unified Development Ordinance.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Vegetative Screen
{Vegetative Screen - A visual barrier of vegetation with dense foliage used to block aesthetically intrusive land uses from view.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Vehicle Length
{Vehicle Length - For purposes of indicating stacking at drive-thru windows, the minimum vehicle length is 25-FT}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Vehicle, Inoperative
Vehicle, Inoperative - A vehicle:
- from which the engine, transmission, or differential has been removed, or
- that is partially dismantled or inoperable, or
- that is at least three model years old, is mechanically inoperable, does not have current license plates, and is left on private property continuously for more than twenty days}
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Vested Rights
Vested Rights - A right that has become fixed and cannot be revoked by subsequent changes of applicable regulations.} ORD. #22-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Veterinary Animal Hospital
Veterinary Animal Hospital - A place used for the care, diagnosis, and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm, or injured small animals, and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention. Generally, operated by a licensed veterinarian. See also Kennel.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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Vicinity Map - A small inset map located on the plan showing the location of a proposed subdivision or use to nearby developments, landmarks, community facilities, and services within the general area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Video-Viewing booth or arcade booth
{Video-Viewing booth or arcade booth - Any booth, cubicle, stall, or compartment that is designed, constructed, or used to hold or seat patrons and is used for presenting motion pictures or viewing publications by any photographic, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other means or media (including, but not limited to, film, video or magnetic tape, laser disc, CD-ROM, books, magazines, or periodicals) for observation by patrons therein. A video-viewing booth shall not mean a theater, movie house, playhouse, or a room or enclosure or portion thereof that contains more than 600 square feet.} ORD. #57-9-04
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Village Center
Village Center - {A location within the City containing an orderly mix of land uses that meets the daily needs of surrounding area residents. The mix is intended to contain active street shops such as convenience retail, food services, personal business service uses, and public access areas that will accommodate directly the pedestrian linkages to the non-residential facilities. These uses should be arranged in a manner which is focused around a central open space.} ORD #48-10-14
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Violation
{Violation - The erection, alteration, enlargement, maintenance or use of any land, building, or structure in violation of the Unified Development Ordinance, Building Codes and related codes, weed ordinance or other codes and ordinances of the City of Noblesville applicable to said land, building, or structure in the zoning district in which it is located.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Violation, Repeated
Violation, Repeated - A recurring violation of the same violation or a similar violation at a different location by the same responsible party.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Violation, Notice of
Violation, Notice of - A letter or stop work order identifying the violation and issued by the Department of Planning and Development.} ORD. #22-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Visibly Obstructed - The view of an object which is blocked by a building or other manmade structure so as to be incapable of being seen from that line-of-sight.} ORD. #12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Vision Corner Clearance -
{Vision Corner Clearance - A triangular space at the street corner of a corner lot, free from any kind of obstruction to vision including buildings, structures, fences, signs, trees, and shrubs between the heights of two and one half (2.5) feet and ten feet above the established street grade. Street grade is measured at the intersection of the centerlines of the intersection street pavements and the triangular space is determined by a diagonal line connecting two points measured fifteen (15) feet equidistant from the lot corner along each property line at the intersections of two (2) local streets or one local street and one alley; or twenty-five (25) feet along each property line at the intersection of a local street and a collector, arterial or expressway or any combinations thereof. An alley for measuring purposes only, shall be determined as per the local street distances. For areas located within the Special Landscape District Map - Appendix G, this particular requirement may be modified and shall be approved by the Noblesville City Engineer on a case-by-case basis.} ORD. #46-07-16
Effective on: 9/3/2016
Waiver
{Waiver - A specific modification or lessening of the regulations of the Unified Development Ordinance granted by the Plan Commission and Common Council for a specific development such as a Planned Development in response to unique site characteristics or development patterns that justify relief from the otherwise applicable regulations {or by the Plan Commission for relief from the Subdivision Control standards.} ORD #95-11-06, ORD #320-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
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{Walled and Roofed - A building that has two or more exterior rigid walls and a fully secured roof and is affixed to a permanent site.} ORD. #68-11-22
Effective on: 11/10/2022
Watercourse
Watercourse - {A lake, river, creek, stream, wash, channel, or other topographic feature on or over which waters flow at least periodically. Watercourse includes specifically designated areas in which substantial flood damage may occur.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{
{Warehouse, Mini-Storage - A building containing small, independent, fully enclosed storage compartments that are lease or rented to persons exclusively for storage of their household goods or personal property.} ORD #12-04-17
Effective on: 4/25/2017
{
{Warehousing - A building used for the storage of goods, merchandise, and/or commodities which may be for later use or for resale and are typically used/leased by importers, exporters, wholesalers, retailers, transport businesses, Customs and other similar entities. A Storage-by-the-Bin facility would be considered warehousing. This definition does not include in-house warehousing that is within the principal building of a non-residential use which is used by the company/entity occupying said principal building.} ORD #12-04-17
Effective on: 4/25/2017
Water Surface Elevation
Water Surface Elevation - The height, in relation to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) or National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD) or other datum where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Water Table -
{Water Table - The upper surface of groundwater, or the level below which the soil is seasonally saturated with water.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Watershed -
{Watershed - The total area above a given point on a watercourse that contributes water to its flow; the entire region drained by a waterway or watercourse that drains into a reservoir, lake, or sea.} ORD #25-04-15
Effective on: 5/12/2015
Wholesale Trade, indoor
Wholesale Trade, indoor - Establishments or places of business engaged primarily in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users; to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies. Such operations shall be totally enclosed within the principal structure of the property. ORD. #67-12-98
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Wholesale Trade, outdoor
{Wholesale Trade, outdoor - Establishments or places of business engaged primarily in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users; to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.} ORD. #67-12-98
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Whip Antenna
{Whip Antenna - An antenna that transmits signals in 360-degrees. These are typically cylindrical in shape and are less than three inches in diameter and measure up to six feet in length, including mounting. It may be called omni-directional, stick or pipe antennas.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Width, Pavement
{Width, Pavement - The actual width of a street surface that includes only the area that is drivable by vehicles, excluding curbs and/or gutters.} ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Wildlife Habitat (significant)
{Wildlife Habitat (significant) - A place or environment where a plant, insect, or animal naturally or normally lives and grows including shelter, food, nesting sites, and protection.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Wireless facility
{Wireless facility - A set of equipment and network components necessary to provide wireless communications service. This does not include a wireless support structure.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
{Wireless support structure
{Wireless support structure - A freestanding structure designed to support wireless facilities. This does not include a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower.} ORD #01-01-17
Effective on: 1/24/2017
Wireless Telecommunications Service Facility
Wireless Telecommunications Service Facility - An unmanned facility that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic waves, commonly consisting of an antenna array, connection cables, a support structure or tower to achieve the necessary elevation, and an equipment facility to house accessory equipment which may include cabinets, pedestals, shelters, and similar protective structures. It may include antenna array on buildings or structures of sufficient height.} ORD. #64-11-08
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Wood Products
{Wood Products - Uncut trees suitable for construction are converted to lumber or lumber products by sawing, planing, or rotary cutting to produce standardized sizes of rough or dressed lumber.} ORD. #23-4-07
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Woodland - Land covered with a dense growth of trees usually greater in extent than a grove and smaller than a forest.} ORD. #96-11-05
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Woody Plants
Woody Plants - A plant that has a hard stem and has buds that survive above ground in the winter.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Xeriscaping
Xeriscaping - An approach to landscaping that minimizes outdoor water use while maintaining soil integrity through the use of native, drought-tolerant plants.} ORD. #32-10-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Yard
Yard - An open space on a lot, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance. See also Setback, Required.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Yard, Front
Yard, Front - A yard across the full width of the lot extending from the front property line to the front setback line. On corner lots {and through lots}, {there shall be two (2) front yards {as} determined by the road frontages.} ORD. #86-11-03, ORD #53-10-15
Effective on: 11/10/2015
Yard, Rear
Yard, Rear - A yard extending the full width of the lot between the rear setback line and the rear property line.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Yard, Side
Yard, Side - A yard between the side setback line and side property line and extending from the front setback line to the rear setback line.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Yard Card
{Yard Card - A durable, double-sided, detailed design advertising a Community Garage Sale event. The card/sign board may be constructed of PVC or pressure treated wood with a protective coating or other similar materials.} ORD. #41-9-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zero Lot Line
Zero Lot Line - A development approach in which a building is sited on one or more lot lines with no yard. The intent is to allow more flexibility in site design and to increase the amount of usable open space on the lot.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone
{Zone - A geographical area shown on a FHBM or FIRM that reflects the severity or type of flooding in the area.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone A
Zone A - Areas subject to inundation by the one percent annual chance flood event. Because detailed hydraulic analyses have not been performed, no base flood elevation or depths are shown. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone AE
Zone AE - Areas subject to inundation by the one percent annual chance flood event determined by detailed methods. Base flood elevations are shown within these zones. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone AO
Zone AO - Areas subject to inundation by the one percent annual chance shallow flooding (usually sheet flow on sloping terrain) where average depths are between one and three feet. Average flood depths derived from detailed hydraulic analyses are shown in this zone. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone AH
Zone AH - Areas subject to inundation by the one percent annual chance shallow flooding (usually areas of ponding) where average depths are between one and three feet. Average flood depths derived from detailed hydraulic analyses are shown within this zone. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone AR
Zone AR - Areas that result from the decertification of a previously accredited flood protection system that is determined to be in the process of being restored to provide base flood protection. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone A99
Zone A99 - Areas subject to inundation by the one percent annual chance flood event, but which will ultimately be protected upon completion of an under construction Federal flood protection system. These are areas of special flood hazard where enough progress has been made on the construction of a protection system, such as dikes, dams, and levees, to consider it complete for insurance rating purposes. Zone A99 may only be used when the flood protection system has reached specified statutory progress toward completion. No base flood elevations or depths are shown. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zone B, C, X
Zone B, C, X – Areas identified in the community as areas of moderate or minimal hazard from the principal source of flood in the area. Buildings in these zones could be flooded by severe, concentrated rainfall coupled with inadequate local drainage systems. Flood insurance is available in participating communities, but is not required by regulation in these zones. } ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zoning
Zoning - A police power measure, enacted by the governing body of local governments, in which the community is divided into districts or zones within which permitted and special uses are established as are regulations governing lot size, building bulk, placement, and other development standards. Requirements vary from district to district, but they must be uniform within districts.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zoning District(s)
{Zoning District(s) - Areas within the City of Noblesville for which uniform zoning regulations governing use, height, area, size, intensity of use of both buildings and land, and open spaces are established by this Unified Development Ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zoning District, Base
Zoning District, Base - In the case of an overlay district, the standard zoning district that the parcel or tract of land is located and the standards of which apply when the overlay district regulations are silent on any given point.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Zoning Map
{Zoning Map - The Official City of Noblesville Zoning Map.} ORD. #95-11-06
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Awning
{Awning – A roof-like covering of cloth, plastic or other non-structural material that either is permanently extending from a building or can be raised or retracted to a position against a building when not in use.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Banner
Banner – A sign {with a message comprised of a logo, text, coloring, and/or design applied to a lightweight material such as cloth, paper, fabric, or plastics and secured or mounted to allow movement caused by the atmosphere or by artificial means of producing the movement of air. These do not include wing banners, feather banners, flying banners, towers, cylindrical banners, wind-up banners, and tear-drop banners.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Banner, Feather
{Banner, Feather – A sign with a rigid rib that forms a straight line, curve, or angle at the top on a single or two sides and loose fabric on the other edges. Also known as wing banners, feather flags, flying banners, towers, cylindrical banners, wind-up banners, and tear-drop banners.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Blade
Blade – {A smaller version of a projecting sign oriented to be read from the sidewalk by a pedestrian. These signs shall be located on the ground floor of the buildings and shall be suspended from or supported by a building, awning, canopy, or marquee.} ORD. 12-2-11
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Cabinet/Box
Cabinet/Box – A sign with text and symbols printed on a single-piece of plastic, acrylic, wood, or metal made up of a single-face and back or two faces that are mounted in a cabinet or box that houses the lighting sources and equipment.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Canopy
Canopy – A roof-like structure extending from a building in order to provide protection from the elements, which is carried by a frame that is supported by the ground.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Construction
{Construction – A sign located on a property or within a development or subdivision that is actively under construction. That includes property with active building permits or improvement location permits.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Designation
Designation - A type of ground sign that identifies an integrated development and may identify one or more establishments within the development.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Directional
Directional – A sign intending to direct the safe flow of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic and includes “enter”, “exit”, and “arrow” signs and other similar information.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Electronic
Electronic - A sign capable of displaying words, symbols, figures, or images in a format such as LED (Light Emitting Diode) that can be electronically or mechanically changed by remote or automatic means.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Gateway
{Gateway – A permanent sign indicating entry into a neighborhood or special district located either on private property or within the right-of-way.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Ground
Ground - A freestanding sign supported primarily by an internal structural framework or integrated into landscaping or other solid structure features.{If supported by poles, posts, or braces, the maximum clearance between the bottom of the sign and the grade is one (1) foot. The external support structures shall be covered by natural flagstone, brick, rock, stone, and/or river rock with said sign design being of the same architectural style and materials as the main building on the site. Each support covering must be a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the width of the sign face.} ORD. #12-2-11, ORD. #22-06-13
Effective on: 9/24/2013
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{Incidental - A {permanent sign which has a purpose that is secondary and incidental to the use of the lot on which it is located such as "hours of operation," "loading zone only," "air," and "visitor parking" and other similar messages which carries no commercial message that is legible beyond the lot on which the sign is located.} ORD #37-08-14, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Lighter-than-air
Lighter-than-air – A nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated with heated air or gas so as to make it float in the atmosphere and give it shape and is properly anchored to the ground.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Lot Identification
Lot Identification - A sign that includes the lot number, structure address number, and building permit all laminated and established on a 2-FT by 4-FT posts, a minimum of 5-FT to a maximum of 6.5-FT in height above the ground level.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Marquee
{Marquee – A permanent structure other than a roof, attached to, supported by, and projecting from a building providing protection from the environment.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Menu Board
Menu Board – A cabinet sign listing the assortment of food items available and the price of such items offered.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Model Home/Show Home
Model Home/Show Home – A sign indicating that it is a “Model Home” or “Show Home” and may include the name of the builder/developer, telephone number of the builder/developer, hours open, cost, model/style, and other information relating to that particular home and located on the lot of the “Model” or “Show” home.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Mural
Mural – A sign painted onto the side of a building, wall, ground, or structure. Murals without a commercial message are not regulated by this ordinance.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Neighborhood
{Neighborhood – A sign identifying a subsection of the overall subdivision or development that is internal to said subdivision/development.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Non-Conforming
Non-Conforming - A sign legally existing as of the effective date of this ordinance that is not in compliance with this ordinance or any subsequent amendments.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Off-Premise or Off-Site
Off-Premise or Off-Site – A sign directing attention to a business, product, service, entertainment and/or any other activity offered, sold or conducted elsewhere than upon the lot where the sign is displayed.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Parking Lot Identification
Parking Lot Identification – A sign providing information for the convenience of the public to identify the location of a parking space {or parking lot} that only contains the venue name or symbol and the necessary information to identify the parking lot and row. ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Placard
Placard - A sign that is attached directly to the face of a residential structure that has been converted into a business in the area shown in Appendix G of the Unified Development Ordinance also known as the {Central Core Map}. ORD #13-02-14, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Pole
{Pole - A freestanding street graphic that is permanently supported in a fixed location by a structure of poles,posts,uprights, or braces from the ground and not supported by a building or base structure.} ORD 12-2-11, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Portable
Portable – Any sign that is not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported including but not limited to signs designed to be transported by wheels; balloons used as signs, umbrellas used for advertising and signs attached to or painted on vehicles which are parked or positioned for the primary purpose of displaying said sign. ORD. #23-7-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Portable, Human
{Portable, Human – Any sign or banner made of any material which is carried, held, or displayed by any person or persons.} ORD. #31-9-10
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Projecting
Projecting – Any double-sided sign suspended from or supported by a building, and extending outward perpendicular to the building face upon which it is attached.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Real Estate Availability
{Real Estate Availability – A sign displayed on property that is listed for sale, lease, or rent on a centralized listing service, website, newspaper advertisement, or other similar media.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
Roof
Roof – Any sign erected on or above the roof-line of a building.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sandblasted
Sandblasted – A sign created by placing a rubber stencil over letters and images and etching the background with a high-pressure mixture of sand and air on wood or glass materials.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Sandwich Board
Sandwich Board – A sign constructed in such a manner as to form an “A” or a tent-like shape not permanently attached or secured to the ground or surface upon which it is located specifically for advertising that business.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Suspended Porch
Suspended Porch - A sign that is suspended from a porch or overhang. This type of sign shall be permitted on residential structures that have been converted to a business in the area shown in Appendix G of the Unified Development Ordinance also know as the {Central Core Map}. ORD #13-02-14, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019
{Temporary
{Temporary – A sign or advertising display {that is to be displayed for a temporary} designated period of time. The following signs are included but are not limited to Contractor sign, Garage Sale sign, Community Garage Sale sign, Special Event sign, Real Estate Availability sign, Lighter-than-air display, Lot Identification sign, Model Home/Show Home sign, Open House Directional sign, Sandwich Boards, Banners, Community Pride Sign, and other signs as determined by the Director of Planning and Development or his/her designee.} ORD #25-7-10, ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Wall
Wall – A sign attached to or affixed directly to the wall of a building or structure, parallel to the plane of the building or structure and extending less than twelve (12) inches from the building or structure.
Effective on: 9/24/2013
Window
Window – A sign painted, etched, or attached either directly onto the inside or outside of a window.} ORD. #17-5-09
Effective on: 9/24/2013
{Yard
{Yard – A sign mounted on a stake or metal frame that is used for limited time without regard to the message. Examples include but are not limited to campaign, sales, service, business identification and promotions.} ORD #32-07-19
Effective on: 7/23/2019