Property abutting upon a street shall also be understood as abutting property on the other side of the street.

A building subordinate to and detached from the main building and used for purposes customarily incidental to the primary use of the premises. This does not include intermodal units or shipping containers.

A use that is customarily incidental to the primary use of the premises which may or may not be located within the main building.

An establishment, which may manufacture or store liquid acetylene gas. Facility must be in conformance with local, state, and federal provisions.

Shall mean “next to” or “closest to” but shall not necessarily mean “touching.”

An establishment, which manufactures displays for advertising purposes.

A place from which a person performs design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, alteration or modification of a product or of equipment in environmental air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, or process cooling or heating systems, under terms and conditions described in the Texas Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 8861.

A place where an aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangars, facilities for refueling and repair, and various accommodations for passengers and/or freight.

A public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.

An amusement enterprise wholly enclosed in a building, which is treated acoustically so that no noise of the enterprise is perceptible at the bounding property line, and including, but not limited to, a bowling alley or billiard parlor.

An outdoor area or structure, open to the public, which provides entertainment or amusement for a fee or admission charge, including but not limited to batting cages, miniature golf, go-kart tracks and carnivals.

An apparatus constructed of solid, mesh, or perforated materials of any configuration that is used to receive and/or transmit microwave signals from a terrestrial or orbital located transmitter or transmitter relay. This definition is meant to include but is not limited to what are commonly referred to as satellites which receive only earth stations.

The arrangement of wires or metal rods used in sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves.

A retail establishment engaged in the selling of works of art, furniture or other artifacts of an earlier period, with all sale and storage occurring inside a building.

A room or suite of rooms in a multifamily dwelling or apartment house designed or occupied as a place of residence by a single family, individual or group of individuals.

Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as a home or place of residence by three (3) or more families living in independent dwelling units.

Products made from a woven fabric; cloth; fibrous material, usually at a textile mill.

An establishment in which there are located six (6) or more coin-operated skill or pleasure machines.

The area shall be the net area of the lot or site and shall not include portions of streets and alleys.

A place for making and storing arms and military equipment.

A retail store offering a wide variety of merchandise used for various arts and crafts.

An establishment or open area offering a wide variety of merchandise used for various arts and crafts.

An establishment, which manufactures asphalt and asphalt byproducts.

Public sale of property to the highest bidder.

See Car Wash.

Storage and leasing of automobiles, motorcycles, and light load vehicles.

A facility for restoring, painting, or refinishing auto bodies.

The use of any building or other premise for the display and sale of new or used parts for automobiles, panel trucks, vans, tractor trailers, or recreational vehicles.

The use of any land area for the display and sale of new or used parts for automobiles, panel trucks, vans, tractor trailers, or recreation vehicles.

General repair or reconditioning of engines and air conditioning systems for motor vehicles; wrecker service; collision services including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; customizing; overall painting or paint shop; vehicle steam cleaning; those uses listed under “automobile repair, minor,” service and repair to radiators and other similar uses.

Minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, and batteries; diagnostic services; minor motor services such as grease, oil, spark plug, and filter changing; tune-ups; emergency road service; replacement of starters, alternators, hoses, brake parts; automobile washing and polishing; performing state inspections and making minor repairs necessary to pass said inspection; normal servicing of air conditioning systems, and other similar minor services for light load vehicles, but not including any operation named under “automobile repair, major” or any other similar use.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display or sale of primarily new automobiles or light trucks, to be displayed and sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the automobiles and trailers to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of automobiles or trailers for sale or keeping of used automobile and trailer parts or junk on the premises.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display and sale of used automobiles or light trucks in operating condition and where no repair work is done except the minor adjustments of the vehicles to be displayed or sold on the premises. A used car sale area shall not be used for the storage of wrecked automobiles or the dismantling of automobiles or the storage of automobile parts or junk on the premises.

A building or place arranged, designed, used, or intended to be used for the primary purpose of dispensing gasoline, oil, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gases, greases, batteries, and other automobile accessories at retail direct to the on-premise motor vehicle trade provided that the above services shall not be construed to include major overhaul, the removal and/or rebuilding of an engine, cylinder head, oil pan, transmission, differential, radiator springs, or axles; steam cleaning, body or frame work, painting, upholstering and replacement of glass. If the dispensing or offering for sale of auto fuel at retail is incidental, the premises shall be classified as an automobile/trailer repair minor. Service stations shall not allow automobiles which are inoperative or are being repaired to remain outside such service station for a period greater than seven (7) days.

Any building, structure, or open area used for the dismantling or wrecking of any type of used vehicles or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismounted or wrecked vehicles or their parts and accessories, including any farm vehicles or farm machinery or parts thereof, stored in the open and not being restored to operating condition, including the commercial salvaging, storage, and scraping [scrapping] of any other goods, articles, or merchandise.

A facility where bags are cleaned.

An establishment for preparing, cooking or baking of products primarily intended for off-premise distribution.

An establishment for preparing, cooking, baking and selling of products on the premises.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, the extension of credit, and/or facilitating the transmission of funds.

A place of training for practice of barbering, as defined in Texas Barber Act, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 8407, meeting standards established in Section 9 of said Texas Barber Act.

A place where barbering, as defined in Texas Barber Act, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 8407, is practiced, offered, or attempted to be practiced, except when such place is duly licensed as a barber school or college.

A building story which is partly underground, but having a least one-half of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall not be counted as a story in computing building height.

A specialized place of training, as defined in the Cosmetology Regulatory Act, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 8451.

A place where cosmetology, as defined in the Cosmetology Regulatory Act, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 8451, is practiced, including the application of permanent cosmetics.

An owner-occupied residential dwelling designed for and used as a single-family dwelling that contains 8 or fewer guest rooms, where short-term lodging, with or without meals, is provided for compensation to individuals or groups for no more than 7 consecutive days. This definition shall not permit the operation of a restaurant for customers other than the occupants of the guest rooms. Parking shall be provided at a minimum of one space per bedroom.

Any sign which is supported by the ground but not attached to the ground, or other object which is used primarily to advertise to the general public for commercial purposes; is of a temporary nature; is not directly connected to or in relation to or in close proximity to a business, church, development or other establishment that is being advertised.

An area enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; where this word is used [as] a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two (2) streets which intersect said street on said side.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Springtown.

A building, other than hotel or multiple-family dwelling, where lodging is provided to persons for compensation, and where facilities for food preparation are not provided in individual rooms.

A recreational watercraft including, but not limited to powerboats, cruisers, houseboats, sailboats, jet skis.

The offering for sale, storage, or display of boats and other watercrafts. Not limited to inside sales and storage.

An establishment that manufactures or repairs boats.

Pressure vessels, heat exchangers, hoppers, piped skids, holding tanks, stacks, or breaching equipment for industrial and commercial end users and resellers.

A facility that provides books with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.

A manufacturing facility designed to place a product into a bottle for distribution.

Products manufactured for masonry type work.

A facility that produces various devices composed of bristles set in a handle.

The width of the building site left to be built upon after the required side yards are provided.

Any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind. When subdivided in a manner sufficient to prevent the spread of fire, each portion so subdivided may be deemed a separate building.

A building surrounded by yard or open space on the same building lot.

Those sides of a building having the least dimension as compared to the front or rear of a building. As used in the building space regulations for multiple-family dwelling, the term “building end” shall mean the narrowest side of a building regardless of whether it fronts upon a street, faces the rear of the lot or adjoins the side lot line or another building.

The side of a building most nearly parallel with and adjacent to the front of the lot on which it is situated.

The Building Official or person charged with the enforcement of the zoning and building codes of the City.

A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line at a specified distance therefrom constituting the minimum distance from the street line that a building may be erected.

A single tract of land located within a single block which (at time of filing for a building permit) is designed by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control. It shall front upon a street or approved place. Therefore, a “building lot” may not coincide with a lot of record. A “building lot” may be subsequently subdivided into two (2) or more “building lots,” and a number of “building lots” may be cumulated into one “building lot,” subject to the provisions of this ordinance.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

A building used for the sale of new building supplies and materials such as; hardware, carpet, plants, electrical and plumbing supplies all of which are oriented to the retail customer, rather than contractor or wholesale customer.

The storage of building supplies and materials such as; lumber, pipe, brick, etc. within an enclosed facility.

An open area used for the sale of new building supplies and materials such as; lumber, pipe, brick, etc. of which are oriented to the retail customer, rather than contractor or wholesale customer.

The storage of building supplies and materials such as; lumber, pipe, brick, etc. within an open area.

The Building Inspector.

Any premise for the transient housing or parking of motor-driven buses and the loading and unloading of passengers.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing services not elsewhere classified to business enterprises on a fee contract basis including but not limited to advertising agencies, computer programming and software services, and office equipment rental or leasing.

An establishment used for the production, display and sale of cabinets, soft coverings and upholstering of furniture.

A facility where cameras and photographic equipment is manufactured.

Manufacture of solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.

Any structure of a permanent fixed nature attached to or independent of the main structure, built and designed for the purpose of shielding from the elements, persons or chattels or a roof-like structure of a permanent nature which is supported by or projects from the wall of a structure.

Facility or structure used to wash motorcycles, automobiles, vehicles and trucks.

Manufacture of a heavy fabric used as a floor covering.

An opened sided covering, normally used for automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, lawn mowers, etc.

A building story with more than one-half (1/2) its height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not be counted as a story in computing building height.

Manufacture of a colorless flammable material made from nitrocellulose and camphor and used to make photographic film.

Manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris.

Land and buildings intended to be used for the burial of the human dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries, if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.

A facility where ceramic, stone, glass, marble or porcelain products are made.

An official certificate issued by the City through the enforcing official indicating conformance with or approved conditional waiver from the zoning regulations and authorizing legal use of the premises for which it is issued.

A facility where substances produced by or used in a chemical process are produced. This includes but is not limited [to] the following substances: acid, alcohol, ammonia, disinfectants, dyes, herbicides, insect poison, paints, shellac, turpentine, and varnishes. Such operations must meet with all local, state, and federal provisions.

An establishment where four (4) or more children are provided care, training, education, custody, treatment, or supervision for less than 24 hours a day. The term “day-care center” shall not include overnight lodging, medical treatment, counseling, or rehabilitative services and does not apply to any school (Also see Registered Family Home).

A building for regular assembly for religious worship which is used primarily for such purpose and customary accessory activities including a place of residence for ministers, priests, rabbis, teachers, or directors on the premises.

A building or complex of buildings that houses municipal offices and services and which may include cultural, convention and/or entertainment facilities owned and/or operated by a governmental agency.

An industrial facility where fabrics are cleaned with substantially nonaqueous organic solvents.

A custom cleaning shop not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area or a pickup station. (Also see Dry Cleaning)

A facility or station designed and used for the examination and treatment of persons seeking medical/dental care as outpatients who do not remain on the premises overnight.

A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members paying annual dues, which owns, hires or leases the building or portion thereof, the use of such premises, being restricted to members and their guests.

An institution established for educational purposes offering courses of study beyond the secondary education level, but excluding trade and commercial schools.

A building or buildings dedicated to social and/or recreational activities serving residents of a subdivision or development which is operated by an association or incorporated group for their use and benefit.

A building or buildings dedicated to social and/or recreational activities, serving the City or a neighborhood and owned and operated by the City or by a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the City.

A plant that makes material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.

A storage yard or assembly yard for building materials and equipment directly related to a construction project and subject to removal at completion of construction and subject to same restrictions as Field Office.

Shall mean “touching” or “in contact.”

A place as defined in the Texas Continuing Care Facility Disclosure and Rehabilitation Act in which a person provides board and lodging, together with personal care services and nursing services, medical services, or other health-related services, regardless of whether the services and lodging are provided at the same location, under an agreement that requires the payment of a fee and that is effective for the life of the individual or for a period of more than one (1) year, such individual or individuals being cared for not being related by consanguinity or affinity to the person providing the care. (Also see Household Care Facility and Household Care Institution [sic], and Personal Care Home).

A facility where a contractor temporarily stores products and equipment to be used on a project or development site.

A retail establishment providing for the sale of food items, nonprescription drugs, small household items, and gifts. Gasoline and diesel fuel may be offered for sale provided they are not the primary source of income for the store and that no more than six (6) pumps are offered. Maximum size of the establishment will be no more than 2,500 square feet not including storage areas and administrative offices.

Manufacture of cosmetic products or cosmetic substances for use in cosmetic products.

A machine that separates the seeds, seed hulls, and other small objects from the fibers of cotton.

A facility where oil is extracted from cottonseed and processed.

Services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, guidance counselors, or other qualified personnel.

Land and buildings customarily containing a golf course and a clubhouse and available only to specific private membership; such a club may contain adjunct facilities such as private club, dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts, and similar recreational or service facilities.

An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two (2) sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having one (1) side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanent space.

The percent of a lot or tract covered by the roof or first floor of a building.

Includes such uses as tailor/seamstress, shoe repair, barber/beauty salon, tanning salon, nail salon, or travel consultant.

A facility used to manufacture and process dairy products.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

The mean horizontal distance between the rear line of a building other than an accessory building and the rear lot line except as modified in the text of any section in this ordinance.

A retail store offering a wide variety of merchandise in departments and exceeding 7,000 square feet of floor area.

A facility, which extracts the volatile components of a mixture of bones/wood/coal by the condensation and collection of the vapors that are produced as the mixture, is heated.

A section of the City for which the regulations governing the area, height or use of the land and buildings are uniform.

A building in which housing is provided for individual students under the general supervision or regulation of an accredited college or university and as distinguished from an apartment, hotel, motel, or rooming house. A dormitory may provide apartment units for guests, faculty, or supervisory personnel on a ratio not to exceed one (1) such apartment unit for each fifty (50) students for which the building is designed. Individual rooms or suites of rooms may have cooking facilities. The dormitory may include facilities such as a commissary and/or snack bar, lounge, and study area, dining halls, and accessory kitchen, recreation facilities, and laundry, provided that these facilities are for the benefit and use of the occupants and their guests and not open to the general public.

A retail shop that offers items custom made or materials to custom make of items, but not involving a factory.

The manufacture of chemicals used as medicine and/or pharmaceutical products.

An industrial facility where fabrics are cleaned with substantially nonaqueous organic solvents. (Also see Cleaning & Dyeing)

Two attached dwellings in one structure, each designed to be occupied by one family.

A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy, including one (1) family, two (2) family, and multiple-family dwellings, except for buildings designed and used as hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses, and motels.

A facility where electrical appliances, electrical supplies, or electrical machinery is assembled or manufactured.

A facility franchised by the City that generates electricity from mechanical power produced by gas, coal or nuclear fission.

A subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed.

A facility where electrical products are assembled.

A facility where electrical products are manufactured.

A facility that manufactures emery cloth and/or sandpaper.

An area or space outside a building for the display of topic-specific goods or information.

A facility that makes[,] designs or stores any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or device prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation.

An area where outdoor fairs, circuses or exhibitions are held.

An individual or group of two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship including foster children, exchange students, and servants together with not more than two (2) additional persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption to the previously identified individual or group, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit or a Family Home for the Disabled as defined by the Community Homes for Disabled Persons Location Act, Article 1011n of V.A.C.S., as it presently exists or may be amended in the future, but not including household care or rehabilitation care facilities.

A community-based residential home operated by either the State of Texas, a nonprofit corporation, a community center organized pursuant to State statute, or an entity which is certified by the State as a provider for a program for the mentally retarded. Family homes provide care for persons who have mental and/or physical impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities. To qualify as a family home, a home must meet the following requirements: Not more than six (6) disabled persons and two (2) supervisory personnel may reside in a family home at the same time. The home must provide food and shelter, personal guidance, care, rehabilitation services, or supervision. All applicable licensing requirements must be met.

An area of five (5) acres or more which is used for growing of usual farms products and/or raising of usual farm products and animals and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating, and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance of [or] law. Farm, ranch, or orchard use shall not cause a hazard to health by reason of unsanitary conditions and shall not be offensive by reason of odors, dust, fumes, noise, or vibrations or be otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.

A facility for major repairs of farm equipment.

A facility for minor repairs and servicing of farm equipment.

The retail sale of farm equipment within a building.

A facility for the use of outdoor retail sale of farm equipment.

An establishment where animal fat is melted down and processed.

An establishment for the selling of foodstuffs for animals and including implements and goods related to agricultural processes but not including farm machinery.

An establishment for the selling of foodstuffs for animals and including implements and goods related to agricultural processes but not including farm machinery.

A plot of land or facility on which livestock are fattened for market.

A facility where natural or synthetic materials are manufactured to be used to fertilize the soil.

An establishment where fiberglass is manufactured.

A building or structure, of either permanent or temporary construction, used in connection with a development or construction project for display purposes or for housing temporary supervisory or administrative functions related to development, construction or the sale of real estate properties within the active development or construction project. Permits for “temporary buildings” shall be issued for a period of time not to exceed eighteen (18) months. Extensions may be granted only by the City Council. Upon due notice and hearing by and before the City Council, any such permits granted may be revoked if the City Council finds the use of the building or structure is contrary to the intent of this section or results in increased noise, traffic or other conditions considered to be a nuisance or hazard.

A site where space inside or outside a building is rented to vendors on a short-term basis for the sale of merchandise. The principal sales shall include new and used household goods[,] personal effects, tools, artwork, small household appliances, and similar merchandise, objects or equipment in small quantities. The term flea market shall not be deemed to include wholesale sales establishments or rental services establishments, but shall be deemed to include personal services establishments, food services establishments, retail sales establishments, and auction establishments.

An area of land subject to inundation by a 100-year frequency flood, as shown on the floodplain map of the City of Springtown. The term “floodplain” is interchangeable with the term “flood hazard area.”

The total square feet of floor space within the outside dimensions of a building including each floor level, but excluding cellars, carports, garages or porches.

The ratio of total building floor area to lot area.

An establishment displaying plants, flowers, floral supplies, and similar items.

An establishment that displays and sells staple items.

A facility where food for human or animal consumption is processed.

An establishment is [in] which the founding and/or the forging of metals are done or an enclosure where non-thermal energy is converted to heat and intensified by blasts of air.

A licensed company able to market utilities in a particular territory.

An organized group having a restricted membership and specific purpose related to the welfare of the members.

See Yard.

An establishment that manufactures fake or real fur goods.

A facility where furniture or upholstery is manufactured or assembled.

The maintenance and rehabilitation of furniture and appliances.

Retail stores selling goods used for furnishing the home, including but not limited to furniture, floor coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, domestic stoves, refrigerators and other household electrical and gas appliances.

A structure or portion thereof for the accessory use of storing or parking of private motor vehicles owned by the occupant of the premises.

The sale of items normally accumulated by a household. No more than three (3) garage sales shall be allowed for the same location in any twelve (12) month period. The duration of the garage sale shall not exceed three (3) consecutive days.

A facility where dead animals or dead animal parts are processed for disposal.

Location including land and buildings at which plants, trees, shrubs, horticultural supplies, and similar items are displayed for sale to the general public. All such displays shall be located behind the front yard line established in the district in which the garden center is located.

A freestanding, detached structure used for residential purposes, built in accordance with standards set out in Section 14.

A facility where gaseous products are manufactured.

Facility at which natural gas flows are regulated and recorded.

An establishment other than a personal service shop for the treatment and/or processing of products as a service on a for-profit basis including but not limited to newspaper printing, laundry plant, or cleaning and dyeing plant.

Retail stores which sell a number of lines of merchandise including but not limited to dry goods[,] apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, small wares, hardware, and food. The stores included in this group are known as department stores, variety stores, general stores, and other similar stores.

An establishment where glass or glass products are manufactured.

A facility where glue or gelatin is manufactured.

An area of twenty (20) acres or more improved with trees, greens, fairways, hazards and which may include clubhouses.

A building equipped with mechanical lifting devised and used for storing grain.

A place, often including artificially heated and/or cooled buildings, where trees or plants and supplies are raised and/or sold including related storage of equipment for residential and commercial landscaping.

A building, often artificially heated and/or cooled, used as a location for cultivating plants which are used by the grower and not sold as a commercial activity.

The gross floor area of a building shall be measured by taking outside dimensions of the building at each floor level.

Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters having kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

An establishment providing for activities, services and instruction for the entertainment, exercise and improvement of physical fitness and technique of dance.

A specialty retail shop that supplies items necessary for arts and projects created by hand (i.e. weaving, needlepoint, wood work; stain[ed] glass work; porcelain, etc.).

A facility for hatching eggs (i.e. poultry or fish).

A service establishment where athletic facilities such as handball, swimming, track, exercise devices, etc. are provided and may in addition include a whirlpool, sauna or massage service for members who shall register each time they utilize the club.

A self-propelled vehicle having a Manufacturer’s Recommended Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of greater than 11,000 pounds, such as large recreational vehicles, tractor-trailers, buses, vans, and other similar vehicles. The term “truck” shall be construed to mean “heavy load vehicle” unless specifically stated otherwise.

The vertical distance from finished grade to the top of the highest roof beams on a flat or shed roof, and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

A landing facility for rotary wind [wing] aircraft which may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft.

An occupation carried on in the home by a member of the occupant’s family without structural alteration of the building, without the use of a sign to advertise the occupation, without the installation of machinery other than customary to a normal household operation. Such occupation shall not create obnoxious noise or other obnoxious conditions to abutting residential property or increased traffic generation. This use shall be deemed incidental and shall never be permitted as a principal use, but only as a secondary use and never involve the conducting of a retail business.

May be a public or private, profit or nonprofit institution for the reception and treatment of the physically or mentally handicapped, sick or injured, and shall be distinguished by its inpatient facilities. It may also be an institutional sanctuary for the reception of the aged, or for the physically or mentally ill, retarded, infirm or deficient. Permitted accessory uses shall include medical and psychiatric clinics, doctor’s offices, sale of medical and surgical specialties and supplies, crutches, artificial members and appliances, training in the use of artificial services, pharmacies and similar uses; provided, however, that any such accessory use is so use-wide [use-wise] related to the principal use as to be in fact an integral part of the total purpose and is incorporated within the same building or complex; and provided further, that the floor area occupied by all accessory uses does not exceed one-third (1/3) of the total floor area. Whether or not a questionable use is similar or an integral part of the total purpose shall be subject to determination by the Board of Adjustment. Hospital related X-ray and laboratory facilities shall not be considered accessory uses in computation or [of] area occupancy. This facility shall be licensed by the State of Texas.

An institution providing both inpatient health, personal care, or rehabilitative services over a long period of time to persons chronically ill, aged, or disabled due to injury and disease or to injured patients who need medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the State of Texas.

A facility that manufactures household appliance products.

The maintenance and rehabilitation of appliances customarily used in the home including but not limited to washing and drying machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, trash compactors, ovens and ranges, kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers.

A dwelling unit which provides residence and care to not more than nine (9) persons, regardless of legal relationship, who are elderly; disabled; orphaned, abandoned, abused, or neglected children; victims of domestic violence; or rendered temporarily homeless due to fire, natural disaster, or financial adversity; living together with no more than two supervisory personnel as a single housekeeping unit. (See also Household Care Facility, Personal Care Home and Continuing Care Facility.)

A facility where ice, dry or natural, are produced.

A large tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.

A residential structure designed for use and occupancy by one (1) or more families, constructed in one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent residential site, designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term shall not mean or apply to (a) housing constructed of sectional or penalized systems not utilizing modular components; or (b) any ready-built home which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.

A lot upon which waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles. A “junkyard” includes an automobile wrecking yard and automobile parts yard. A “junkyard” does not include such uses conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

Any lot or premises on which three (3) or more dogs, cats or other domestic animals more than four (4) months of age are housed or accepted for boarding, breeding, training, selling, grooming and/or bathing for which remuneration is received. (Other requirements; See Animal Control Ordinance #430 [chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances])

Facilities for testing and analyzing medical/dental related problems. Research including laboratories, experimental equipment, and operations involving compounding or testing of materials or equipment.

Facilities for research including laboratories, experimental equipment, and operations involving compounding or testing of materials or equipment.

An area of land used for trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land.

Plant material of the evergreen variety, a minimum of six (6) feet in height at the time of installation and planted on four (4) foot centers. All such landscape screens shall be permanently maintained. Adequate facilities shall be provided for permanent watering at the time of installation.

An establishment including facilities for laundering and cleaning of clothing and similar items to be operated by employees; not a coin-operated laundry.

An establishment including facilities for laundering and cleaning of clothing and similar items to be operated by the patron; not a commercial laundry or cleaning plant.

A facility where quantities of items are laundered.

Any institution for the loan or display of books, tapes, objects of art or science which is sponsored by a public or responsible quasi-public agency and which institution is open and available to the general public.

A self-propelled vehicle having a Manufacturer’s Recommended Gross Vehicle Weight not greater than 11,000 pounds, and having no more than two (2) axles, such as pickup trucks, vans, recreational vehicles, campers and other similar vehicles, but not including automobiles and motorcycles.

Manufacturing of finished products or parts, predominantly from previously prepared materials, including fabrication, assembly, and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

An establishment which may store or sell liquid petroleum gas. Facility must be in conformance with local, state, and federal provisions.

A plot of land or facility on which livestock are fattened for market.

The room or rooms occupied by a family and which includes cooking facilities.

An undivided tract or parcel of land under one (1) ownership having frontage upon a public street or officially approved place, either occupied or to be occupied by a building or building group, together with accessory buildings, and used together with such yards and other open spaces as are required by this ordinance, which parcel of land is designated as a separate and distinct tract and is identified by a tract or lot number or symbol in a duly approved subdivision plat of record.

A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection. A corner lot shall be deemed to front on that street on which it has its least dimension, unless otherwise specified by the Building Inspector.

The percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the base (first story of [or] floor) of a building located on the lot or the area determined as the maximum cross-sectional area of the building.

That boundary of a building lot which is the line of an existing or dedicated street. Upon corner lots either street line may be selected as the front lot line providing a front and rear yard are provided adjacent and opposite, respectively, to the front lot line.

That boundary of a building lot which is most distant from or is most nearly parallel to the front lot line.

That boundary of a building lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

The line bounding a lot as defined herein.

A lot which is part of a subdivision, a plat of which has been recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Parker County; or a parcel of land the deed for which is recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Parker County prior to the adoption of this ordinance.

Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory building, and including such open spaces as are required under this ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place.

The width of a lot at the front building lines.

A facility for selling, servicing, and repairing heavy machinery.

The building or buildings on a lot which are occupied by the primary use.

Any tract of land, under single ownership, of not less than one-half (1/2) acres and not more than ten (10) acres, approved for occupancy by manufactured housing and accessory structures related thereto and designed and operated in accordance with standards herein set forth or as set forth in any other ordinance of the City of Springtown relating to the location, use, construction, operation or maintenance of manufactured housing.

A tract of land of not less than two (2) acres to be used as a location primarily for owner-occupied HUD-Code manufactured homes and which has been final platted of record in its entirety in accordance with the City of Springtown Subdivision Regulations for occupancy primarily by HUD-Code manufactured housing and industrialized housing.

A structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. All references in this ordinance to manufactured housing or manufactured home(s) shall be references to HUD-Code Manufactured Housing, unless otherwise specified.

The offering for sale, storage, or display of trailers, manufactured housing, or mobile homes on a parcel of land but excluding the use of such facilities as dwellings either on a temporary or permanent basis.

“Modular Home” means a structure or building module as defined by statute and under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Labor and Standards, installed and used as a residence by a consumer, transportable in one (1) or more sections on a temporary chassis or other conveyance device, and designed to be used on a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. The term does not include a mobile home as defined by statute; nor does it include building modules incorporating concrete or masonry as the primary structural component.

Uses restricted from other zoning districts but permitted in the I-1 and I-2 districts under this definition are manufacturing and industrial uses which do not emit dust, smoke, odor[,] gas, fumes, or present a possible hazard beyond the bounding property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use or uses are located, and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the lot or tract which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise or vibration in the adjacent area.

Any place of business in which massage therapy is practiced by a massage therapist, as defined by State law. Massage therapy may include the use of oil, salt glows, heat lamps, hot and cold packs, tub, shower, or cabinet baths. Equivalent terms for massage therapy are massage, therapeutic massage, massage technology, myotherapy, or any derivation of those terms. This term shall not include, however, duly licensed beauty parlors and barber shops or a place wherein registered physical therapists treat only patients recommended by a licensed physician and operate only under such a physician’s direction.

Medical devices, medical equipment, laboratory equipment, diagnostic products and over-the-counter health-related products.

A place of business in which a person engages in the business of purchasing and selling crafted precious metals, including jewelry, silverware, art objects, or any other thing or object made in whole or in part from gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, or their alloys, including coins and commemorative medallions, under terms and conditions found in Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 990a.

A place of business in which a person purchases, gathers, collects, solicits or procures scrap metal or where scrap metal is gathered together or kept for shipment, sale or transfer, under terms and conditions found in Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 9009. (Also see Junk Or Salvage Yard.)

A building with machinery for grinding grain into flour or producing food products.

An excavation site from which minerals are taken.

See Manufactured Housing, HUD-Code.

See Manufactured Home (HUD-Code) Park.

See Manufactured Home (HUD-Code) Subdivision.

An establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals.

A building or group of buildings designed for and occupied as a temporary dwelling place, providing four (4) or more room units for compensation. Units provided for the customers and where the operation is supervised by a person or persons in charge at all hours. A motel, motor hotel, or motor lodge may include restaurants, clubrooms, banquet halls, ballrooms and meeting rooms as accessory uses.

A motorized vehicle designed to permit temporary occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

Building(s) and associated open area, other than a street or required automobile parking space, used for the display or sale and service of motorcycles.

A new or used house, building, or structure, being transported from a location within or outside of the city to another location within the city.

Any building or portion thereof which is designed, built, rented, leased, or let to be occupied as three (3) or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three (3) or more families living in independent dwelling units.

An institution for the collection, display and distribution of objects of art or science and which is sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facility is open to the general public.

A facility where musical instruments are manufactured.

Paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising.

A building, structure or use of land lawfully occupied at the time of the effective date of this ordinance or amendments thereto, and which does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

A child-care facility offering a program four (4) hours or less per day for children who have passed their second birthday but who are under seven years old.

The use or intended use of the land or buildings by proprietors or tenants.

A building or complex of buildings used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry, or government, or like activity that may include ancillary services for office workers such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper, or candy stand.

A room or group of rooms used for the provision of executive management, or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, and business offices of public utilities, organizations, and association but excluding medical offices.

An establishment with a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of its total floor area devoted to storage and warehousing not accessible to the public. The remaining area may include retail and wholesale sales areas, sales offices, and display areas for products sold and distributed from the storage and warehousing areas.

Off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with the requirements specified by this ordinance and located on the lot or tract occupied by the main use or within two hundred (200) feet of such lot or tract and located within the same zoning district as the main use or in an adjacent parking district.

An area for the temporary storage of an automobile which shall be permanently reserved for such purpose and which shall not be within or on any public street, alley or other right-of-way. (See Section 31 for detailed descriptions and regulations.)

Manufacture of oilcloth or linoleum products.

A facility which provides maintenance or special services to the oil well fields and pipelines.

The process of obtaining these naturally occurring substances from the ground.

Area included in any side, rear or front yard or any unoccupied space on the lot that is open and unobstructed to the sky except for the ordinary projections of cornices, eaves, porches and plant material. Also see “Usable Open Space.”

The storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw, semi-finished materials, and building materials, not accessory to a residential use, which is visible from any point on the building lot line when viewed from ground level to six (6) feet above ground level, for more than twenty-four (24) hours.

Shall include mines, smelters, ore roasters, ore concentrators and metal refineries, and all works, plants and processes incidental to them.

The production of devices for the purpose of correction or prevention of skeletal deformities or other medical treatments.

The production of various paint-related products.

Manufacture of paper goods.

A privately owned park, playground, open space or building dedicated to recreational activities, maintained by a community club, property owners’ association, or similar organization.

An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency and available to the general public.

Area for parking heavy load vehicles.

Area for parking light load vehicles.

A concrete or asphalt surfaced area used for parking a vehicle, not on a public street or alley, together with a concrete or asphalt surfaced driveway connecting the area with a street, permitting free ingress and egress without encroachment on the street.

An establishment where money is loaned on the security of personal property pledged in the keeping of the owner (pawnbroker).

An owner-occupied, home-operated nonlicensed facility for the elderly providing custodial care to not more than three (3) individuals not related to the provider of such care. Custodial care is that care which assists elderly persons who are incapable because of physical or mental limitations of performing routine daily activities and which do not require the continuing attention of trained medical or paramedical personnel. (Also see Continuing Care Facility.)

A retail establishment offering small animals, fish, or birds for sale as pets and where all such creatures are housed within the building.

Sales of petroleum products in bulk quantities.

Sales of petroleum based solvents or products for wholesale distribution.

A retail establishment where medicines are compounded or dispensed.

A facility which sells pipe and related pipe supplies.

The duly appointed Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Springtown.

A manufacturing facility that produces processing of raw materials.

A plan of a subdivision of land creating building lots or tracts and showing all essential dimensions and other information essential to comply with the subdivision standards of the City of Springtown and subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

An establishment primarily engaged in the sales, service, or installation of equipment pertaining to plumbing, heating, refrigeration, or air conditioning. (Also see Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor.)

The operation of a business which involves only retail sales and off-premises service, installation, and repair of units and fixtures. The premises shall not include a workshop for repair or fabrication of parts, fixtures, or units. Sheetmetal work of any type shall not be permitted. Storage shall be permitted for units and supplies incidental to retail sales, off-premises service and repair only. No outside storage shall be permitted. This section shall not be interpreted to allow a plumbing, heating, refrigeration, or air conditioning contractor or similar type wholesale operation.

An establishment which displays and sells structures which are capable of being carried and transported to another location, not including mobile homes or manufactured housing.

Local branch of the United States Postal Service or private commercial venture engaged in the distribution of mail and incidental services.

Over 20% of customers, volume of sales, stock in trade, display areas, or presentation time in any three-month increment period beginning from the date of issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Stock in trade shall be measured with all titles or objects available on the premises for sale or rental including those that are identical considered a separate title or object.

An establishment which reproduces printed or photographic impressions including but not limited to the process of composition, binding, plate making, microform, type casting, press work, and printmaking.

An institution for confinement of persons convicted of crimes.

A facility which sells pumps and provides maintenance and repair services.

A business engaging in the changing of oil, oil filters, and the chassis lubrication of motor vehicles. All new oil shall be dispensed from drums and all old oil shall be kept in sumps until removed by pumper trucks.

A facility used for the racing of motor-driven vehicles and/or animals.

Courts housed in an acoustically treated building and designed for one (1) to four (4) persons to play racquetball, plus subsidiary uses to include office, pro shops, locker rooms, sauna, exercise rooms, waiting area, child nursery, and related uses up to a maximum of forty percent (40%) of the total floor area.

Structures supporting antenna for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum but excluding noncommercial antenna installations for home use of radio or television.

The transmission, retransmission, or reception of radio, electromagnetic, analog, digital, or microwave signals primarily for the purpose of operating a business and/or financial gain.

Any premises for the transient parking of trains and the loading and unloading of passengers.

A facility/place for the loading and unloading of materials on trains.

Includes track and undeveloped right-of-way, but does not include railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, dockyards, or maintenance areas.

A child-care facility that regularly provides care in the caretaker’s own residence for not more than six (6) children under 14 years of age, excluding the caretaker’s own children, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six (6) additional elementary school siblings of the other children given care, but the total number of children, including the caretaker’s own, does not exceed twelve (12) at any given time. (Also see Child-Care Center.)

A dwelling unit which provides residence and care to not more than four (4) persons, regardless of legal relationship, who have demonstrated a tendency towards alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness or antisocial or criminal conduct living together with not more than two supervisory personnel as a single housekeeping unit.

A facility which provides residence and care to five (5) or more persons, regardless of legal relationship, who have demonstrated a tendency towards alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness or antisocial or criminal conduct together with supervisory personnel.

Same as dwelling; when used with district, an area of residential regulations.

A multi-dwelling unit extended-stay lodging facility consisting of efficiency units or suites with a complete kitchen suitable for long-term occupancy. Customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone, and upkeep of furniture shall be provided. Meeting room, clubhouse and recreational facilities intended for the use of residents and their guests are permitted. This definition shall not include other dwelling units as defined in this ordinance.

Any zoning district included in this ordinance in which residential use constitutes the primary permitted use classification.

An establishment operated for the retail sale of meals or refreshments, which is laid out and equipped so as to allow its patrons to be served at a table within the dining area.

An establishment operated for the retail sale of meals or refreshments, which is laid out and equipped so as to allow its patrons to be served or accommodated while remaining in their automobiles, or which allows the consumption of food or beverages at a table within the dining area.

A place of residence or care for persons suffering from infirmities of age or illness where care is provided on a prolonged or permanent basis. This term shall include a convalescent home.

An establishment offering all types of consumer goods for sale, not elsewhere classified, but excluding the display and sale in the open outside a building of new or used automobiles, heavy machinery, building materials, used appliances, furniture, or salvage materials.

A development providing dwelling units specifically designed for the needs of ambulatory or retired persons.

An enclosed area used for public entertainment or performances featuring but not limited to bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and horse riding.

A building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied, or intended to be occupied as living or sleeping quarters, but not including toilet or cooking facilities.

An institution of learning having a curriculum equivalent to public schools but not including specialty schools such as dancing, music, beauty, mechanical, trade, or commercial schools.

An institution under the sponsorship of a public agency which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Education Code of the State of Texas but not including specialty schools such as dancing, music, beauty, mechanical, trade, or commercial schools.

Establishments, other than public or parochial schools, private primary and secondary schools or colleges, offering training or instruction on a trade, art, or occupation.

The sales and storage of scrap metal.

See “Landscape Screen.”

An establishment offering for sale used merchandise, with the storage and display of such items wholly contained inside a building or structure.

A facility designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage spaces to customers for the purpose of storing and removing personal property on a self-service basis.

An accessory building or portion of an accessory building located on the same lot or grounds with the main building, containing not more than one kitchen and bathroom facilities and used as living quarters for a person or persons employed on the premises for not less than fifty percent (50%) of his/her actual working time, and not otherwise used or designed as a separate place of abode, provided the living area of such quarters shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet.

An establishment engaged in the selling and/or servicing of goods where a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of the floor area is devoted to service, repair or fabrication of such goods. The service area must not be accessible to the general public. Automotive uses and rental stores are specifically excluded.

An area for the servicing and storage of vehicles or other property of a governmental agency.

The minimum horizontal distance between the front wall of any projection of the building, excluding steps and unenclosed porch and the side street.

A facility for pumping sewage.

A facility for receiving and treating sewage from the City sewer system.

A sex parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor, adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult video arcade, adult movie arcade, adult video store, adult motel, or other commercial enterprise the primary business of which is the offering of a service or the selling, renting, or exhibiting of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.

A building designed for the sport of shooting firearms at markers and targets for accuracy.

A facility or open area designed for the sport of shooting firearms at markers and targets for accuracy.

A group of primarily retail and service commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, provision of aesthetically appropriate design and protection from the elements.

The pole yard, maintenance yard, and/or administrative offices of a municipality or franchised utility.

An outdoor advertising device that is a structure, or that is attached to or painted on a building, or that is leaned against a structure for display on premises.

A dwelling that is part of a structure containing three (3) or more dwellings, each designed and constructed for occupancy by one family, with each dwelling unit attached by a common wall to another with a minimum length of attachment of twenty (20) feet, in which each dwelling is located on a separate platted lot.

A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family, excluding manufactured housing.

A detailed line drawing, to scale, in accordance with Section 34 of this ordinance.

A facility and/or premises at which solid waste is temporarily deposited prior to ultimate removal to a permanent solid waste storage site.

A manufacture of sporting, athletic equipment.

A structure housing horses which are boarded or rented to the public or any stable other than a private stable, but not including a sale barn, auction or similar trading activity.

An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public including a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium which may be lighted for nighttime play.

A facility that fabricates steel products; bending[,] cutting, grinding, and polishing.

A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, containing more than 5,000 square feet of floor space.

A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, containing less than 5,000 square feet of floor space.

The height between the successive floors of a building from the top floor to the roof. The standard height for a story is eleven (11) feet, six (6) inches.

Any dedicated public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street; the right-of-way.

Any change in the supporting member of a building, such as a bearing wall, column, beams or girders.

(Same as Building.)

The working place of a painter, sculptor, musician, or photographer.

A place maintained and equipped for the transmission or making of radio or television programs.

A swimming pool with accessory facilities, part of the facilities are available to the general public for a fee.

A swimming pool constructed for the exclusive use of the residents of a single-family, two-family or apartment dwelling and located within the required side or rear yards; however, a pool shall not be located closer than eight (8) feet to any property line.

An establishment that prepares, stuffs, and mounts the skins of animals and especially vertebrates.

A switching or transmitting station owned by a public utility but not including business offices, storage, or repair shops or yards.

A surface designed and constructed for playing the game of tennis along with all fencing, nets and related appurtenances but excluding lighting for night play in residential areas except as may be otherwise provided or restricted by the Special Use Permit.

An establishment that shows motion picture or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis to patrons on a selected seating basis.

An open lot with its appurtenant facilities devoted primarily to the showing of motion picture or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis to patrons.

A building where tires are sold and displayed within a building.

A facility or open area where tires are sold and displayed.

A business that has the capability to mechanically retread and/or chemically treat worn tires to produce a usable tire.

A business that has the capability to mechanically remove the remaining old tread from used casing and apply a new tread of rubber for a usable tire.

(Same as Street)

A facility for renting tools and equipment.

A business that manufactures tools and/or hardware.

An attached, privately owned single-family dwelling unit which is a part of and adjacent to other similarly owned single-family dwelling units that are connected to but separated from one another by a common party wall having no doors, windows, or other provisions for human passage or visibility.

A business that manufactures toys and novelty projects.

Vehicle designed to be drawn by another vehicle, attached to the towing vehicle or used in conjunction with a motor vehicle. Used for transporting property, passengers, animals, etc. wholly on its own structure.

The display and offering for rent of trailers designed to be towed by passenger cars or other prime movers.

Building(s) and associated open area used for the display or sale of primarily new trailers, to be sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of trailers be displayed and sold on the premises. No dismantling of trailers for sale or keeping of used trailers parts or junk on the premises.

Building(s) and associated open area used for the display or sale of primarily used trailers, to be sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of trailers be displayed and sold on the premises. No dismantling of trailers for sale or keeping of used trailers parts or junk on the premises.

Passenger terminal or loading facilities for franchised private or publicly owned transit system.

Any tract of land under single ownership, two (2) acres or more, where accommodations are provided for travel trailer.

The rental of new or used panel trucks, vans, trailers, recreational vehicles, or motor-driven buses in operable condition and where no repair work is done.

An establishment providing major and minor automobile repair services to heavy load vehicles.

A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck is assembled and/or stored for shipping by motor truck.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display or sale of primarily new heavy load vehicles, to be displayed and sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the vehicles to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of vehicles for sale or keeping of used vehicle parts or junk on the premises.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display or sale of primarily used heavy load vehicles, to be displayed and sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the vehicles to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of vehicles for sale or keeping of used vehicle parts or junk on the premises.

A building designed for occupancy by two (2) individuals or families living independently of each other within separate units which have a common wall and are under one (1) roof.

An open area which is designed and intended to be used for outdoor living and/or recreation. An area of common usable open space shall have a slope not exceeding ten percent (10%), shall have no dimension of less than ten (10) feet, and may include landscaping, walks, water features and decorative objects. Usable open space shall not include rooftops, accessory buildings, parking areas, driveways, turn-around areas, or right-of-way or easement for streets or alleys.

An adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of the Zoning Ordinance to a particular parcel of property which, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel, is necessary to prevent the property from being deprived of rights and privileges enjoyed by other parcels in the same vicinity and zoning district.

A facility or station designed and used for the examination and treatment of disease and injury in animals and especially, but not limited to domestic animals. May also offer boarding services to accommodate animals.

A facility or station designed and used for the examination and treatment of disease and injury in animals and especially, but not limited to horses and cattle. May also offer boarding services to accommodate animals.

A facility for the ground storage and transmission of water.

An elevated tank used as a reservoir for maintaining pressure in a water system.

A water storage facility for the storage of water at ground level.

A facility purifying, supplying, and distributing City water.

The sale of goods, merchandises, services and/or commodities for resale by the purchaser and does not offer retail sales to the general public.

A business that manufactures window shades, awnings, or blinds.

A lot upon which waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles. A “junkyard” includes an automobile wrecking yard and automobile parts yard. A “junkyard” does not include such uses conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

An open space, other than a court, on the lot in which a building is situated and which is not obstructed from a point forty (40) inches above the general ground level of the graded lot to the sky, except as provided for roof overhang and similar special architectural features and plant material.

A business that manufactures yeast.

A residence allowed to have little or no side yard on one side, where the wall on that side has no doors, windows, or other openings and which otherwise qualifies for a one-hour fire rating as defined in the building code.

The official certified map upon which the boundaries of the various zoning districts are drawn.

This ordinance containing land use regulations for the City of Springtown.