DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of interpreting this chapter, certain words or terms are herein defined.
Words used or defined in one tense shall include other tenses and derivative forms. Words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and words used in the plural number shall include the singular. The word person shall include a firm, corporation, association, organization, trust or partnership. The word lot shall include the meanings of the words plot and parcel. The word shall is mandatory and not directory. The word may is permissive. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the feminine gender the masculine. Except as defined herein or in the Subdivision Regulations of Wetumpka, Alabama, all other words used in this chapter shall have their customary dictionary definition.
Accessory structure and use. Any detached minor building or structure, or a portion of the main building or structure, the use of which is incidental to the main use of the premises. Accessory use is one which is incidental to the main use of the premises, and may include an accessory dwelling. A sign is considered accessory to the use permitted. A billboard is not so considered, but is rather considered a separate and distinct business use or activity.
Alteration, altered. Any addition to the height, width or depth of a building or structure; or any change in the location of any of the exterior walls of a building or structure; or any increase in the interior accommodations of a building or structure.
Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and designed for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.
Building area. The portion of the lot occupied by the main building, including porches, carports, accessory building, and other structures.
Building, height of. For the purposes of this chapter, the height of a building shall be measured from the average finished ground elevation at the base of the structure to eave height. Spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, elevator housing, mechanical equipment or other such structures, unless otherwise specified by this chapter, placed above the roof levels and not intended for human occupancy shall not be subject to the height limitations.
Build-to line. A line contiguous or parallel to the property line to which the facade(s) of the main and/or accessory structure(s) shall extend.
Dwelling unit. Any portion of a building used, intended or designed as a separate abode for a family.
Excavation. Any man made cavity or depression in the earth's surface including all sides, walls, or faces formed by earth removal and producing unsupported earth conditions by reasons of the excavation.
Facility. A place, structure or item that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.
Family. One or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, rooming house, or hotel, as herein defined.
Grade. The slope of a street, or other public way, specified in percentage (%) terms.
Grade, finished. The final elevation of the ground surface after development. Or, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground at ground level measured on any side of a building or structure.
Grade, natural. The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations.
Grading. The preparation of a site for development, usually by leveling off to a smooth horizontal or sloping surface.
Gross floor area. The sum of the areas of all floors within the outside edge of the outside walls of a building, excluding basements.
Loading, off-street. Land occupied, necessary and maintained for loading or unloading of goods, materials or things, for delivery and shipping, in a manner that vehicles may provide for such services without encroaching on or interfering with the public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and vehicles.
Lot. Land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use including the yards and parking spaces required herein, and having its principal frontage upon a street.
Lot of record. A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Probate Judge of Elmore County, Alabama, or a parcel of land described by metes and bounds, the plat or description of which has been recorded in said office. If a portion of a lot or parcel has been conveyed at the time of the adoption of this article, the remaining portion of said lot or parcel shall be considered a lot of record.
Lot width. The width of the lot at the front building setback line.
Nonconforming use. The use of any building or land which was lawful at the time of passage of this article, or amendment thereto, but which use does not conform, after the passage of this article or amendment thereto, with the use, height, yard, off-street parking, or off-street loading and unloading regulations of the district in which it is situated.
Parcel. A part or portion of land. Parcel in relationship to land is a contiguous quantity of land in possession of an owner. The words lot, parcel and tract can be used interchangeably.
Parking space, off-street. An accessible space permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one vehicle, connected with a street by a driveway or an alley, having a minimum area of not less than 162 square feet, a minimum width of nine feet, and a minimum length of 18 feet, exclusive of driveways and maneuvering area.
Plot. A measured piece of land.
Plot plan. A scale drawing indicating the location of all existing and/or proposed structures in relation to the site.
Setback line. A line parallel to the property line between which line and the property line no structure may be erected.
Sign. Any name, identification, description, display, illustration, or structure, which is affixed directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or the ground, which is intended to communicate with the public or directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, service, person, institution, organization, or business; specifically excepting all public signs designed, constructed and placed in accord with the most recent edition of the Alabama Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Sign, attached. Any sign that is permanently fastened, attached, connected, or supported by a building or structure permanently attached to the ground.
Sign, building wall. A sign painted upon the exterior wall of a building, or affixed to the exterior wall of a building but not extending more than 12 inches from the face of the building wall or above the top of the building wall.
Sign, canopy. A sign directly painted or otherwise directly affixed upon a building canopy.
Sign, detached. Any sign that is not permanently fastened, attached, connected, or supported by a building or structure permanently attached to the ground.
Sign, ground. Any sign that is attached to or part of an upright support that stands removed from any building.
Sign, off-premise. Any sign advertising a business, person, activity, goods, products, or services not located or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is located.
Sign, on-premise. Any sign advertising a business, person, activity, goods, products, or services located or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is located.
Sign copy area. The entire area of a sign within a single contiguous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem, or any figure or character, together with any frame or other material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed. Permitted copy area for double face signs shall be applied to the area of each of the two sign faces.
Site. The spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures; or, a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building.
Site plan. A scale drawing showing the relationship between the lot lines and their uses, buildings or structures, existing or proposed on a lot, including such details as parking areas, access points, landscaped areas, building areas, setbacks from lot lines, building heights, floor areas, densities, septic tank tile fields, utility lines and currents, or a special or particular use.
Street. A dedicated and accepted public right-of-way for vehicular traffic which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.
Structure. Any combination of materials, including buildings, constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to anything having location on the ground, including among other things, gasoline pumps, and signs, but not including utility poles, overhead wires and fences.
Subdivision. The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land, into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, less than five acres in size, for sale or development. The following shall not be considered subdivisions within the meaning of these regulations if no new streets are created: (1) divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions, (2) divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure, (3) consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument.
Tract.A lot, piece, or parcel of land of greater or less size; the term not meaning in itself any precise dimension, but generally referring to a larger piece of land. The words lot, parcel and tract can be used interchangeably.
Use. The function, activities, or purpose for which land, a building, or other structure is designed, arranged, occupied, or maintained.
Yard. An open space between a building or use and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure or use from the ground upward. For the purpose of determining the width or depth of a yard, the minimum distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used. A required yard shall mean a yard the depth of which is specified in the district regulations.
Yard, front. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines. On corner lots the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.
Yard, rear. A yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines. On all lots the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.
Yard, side. A yard between the main building and the side lot line and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard.
(Ord. No. 99-4, § 32.0, 8-16-1999; Ord. No. 2013-9, § 1(1), 6-17-2013)
Animal hospital. A place where small household pets are given medical or surgical treatment and short term boarding of pets within an enclosed building may be provided.
Apartment. Five or more attached, multi-family dwellings within a building of three or less stories.
Assisted living facility, domiciliary. A permanent building, portion of a building, or a group of buildings (not to include mobile homes and trailers) in which room, board, meals, laundry, and assistance with personal care and other services are provided for not less than 24 hours in any week to a minimum of two ambulatory adults not related by blood or marriage to the owner and/or administrator and licensed by the State of Alabama.
Bank or financial service. A business engaged in providing banking or financial services to the general public, such as a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, finance company, and similar businesses.
Billboard. A freestanding, off-premise sign located on a lot not containing a building.
Broadcast studio. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms, including film and sound recording, such as a radio studio, TV studio, or a telegraphic service office.
Business or professional office. A place where the administrative affairs of a business or profession are conducted such as the office of a law firm, real estate agency, insurance agency, architect, secretarial services, the administrative staff of business or industry, and the like.
Business support service. A place of business which supplies support services primarily to business or professional offices or services, such as photocopy, computer, and office equipment, supplies and services.
Car wash. A commercial establishment engaged in washing or cleaning automobiles and light vehicles.
Combination dwelling. A dwelling unit (other than a mobile home) used in combination with a non-residential use, such as the family residence of a manager, business owner, or security guard, within the same building or on the same lot of an institutional, commercial, or industrial establishment.
Commercial parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a commercially operated, off-street parking lot or garage.
Commercial school. Private, gainful business providing instructional service in the arts, business, crafts, trades, and professions.
Community center. Buildings arranged for community gathering for social, cultural, or community service purposes, including museums, galleries, community meeting rooms, community recreation centers, libraries, YMCAs, YWCAs, and similar uses.
Community service club. Buildings arranged for the gathering of private club members and their guests, including social club, professional association, fraternal lodge, union hall, civic association, and similar uses.
Convenience store. A one story, retail store containing less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages, and other household supplies to customers who purchase only a relatively few items (in contrast to a supermarket), including, not more than one automotive fuel service island.
Construction service. A place of business engaged in construction activities, incidental storage, and wholesaling of building material (but not a home improvement center which also sells at retail), such as a building contractor, trade contractor, or wholesale building supplies store.
Country club. Land and buildings containing recreational facilities and club house for private club members and their guests.
Day care center. A licensed facility, other than a residence, providing day care on a regular basis to more than six persons.
Day care home. A licensed service operated from a dwelling by the resident, providing day care on a regular basis to six or less persons.
Deferred presentment service. An establishment that engages in deferred presentment transactions as defined by Code of Ala. 1975, § 5-18A-2.
Duplex. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
Dwelling. Any building or portion thereof in which people live.
Dwelling, multi-family. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by three or more families living independently of each other.
Dwelling, single-family. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
Emergency care home. A group care home, serving up to ten individuals, unrelated by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit under the supervision of one or two resident managers, whose purpose is to provide a protective sanctuary and emergency housing to victims of crime or abuse.
Entertainment, indoor. A commercial establishment providing spectator entertainment within an enclosed building, including movie theaters, playhouses, and similar indoor facilities.
Entertainment, outdoor. A commercial establishment providing spectator entertainment in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities, including sports arenas, racing facilities, and amusement parks.
Farm support business. A commercial establishment engaged in the sale of farm support goods and services, including the following activities; the sale of feed, grains, fertilizers, pesticides, and similar farm support goods, the provision of warehousing and storage facilities for raw farm products, and the provision of veterinary services to large animals.
Family care home. A group care home, serving up to ten individuals, unrelated by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit under the supervision of one or two resident managers, whose purpose is to serve socially, physically, mentally, or developmentally impaired children in a family-type living arrangement, and which meet or exceed the minimum requirements of Section 11-52-75.1 Regulation as to housing of mentally retarded or mentally ill persons in multi-family zone, Code of Alabama, 1975 as amended.
Farm. A ten acre or larger tract of land used for the production, keeping or maintenance, for sale or lease, of plants and animals useful to man, including the following farming activities: forages and sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy animals and products; poultry, including egg production but excluding poultry processing; livestock, such as beef cattle, sheep, goats, or any similar livestock, including the breeding and grazing of such animals but excluding meat processing; and nursery operations involving the raising of plants, shrubs, and trees for sale and transplantation and including greenhouses and incidental sales of items customarily associated with a nursery operation; bees and apiary products; fisheries, excluding fish and seafood processing; fruits and vegetables of all kinds, including growing and harvesting of such fruits and vegetables, but excluding food processing.
Forestry. Operations involving the operation of timber tracts, tree farms, forest nurseries, the gathering of forest products, or performing forest services, including temporary sawmills and chippers for cutting of timber growth on the same premises but excluding lumber yards, mills, and similar activities;
Funeral home. A commercial establishment engaged in funeral and undertaking services for human burial.
Garden center or nursery. Retail sales of plants, trees, shrubs, and the like for ornamental or landscaping purposes, conducted from a building, greenhouse, outdoor display area, or stand, including incidental sales of items customarily associated with such sales activities, including such items as containers, fertilizers, ornaments, small gardening tools, and equipment, and seeds.
General retail business, enclosed. Retail sales of goods and services, not otherwise defined by this section, conducted within an enclosed building, including, but not limited to, food sales, department stores, clothing stores, home furnishings sales, appliance stores, auto supplies stores, gift shops, specialty stores, jewelry stores, cosmetics sales, package liquor stores, tobacco stores, drug stores, variety stores, and similar retail businesses.
General retail business, unenclosed. Retail sales of goods and services, not otherwise defined by this section, conducted partially or fully outside of a building, including, but not limited to, sidewalk sales, outdoor food service, outdoor tire sales, and outdoor display or sales.
Heavy industry. Meat or poultry processing and slaughterhouses or the storage or manufacturing involving flammable or explosive materials or involving potentially hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.
Hobby farm. A five acre or larger tract of land used for the production, keeping, or maintenance of farm animals, but excluding large swine and other livestock, personally useful to the occupants of a dwelling on the same tract.
Home improvement center. A place of business providing building, appliance, yard and garden materials, tools, and supplies at retail and wholesale.
Home instruction. Instruction in the arts, music, or academic subjects given from a dwelling by the resident to up to four students at a time, except in the case of musical instruction which shall be limited to up to two students at a time.
Home occupation. A business, profession, occupation, or trade, specifically excluding beauty parlors, barbershops, and medical offices for the treatment of patients, conducted for gain or support and located entirely within the living area of a dwelling or accessory dwelling as an incidental activity of the resident and no more than one employee.
Hospital. An establishment which provides health services primarily for in-patient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including accessory facilities such as laboratories, pharmacies, out-patient clinics, training facilities, gift shops, coffee shops, cafeterias, and staff offices.
Hotel. A building in which lodging, or boarding and lodging, are provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours. A hotel is open to the transient public in contradistinction to a rooming house or boarding house, which are herein separately defined.
Kennel. The keeping of more than three dogs over six months of age or the boarding or raising of small household pets for commercial purposes.
Laundry service. A commercial establishment providing laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing service (other than a laundry or dry cleaning pick-up station defined under personal service), such as a laundry and dry cleaning plant, diaper or linen service, or laundromat.
Liquor lounge. A licensed establishment engaged in the preparation, sale, or serving of liquor for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars, cocktail lounges, night clubs, bottle clubs, private clubs, restaurant lounges, hotel lounges, motel lounges, discotheques, dance halls, and similar uses where liquor consumption is a primary or incidental activity on the premises for the establishment. Not included within this definition are establishments which sell or serve only beer or wine as an incidental activity on the premises or establishments which sell liquor, beer, or wine in packages for off-premise consumption.
Livestock sales. The sale of animal livestock within an enclosed yard or structure, including livestock markets, horse auctions, and similar activities.
Maintenance service. An establishment providing building and yard maintenance services, such as janitorial services, exterminating services, landscape services, and window cleaning services.
Manufactured home. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of the department of housing and urban development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.
Manufacturing, general. The basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials and the incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products.
Manufacturing, light. The manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assemble, treatment, and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products.
Medical clinic. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis.
Medical support service. A place of business which supplies medical support services to individuals, medical practitioners, clinics, and hospitals, such as a pharmacy (where the business activity is limited to the filling of medical prescription and the sale of drugs and medical supplies), medical and surgical supply store, and optician, and the like.
Mini-warehouse. A building or group of buildings containing separate storage spaces which are leased on an individual basis for the exclusive purpose of storing non-hazardous household goods, but not including the storage of materials for a commercial or industrial enterprise or for any activity other than dead storage.
Mobile home. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained herein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976.
Mobile home park. Any plot of ground upon which one or more mobile homes occupied for dwelling purposes are located, regardless of whether a charge is made for accommodations.
Modular home. A factory fabricated transportable building consisting of units designed to be incorporated at a building site on a permanent foundation into a permanent structure to be used for residential purposes and which bears a seal of compliance with regulations of the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission.
Motels/transient lodging. A building or group of building used for the temporary occupancy of transients or persons not of the immediate family for compensation for a definite period of time up to 30 days.
Multiplex. Three or four attached, multi-family dwellings within a building of three or less stories.
Nursing care facility. A licensed institution maintained for the purpose of providing skilled nursing care and medical supervision at a lower level than that provided in a hospital but at a higher level than provided in a domiciliary care facility.
Open air market. Retail sales of arts, crafts, produce, discount or used goods partially or fully outside of an enclosed building, such as a flea market, produce market, craft market, or farmers' market.
Patio home. A detached, single family dwelling, constructed on-site in accordance with the Standard Building Code, that occupies a small lot and has an enclosed yard area with a porch or patio.
Pawnshop. An establishment that engages in the business a pawnbroker as defined by the Code of Ala. 1975, § 5-19A-2.
Personal service. A retail establishment engaged in providing services involving the care of a person, such as a barber shop, beauty shop, cosmetic studio, dry cleaning and laundry pick-up station, indoor exercise and fitness center, tanning salon, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shop, key repair shop, travel agency, interior decorator, formal wear rental, and similar uses.
Place of worship. Buildings arranged for religious service purposes, such as churches and synagogues, including related facilities for instruction, meeting, recreation, lodging, eating, and other integrally related activities.
Public assembly center. Buildings arranged for the general assembly of the public at-large for community events, including coliseums, stadiums, civic centers, and similar uses.
Public facility. Buildings arranged for the purpose of providing public services, not otherwise listed in this section, including government offices, post offices, transit stations, police stations, fire and emergency service stations, civil defense operations, and similar uses.
Public utility facility. Facility that provides public utility services to the public at large, including water and sewerage facilities, gas distribution facilities, electric transmission and distribution facilities, and cable transmission and distribution facilities.
Recreation, indoor. A commercial establishment providing recreational or sports activities to participants within an enclosed building, including bowling alleys, billiard parlors, video game centers, ice and roller skating rinks, and other commercial indoor recreational and sports activities.
Recreation, outdoor. A commercial establishment providing recreation or sports activities to participants in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities, including driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other commercial outdoor recreational and sports activities.
Rehabilitation facility. An institutional facility providing residential and custodial care for the rehabilitation of socially-impaired individuals who are indigent, recovering from addiction to drugs or alcohol, or recently released from a penal institution.
Research lab. An establishment engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature, excluding product testing, such as an electronics research lab, research and development firm, or pharmaceutical research lab.
Resource extraction. The removal of soil, sand, clay, gravel, minerals, or similar materials for commercial purposes, including quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, gas extraction, and mining.
Restaurant, fast food. An establishment where food and drink are rapidly prepared for carry out, fast delivery, drive-through, or drive-in and may also include standard sit-down consumption.
Restaurant, standard. An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and primarily consumed within the building where guests are seated and served.
Rooming house, boarding house. Any building or portion thereof which contains not less than three or more than nine guest rooms, which are designed or intended to be used, let, or hired out for occupancy by individuals for compensation whether paid directly or indirectly, for a definite period of time longer than 30 days.
Salvage yard. A place of business engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials, such as a junk or automotive salvage yard.
Sanitary landfill. A State-approved site for solid waste disposal.
School. Public or non-profit school.
Sexually oriented establishment. An establishment providing live performances or that has over 20 percent of its stock-in-trade in media, paraphernalia, devices, or equipment that depict, describe, or relate to sexual conduct as defined in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-12-200.1 or specified anatomical areas described in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-12-200.11 for entertainment, medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial, or law enforcement purposes.
Shopping center, major. A group of commercial establishments (as permitted in the district) located on a lot of ten or more acres planned and developed in a unified design with shared parking and driveway facilities and under common management authority.
Shopping center, minor. A group of commercial establishment (as permitted in the district) located on a lot of three to less than ten acres planned and developed in a unified design with shared parking and driveway facilities and under a common management authority.
Stable. A commercial establishment engaged in the raising, keeping, boarding, or training of horses, ponies, and similar animals, including riding academies and incidental sales of riding accessories and animals raised or regularly kept on the premises.
Studio. A place or work by an artist, photographer, or craftsman, including instruction, display, production, and retail sales of materials produced on the premises.
Tourist home, bed and breakfast inn. A dwelling unit where lodging for persons not of the immediate family is provided for by compensation for definite periods of time up to 30 days.
Townhouse. A single family dwelling constructed in a series or group of attached units with property lines separating each unit as defined by the Standard Building Code.
Transmission tower. A tower used for the transmission of radio and television signals to the general public or private receivers, other than amateur radio towers and towers used by a public facility.
Upper-story apartment. A dwelling located in the upper story of a building where the ground floor is devoted to commercial or institutional uses.
Vehicle and equipment repair, major. A place of business engaged in the repair and maintenance of heavy trucks (over one ton), construction equipment, tractors and farm implements or engaged in painting, body repair, upholstery repair, fabrication of parts, or rebuilding of engines.
Vehicle and equipment sales, major. A place of business engaged in the sale or rental of heavy trucks (over one ton), construction equipment, tractors and farm implements, manufactured homes, and similar heavy equipment, including incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing.
Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution, enclosed. A place of business engaged in warehousing, wholesaling, or distribution services within a building.
Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution, open. A place of business engaged in open air warehousing, wholesaling, or distribution services.
Vehicle repair service. A place of business engaged in the repair and maintenance of automobiles, light trucks, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and servicing of mechanical equipment and parts but not including painting, body work, upholstery work, fabrication of parts, or rebuilding of engines.
Vehicle sales or rental. A commercial establishment engaged in the sale or rental of automobiles, light trucks, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, boats, or motorcycles, including incidental parking, storage, maintenance, and servicing.
Vehicle service station. A commercial establishment providing fuel, lubricants, parts, and accessories, and incidental repair and maintenance service to motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 99-4, § 33.0, 8-16-1999; Ord. No. 2014-3, § 1, 3-17-2014; Ord. No. 2021-3, § 1, 8-2-2021)
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of interpreting this chapter, certain words or terms are herein defined.
Words used or defined in one tense shall include other tenses and derivative forms. Words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and words used in the plural number shall include the singular. The word person shall include a firm, corporation, association, organization, trust or partnership. The word lot shall include the meanings of the words plot and parcel. The word shall is mandatory and not directory. The word may is permissive. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the feminine gender the masculine. Except as defined herein or in the Subdivision Regulations of Wetumpka, Alabama, all other words used in this chapter shall have their customary dictionary definition.
Accessory structure and use. Any detached minor building or structure, or a portion of the main building or structure, the use of which is incidental to the main use of the premises. Accessory use is one which is incidental to the main use of the premises, and may include an accessory dwelling. A sign is considered accessory to the use permitted. A billboard is not so considered, but is rather considered a separate and distinct business use or activity.
Alteration, altered. Any addition to the height, width or depth of a building or structure; or any change in the location of any of the exterior walls of a building or structure; or any increase in the interior accommodations of a building or structure.
Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and designed for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.
Building area. The portion of the lot occupied by the main building, including porches, carports, accessory building, and other structures.
Building, height of. For the purposes of this chapter, the height of a building shall be measured from the average finished ground elevation at the base of the structure to eave height. Spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, elevator housing, mechanical equipment or other such structures, unless otherwise specified by this chapter, placed above the roof levels and not intended for human occupancy shall not be subject to the height limitations.
Build-to line. A line contiguous or parallel to the property line to which the facade(s) of the main and/or accessory structure(s) shall extend.
Dwelling unit. Any portion of a building used, intended or designed as a separate abode for a family.
Excavation. Any man made cavity or depression in the earth's surface including all sides, walls, or faces formed by earth removal and producing unsupported earth conditions by reasons of the excavation.
Facility. A place, structure or item that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.
Family. One or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, rooming house, or hotel, as herein defined.
Grade. The slope of a street, or other public way, specified in percentage (%) terms.
Grade, finished. The final elevation of the ground surface after development. Or, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground at ground level measured on any side of a building or structure.
Grade, natural. The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations.
Grading. The preparation of a site for development, usually by leveling off to a smooth horizontal or sloping surface.
Gross floor area. The sum of the areas of all floors within the outside edge of the outside walls of a building, excluding basements.
Loading, off-street. Land occupied, necessary and maintained for loading or unloading of goods, materials or things, for delivery and shipping, in a manner that vehicles may provide for such services without encroaching on or interfering with the public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and vehicles.
Lot. Land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use including the yards and parking spaces required herein, and having its principal frontage upon a street.
Lot of record. A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Probate Judge of Elmore County, Alabama, or a parcel of land described by metes and bounds, the plat or description of which has been recorded in said office. If a portion of a lot or parcel has been conveyed at the time of the adoption of this article, the remaining portion of said lot or parcel shall be considered a lot of record.
Lot width. The width of the lot at the front building setback line.
Nonconforming use. The use of any building or land which was lawful at the time of passage of this article, or amendment thereto, but which use does not conform, after the passage of this article or amendment thereto, with the use, height, yard, off-street parking, or off-street loading and unloading regulations of the district in which it is situated.
Parcel. A part or portion of land. Parcel in relationship to land is a contiguous quantity of land in possession of an owner. The words lot, parcel and tract can be used interchangeably.
Parking space, off-street. An accessible space permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one vehicle, connected with a street by a driveway or an alley, having a minimum area of not less than 162 square feet, a minimum width of nine feet, and a minimum length of 18 feet, exclusive of driveways and maneuvering area.
Plot. A measured piece of land.
Plot plan. A scale drawing indicating the location of all existing and/or proposed structures in relation to the site.
Setback line. A line parallel to the property line between which line and the property line no structure may be erected.
Sign. Any name, identification, description, display, illustration, or structure, which is affixed directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or the ground, which is intended to communicate with the public or directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, service, person, institution, organization, or business; specifically excepting all public signs designed, constructed and placed in accord with the most recent edition of the Alabama Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Sign, attached. Any sign that is permanently fastened, attached, connected, or supported by a building or structure permanently attached to the ground.
Sign, building wall. A sign painted upon the exterior wall of a building, or affixed to the exterior wall of a building but not extending more than 12 inches from the face of the building wall or above the top of the building wall.
Sign, canopy. A sign directly painted or otherwise directly affixed upon a building canopy.
Sign, detached. Any sign that is not permanently fastened, attached, connected, or supported by a building or structure permanently attached to the ground.
Sign, ground. Any sign that is attached to or part of an upright support that stands removed from any building.
Sign, off-premise. Any sign advertising a business, person, activity, goods, products, or services not located or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is located.
Sign, on-premise. Any sign advertising a business, person, activity, goods, products, or services located or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is located.
Sign copy area. The entire area of a sign within a single contiguous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem, or any figure or character, together with any frame or other material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed. Permitted copy area for double face signs shall be applied to the area of each of the two sign faces.
Site. The spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures; or, a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building.
Site plan. A scale drawing showing the relationship between the lot lines and their uses, buildings or structures, existing or proposed on a lot, including such details as parking areas, access points, landscaped areas, building areas, setbacks from lot lines, building heights, floor areas, densities, septic tank tile fields, utility lines and currents, or a special or particular use.
Street. A dedicated and accepted public right-of-way for vehicular traffic which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.
Structure. Any combination of materials, including buildings, constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to anything having location on the ground, including among other things, gasoline pumps, and signs, but not including utility poles, overhead wires and fences.
Subdivision. The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land, into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, less than five acres in size, for sale or development. The following shall not be considered subdivisions within the meaning of these regulations if no new streets are created: (1) divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions, (2) divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure, (3) consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument.
Tract.A lot, piece, or parcel of land of greater or less size; the term not meaning in itself any precise dimension, but generally referring to a larger piece of land. The words lot, parcel and tract can be used interchangeably.
Use. The function, activities, or purpose for which land, a building, or other structure is designed, arranged, occupied, or maintained.
Yard. An open space between a building or use and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure or use from the ground upward. For the purpose of determining the width or depth of a yard, the minimum distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used. A required yard shall mean a yard the depth of which is specified in the district regulations.
Yard, front. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines. On corner lots the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.
Yard, rear. A yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines. On all lots the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.
Yard, side. A yard between the main building and the side lot line and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard.
(Ord. No. 99-4, § 32.0, 8-16-1999; Ord. No. 2013-9, § 1(1), 6-17-2013)
Animal hospital. A place where small household pets are given medical or surgical treatment and short term boarding of pets within an enclosed building may be provided.
Apartment. Five or more attached, multi-family dwellings within a building of three or less stories.
Assisted living facility, domiciliary. A permanent building, portion of a building, or a group of buildings (not to include mobile homes and trailers) in which room, board, meals, laundry, and assistance with personal care and other services are provided for not less than 24 hours in any week to a minimum of two ambulatory adults not related by blood or marriage to the owner and/or administrator and licensed by the State of Alabama.
Bank or financial service. A business engaged in providing banking or financial services to the general public, such as a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, finance company, and similar businesses.
Billboard. A freestanding, off-premise sign located on a lot not containing a building.
Broadcast studio. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms, including film and sound recording, such as a radio studio, TV studio, or a telegraphic service office.
Business or professional office. A place where the administrative affairs of a business or profession are conducted such as the office of a law firm, real estate agency, insurance agency, architect, secretarial services, the administrative staff of business or industry, and the like.
Business support service. A place of business which supplies support services primarily to business or professional offices or services, such as photocopy, computer, and office equipment, supplies and services.
Car wash. A commercial establishment engaged in washing or cleaning automobiles and light vehicles.
Combination dwelling. A dwelling unit (other than a mobile home) used in combination with a non-residential use, such as the family residence of a manager, business owner, or security guard, within the same building or on the same lot of an institutional, commercial, or industrial establishment.
Commercial parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a commercially operated, off-street parking lot or garage.
Commercial school. Private, gainful business providing instructional service in the arts, business, crafts, trades, and professions.
Community center. Buildings arranged for community gathering for social, cultural, or community service purposes, including museums, galleries, community meeting rooms, community recreation centers, libraries, YMCAs, YWCAs, and similar uses.
Community service club. Buildings arranged for the gathering of private club members and their guests, including social club, professional association, fraternal lodge, union hall, civic association, and similar uses.
Convenience store. A one story, retail store containing less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages, and other household supplies to customers who purchase only a relatively few items (in contrast to a supermarket), including, not more than one automotive fuel service island.
Construction service. A place of business engaged in construction activities, incidental storage, and wholesaling of building material (but not a home improvement center which also sells at retail), such as a building contractor, trade contractor, or wholesale building supplies store.
Country club. Land and buildings containing recreational facilities and club house for private club members and their guests.
Day care center. A licensed facility, other than a residence, providing day care on a regular basis to more than six persons.
Day care home. A licensed service operated from a dwelling by the resident, providing day care on a regular basis to six or less persons.
Deferred presentment service. An establishment that engages in deferred presentment transactions as defined by Code of Ala. 1975, § 5-18A-2.
Duplex. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
Dwelling. Any building or portion thereof in which people live.
Dwelling, multi-family. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by three or more families living independently of each other.
Dwelling, single-family. A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
Emergency care home. A group care home, serving up to ten individuals, unrelated by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit under the supervision of one or two resident managers, whose purpose is to provide a protective sanctuary and emergency housing to victims of crime or abuse.
Entertainment, indoor. A commercial establishment providing spectator entertainment within an enclosed building, including movie theaters, playhouses, and similar indoor facilities.
Entertainment, outdoor. A commercial establishment providing spectator entertainment in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities, including sports arenas, racing facilities, and amusement parks.
Farm support business. A commercial establishment engaged in the sale of farm support goods and services, including the following activities; the sale of feed, grains, fertilizers, pesticides, and similar farm support goods, the provision of warehousing and storage facilities for raw farm products, and the provision of veterinary services to large animals.
Family care home. A group care home, serving up to ten individuals, unrelated by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit under the supervision of one or two resident managers, whose purpose is to serve socially, physically, mentally, or developmentally impaired children in a family-type living arrangement, and which meet or exceed the minimum requirements of Section 11-52-75.1 Regulation as to housing of mentally retarded or mentally ill persons in multi-family zone, Code of Alabama, 1975 as amended.
Farm. A ten acre or larger tract of land used for the production, keeping or maintenance, for sale or lease, of plants and animals useful to man, including the following farming activities: forages and sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy animals and products; poultry, including egg production but excluding poultry processing; livestock, such as beef cattle, sheep, goats, or any similar livestock, including the breeding and grazing of such animals but excluding meat processing; and nursery operations involving the raising of plants, shrubs, and trees for sale and transplantation and including greenhouses and incidental sales of items customarily associated with a nursery operation; bees and apiary products; fisheries, excluding fish and seafood processing; fruits and vegetables of all kinds, including growing and harvesting of such fruits and vegetables, but excluding food processing.
Forestry. Operations involving the operation of timber tracts, tree farms, forest nurseries, the gathering of forest products, or performing forest services, including temporary sawmills and chippers for cutting of timber growth on the same premises but excluding lumber yards, mills, and similar activities;
Funeral home. A commercial establishment engaged in funeral and undertaking services for human burial.
Garden center or nursery. Retail sales of plants, trees, shrubs, and the like for ornamental or landscaping purposes, conducted from a building, greenhouse, outdoor display area, or stand, including incidental sales of items customarily associated with such sales activities, including such items as containers, fertilizers, ornaments, small gardening tools, and equipment, and seeds.
General retail business, enclosed. Retail sales of goods and services, not otherwise defined by this section, conducted within an enclosed building, including, but not limited to, food sales, department stores, clothing stores, home furnishings sales, appliance stores, auto supplies stores, gift shops, specialty stores, jewelry stores, cosmetics sales, package liquor stores, tobacco stores, drug stores, variety stores, and similar retail businesses.
General retail business, unenclosed. Retail sales of goods and services, not otherwise defined by this section, conducted partially or fully outside of a building, including, but not limited to, sidewalk sales, outdoor food service, outdoor tire sales, and outdoor display or sales.
Heavy industry. Meat or poultry processing and slaughterhouses or the storage or manufacturing involving flammable or explosive materials or involving potentially hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.
Hobby farm. A five acre or larger tract of land used for the production, keeping, or maintenance of farm animals, but excluding large swine and other livestock, personally useful to the occupants of a dwelling on the same tract.
Home improvement center. A place of business providing building, appliance, yard and garden materials, tools, and supplies at retail and wholesale.
Home instruction. Instruction in the arts, music, or academic subjects given from a dwelling by the resident to up to four students at a time, except in the case of musical instruction which shall be limited to up to two students at a time.
Home occupation. A business, profession, occupation, or trade, specifically excluding beauty parlors, barbershops, and medical offices for the treatment of patients, conducted for gain or support and located entirely within the living area of a dwelling or accessory dwelling as an incidental activity of the resident and no more than one employee.
Hospital. An establishment which provides health services primarily for in-patient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including accessory facilities such as laboratories, pharmacies, out-patient clinics, training facilities, gift shops, coffee shops, cafeterias, and staff offices.
Hotel. A building in which lodging, or boarding and lodging, are provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours. A hotel is open to the transient public in contradistinction to a rooming house or boarding house, which are herein separately defined.
Kennel. The keeping of more than three dogs over six months of age or the boarding or raising of small household pets for commercial purposes.
Laundry service. A commercial establishment providing laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing service (other than a laundry or dry cleaning pick-up station defined under personal service), such as a laundry and dry cleaning plant, diaper or linen service, or laundromat.
Liquor lounge. A licensed establishment engaged in the preparation, sale, or serving of liquor for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars, cocktail lounges, night clubs, bottle clubs, private clubs, restaurant lounges, hotel lounges, motel lounges, discotheques, dance halls, and similar uses where liquor consumption is a primary or incidental activity on the premises for the establishment. Not included within this definition are establishments which sell or serve only beer or wine as an incidental activity on the premises or establishments which sell liquor, beer, or wine in packages for off-premise consumption.
Livestock sales. The sale of animal livestock within an enclosed yard or structure, including livestock markets, horse auctions, and similar activities.
Maintenance service. An establishment providing building and yard maintenance services, such as janitorial services, exterminating services, landscape services, and window cleaning services.
Manufactured home. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of the department of housing and urban development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.
Manufacturing, general. The basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials and the incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products.
Manufacturing, light. The manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assemble, treatment, and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products.
Medical clinic. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis.
Medical support service. A place of business which supplies medical support services to individuals, medical practitioners, clinics, and hospitals, such as a pharmacy (where the business activity is limited to the filling of medical prescription and the sale of drugs and medical supplies), medical and surgical supply store, and optician, and the like.
Mini-warehouse. A building or group of buildings containing separate storage spaces which are leased on an individual basis for the exclusive purpose of storing non-hazardous household goods, but not including the storage of materials for a commercial or industrial enterprise or for any activity other than dead storage.
Mobile home. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained herein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976.
Mobile home park. Any plot of ground upon which one or more mobile homes occupied for dwelling purposes are located, regardless of whether a charge is made for accommodations.
Modular home. A factory fabricated transportable building consisting of units designed to be incorporated at a building site on a permanent foundation into a permanent structure to be used for residential purposes and which bears a seal of compliance with regulations of the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission.
Motels/transient lodging. A building or group of building used for the temporary occupancy of transients or persons not of the immediate family for compensation for a definite period of time up to 30 days.
Multiplex. Three or four attached, multi-family dwellings within a building of three or less stories.
Nursing care facility. A licensed institution maintained for the purpose of providing skilled nursing care and medical supervision at a lower level than that provided in a hospital but at a higher level than provided in a domiciliary care facility.
Open air market. Retail sales of arts, crafts, produce, discount or used goods partially or fully outside of an enclosed building, such as a flea market, produce market, craft market, or farmers' market.
Patio home. A detached, single family dwelling, constructed on-site in accordance with the Standard Building Code, that occupies a small lot and has an enclosed yard area with a porch or patio.
Pawnshop. An establishment that engages in the business a pawnbroker as defined by the Code of Ala. 1975, § 5-19A-2.
Personal service. A retail establishment engaged in providing services involving the care of a person, such as a barber shop, beauty shop, cosmetic studio, dry cleaning and laundry pick-up station, indoor exercise and fitness center, tanning salon, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shop, key repair shop, travel agency, interior decorator, formal wear rental, and similar uses.
Place of worship. Buildings arranged for religious service purposes, such as churches and synagogues, including related facilities for instruction, meeting, recreation, lodging, eating, and other integrally related activities.
Public assembly center. Buildings arranged for the general assembly of the public at-large for community events, including coliseums, stadiums, civic centers, and similar uses.
Public facility. Buildings arranged for the purpose of providing public services, not otherwise listed in this section, including government offices, post offices, transit stations, police stations, fire and emergency service stations, civil defense operations, and similar uses.
Public utility facility. Facility that provides public utility services to the public at large, including water and sewerage facilities, gas distribution facilities, electric transmission and distribution facilities, and cable transmission and distribution facilities.
Recreation, indoor. A commercial establishment providing recreational or sports activities to participants within an enclosed building, including bowling alleys, billiard parlors, video game centers, ice and roller skating rinks, and other commercial indoor recreational and sports activities.
Recreation, outdoor. A commercial establishment providing recreation or sports activities to participants in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities, including driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other commercial outdoor recreational and sports activities.
Rehabilitation facility. An institutional facility providing residential and custodial care for the rehabilitation of socially-impaired individuals who are indigent, recovering from addiction to drugs or alcohol, or recently released from a penal institution.
Research lab. An establishment engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature, excluding product testing, such as an electronics research lab, research and development firm, or pharmaceutical research lab.
Resource extraction. The removal of soil, sand, clay, gravel, minerals, or similar materials for commercial purposes, including quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, gas extraction, and mining.
Restaurant, fast food. An establishment where food and drink are rapidly prepared for carry out, fast delivery, drive-through, or drive-in and may also include standard sit-down consumption.
Restaurant, standard. An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and primarily consumed within the building where guests are seated and served.
Rooming house, boarding house. Any building or portion thereof which contains not less than three or more than nine guest rooms, which are designed or intended to be used, let, or hired out for occupancy by individuals for compensation whether paid directly or indirectly, for a definite period of time longer than 30 days.
Salvage yard. A place of business engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials, such as a junk or automotive salvage yard.
Sanitary landfill. A State-approved site for solid waste disposal.
School. Public or non-profit school.
Sexually oriented establishment. An establishment providing live performances or that has over 20 percent of its stock-in-trade in media, paraphernalia, devices, or equipment that depict, describe, or relate to sexual conduct as defined in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-12-200.1 or specified anatomical areas described in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-12-200.11 for entertainment, medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial, or law enforcement purposes.
Shopping center, major. A group of commercial establishments (as permitted in the district) located on a lot of ten or more acres planned and developed in a unified design with shared parking and driveway facilities and under common management authority.
Shopping center, minor. A group of commercial establishment (as permitted in the district) located on a lot of three to less than ten acres planned and developed in a unified design with shared parking and driveway facilities and under a common management authority.
Stable. A commercial establishment engaged in the raising, keeping, boarding, or training of horses, ponies, and similar animals, including riding academies and incidental sales of riding accessories and animals raised or regularly kept on the premises.
Studio. A place or work by an artist, photographer, or craftsman, including instruction, display, production, and retail sales of materials produced on the premises.
Tourist home, bed and breakfast inn. A dwelling unit where lodging for persons not of the immediate family is provided for by compensation for definite periods of time up to 30 days.
Townhouse. A single family dwelling constructed in a series or group of attached units with property lines separating each unit as defined by the Standard Building Code.
Transmission tower. A tower used for the transmission of radio and television signals to the general public or private receivers, other than amateur radio towers and towers used by a public facility.
Upper-story apartment. A dwelling located in the upper story of a building where the ground floor is devoted to commercial or institutional uses.
Vehicle and equipment repair, major. A place of business engaged in the repair and maintenance of heavy trucks (over one ton), construction equipment, tractors and farm implements or engaged in painting, body repair, upholstery repair, fabrication of parts, or rebuilding of engines.
Vehicle and equipment sales, major. A place of business engaged in the sale or rental of heavy trucks (over one ton), construction equipment, tractors and farm implements, manufactured homes, and similar heavy equipment, including incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing.
Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution, enclosed. A place of business engaged in warehousing, wholesaling, or distribution services within a building.
Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution, open. A place of business engaged in open air warehousing, wholesaling, or distribution services.
Vehicle repair service. A place of business engaged in the repair and maintenance of automobiles, light trucks, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and servicing of mechanical equipment and parts but not including painting, body work, upholstery work, fabrication of parts, or rebuilding of engines.
Vehicle sales or rental. A commercial establishment engaged in the sale or rental of automobiles, light trucks, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, boats, or motorcycles, including incidental parking, storage, maintenance, and servicing.
Vehicle service station. A commercial establishment providing fuel, lubricants, parts, and accessories, and incidental repair and maintenance service to motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 99-4, § 33.0, 8-16-1999; Ord. No. 2014-3, § 1, 3-17-2014; Ord. No. 2021-3, § 1, 8-2-2021)