The definitions contained in this section shall be observed and applied in the interpretation of all sections of this Ordinance, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, words used in the present tense, singular number, and masculine gender, shall also mean the future, plural, and feminine.

The following words and terms appearing in this Ordinance shall have the following meanings:

Abandonment: The relinquishment of property or a cessation of the use of the property for a continuous period of one (1) year by the owner.

Accessory Building, Structure, or Use: A building, structure, or use which:

a.

Is subordinate to and serves a principal building, structure, or use in area, extent, or purpose.

b.

Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal buildings, structures, or principal uses served.

c.

Does not alter or change the character of the premises.

d.

Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building, structure, or use.

e.

Conforms to the setback, height, bulk, lot coverage, and other requirements of this Ordinance unless otherwise provided for by this Ordinance.

f.

May not be constructed prior to the time of construction of the principal building or structure.

g.

Is not designed for human occupancy as a dwelling or commercial use.

Accessory Dwelling Unit: An accessory dwelling that is subordinate to the single-family primary dwelling and shall not be more than forty-five percent (45%) of the square footage of the primary dwelling unit.

Administrator, Zoning: The officer appointed by the Mayor and/or delegated the responsibility for the administration of this Ordinance's regulations by the Mayor and Plan Commission.

Adult Bookstore: An establishment having as a majority of its stock in trade or its dollar volume in trade, books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, tapes, records, or other forms of electronic conveyance or visual or audio representations which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or sexual anatomical areas.

Adult Entertainment Business: An adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater, adult cabaret, or adult live entertainment arcade, or like uses.

Advisory Plan Commission: A planning commission serving a single local government jurisdiction established as defined under IC § 36-7-1-2 (1983) as amended. The Whiting Plan Commission is an Advisory Plan Commission.

Aesthetics: The pleasantness of the total environment related to the perceptual aspects of the surroundings including their appearance to the eye and the comfort and enjoyment offered to the other senses.

Aisle: See "Maneuvering Space."

Alley: A public right-of-way, other than a street, road, crosswalk, or easement, that provides secondary access to abutting properties.

Animal Hospital/Clinic: See "Veterinary Animal Hospital/Clinic."

Animal Shelter: See "Kennel."

Annexation: The process by which a municipality may add territory to itself, as specified in IC § 36-4-3-1 to 36-4-3-21, as amended.

Apartment: One (1) or more rooms in an apartment building or combination apartment and commercial building, arranged, intended, designed, or occupied on a rental basis as a dwelling unit of a single family, an individual, or a group of individuals.

Apartment Building: A multi-family housing structure designed and constructed to accommodate three (3) or more apartments, in contrast to a single or two-family dwellings converted for multi-family use.

Applicant: The owner, owners, or legal representative of real estate who makes application to the Plan Commission and/or Board of Zoning Appeals for action by said commission or board affecting the real estate owned thereby.

Arterial Street: See "Street, Arterial."

Attached Building: A building that is structurally connected to another building by a foundation, wall, or roof line. Carports, garages, porch awnings and the like shall be considered attached buildings and abide by all regulations pertaining to primary buildings.

Auto Repair, Major: Engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged motor vehicles or trailers; collision service, including body, frame, or fender straightening or repair; and overall painting of vehicles.

Auto Repair, Minor: Incidental repairs, replacement of parts, and motor service to automobiles but excluding any operation specified under "Automobile Repair, Major."

Automobile Service Station: Any building or premises used for the dispensing, sale, or offering for sale at retail to the public, automobile fuels stored only in underground tanks and located wholly within the lot lines; lubricating oil or grease for the operation of automobiles; and the sale and installation of tires, batteries, other minor accessories, and minor auto repair, but not including a bulk plant, conducting of major auto repairs, automobile wrecking, automobile sales, or automobile laundries; provided, however, that the washing of individual automobiles where no chain conveyor is employed may be included.

Awning: A temporary roof-like cover that projects from the wall of a building and may overhang the public way.

Barrier Curb: See "Curb, Barrier."

Bed and Breakfast Facility: An owner occupied or owner employee occupied residence containing no more than six (6) guest rooms for hire, for lodging by pre-arrangement for periods not to exceed three (3) consecutive weeks and providing for occasional meals daily (usually breakfast) and not a hotel, boarding, lodging house or motel.

Berm: A man-made, formed, earth mound of definite height and width used for landscaping and obscuring purposes, the intent of which is to provide a transition between uses of differing intensity.

Bicycle-Compatible Roadway: A road designed to accommodate the shared use of the roadway by bicycles and motor vehicles.

Bicycle Lane: A lane at the edge of a roadway reserved and marked for the exclusive use of bicycles.

Bicycle Path: A pathway designed to be used by bicyclists.

Block: Property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two (2) nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, intersecting railroad, intersecting waterway, or the end of a dead end street.

Block, Improved: A block where twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the lots on the block frontage are occupied by buildings. An Improved Block shall contain at least three (3) lots or parcels, each containing a legally established building. For the purposes of determining front setbacks for new buildings, an Improved Block consists of one (1) side of the street, not interrupted by any streets, alleys, or other rights-of-way. In any case where a proposed building site has no buildings within three hundred (300) feet in either direction on the same side of the street, the property shall be considered to be an Unimproved Block.

Block, Unimproved: Any block lacking sufficient existing buildings to meet the definition of an Improved Block.

Blow-Off: An outfall in a pipe through which water or sediment can be discharged from a lower sewer.

Board: The City of Whiting Board of Zoning Appeals or any division thereof, as the case may be.

Boarding House: An establishment with lodging for five or more persons where meals are regularly prepared and served for compensation and where food is placed upon the table family style, without service or ordering of individual portions from a menu.

Bond: Any form of security including a cash deposit, surety bond, collateral, property, or instrument of credit in an amount and form satisfactory to the Plan Commission. All bonds shall be approved by the Plan Commission wherever a bond is required by these regulations.

Buffer Landscaping: Any trees, shrubs, walls, fences, berms, space, or related landscaping features required under this Ordinance on private lots, and privately maintained, for buffering lots from adjacent properties or public rights-of-way for the purpose of increasing privacy and aesthetics.

Bufferyards: An area adjacent to front, side and rear property lines, measured perpendicularly from adjacent property lines and/or right-of-way lines, intended to provide attractive spaces to reduce the impacts of proposed uses on adjacent property or natural features and to screen incompatible uses from each other. Buffers also help to maintain existing trees or natural vegetation, to block or reduce noise, glare or other emissions and to maintain privacy.

Building: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, for the shelter, support, or enclosure of persons, property, or animals; and when separated by division walls from the ground up and without openings, each portion of such building shall be deemed as a separate building.

Building Area: The horizontal area of the buildings on a lot, measured from the outside exterior walls, excluding open areas or terraces, stairs, unenclosed porches or decks, and architectural features that project no more than two (2) feet.

Building Code: The City ordinance establishing and controlling the standards for constructing mechanical equipment, and all forms of permanent structures and related matters within the City. Also referred to herein as the Whiting Building Code.

Building, Detached: A building having no structural connection with another building.

Building Footprint: The profile of a building or structure as viewed from above the roof looking downward toward ground level.

Building Line: The line that establishes the minimum permitted distance on a lot between the building and property lines or right-of-way.

Building, Principal: A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated. Where a substantial part of an accessory building is attached to the principal building in a substantial manner, as by a roof, such accessory building shall be counted as a part of the principal building.

Burn Barrel: Any container used for the outdoor incineration of waste material, yard debris, etc.

Business: The engaging in the purchase, sale, barter, or exchange of goods, wares, merchandise, or services, or the maintenance or operation of offices, recreational, or amusement enterprises.

Business District: Refers to C-DB and C-BB Districts.

Board of Zoning Appeals: The Board of Zoning Appeals of the City [of] Whiting, Indiana.

Campground: Any site, lot, field, or tract of land designed with facilities for short-term occupancy by recreational vehicles and other camping equipment but not including mobile homes.

Capital Improvement Plan: See "Plan, Capital Improvement."

Capped System: A completed water supply and/or sewage system put in place for future use (contingent upon expansion), rather than to meet immediate development needs.

Cartway: The actual road surface area from curbline to curbline, which may include travel lanes, parking lanes, and deceleration and acceleration lanes. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between the edges of the paved, or hard surface, width.

Car Wash: Any permanent structure or facility used for the principal purpose of washing, cleaning, or polishing the exterior and/or interior of motor vehicles for a fee.

Central Sewerage System: The community sewer system including collection and treatment facilities owned and maintained by the City of Whiting.

Central Water System: The community water supply system including existing and new wells and/or surface water sources and intakes, treatment facilities, and distribution lines and includes such of the above facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision or commercial/industrial development.

Certificate of Occupancy: A certificate stating that the occupancy and use of a building or structure complies with the provisions of this Ordinance and the Whiting Building Code.

Channel: The bed and banks of a natural stream which convey the constant or intermittent flow of the stream.

Channelization: The straightening and deepening of channels and/or the surfacing thereof to permit water to move rapidly and/or directly.

City: The City of Whiting, Indiana.

Clinic: An establishment in which human patients are admitted for medical or dental study or treatment and in which the services of at least two (2) physicians or dentists are provided.

Club: A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a person for a social, literacy, political, educational or recreational purpose primarily for the exclusive use of members and their guests, but not including any organization, group or association, the principal activity of which is to render a service usually and ordinarily carried on as a business.

Cluster Development: See "Planned Unit Development."

Collector Street: See "Street, Collector."

Commission: The City of Whiting Plan Commission.

Common Open Space: See "Open Space, Common."

Component Home: See "Manufactured Home."

Composting: A controlled process of degrading organic material by microorganisms.

Composting Facility: Any location, structure, or facility where composting takes place.

Comprehensive Plan: See "Plan, Comprehensive."

Conceptual Plan: See "Plan, Conceptual."

Conditional Use: Special provisions or requirements applicable to specific uses in certain zoning districts. If specified conditions are met as determined in this Ordinance or by the Administrator, no further approval is required.

Condominium: Real estate lawfully subject to IC § 32-1-6(1-31), (the Horizontal Property Law), by the recordation of condominium instruments, in which undivided interests in the common areas and facilities are vested in the condominium unit owners.

Conforming Manufactured Home: Pursuant to Public Law 312, Acts of 1981 (IC § 36-7-4-1106), a residence constructed after January 1, 1981, that exceeds nine hundred fifty (950) square feet of occupied space and which is installed as a permanent dwelling unit which may be placed or constructed providing it complies with setback, side and rear yard, parking space, and minimum square footage requirements for the district in which it is located, and the underfloor space requirements of the Whiting Unified Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance.

Construction Plan: See "Plan, Conceptual."

Contingent Use: A use contemplated by the ordinance, which is likely or liable but not certain to occur, and is compatible with the essential design of a particular district although the use is contrary to the restrictions imposed thereon.

Convenience Store: Any commercial location, facility, or structure where gasoline and groceries (including food, drink, and household items) are sold on the same premises.

Conventional Development: Development other than planned development.

Correctional Facility: A building or series of buildings used for the purpose of confining criminals.

Council: The Common Council of the City of Whiting, Indiana.

County: Lake County, Indiana.

Covenants: Private and legal restrictions of various kinds on the usage of lots within a subdivision which are proposed by the subdivider and, in the case of public health, safety and welfare, by the Plan Commission, that are recorded with the plat and deed. Covenants can also be placed on commercial and industrial developments.

Cul-de-sac: A short street having one (1) end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around.

Culvert: A structure designed to convey a watercourse not incorporated in a closed drainage system under a road or pedestrian walk.

Curb: A vertical or sloping edge of a roadway.

Curb, Barrier: A steep-faced curb intended to prevent encroachments.

Curb, Mountable: A low curb with a flat slope designed to be crossed easily without discomfort.

Day Care Center: Any institution operated for the care of children, licensed pursuant to IC § 12-17.4, and as defined by IC § 12-7-2-29.

Dedication: The setting apart of land or interests in land for use by the public by ordinance, resolution, or entry in the official minutes as by the recording of a plat.

Density: The number of buildings, offices, or housing units on a particular area of land.

Density, High: Those residential districts in which the density is not in excess of ten (10) dwelling units per acre.

Density, Low: Those residential districts in which the density is equal to or less than four (4) dwelling units per acre.

Density, Medium: Those residential districts in which the density is less than or equal to eight (8) dwelling units per acre, but not less than five (5) dwelling units per acre.

Design Flood: See "Regulatory Flood."

Design Standards: Standards that set forth specific improvement requirements, including but not limited to Standards for Acceptance of Municipal Improvements.

Design Standards Variance: See "Variance, Design Standards/Development Regulations."

Detached Building: A building that has no structural connection with the principal building.

Detention Basin: A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and to release the same, gradually, at a rate not greater than that prior to the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.

Developer: The owner or legal representative of land proposed to be subdivided or commercially/industrially utilized. Consent for making applications for development approval shall be required from the legal owner of the premises.

Development Plan: See "Plan, Development."

Development Regulation: Zoning, subdivision, site plan, official map, flood plain regulation, or other governmental regulation of the use and development of land.

Development Regulation Standards: See "Design Standards."

Development Regulation Variance: See "Variance, Design Standards/Development Regulations."

District: A section of the City of Whiting for which uniform zoning regulations governing use, height, area, size, intensity of use of buildings and land, and open spaces about buildings, as established by this Ordinance.

Divided Street: See "Street, Divided."

Drainage: The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means.

Drainage Facility: Any component of the drainage system.

Drainage System: The system through which water flows from the land, including all watercourses, water bodies, and wetlands.

Drive-In: An establishment selling foods, desserts, or beverages to consumers, the establishment being designed, intended or used for the consumption of such items on the premises outside of the building in which they were prepared.

Drives, Private: See "Street, Private."

Duplex: Any structure which contains only two (2) dwelling units; a two-family dwelling.

Dwelling: A building or structure or portion thereof, conforming to all requirements applicable to the residential use districts and Whiting Building Code, used exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family dwelling units, two-family dwelling units, and multi-family dwelling units, but excluding hotels, boarding houses, and lodging houses.

Dwelling, Multi-Family: A residential building designed for or occupied by two (2) or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

Dwelling, Single-Family: A detached residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by one (1) family.

Dwelling, Two-Family: A detached residential building containing two (2) dwelling units designed for occupancy by not more than two (2) families. See also "Duplex."

Dwelling Unit: Any structure or portion thereof designed for or used for residential purposes as a self-sufficient or individual unit by one (1) family or other social association of persons and having permanently installed cooking and sanitary facilities.

Easement: A grant by a property owner to specific persons, the general public, corporations, utilities, or others, for the purpose of providing services or access to the property.

Environmental Constraints: Features, natural resources, or land characteristics that are sensitive to improvements and may require conservation measures or the application of creative development techniques to prevent degradation of the environment, or may require limited development, or in certain instances may preclude development.

Erosion: The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments, or the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, ice or gravity.

Escrow: A deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property delivered to a third person to be delivered by him to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition.

Essential Services: The phrase "Essential Services" means the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions of underground, surface, or overhead electrical, gas, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, wires, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, towers, poles and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, but not including buildings reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal departments or commissions or including electrical substations. No permit is required for essential services.

Expressway/Freeway: Any roadway that operates at a high service level, consists of limited access, is divided, carries region-wide traffic and is generally classified as part of an interstate system.

Family: An individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or a group of not more than three (3) persons, not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.

Farm: An area used for agricultural operations, forestry, the operating of a tree or plant nursery, or the production of livestock and poultry.

Fence: A structure designed and constructed for enclosures and/or screening. A hedge serving the same purposes as a fence shall be considered a fence.

Fee Schedule: See "Official Fee Schedule."

Filling Station: Any establishment supplying and selling motor fuel or oil direct to motor vehicles.

Final Approval: The official action of the Plan Commission taken on a preliminarily approved major subdivision or site plan, after all conditions, engineering plans, and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed, or guarantees properly posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting of such guarantee (generally referred to as secondary approval).

Final Plat: The final map of all or a portion of a development which is presented for final approval (generally referred to as secondary plat).

Flood Control: The prevention of floods, the control, regulation, diversion or confinement of flood water or flood flow, and the protection therefrom, according to sound and accepted engineering practice, to minimize the extent of floods, and the death, damage, and destruction caused thereby.

Flood Plain: The relatively flat area or low land adjoining the channel of a river or stream which has been or may be covered by flood water. The flood plain includes the channel, floodway, and floodway fringe. Flood plain boundaries are to be determined by using the Floodway Flood Boundary Maps of the Federal Insurance Administration.

Flood Protection Grade: The elevation of the lowest point around the perimeter of a building at which floodwaters may enter the interior of the building.

Floodway: See "Regulatory Floodway."

Floor Area: The horizontal area of all floors of buildings or structures.

Footprint: See "Building Footprint."

Foundation: The supporting member of a wall or structure.

Freeway: See "Expressway."

Front Line: With respect to a building, the foundation line that is nearest the front lot line.

Front Lot Line: For an interior or through lot, the line marking the boundary between the lot and the abutting street right-of-way or a lake or watercourse; and

For a corner lot, the line marking the boundary between the lot and the shorter of the two (2) abutting street right-of-way segments; except as deed restrictions specify otherwise.

Front Yard: The horizontal space between the nearest foundation of a building to the Front Lot Line, extending to the side lines of the lot, and measured as the shortest distance from that foundation to the Front Lot Line. The front yard of a corner lot shall be that yard abutting the street upon which the lot has its least frontage, except as deed restrictions specify otherwise.

Frontage: All property of a lot fronting on a street right-of-way, as measured between side lot lines.

Garage, Private: An accessory building with capacity for not more than three (3) motor vehicles per dwelling unit, not more than one (1) of which may be a commercial vehicle of not more than three (3) tons GVW. In the Medium Density Residential and High Density Residential districts a private garage shall have a maximum capacity for not more than two (2) motor vehicles per dwelling unit and, while multiple private garages may be present on a site, there shall be no more than one private garage per dwelling unit.

Garage, Public: Any building, except those defined herein as a private garage, used for the storage or care of motor vehicles, or where such vehicles are equipped for operation, repaired, or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

Garage Sale: See "Sale, Garage/Yard."

General Development Plan: See "Plan, General Development."

Governing Body: See "Council."

Grade: The slope of a street, or other public way, specified in percentage (%) terms.

Greenhouse, Commercial: Any location, facility, or structure where plants are grown indoors for sale.

Greenhouse, Residential: Any accessory use, structure, or addition to a residential property where plants are grown indoors for hobby, personal use, or personal consumption. Also, any accessory use, structure, or addition to a residential property being primarily constructed of glass or other translucent materials.

Ground Cover: A planting of low-growing plants or sod that in time forms a dense mat covering the area, preventing both soil from being blown or washed away and the growth of unwanted plants.

Ground Floor Area: See "Building Area."

Group Home: A residential facility for the developmentally or mentally disabled, as defined and regulated under IC § 12-28-4.

Gutter: A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water.

Hardship: A difficulty with regard to one's ability to improve land stemming from the application of the development standards of this Ordinance, which may or may not be subject to relief by means of variance. In and of themselves, self-imposed situations and claims based on a perceived reduction of, or restriction on, economic gain shall not be considered hardships. Self-imposed situations include: the purchase of land with actual or constructive knowledge that, for reasons other than physical characteristics of the property, the development standards herein will inhibit the desired improvement; any improvement initiated in violation of the standards of this Ordinance; any result of land division requiring variance from the development standards of this Ordinance in order to render that site buildable.

Hearing Examiner: A public official who has authority to hold public hearings in connection with applications for Development Plan Review and has the authority to make limited approval or denial decisions. More information regarding the Hearing Examiner can be found in the Plan Commission's Rules of Procedure.

Height of Building: The vertical distance measured from the highest ground level at the foundation to the highest point of the roof, or any projection thereof.

High Density: See "Density, High."

Historic District: An area related by historical events or themes, by visual continuity or character, or by some other special feature that helps give it a unique historical identity, which may be designated as such by local, state, or federal government.

Historic Site: A structure or place of historical significance, which may be designated as such by local, state, or federal government.

Home Occupation:

A.

An occupation carried on in a dwelling by the resident thereof, not involving:

1.

On-premise retail sales as a primary function;

2.

The employment of any additional persons in the performance of such services except members of the immediate family residing on the premises;

3.

The use of any mechanical equipment, other than is usual for purely domestic or hobby purposes; or;

4.

Exterior storage of equipment or materials used in connection with the home occupation;

5.

The use of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total floor area of one-story;

6.

The alteration of the "residential" appearance in such a way that the structure resembles a "business";

7.

The paving and/or allowing of additional parking on the front, side or rear yard of a residential property;

8.

Substantial increases in vehicular traffic to and from the Home Occupation location.

B.

Permitted home occupations shall be of a personal service nature limited to domestic crafts and professional services.

C.

Permitted home occupation uses are deemed so until the Council, Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals rule the use to be a nuisance, or until all adjacent neighbors petition to the City that the use is a nuisance.

D.

A permit must be acquired to begin the conversion of a home and the start of operations as a home occupation.

E.

A business telephone in itself does not define a home occupation or a permitted home occupation.

F.

A home occupation permit is not transferable upon the transfer of property.

Hotel: A building in which lodging or board and lodging are provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms is made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours. As such, it is open to the public. Compensation is usually assessed on a day-to-day basis.

Hospital: An institution devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care for three (3) or more non-related individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, or other abnormal physical conditions. The term "hospital" as used in this Ordinance does not apply to institutions operating primarily for treatment of insane persons, drug addicts, alcoholics, and other types of cases necessitating restraint of patients, and the term "hospital" shall not include convalescent, nursing, shelter, or boarding homes.

Impervious Surface: A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water, such as concrete, cement, asphalt, brick, paving block, rooftops, etc.

Impoundment: A body of water, such as a pond, confined by a dam, dike, floodgate, or other barrier.

Improved Block: See "Block, Improved."

Improvement: Any man-made, immovable item which becomes part of, is placed upon, or is affixed to, real estate; facilities which aid in land development.

Improvement Location Permit: A permit signed by the Administrator stating that a proposed improvement complies with the provisions of this Ordinance and such other ordinances as may be applicable.

Incinerator: A device, structure, or facility designed to reduce waste volume by combustion, consisting of refuse handling and storage facilities, furnaces, combustion chambers, subsidence chambers, residue handling and removal facilities, and chimneys.

Industrial District: Refers to the I-LIM and I-HIM Districts.

Industrial Park: A planned industrial district not less than twenty (20) acres in area developed within the I or PD-I zoning districts, in which buildings and land may be used for research, office, experimental or testing laboratories, light industrial, non-nuisance manufacturing, storage and distribution facilities, and other customary uses.

Integrated Center: A building containing a number of individual, unrelated and separately operated uses which share common site facilities and services such as driveway entrances and exits, parking areas, truck loading, maintenance, sewer and water utilities, or similar common facilities and services; or one or more buildings containing individual, unrelated and separately operated uses, occupying a site under one (1) ownership of management for leave, and utilizing one (1) or a combination of the aforementioned common services.

Interior Lot: See "Lot, Interior."

Interstate: See "Expressway."

Island: With respect to street design, a raised area, usually curbed, placed to guide traffic and separate lanes, or uses for landscaping, signing, or lighting.

Junk: Old, cast off, or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use. Any article of material which is composed of, but not limited to, copper, brass, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, stone, wrecked or dismantled automobiles, trucks, trailers, farm machinery or other vehicles or equipment, or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or non-ferrous metal.

Junk Yard/Salvage Yard: A structure or place, usually outdoors, where waste or discarded used property other than putrefying matter is accumulated or stored and is or may be salvaged for re-use or resale, including, but not limited to, one (1) or more unlicensed or inoperable motor vehicle or farm machinery or equipment of any kind.

Jurisdiction: The territory under the regulatory control of the Whiting Plan Commission as described on the map entitled Jurisdictional Area of Whiting, Indiana.

Landscaping: The improvement of a lot with grass, shrubs, trees, and other vegetation and/or ornamental objects. Landscaping may include pedestrian walks, flowerbeds, berms, fountains and other similar natural and manmade objects designed and arranged to produce an aesthetically pleasing effect.

Light Industrial Use: Manufacturing, processing, heavy repairing, dismantling, or storage, in which all operations, other than transportation, are performed entirely within enclosed buildings and for which all loading and unloading facilities are enclosed.

Limited Access Highway: A highway to which abutting properties are denied access.

Loading and Unloading Berths: The off-street area required for the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, which in this Ordinance is held to be, at minimum, a twelve (12) foot by thirty (30) foot loading space with a fourteen (14) foot height clearance, paved with a hard surface.

Local Street: See "Street, Local."

Lodging House: A building, not available to transients, in which lodgings are regularly provided for compensation for at least three (3) but not more than thirty (30) persons.

Lot: A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one (1) or more buildings and uses including the open spaces required under this Ordinance. A lot may be land so recorded on official records or it may include parts or a combination of such lots when adjacent to one another, provided such ground is used for only one (1) principle use, or may be a parcel of land described by metes and bounds.

Lot, Corner: A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) streets or which fronts a street on two (2) or more sides.

Lot Coverage: The area of a lot occupied by the principal building and any accessory buildings.

Lot Depth: The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

Lot, Interior: A lot other than a corner lot or through lot.

Lot Line, Front: In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street or place; and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the lot from each street or place.

Lot Line, Rear: A lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in case of an irregular or triangular-shaped lot, a line ten (10) feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

Lot Line, Side: Any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

Lot, Through: A lot fronting on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets and includes lots fronting on both a street and a watercourse or lake.

Lot Width: The distance between the side lot lines as measured on the building line. Low Density: See "Density, Low."

Main: In any system of continuous piping, the principal artery of the system to which branches may be connected.

Maintenance Guarantee: Any security which may be required and accepted by a governmental agency to ensure that necessary improvements will function as required for a specific period of time.

Maneuvering Space: An open space in a parking area which:

A.

Is immediately adjacent to a parking space;

B.

Is used for and/or is necessary for turning, backing or driving forward a motor vehicle into such parking space, but;

C.

Is not used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.

Marker (Survey): A stake, pipe, rod, nail, or any other object which is not intended to be a permanent point for record purposes.

Master Plan: See "Plan, Comprehensive."

Median: That portion of a divided highway separating lanes of traffic proceeding in opposite directions.

Medium Density: See "Density, Medium."

Mobile Home: Any housing unit defined or titled by the State of Indiana as a "Mobile Home" and/or any portable structure eight (8) feet or more wide, thirty (30) feet or more long, designed primarily for year-round residency, was originally designed and transported with its own running gear, and by the nature of its design does not require a permanent foundation.

Mobile Home Parks: Any site, lot, field, or tract of land under single ownership, or ownership of two (2) or more persons upon which two (2) or more mobile homes to be used for human habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any street used or intended for use as part of the facilities of such mobile home park. A mobile home park does not include a mobile home sales area on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for inspection or sale.

Mobile Home Park Street: A public or private way other than an alley which affords a primary means of access to abutting property within a mobile home park.

Mobile Home Subdivision: Any site, lot, field, or tract of land under single ownership, or ownership of two (2) or more persons, which is to be divided into smaller sites, lots, fields, or tracts of land, which smaller sites, lots, fields, or tracts of land are to be sold for use by the purchaser to park such purchaser's mobile homes.

Monument (Survey): A permanent physical structure which marks the location of a corner or other survey point.

Motel: An establishment consisting of a group of attached or detached living or sleeping accommodations with bathroom and closet space, located on a single zoning lot, and designed for use by transient automobile tourists. A motel furnishes customary hotel services such as maid service and laundering of linen, telephone, secretarial, or desk service, and the use and upkeep of furniture.

Motor Vehicle: Any passenger vehicle, truck, tractor, tractor-trailer, truck-trailer, trailer, or semi-trailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.

Mountable Curb: See "Curb, Mountable."

Moving Lane: Any traffic lane where traffic movement is the primary if not sole function.

Mulch: A layer of wood chips, dry leaves, straw, hay, plastic, or other materials placed on the surface of the soil around plants to retain moisture, prevent weeds from growing, hold the soil in place, aid in plant growth, or improve the general aesthetic quality.

Non-Conforming Building: A building, structure, or portion thereof, which lawfully existed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance that could not now be built under the terms of this Ordinance by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards, its location on the lot, bulk, or other requirements concerning the structure.

Non-Conforming Use: A use which lawfully existed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance and which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

Nuisance: The use of land or behavior that brings harm or substantial annoyance to adjacent property owners or the public in general.

Nursing Home: See "Rest Home."

Official Fee Schedule: Schedule of fees established by City Council and maintained in the Clerk-Treasurer's office which specifies all current permit fees, rates, penalties, etc.

Off-Site: Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property (of which the lot is a part) that is the subject of a development application, or in a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

Off-Site Improvements: Any premises not located within the area of the property to be subdivided, whether or not in the same ownership of the applicant for subdivision approval, upon which is located improvements required by or related to the property to be subdivided.

Off-Street Parking Space: See "Parking Space, Off-Street."

Off-Tract: Not located on the property that is the subject of a development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

On-Site: Located on the lot in question.

On-Street Parking Space: See "Parking Space, On-Street."

On-Tract: Located on the property that is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way.

Open Space: An area of land not covered by buildings, parking structures, or accessory uses except for recreational structures. Open space may include nature areas; streams and flood plains; meadows or open fields containing baseball, football, and soccer fields; golf courses, swimming pools, bicycle paths, etc. Open Space does not include street rights-of-way, platted lot area, private yard, patio areas, or land scheduled for future development.

Open Space, Common: Land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development. It may include complementary structures and improvements.

Open Space, Public: An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency, or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.

Outdoor Café: Any portion of food establishment or eating or drinking place located on a public sidewalk or public open space that may provide waiter or waitress service and is unenclosed.

Outdoor Sales: See "Sales."

Outdoor Storage: See "Storage, Outdoor."

Owner: Any person, group of persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, or any other legal entity having legal title to or sufficient proprietary interest in the land, or their legal representative.

Parcel: A piece of land having a legal description formally set forth in a conveyance together with a description of its location, shape, and size, in order to make possible its easy identification.

Parking, Off-Street: A parking space provided in a parking lot, parking structure, or private driveway.

Parking, On-Street: A parking space that is located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

Parking Area, Public: An open area, other than a street or alley, designed for use or used for the temporary parking of more than four (4) motor vehicles when available for public use, whether free or for compensation or as an accommodation for clients or customers, and paved with a hard surface.

Parking Lane: A lane generally located on the sides of streets, designed to provide on-street parking for vehicular traffic.

Parking Space, Automobile: Space within a public or private parking area for the storage of one (1) passenger automobile or commercial vehicle under a one and one-half (1½) ton capacity.

Pavement: An asphalt, concrete, cement, or brick surface.

Performance Bond: An amount of money or other negotiable security paid by the subdivider or his surety to the City which guarantees that the subdivider will perform all actions required by the City regarding an approved plat, and provides that if the subdivider defaults and fails to comply with the provisions of an approved plat, the subdivider or his surety will pay damages up to the limit of the bond, or the surety will itself complete the requirements of the approved plat.

Permanent Foundation: A structural system for transposing loads from a structure to the earth at a depth below the established frost line without exceeding the safe bearing capacity of the supporting soil.

Permanent Perimeter Enclosure: A permanent perimeter structural system completely enclosing the space between the floor joists of the home and the ground, except for the necessary openings, constructed in accordance with the Whiting Building Code.

Person: A corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization, unit of government, or any other group that acts as a unit, as well as a natural person.

Pervious Surface: A surface that permits full or partial absorption of stormwater, such as grass and other vegetation, soil, water bodies, gravel, approved open-center paving block, etc. Decks made of wood and other materials shall be considered pervious if not built over an impervious slab or foundation and if slats are spaced a minimum of one-eighth (⅛) inch apart.

Plan: In reference to documentation, The Comprehensive Plan of Whiting, Indiana, 2000, and any other supporting or accompanying ordinances, plans, resolutions, rules, or regulations and including their provisions, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Plan, Capital Improvement: A proposed schedule of future projects listed in order of construction priority together with cost estimates and the anticipated means of financing each project. Major projects requiring the expenditure of public funds, over and above the annual local government's operating expenses, for the purchase, construction, or replacement of the capital improvements for the community are included.

Plan Commission: The Plan Commission of the City of Whiting.

Plan, Comprehensive: A long-range plan intended to guide the growth and development of the community; including physical, social, and economic analysis, recommendations, proposals, plans, and policies in graphic statement forms for the development of the jurisdiction and adopted by the Plan Commission pursuant to the IC § 36-7-4-500 series and including any part and/or policies separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.

Plan, Conceptual: A preliminary presentation and attendant documentation of a proposed subdivision or site plat showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed for the subdivision or site in accordance with the requirements of this Plan as a condition of the approval of the plat.

Plan, Construction: See "Plan, Conceptual."

Plan, Development: A drawing, including a legal or site description of the real estate involved, which shows the location and size of all existing and proposed easements; widths and lengths of all entrances and exits to and from said real estate; location of all adjacent or adjoining streets; all of which presents a unified and organized arrangement of buildings and service facilities and other improvements such as planting areas, which shall have a functional relationship to the real estate comprising the planned development and to the uses of properties immediately adjacent to the proposed development.

Plan, General Development: A plan outlining general, rather than detailed, development intentions. It describes the basic parameters of a major development proposal, rather than giving full engineering details. As such, it allows general intentions to be proposed and discussed without the extensive costs involved in submitting a detailed proposal.

Plan, Thoroughfare: A plan which includes a street plan, sets forth the location, alignment, dimensions, identification, and classification of existing and proposed streets, and other thoroughfares.

Planned Unit Development (PUD): A large-scale unified development meeting the requirements for zoning approval under the provisions of Section VI of this Ordinance. Generally, a planned development consists of a parcel or parcels of land, controlled by a single landowner, to be developed as a single entity which does not correspond in size of lots, bulk or type of buildings, density, lot coverage, and required open space to the regulations established in any district specified in this Ordinance. This may result in more attractive and affordable development than conventional developments would allow. Clustered housing (dwellings built in innovative lot arrangements around common open space) and zero lot line housing (dwellings built immediately adjacent to lot lines) are possible as part of planned developments. A planned development requires approval through a zoning map amendment.

Plat: A map or chart that shows a division of land and is intended to be filed for record.

Plat, Primary: The primary plat, pursuant to IC § 36-7-4-700 series, is the plat and plans upon which the approval of a proposed subdivision are based. The primary plat and plans shall be subject to public notice and public hearing according to law and according to Plan Commission rules. (Under former State statutes, the primary plat was referred to as a "preliminary" plat.)

Plat, Secondary: The secondary plat, pursuant to IC § 36-7-4-700 series, is the final plat document in recordable form. A secondary plat shall substantially conform with the preceding primary plat, or section thereof. The secondary plat and plans are not subject to public notices and public hearings. Secondary plat approval is an administrative function to be carried out in the manner prescribed by the written rules of the Plan Commission rules, either in public meeting or by the Administrator. (Under former state statutes, the secondary plat was referred to as the "Final" Plat.)

Porch: A roofed-over structure projecting out from the wall or walls of a main structure and commonly open to the weather in part.

Whiting Building Code: See "Building Code."

Practical Difficulty: A difficulty with regard to one's ability to improve land stemming from regulations of this Ordinance. A practical difficulty is not a "hardship", rather it is a situation where the owner could comply with the regulations within this Ordinance, but would like a variance from the Development Standards to improve his site in a practical manner. For instance, a person may request a variance from a side yard setback due to a large tree which is blocking the only location that would meet the Development Standards for a new garage location.

Primary Plat: See "Plat, Primary."

Principal Building/Structure: The building or structure in which the principal use of the lot or premises is located or conducted, with respect to residential uses, the principal building or structure shall be the main dwelling.

Principal Use: The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from an accessory use. A principal use may be either a permitted use or a special exception.

Private School: Private preprimary, primary, grade, high or preparatory school or academy.

Private Street: See "Street, Private."

Professional Office: An office used by members of a recognized profession such as architects, artists, dentists, engineers, lawyers, musicians, physicians, surgeons or pharmacists, and realtors or insurance agents and brokers.

Public Improvements: Any storm drainage facility, street, highway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrian-way, tree, lawn, off-street parking area, lot improvement, utility, or other facility for which the local government may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation, or which may affect an improvement for which local government responsibility is established.

Public Open Space: See "Open Space, Public."

Public Parking Area: See "Parking Area, Public."

Public/Private Parking Area: A group of parking spaces in an open area not including any part of a street or alley, designed or used for temporary parking of motor vehicles.

Public Street: See "Street, Public."

Public Structure: See "Structure, Public."

Public Utility: Any person, firm, or corporation duly authorized to furnish under public regulation to the public, electricity, gas, steam, telephone, fiber optics, transportation, water, or sewerage systems.

PUD: See "Planned Unit Development."

Rear Lot Line: See "Lot Line, Rear."

Rear Yard: See "Yard, Rear."

Recreational Vehicle: A portable vehicular structure designed as a temporary dwelling for travel and vacation uses which.

A.

Is identified on the unit by the manufacturer as a travel trailer;

B.

Is a structure mounted on, or towed by, an automobile or truck; and;

C.

Is designed to be used for sleeping and human habitation.

Recreational Vehicle Park: Any site, lot, field, or tract of land under single ownership, or ownership of two (2) or more people, designed with facilities for short-term occupancy by recreational vehicles only.

Recycling: A resource recovery method involving the collection and processing of a waste product for use as raw material in the manufacture of new products.

Recycling Center: Any permanent structure or facility where recyclable materials are stored or processed.

Recycling Drop-Off: Any structure, facility, or location, either temporary or permanent, where recyclable materials from more than one (1) household are left for transport to a recycling center.

Recycling, Mobile Unit: Any vehicle, wagon, cart, trailer, or moveable bin used for the collection and/or temporary storage of recyclable materials.

Registered Land Surveyor: A land surveyor properly licensed and registered or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.

Registered Professional Engineer: An engineer properly licensed and registered or through reciprocity permitted to practice in the State of Indiana.

Regulatory Flood: A flood having a peak discharge which can be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in a one hundred (100) year period, as calculated by a method and procedure which is acceptable to and approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources; this flood is equivalent to a flood having a probability of occurrence of one (1) percent in any given year.

Regulatory Flood Profile: A longitudinal profile along the thread of a stream showing the maximum water surface elevation attained by the regulatory flood.

Regulatory Floodway: The channel of a river or stream and those portions of the flood plains adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to efficiently carry and discharge peak flow of the regulatory flood of any river or stream and, is that area covered by floodwaters in significant downstream motion or covered by significant volumes of stored water during the occurrence of the regulatory flood.

Residential District: Refers to an R-SF, R-MD, or R-HD District.

Rest Home/Nursing Home: A private home for the care of the aged or infirm, or any other person in need of nursing care and which does not contain equipment for surgical care or for treatment of disease or injury, and is not primarily designed for mental patients or alcoholics.

Re-subdivision: A change in a recorded subdivision plat if such change affects any street layout or area reserved thereon for public use or any lot line; or if it affects any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivisions.

Retaining Wall: A structure erected between lands of different elevation to protect structures and/or to prevent the washing down or erosion of earth from the upper slope level.

Retention Basin: A pond, pool, or basin used for the permanent or temporary storage of water and water runoff.

Right-of-Way: A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by transportation facilities, public utilities, or other special public uses. Rights-of-way intended for any use involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to the public use by the maker of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.

Sale, Garage/Yard: A sale of household goods, furniture, equipment, utensils, appliances, tools, personal clothing or effects, novelty items, glassware, farm products, or similar personal property, including, but not limited to any sale commonly termed "Porch Sale," "Yard Sale," "Lawn Sale," Group Family Sale," "Rummage Sale," "White Elephant Sale," "Flea Market Sale," or "Attic Sale."

Sale, Roadside: Sale of goods by one (1) or more vendors over the age of eighteen (18), having transported such goods or services by car, truck, bicycle, trailer, or cart to a temporary roadside location.

Sale, Sidewalk: Sale of goods or services by one or more vendors on a sidewalk or public open space immediately outside of the commercial establishment in which such goods or services are typically sold.

Salvage Yard/Junk Yard: See "Junk Yard/Salvage Yard."

Sanitary Landfill: A site on which solid wastes are disposed of in a manner protective to the environment, such that wastes are spread in thin layers, compacted to the smallest practical volume, and covered with soil at the end of each work day.

School: A public or private institution which offers instruction in any of the branches of learning and study comparable to that taught in the public schools under the Indiana School Laws, including pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary school, and junior and senior high schools, but excluding trade, business, or commercial schools.

Scrap Metal Yard: A general industrial use established independent or ancillary to and connected with another general industrial use, which is concerned exclusively in new and salvaged metal pipes, wire, beams, angles, rods, machinery, parts, fittings, clippings, and all other metal items of every type, and which acquires such items incidental to its connection with the other general industrial use or by purchase, consignment or bailment which stores, grades, processes, melts, cuts, dismantles, compresses, cleans, or in any way prepares said items for reuse by the connected other general industrial use or for sale and shipment and use in other industries or businesses including open hearth, electric furnaces and foundry operations; such an establishment shall not include junk yards, dumps, or automobile graveyards.

The storage, dealing in or the permitting of the accumulation of significant quantities of combustible, organic or nonmetal scrap materials such as wood, paper, rags, garbage, bones and shattered glass on the premises of such an establishment will disqualify it from being classified as a scrap metal yard, and the same will be classified as a junk yard.

Seasonal Business: A temporary business operating at a non-permanent location for certain months of the year or during special events.

Secondary Plat: See "Plat, Secondary."

Service Station: See "Automobile Service Station."

Setback: The minimum horizontal distance between the building line and a lot line or right-of-way.

Shared Housing: Any dwelling unit which the owner allows to be occupied by unrelated persons living as a single housekeeping unit, provided that the number of occupants does not exceed twice the number of bedrooms, and that the total number of occupants does not exceed four (4) regardless of the number of bedrooms.

Shoulder: The graded part of the right-of-way that lies between the edge of the main pavement (main traveled way) and the curb.

Side Lot Line: A lot boundary line other than a front or rear lot line.

Sidewalk: That portion of the road right-of-way outside the roadway, which is improved for the use of pedestrian traffic.

Sight Triangle: A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.

Special Exception: The authorization of a use that is designated as such by this Ordinance as being permitted in the district concerned if it meets special conditions, and upon application, and is specifically authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals per Section 9.5 of this Ordinance.

Storage, Outdoor: The outdoor accumulation of goods, junk, vehicles, equipment, products, or materials for permanent or temporary holding.

Story: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. Any portion of a story exceeding fourteen (14) feet in height shall be considered as an additional story for each fourteen (14) feet or fraction thereof.

Street: Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive, or other roadway.

Street, Arterial: A street designed for high volume traffic.

Street, Collector: A street designed to facilitate the collection of traffic from local streets and to provide circulation within neighborhood areas and convenient ways to reach arterial streets.

Street, Divided: A street having an island or other barrier separating moving lanes.

Street Furniture: Man-made, above-ground items that are generally found in street rights-of-way, including benches, kiosks, plants, canopies, shelters, and phone booths.

Street Hardware: The mechanical and utility systems within a street right-of-way, such as hydrants, manhole covers, traffic lights and signs, utility poles and lines, and parking meters.

Street, Local: A street designed primarily to provide access to abutting properties and discourage through traffic.

Street, Private: Vehicular streets and driveways, paved or unpaved, which are wholly within private property except where they intersect with other streets within public rights-of-way and are maintained by the owner(s).

Street, Public: All property dedicated or intended for public highway, freeway, or roadway purpose or subject to public easements therefor.

Strip Development: Uncoordinated and often unsightly development that generally occurs along main highways and thoroughfares leading into and out of a community. Strip development often includes fast food restaurants, filling stations, used car lots, and shopping centers.

Structure: Any building or thing, constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having a location on the ground.

Structural Alterations: Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure such as bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the footprint or increasing size of living space.

Subdivision: The division of a parent tract or other piece of land into at least two (2) smaller lots or the combination of two (2) or smaller lots into one lot so that either now or in the future the subdivider can do any of the following with one (1) or more of the subdivided lots:

A.

Transfer ownership.

B.

Construct buildings.

C.

Create new building sites for leasehold.

The actual location, shape and size of a parent tract to be divided is determined by the official record of the last transfer of its ownership transacted before the Whiting Unified Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance enacted or by its last conditional transfer of ownership by recorded contract transacted before the Whiting Unified Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance was enacted.

The following kinds of divisions are not subdivisions and are exempt from the rules of the Whiting Unified Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance:

A.

A division of land into two (2) or more tracts, all of which are at least ten (10) acres in size;

B.

A division of land for the transfer of a tract or tracts to correct errors in an existing legal description, provided that no additional principal use building sites are created by the division;

C.

A division of land pursuant to an allocation of land in the settlement of a decedent's estate or a court decree for the distribution of property;

D.

A division of land for federal, state or local government to acquire street right-of-way; and

E.

A division of land for the transfer of a tract or tracts between adjoining lots provided that no additional principal use building sites are created by the division. The lots so created hereunder shall have only one (1) principal use building site each.

F.

Property legally divided prior to adoption of this Ordinance.

Survey Marker: See "Marker."

Survey Monument: See "Monument."

Swimming Pool: A self-contained body of water at least eighteen (18) inches deep and eight (8) feet in diameter or width and used for recreational purposes. It may be above or below ground level, and shall be considered an accessory structure and use.

Technical Advisory Committee: A committee of public and private utility agencies and service providers that meet jointly to review plans for current or future development projects and proposals. The Technical Advisory Committee acts in an advisory role to the Plan Commission. More information regarding the Technical Advisory Committee can be found in the Plan Commission's Rules of Procedure.

Temporary Business: Any business operating at or within a moveable location or structure, or any business operating at a location which lacks permanent infrastructure including full utilities, parking, permanent signage, etc.

Territorial Jurisdiction: See "Jurisdiction."

Thoroughfare Plan: The plan, now and hereafter adopted, which includes a street plan, sets forth the location, alignment, dimensions, identification, and classification of existing and proposed streets, and other thoroughfares.

Trade or Business School: A secretarial or business school or college that is not publicly owned, is not owned, conducted, or sponsored by a religious, charitable, or non-profit organization, and is not a school conducted as a commercial enterprise for teaching instrumental music, dancing, barbering, hairdressing, or the industrial or technical arts and like skills.

Tree: A woody perennial plant that reaches a mature height of at least eight (8) feet.

Unimproved Block: See "Block, Unimproved."

Use: The purposes of which land, building, or structure thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied, maintained, let, or leased.

Utility: See "Public Utility."

Variance, Use: The specific approval granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals of a use other than that prescribed by this Ordinance.

Variance, Development Regulations/Design Standards: A specific approval granted by a Board of Zoning Appeals to deviate from the development standards (such as height, bulk, or area) that the ordinance otherwise prescribes.

Veterinary Animal Hospital or Animal Clinic: A place used for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm or injured animals, and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention, and may include overnight accommodations on the premises for treatment, observation and/or recuperation. It may also include boarding that is incidental to the principal activity or use.

Vision Clearance on Corner Lots: See "Sight Triangle."

Yard: A space on the same lot with a principal building that is open and unobstructed except as otherwise authorized by this Ordinance.

Yard, Front: The horizontal space between the nearest foundation of a building to the front lot line, extending to the side lines of the lot, and measured as the shortest distance from the nearest foundation to the front lot line. A corner lot shall have two (2) front yards abutting both streets on which the corner lot has frontage, except as deed restrictions specify otherwise.

Yard, Rear: The horizontal space between the nearest foundation of a building to the rear lot line and that rear lot line, extending to the side lines of the lot, and measured as the shortest distance from the nearest foundation to the rear lot line. The rear yard of a corner lot shall be that yard at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.

Yard, Side: The horizontal space between the nearest foundation of a building to the side lot line and that side lot line, unoccupied other than by architectural appurtenances such as cornices, canopies, eaves, awnings, bay windows, chimneys, utility meters and appurtenant equipment, entrance decks or stairs projecting not more than twenty-four (24) inches into that space;

Zone: An area or areas of the community in which certain land uses are permitted and other uses are prohibited by a Zoning Ordinance.

Zoning District: See "District."

Zoning Map: The official zoning map of the City of Whiting, Indiana, denoting zoning districts.

Zoning Ordinance: A set of development guidelines, specifications, and regulations enacted by the Council to create districts which permit certain land uses and character specifications and prohibit others; in reference to documentation, the Whiting Unified Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance, and any other supporting or accompanying ordinances, plans, resolutions, rules, or regulations and including their provisions, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The following land use words and terms appearing in this Ordinance shall have the following meanings:

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting: Establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. (NAICS: 11)

Above Ground Water Storage Tank: Any water system tank that is above ground provided and maintained by the city or a utility company which a governmental agency has specifically approved as acceptable.

Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping and Payroll Services Offices: Establishments primarily engaged in providing services, such as auditing of accounting records, designing accounting systems, preparing financial statements, developing budgets, preparing tax returns, processing payrolls, bookkeeping, and billing. (NAICS: 5412)

Adult Oriented Businesses: An establishment primarily engaged in selling, exchanging, renting, loaning, trading, transferring or providing viewing of adult oriented merchandise.

Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations and Related Services Agencies: Establishments primarily engaged in creating advertising campaigns and placing such advertising in periodicals, newspapers, radio and television, or other media. (NAICS: 5418)

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures: Establishments of agents and managers primarily engaged in representing and/or managing creative and performing artists, sports figures, entertainers, and other public figures. (NAICS: 7114)

Air Transportation: Industries that provide air transportation of passengers and/or cargo using aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters. (NAICS: 481)

Amateur Radio Antenna: An antenna, or any combination of a mast or tower plus an attached or mounted antenna, which transmits noncommercial communication signals and is utilized by an operator licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. Guy wires for amateur radio antennas are considered part of the structure for the purpose of meeting development standards.

Ambulance Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing transportation of patients by ground, along with medical care by medically trained professionals. (NAICS: 62191)

Amusement and Theme Parks: Establishments, known as amusement or theme parks, primarily engaged in operating a variety of attractions, such as mechanical rides, water rides, games, shows, theme exhibits, refreshment stands, and picnic grounds. (NAICS: 71311)

Antique Shops: Establishments used for the sale or trading of articles of which are over fifty (50) years old or have collectible value. (NAICS: 453310)

Apparel Manufacturing: Establishments manufacturing full lines of ready-to-wear apparel and custom apparel: apparel contractors, performing cutting or sewing operations on materials owned by others; jobbers performing entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel manufacture; and tailors, manufacturing custom garments for individual clients. (NAICS: 315)

Archery Ranges/Firearm Target (Indoor): An indoor facility that may include buildings or structures used for target practice with bows and arrows or firearms.

Archery Ranges/Firearm Target (Outdoor): An outdoor facility that may include buildings or structures used for target practice with bows and arrows or firearms.

Automobile Dealers, New and Used Cars: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and used automobiles and light trucks, such as sport utility vehicles, and passenger and cargo vans. (NAICS: 4411)

Automobile Driving Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in offering automobile driving instruction. (NAICS: 611692)

Automotive Body Shop: Establishments primarily engaged in repairing or customizing automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans, and all trailer bodies and interiors; and/or painting automotive vehicles and trailer bodies. (NAICS: 811121)

Automotive Oil and Lubrication Shops: Establishments primarily engaged in changing motor oil and lubricating the chassis of automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans. (NAICS: 811191)

Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores: Establishments known as automotive supply stores primarily engaged in retailing new, used, and/or rebuilt automotive parts and accessories, automotive supply stores that are primarily engaged in both retailing automotive parts and accessories and repairing automobiles; and establishments primarily engaged in retailing and installing automotive accessories. (NAICS: 44131)

Automotive Repair and Maintenance: Establishments involved in providing repair and maintenance services for automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans, and all trailers. (NAICS: 8111)

Bakery: An establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of baked products for consumption off site.

Bed and Breakfast Inns: Establishments primarily engaged in providing short-term lodging in facilities known as bed-and-breakfast inns that primarily provide short-term lodging in private homes or small buildings converted for this purpose. (NAICS: 721191)

Beer, Wine and Liquor Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing packaged alcoholic beverages, such as ale, beer, wine, and liquor. (NAICS: 4453)

Beverage Manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soft drinks, manufacturing ice, or purifying and bottling water. (NAICS: 3121)

Billiard Rooms: Establishments engaged in providing more than three billiard tables for the use of patrons. (NAICS: 713990)

Blood and Organ Banks: Establishments primarily engaged in collecting, storing, and distributing blood and blood products and storing and distributing body organs. (NAICS: 621991)

Boat Dealers: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and/or used boats or retailing new boats in combination with activities, such as repair services and selling replacement parts and accessories, and/or retailing new and/or used outboard motors, boat trailers, marine supplies, parts, and accessories. (NAICS: 441222)

Book Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new books, newspapers, magazines, and prerecorded audio and video media. (NAICS: 4512)

Bowling Centers: Establishments engaged in operating bowling centers. (NAICS: 71395)

Broadcasting (except Internet) (except Transmission Towers): Establishments that create content or acquire the right to distribute content and subsequently broadcast the content. (NAICS: 515)

Broadcasting (Transmission Towers): Establishments that create content or acquire the right to distribute content and subsequently broadcast the content. (NAICS: 515)

Building Construction: Establishments primarily responsible for the construction of buildings and may include new work, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs. (NAICS: 236)

Business Schools and Computer and Management Training: Establishments primarily engaged in offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills and may offer courses in basic office skills, such as word processing. (NAICS: 6114)

Business Service Centers: Establishments, generally known as copy centers or shops, primarily engaged in providing photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, and other document copying services without also providing printing services. (NAICS: 56143)

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations: Establishments primarily engaged in promoting the interests of their members (except religious organizations, social advocacy organizations, and civic and social organizations) which may include but is not limited to business associations, professional organizations, labor unions, and political organizations. (NAICS: 8139)

Cafeterias, Delis and Buffets: Establishments, known as cafeterias, buffets, or delis, primarily engaged in preparing and serving meals for immediate consumption using cafeteria-style or buffet serving equipment, such as steam tables, refrigerated areas, display grills, and self-service nonalcoholic beverage dispensing equipment. (NAICS: 722212)

Campgrounds: Establishments primarily engaged in operating sites to accommodate campers and their equipment, including tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, and RVs (recreational vehicles) and may provide access to facilities, such as washrooms, laundry rooms, recreation halls and playgrounds, stores, and snack bars. (NAICS: 72121)

Car Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting passenger cars without drivers, generally for short periods of time. (NAICS: 532111) Car Washes: Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning, washing, and/or waxing automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans, and trailers. (NAICS: 811192)

Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services: Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning and dyeing used rugs, carpets, and upholstery. (NAICS: 56174)

Casinos: Establishments primarily engaged in operating gambling facilities that offer table wagering games along with other gambling activities, such as slot machines and sports betting. (NAICS: 71321)

Caterers: Establishments primarily engaged in providing single event-based food services and generally have equipment and vehicles to transport meals and snacks to events and/or prepare food at an off-premise site. (NAICS: 72231)

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing portland, natural, masonry, pozzolanic, and other hydraulic cements. (NAICS: 3273)

Cemeteries: Establishments primarily engaged in operating sites or structures reserved for the interment of human remains. (NAICS: 81222)

Charter Vehicle Industry: Establishments primarily engaged in providing buses for charter. (NAICS: 485510)

Chemical Manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in the transformation of organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and the formulation of products. (NAICS: 325)

Child Day Care Services (except Home-Based Child Day Care): Establishments primarily engaged in providing day care of infants or children at a location that is not a residence. (NAICS: 6244)

Cigar/Tobacco Shops: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes, and other smokers' supplies. (NAICS: 453991)

Civic and Social Organizations: Establishments primarily engaged in promoting the civic and social interests of their members and may operate beverage opportunities and restaurants for their members. (NAICS: 8134)

Clothing Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new clothing. (NAICS: 4481)

Coin-operated Laundries: Establishments primarily engaged in operating facilities with coin-operated or similar self-service laundry equipment for customer use on the premises. (NAICS: 81231)

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and granting degrees at baccalaureate or graduate levels. (NAICS: 6113)

Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing: Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing commercial-type and industrial-type machinery and equipment. (NAICS: 5324)

Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance: Establishments primarily engaged in the repair and maintenance of commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that either sharpen/install commercial and industrial machinery blades and saws or provide welding (e.g., automotive, general) repair services; or heavy and industrial machinery and equipment (e.g., forklifts and other materials handling equipment, machine tools, commercial refrigeration equipment, construction equipment). (NAICS: 8113)

Commercial Animal Establishment: Any pet shop, grooming shop, kennel or veterinarian office which sells, serves, maintains or treats pets. (NAICS: 81291)

Commercial Banking: Establishments that lend funds raised from depositors; lend funds raised from credit market borrowing; or facilitate the lending of funds or issuance of credit by engaging in such activities as mortgage and loan brokerage, clearinghouse and reserve services, and check cashing services. (NAICS: 522)

Commercial Photography: Establishments primarily engaged in providing commercial photography services, generally for advertising agencies, publishers, and other business and industrial users. (NAICS: 541922)

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services: Establishments primarily engaged in the collection, preparation, and delivery of food for the needy, providing short term emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse; temporary residential shelter for the homeless, runaway youths, and patients and families caught in medical crises; transitional housing for low-income individuals and families; volunteer construction or repair of low cost housing, in partnership with the homeowner who may assist in construction or repair work; and repair of homes for elderly or disabled homeowners; and establishments primarily engaged in providing food, shelter, clothing, medical relief, resettlement, and counseling to victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts. (NAICS: 6242)

Community Theaters: Theaters primarily engaged in producing the following live theatrical presentations: musicals; operas; plays; and comedy, improvisational, mime, and puppet shows.

Composting Center: Any location, structure, or facility where composting takes place.

Computer System Design Service Offices: Establishments primarily engaged in providing expertise in the field of information technologies through writing, modifying, testing, and supporting software to meet the needs of a particular customer; planning and designing computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software, and communication technologies; on-site management and operation of clients' computer systems and/or data processing facilities; and other professional and technical computer-related advice and services. (NAICS: 5415)

Conference Center: A facility designed to accommodate persons for conventions, conferences, seminars, product display, recreation activities, and entertainment functions. (NAICS: 531120)

Consumer Lending: Establishments primarily engaged in making unsecured cash loans to consumers. (NAICS: 522291)

Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Establishments primarily engaged in providing a range of residential and personal care services with on-site nursing care facilities for the elderly that offer a variety of residential settings with meals, housekeeping, social, leisure, and other services available to assist residents in daily living. (NAICS: 623311)

Contractors: Establishments whose primary activity is performing specific activities such as pouring concrete, site preparation, plumbing, painting, and electrical work involved in building construction or other activities that are similar for all types of construction, but that are not responsible for the entire project. (NAICS: 238)

Convenience Stores: Establishments known as convenience stores or food marts (except those with fuel pumps) primarily engaged in retailing a limited line of goods that generally includes milk, bread, soda, and snacks. (NAICS: 44512)

Correctional Institutions: Government establishments primarily engaged in managing and operating correctional institutions generally designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and/or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court. (NAICS: 92214)

Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies and Perfume Stores: Establishments known as cosmetic or perfume stores or beauty supply shops primarily engaged in retailing cosmetics, perfumes, toiletries, and personal grooming products. (NAICS: 44612)

Couriers and Messengers: Industries that provide intercity and/or local delivery of parcels and documents (including express delivery services) without operating under a universal service obligation. (NAICS: 492)

Crematories: Establishments primarily engaged in operating sites or structures reserved for cremating the dead. (NAICS: 812220)

Dance Studio: Establishments primarily engaged in offering instruction in dance. (NAICS: 611610)

Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services: Establishments that provide the infrastructure for hosting and/or data processing services. (NAICS: 518)

Dentist Offices: Establishments of health practitioners having the degree of D.M.D., D.D.S., or D.D.Sc. primarily engaged in the independent practice of general or specialized dentistry or dental surgery that provide primarily comprehensive preventive, cosmetic, or emergency care, or specialize in a single field of dentistry. (NAICS: 6212)

Department Stores: Establishments known as department stores primarily engaged in retailing a wide range of the following new products with no one merchandise line predominating: apparel, furniture, appliances and home furnishings; and selected additional items, such as paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewelry, toys, and sporting goods. (NAICS: 4521)

Design Services: Establishments providing specialized design services (except architectural, engineering, and computer systems design). (NAICS: 5414)

Diet and Weight Reducing Centers: Establishments primarily engaged in providing nonmedical services to assist clients in attaining or maintaining a desired weight. (NAICS: 812191)

Document Preparation Services: Establishments primarily engaged in letter or resume writing; document editing or proofreading; typing, word processing, or desktop publishing; and stenography, transcription, and other secretarial services. (NAICS: 56141)

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages): Establishments known as bars, taverns, nightclubs, or drinking places primarily engaged in preparing and serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption. (NAICS: 72241)

Dry-cleaning and Laundry Services: Establishments primarily engaged in drycleaning services (except coin-operated); providing laundering services (except linen and uniform supply or coin-operated); and providing specialty cleaning services for specific types of garments and other textile items. (NAICS: 81232)

Duplex/Two-Family: Residential building containing two (2) dwelling units designed for occupancy by not more than two (2) families, on each residential lot.

Educational Support Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems that may include but not limited to educational consultants, educational testing services, educational guidance counseling services, student exchange programs or educational testing evaluation services. (NAICS: 6117)

Electric Power Generation: Establishments primarily engaged in operating electric power generation facilities that convert other forms of energy, such as water power (i.e., hydroelectric), fossil fuels, nuclear power, and solar power, into electrical energy. (NAICS: 22111)

Electric Power Transmission and Distribution: Establishments primarily engaged in transmitting, and/or distributing electric power and operate transmission systems that convey the electricity from the generation facility to the distribution system and operate distribution systems that convey electric power received from the generation facility or the transmission system to the final consumer. (NAICS: 2211)

Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance: Establishments primarily engaged in repairing electronic equipment, such as computers and communications equipment, and highly specialized precision instruments. (NAICS: 8112)

Electronics and Appliance Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting consumer electronics equipment and appliances, such as televisions, stereos, and refrigerators. (NAICS: 53221)

Electronics and Appliance Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing the following new products: household-type appliances, cameras, computers, and other electronic goods. (NAICS: 4431)

Elementary Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and associated course work that comprise a basic preparatory education that may include kindergarten to 8th grade. (NAICS: 6111)

Employment Placement Agencies: Establishments primarily engaged listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment; or providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services. (NAICS: 5613)

Essential Service Utilities: Services and utilities needed for the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, such as underground, surface, or overhead electrical, gas, telephone, steam, water, sewerage, and other utilities and the equipment and appurtenances necessary for such systems to furnish an adequate level of service for the area in which they are located.

Exam Prep and Tutoring: Establishments primarily engaged in offering preparation for standardized examinations and/or academic tutoring services. (NAICS: 611691)

Exterminators and Pest Control Services: Establishments primarily engaged in exterminating and controlling birds, mosquitoes, rodents, termites, and other insects and pests (except for crop production and forestry production). Establishments providing fumigation services are included. (NAICS: 56171)

Fabric Shops: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new sewing supplies, fabrics, patterns, yarns, and other needlework accessories or retailing these products in combination with selling new sewing machines. (NAICS: 451130)

Facilities Support Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing operating staff to perform a combination of support services within a client's facilities. (NAICS: 5612)

Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-In: Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered to the customer in a vehicle through a drive-thru window.

Fast Food Restaurant without Drive-In: Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be consumed on the premises, taken out, but not to the customer in a vehicle through a drive-thru window.

Fine Arts School: Establishments primarily engaged in offering instruction in the arts, including dance, art, drama, and music. (NAICS: 61161)

Fire Protection: Government establishments primarily engaged in fire fighting and other related fire protection activities. (NAICS: 92216)

Fitness and Recreation Sports Centers: Establishments primarily engaged in operating fitness and recreational sports facilities featuring exercise and other active physical fitness conditioning or recreational sports activities, such as swimming, skating, or racquet sports. (NAICS: 71394)

Florists: Establishments known as florists primarily engaged in retailing cut flowers, floral arrangements, and potted plants purchased from others. (NAICS: 4531)

Food Manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in transforming livestock and agricultural products into products for intermediate or final consumption. The industry groups are distinguished by the raw materials (generally of animal or vegetable origin) processed into food products. (NAICS: 311)

Food Service Contractors: Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services at institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these type of organizations for a specified period of time. (NAICS: 72231)

Formal Wear and Costume Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting clothing, such as formal wear, costumes or other clothing. (NAICS: 53222)

Freight Trucking: Establishments primarily engaged in providing local general freight trucking. That handle a wide variety of commodities, generally palletized and transported in a container or van trailer. Local general freight trucking establishments usually provide trucking within a metropolitan area which may cross state lines. Generally the trips are same-day return. (NAICS: 48411)

Full Service Restaurants: Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating. (NAICS: 72211)

Funeral Homes and Funeral Services: Establishments primarily engaged in preparing the dead for burial or interment and conducting funerals. (NAICS: 81221)

Furniture Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new furniture, such as household furniture and outdoor furniture; office furniture;(and/or furniture sold in combination with major appliances, home electronics, home furnishings, or floor coverings. (NAICS: 4421)

Gasoline Station with Repair: Establishments limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories in addition to providing minor vehicle servicing, minor repairs or maintenance.

Gasoline Station without Repair: Establishments limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories without providing automobile service or repair.

Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores: Establishments limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories are sold directly to the public in combination with selling items typically found in a convenience store or supermarket. (NAICS: 447110)

Gasoline Stations without Convenience Stores: Establishments limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories are sold directly to the public in and do not sell any items typically found in a convenience store or supermarket. (NAICS: 447190)

Golf Courses/Driving Ranges and Country Clubs (except miniature): Establishments primarily engaged in operating golf courses (except miniature) and can include dining facilities, beverage services, equipment rental services, and golf instruction services. (NAICS: 71391)

Golf Driving Range: A limited area on which golf players do not walk, but onto which they drive golf balls from a central driving tee.

Group Homes per IC § 12-28-4: A residential facility for individuals with a developmental disability for not more than eight (8) individuals with a developmental disability.

Hair, Nail and Skin Care Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing hair care services; nail care services; and providing facials or applying makeup (except permanent makeup). (NAICS: 81211)

Hardware Stores: Establishments known as hardware stores primarily engaged in retailing a general line of new hardware items, such as tools and builders' hardware. (NAICS: 44413)

Hazardous Waste Collection: Establishments primarily engaged in collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste within a local area and/or operating hazardous waste transfer stations. (NAICS: 562112)

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal: Establishments primarily engaged in operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste and the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling of hazardous waste materials within a local area and operating treatment or disposal facilities for hazardous waste. (NAICS: 562211)

Health Spa: Establishments that provide massage, exercise and related activities with or without such equipment or apparatus.

Health Supplement Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements. (NAICS: 446191)

Highway/Municipal Garage: Any building used for the storage or care of municipal or highway motor vehicles, or where such vehicles are equipped for operation, repaired, or kept.

Historical Sites: Establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of sites, buildings, forts, or communities that describe events or persons of particular historical interest including by not limited to archeological sites, battlefields, historical ships, or pioneer villages. (NAICS: 71212)

Home and Garden Equipment Repair and Maintenance: Establishments primarily engaged in repairing and servicing home and garden equipment without retailing new home and garden equipment, such as lawnmowers, handheld power tools, edgers, snow- and leaf-blowers, and trimmers. (NAICS: 81141)

Home Centers: Establishments known as home centers primarily engaged in retailing a general line of new home repair and improvement materials and supplies, such as lumber, plumbing goods, electrical goods, tools, housewares, hardware, and lawn and garden supplies, with no one merchandise line predominating. (NAICS: 44411)

Home Furnishing Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new home furnishings (except furniture). (NAICS: 4422)

Home Health Care Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services in the home, along with a range of the following: personal care services; homemaker and companion services; physical therapy; medical social services; medications; medical equipment and supplies; counseling; 24- hour home care; occupation and vocational therapy; dietary and nutritional services; speech therapy; audiology; and high-tech care, such as intravenous therapy. (NAICS: 6216)

Home Health Equipment Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting home-type health and invalid equipment, such as wheel chairs, hospital beds, oxygen tanks, walkers, and crutches. (NAICS: 532291)

Home-Based Child Day Care (per IC § 36-7-4-1108): Establishments primarily engaged in providing child care from a home that is used as the primary residence of the person who operates the child care home.

Hospitals: Establishments that provide inpatient health services, many of which can only be provided using the specialized facilities and equipment that form a significant and integral part of the production process. (NAICS: 622).

Hotels and Motels: Establishments primarily engaged in providing short-term lodging in facilities known as hotels, motor hotels, resort hotels, and motels. (NAICS: 72111)

Ice Cream Parlor: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing ice cream and similar foods for immediate consumption. (NAICS: 722213)

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: Establishments primarily engaged in offering work or display space for independent individuals primarily engaged in performing in artistic productions, in creating artistic and cultural works or productions, or in providing technical expertise necessary for these productions. (NAICS: 7115)

Industrial Launderers: Establishments primarily engaged in supplying, on a rental or contract basis, laundered industrial work uniforms and related work clothing, (NAICS: 812332)

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: Establishments that are primarily engaged in underwriting annuities and insurance policies or facilitating such underwriting by selling insurance policies, and by providing other insurance and employee-benefit related services. (NAICS: 524)

Janitorial Services: Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning building interiors, interiors of transportation equipment (e.g., aircraft, rail cars, ships), and/or windows. (NAICS: 56172)

Jewelry Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new jewelry; new sterling and plated silverware; and new watches and clocks. (NAICS: 44831)

Junior Colleges: Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic, or academic and technical, courses and granting associate degrees, certificates, or diplomas below the baccalaureate level. (NAICS: 6112)

Junkyard: Any lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used for collection, storage and sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal, or discarded materials; or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, salvaging or sale of parts or machinery or vehicles not in running condition.

Kennel: An establishment wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs and cats or a location which continuously harbors or maintains four (4) or more cat dogs or cats in accordance to WMC Chapter 3, Animals.

Landscaping Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns, or gardens and establishments primarily engaged in providing these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e., installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures. (NAICS: 56173)

Language Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in offering foreign language instruction. (including sign language) offering language instruction ranging from conversational skills for personal enrichment to intensive training courses for career or educational opportunities. (NAICS: 61163)

Legal Service Offices: Offices of legal practitioners known as lawyers or attorneys primarily engaged in the practice of law. (NAICS: 5411)

Libraries and Archives: Establishments primarily engaged in providing library or archive services. (NAICS: 51912)

Locksmiths: Establishments primarily engaged in selling mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes, and security vaults, along with installation, repair, rebuilding, or adjusting services or installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes, and security vaults. (NAICS: 561622)

Luggage and Leather Good Stores: Establishments known as luggage and leather goods stores primarily engaged in retailing new luggage, briefcases, and trunks, or retailing these new products in combination with a general line of leather items, such as belts, gloves, and handbags. (NAICS: 44832)

Machine Shops: Establishments known as machine shops primarily engaged in machining metal and plastic parts and parts of other composite materials on a job or order basis. (NAICS: 33271)

Management of Companies and Enterprises: Establishments that administer, oversee, and manage normally undertake the strategic or organizational planning and decision making role of the company or enterprise. (NAICS: 551)

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on management issues, such as strategic and organizational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices, and planning; production scheduling; and control planning. (NAICS: 5416)

Marinas: Establishments engaged in operating docking and/or storage facilities for pleasure craft owners, with or without one or more related activities, such as retailing fuel and marine supplies; and repairing, maintaining, or renting pleasure boats. (NAICS: 71393)

Meat Markets: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing fresh, frozen, or cured meats and poultry. (NAICS: 44512)

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories: Establishments known as medical and diagnostic laboratories primarily engaged in providing analytic or diagnostic services, including body fluid analysis and diagnostic imaging, generally to the medical profession or to the patient on referral from a health practitioner. (NAICS: 6215)

Micro-Breweries: Establishments that produce up to five thousand (5,000) barrels per year of fermented malt beverages on premise for either consumption on premise or in hand-capped or sealed containers in quantities up to fifteen and one-half (15.5) gallons sold directly to the consumer.

Micro-Wineries: Establishments that produce up to five thousand (5,000) cases per year of wine and provides an area devoted to the sampling and sale of wine produce on or off premise.

Mining: Establishments that have complete responsibility for operating mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) and those that operate mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) for others on a contract or fee basis. (NAICS: 212)

Miniwarehouses or indoor storage units: A building or group of buildings divided into separate compartments used to meet the temporary storage needs for patrons. (NAICS: 531130)

Mobile Food Services: Establishments primarily engaged in preparing and serving meals and snacks for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts. (NAICS: 72233)

Mobile Homes: A structure, transportable in one or more sections which in the traveling mode is eight (8) feet wide or more in width or forty (40) feet or more in length.

Model Homes: A dwelling unit temporarily used for display purposes as an example of dwelling unit available or to be available for sale or rental in a particular development.

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries: Establishments primarily engaged in the production and/or distribution of motion pictures, videos, television programs, or commercials; in the exhibition of motion pictures; or in the provision of postproduction and related services. (NAICS: 5121)

Motorcycle, ATV, and Personal Watercraft Dealers: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and/or used motorcycles, motor scooters, motorbikes, mopeds, off-road all-terrain vehicles, and personal watercraft, or retailing these new vehicles in combination with repair services and selling replacement parts and accessories. (NAICS: 441221)

Movie Theaters: Establishments primarily engaged in operating motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) and/or exhibiting motion pictures or videos at film festivals. (NAICS: 512131)

Multi-Family Housing: A residential building designed for two (2) or more families, with the number of families not exceeding the number of dwelling units, on each residential lot.

Museums: Establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of objects of historical, cultural, and/or educational value. (NAICS: 71211)

Natural Gas Distribution: Establishments primarily engaged in operating gas distribution systems, gas marketers that buy gas from the well and sell it to a distribution system and establishments known as gas broker, agents that arrange the sale of gas over gas distribution systems operated by others and establishments primarily engaged in transmitting and distributing gas to final consumers. (NAICS: 2212)

Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishers: Establishments primarily engaged in publishing newspapers, magazines, other periodicals, books, directories and mailing lists, and other works, such as calendars, greeting cards, and maps. (NAICS: 5111)

Nondepository Credit Intermediation: Establishments primarily engaged in providing nondepository credit (except credit card issuing, sales financing, consumer lending, real estate credit, international trade financing, and secondary market financing). Examples of types of lending in this industry are: short-term inventory credit, agricultural lending (except real estate and sales financing) and consumer cash lending secured by personal property. (NAICS: 522298)

Nonresidential Property Managers: Establishments primarily engaged in managing nonresidential real estate for others. (NAICS: 531312)

Nursery/Garden Centers: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod, that are predominantly grown elsewhere. (NAICS: 44422)

Nursing Care Facilities: Establishments primarily engaged in providing inpatient nursing and rehabilitative services generally provided for an extended period of time to individuals requiring nursing care. (NAICS: 6231)

Office Administrative Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning; billing and recordkeeping; personnel; and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis. (NAICS: 5611)

Office Supply, Stationary and Gift Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new gifts, novelty merchandise, souvenirs, greeting cards, seasonal and holiday decorations, and curios. (NAICS: 4532)

Offices of Executives, Legislative Bodies, and Other General Government Support: Establishments serving as offices (public or private) of chief executives and their advisory committees and commissions. This industry includes offices of the president, governors, and mayors, in addition to executive advisory commissions. (NAICS: 9211)

Oil and Gas Extraction: Establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or developing oil and gas field properties and establishments primarily engaged in recovering liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases. (NAICS: 2111)

Optical Goods Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing and fitting prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses; retailing prescription eyeglasses in combination with the grinding of lenses to order on the premises; and selling nonprescription eyeglasses. (NAICS: 44613)

Other Gambling Industries: Establishments primarily engaged in operating gambling facilities (except casinos) or providing gambling services which can include but is not limited to bingo, off-track betting, slot machine parlors, poker rooms. (NAICS: 71329)

Outdoor Power Equipment Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new outdoor power equipment or retailing new outdoor power equipment in combination with activities, such as repair services and selling replacement parts. (NAICS: 44421)

Outpatient Care Centers: Establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing general or specialized outpatient care which may include but is not limited to Dialysis centers and clinics, outpatient biofeedback centers and clinics, freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, outpatient community health centers and clinics, freestanding emergency medical centers and clinics, outpatient sleep disorder centers and clinics, health maintenance organization (HMO) medical centers and clinics. (NAICS: 6214)

Paintball Recreation Facility: An outdoor facility that may include buildings or structures used for paintball recreation for patrons.

Paper and Printing Manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in printing products, such as newspapers, books, labels, business cards, stationery, business forms, and other materials, and perform support activities, such as data imaging, platemaking services, and bookbinding. (NAICS: 323)

Parking Lots and Garages: Establishments primarily engaged in providing parking space for motor vehicles, usually on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis and/or valet parking services. (NAICS: 81293)

Performing Arts Companies: Establishments primarily engaged in producing live presentations involving the performances of actors and actresses, singers, dancers, musical groups and artists, and other performing artists. (NAICS: 7111)

Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance: Establishments primarily engaged in repairing and servicing personal and home equipment and/or household-type appliances without retailing new equipment or appliances, such as washing machines, clothes dryers, refrigerators, watches, clocks, vacuum cleaners. (NAICS: 81149)

Pharmacies and Drug Stores: Establishments known as pharmacies and drug stores engaged in retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines. (NAICS: 44611)

Photography Studios: Establishments known as portrait studios primarily engaged in providing still, video, or digital portrait photography services. (NAICS: 541921)

Physicians Offices: Establishments of health practitioners having the degree of M.D. or D.O. primarily engaged in the independent practice of general or specialized medicine. These practitioners operate private or group practices in their own offices. (NAICS: 6211)

Pipeline Pumping Station: Establishments primarily engaged in activities primarily related to oil and gas pipeline networks.

Pipeline Transportation: Establishments that use transmission pipelines to transport products, such as crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and slurry. (NAICS: 486)

Police Protection: Government establishments primarily engaged in criminal and civil law enforcement, police, traffic safety, and other activities related to the enforcement of the law and preservation of order. (NAICS: 92212)

Postal Service: Establishments that include the activities of the National Post Office. (NAICS: 491)

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events: Establishments primarily engaged in organizing, promoting, and/or managing live performing arts productions, sports events, and similar events, and/or managing and providing the staff to operate arenas, stadiums, theaters, or other related facilities for rent to other promoters. (NAICS: 7113)

Psychic Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services including but not limited to the practice of reading a person's character or future by studying the conformation of the physical structure of the body, a person's birth date, stars, planets or by similar means. (NAICS: 812990)

Public Park: An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency, or other public body for recreational or conservational uses. (NAICS: 71219)

Public Wells: Wells excavated, drilled, dug, or driven for the supply of potable water for general public consumption.

Racetracks: Establishments primarily engaged in operating racetracks for events, such as auto, dog, and horse races, held in these facilities. (NAICS: 711212)

Railroad Operations: Establishments known as line-haul railroads primarily engaged in operating railroads for the transport of passengers and/or cargo over a long distance within a rail network. (NAICS: 482111)

Real Estate Agents, Appraisers and Brokers Offices: Establishments primarily engaged in selling real estate for others; buying real estate for others; and renting real estate for others. (NAICS: 53121)

Real Estate Lessors: Establishments that are primarily engaged in renting or leasing real estate to others; managing real estate for others; selling, buying, or renting real estate for others; and providing other real estate related services, such as appraisal services. (NAICS: 5311)

Recreational Goods Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting recreational goods, such as bicycles, canoes, motorcycles, skis, sailboats, beach chairs, and beach umbrellas. (NAICS: 532292)

Recreational Vehicle Dealers, New and Used: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and/or used recreational vehicles commonly referred to as RVs or retailing these new vehicles in combination with activities, such as repair services and selling replacement parts and accessories. (NAICS: 44121)

Recycling Center: Any permanent structure or facility where recyclable materials are stored or processed.

Refineries: Establishments primarily engaged in transforming crude petroleum and coal into usable products. (NAICS: 324)

Religious Organizations: Establishments primarily engaged in operating religious organizations, such as churches, religious temples, and monasteries, and/or establishments primarily engaged in administering an organized religion or promoting religious activities. (NAICS: 8131)

Residential Property Managers: Establishments primarily engaged in managing residential real estate for others. (NAICS: 531311)

Retail Showrooms: Establishments that require a large amount of floor space and which involves displaying and showcasing bulk goods for retail sale.

Roadside Food Stand: Sale of food (other than produce) by one (1) or more vendors over the age of eighteen (18), having transported such goods or services by car, truck, bicycle, trailer, or cart to a temporary roadside location.

Roadside Produce Stand: Sale of produce by one (1) or more vendors over the age of eighteen (18), having transported such goods or services by car, truck, bicycle, trailer, or cart to a temporary roadside location.

Rooming and Boarding Houses: Establishments primarily engaged in operating rooming and boarding houses and similar facilities, such as fraternity houses, sorority houses, off-campus dormitories, residential clubs, and workers' camps. (NAICS: 72131)

Satellite Dish, Large: Any equipment providing services such as radio, television, and/or high-speed internet by means of a dish, parabolic or other antenna, over one (1) meter in diameter, designed for receiving satellite transmission and is specifically located on the site that directly receives such service.

Satellite Dish, Small DBS: Any equipment providing services such as radio, television, and/or high-speed internet by means of a dish, parabolic or other antenna that is fixed (non-telescoping) and not greater than one (1) meter in diameter.

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation: Establishments that utilize transportation equipment to provide recreation and entertainment that is local in nature, usually involving a same-day return to the point of departure. (NAICS: 487)

Scientific Research and Development Services: Establishments engaged in conducting original investigation undertaken on a systematic basis to gain new knowledge (research) and/or the application of research findings or other scientific knowledge for the creation of new or significantly improved products or processes. (NAICS: 5417)

Secondary Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and associated course work that comprise a basic preparatory education that may include 5th grade to 12th grade.

Security Guards and Patrol Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing guard and patrol services, such as bodyguard, guard dog, and parking security services. (NAICS: 561612)

Sewage Treatment Facilities: A facility which operates a sewerage system and sewage treatment facilities that collect, treat and dispose of human waste. (NAICS: 22132)

Shoe Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing all types of new footwear. (NAICS: 4482)

Sidewalk Café: Establishments that provide a portion of an eating or drinking place located on a public sidewalk.

Single Family Attached Homes: A residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by one (1) family with an attached garage, on each residential lot.

Single Family Detached Homes: A residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by one (1) family with a detached garage, on each residential lot.

Small Wind Energy Conversion System: A wind energy conservation system that has a manufacturer's rating of less than or equal to fifty (50) kilowatts per wind tower and a total height of sixty (60) feet or less.

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars: Establishments primarily engaged in preparing and/or serving a specialty snack, such as ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, or popcorn or serving nonalcoholic beverages, such as coffee, juices, or sodas for consumption on or near the premises. (NAICS: 722330)

Software Publishers: Establishments primarily engaged in computer software publishing or publishing and reproduction. (NAICS: 5112)

Solid Waste Collection: Establishments primarily engaged in collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) within a local area; operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations; and collecting and/or hauling mixed recyclable materials within a local area. (NAICS: 56211)

Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators: Establishments primarily engaged in operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. (NAICS: 562213)

Solid Waste Landfill: Establishments primarily engaged in operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste and/or the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous waste materials within a local area and operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. (NAICS: 562212)

Specialty Food Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing specialty foods (except meat, fish, seafood, and fruits and vegetables) not for immediate consumption and not made on premises. (NAICS: 44529)

Spectator Sports: Establishments primarily engaged in participating in sporting events for recreational purposes with or without playing before a paying audience. (NAICS: 71121)

Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new sporting goods and accessories, billiard and pool supplies, sporting firearms and ammunition, games and toys, and musical instruments. (NAICS: 4511, 42391)

Sports and Recreation Instruction: Establishments, such as camps and schools, primarily engaged in offering instruction in athletic activities to groups of individuals. (NAICS: 61162)

Sports Teams and Clubs: Establishments primarily engaged in participating in sporting events for recreational purposes without playing before a paying audience. (NAICS: 711211)

Standard Amateur Radio Antennas: A free standing or mounted antenna intended for airway communication purposes by a person holding a valid amateur radio.

Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores: Establishments generally known as supermarkets and grocery stores primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. Included in this industry are delicatessen-type establishments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food. (NAICS: 44511)

Tackle Shops: Establishments primarily engaged in the sale of equipment such as rods, lines and bait used in fishing and angling. (NAICS: 451110)

Tailor Shops: Establishment primarily engaged in making, mending or altering clothes, suits, coats and other outer garments. (NAICS: 811490)

Tanning Salon: Establishments primarily engaged in using artificial lighting systems to produce a tan on an individual's body. (NAICS: 812199)

Technical and Trade Schools: Establishments primarily engaged in offering vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades often leads to job-specific certification. (NAICS: 6115)

Telecommunication Towers (except Standard Amateur Radio Antennas): A structure on which there are electronic facilities for receiving or transmitting communication signals.

Telecommunications (except Telecommunication Towers): Establishments that provide telecommunications and the services related to that activity. (NAICS: 517)

Telephone Call Centers: Establishments primarily engaged in answering telephone calls and relaying messages to clients and establishments primarily engaged in providing telemarketing services on a contract or fee basis for others, such as promoting clients' products or services by telephone. (NAICS: 56142)

Textile Mills: Establishments that transform a basic fiber (natural or synthetic) into a product, such as yarn or fabric that is further manufactured into usable items, such as apparel, sheets, towels, and textile bags for individual or industrial consumption. (NAICS: 313)

Tire Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and/or used tires and tubes or retailing new tires in combination with automotive repair services. (NAICS: 44132)

Tour Operators: Establishments primarily engaged in arranging and assembling tours and sold through travel agencies or tour operators. (NAICS: 56152)

Translation and Interpretation Services: Establishments primarily engaged in translating written material and interpreting speech from one language to another and establishments primarily engaged in providing sign language services. (NAICS: 54193)

Travel Agencies: Establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents in selling travel, tour, and accommodation services to the general public and commercial clients. (NAICS: 56151)

Truck Stops: Establishments intended to provide services to the trucking industry, including but not limited to dispensing fuel, repair shops, automated washes, and restaurants. (NAICS: 447190)

Truck, Utility Trailer and RV Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing, without drivers, trucks, truck tractors, buses, semitrailers, utility trailers, or RVs. (NAICS: 532120)

Urban Transit Systems: Establishments primarily engaged in operating local and suburban passenger transit systems over regular routes and on regular schedules within a metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. (NAICS: 48511)

Used Merchandise Stores: Establishments primarily engaged in retailing used merchandise, antiques, and secondhand goods. (NAICS: 4533)

Utilities, except Major Power Generators, Essential Service Utilities, Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems: All lines and facilities that provides the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, water, sewerage collection and similar services. (NAICS: 221)

Video Arcades: Establishments primarily engaged in operating amusement (except gambling, billiard, or pool) arcades and parlors. (NAICS: 71312)

Video/DVD Rental: Establishments primarily engaged in renting prerecorded video tapes and discs for home electronic equipment. (NAICS: 53223)

Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Establishments primarily engaged in providing vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services, such as job counseling, job training, and work experience, to unemployed and underemployed persons, persons with disabilities, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience. (NAICS: 6243)

Warehousing and External Storage: Establishments engaged in outside storage, wholesale and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment. (NAICS: 493)

Warehousing and Internal Storage: Establishments engaged in inside storage, wholesale and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment.

Waste Management and Remediation Services (Office Only): Office establishments engaged in the organization and coordination of local hauling of waste materials; operating materials recovery facilities providing remediation services; and providing septic pumping and other miscellaneous waste management services. (NAICS: 562)

Water Freight Transportation: Establishments primarily engaged in providing water transportation on Lake Michigan. (NAICS: 483113)

Water Passenger Transportation: Establishments primarily engaged in providing water transportation of passengers on Lake Michigan. (NAICS: 483114)

Water Treatment and Distribution: An establishment engaged in operating a water treatment plant or operating a water supply system that may include pumping stations, aqueducts or distribution mains. (NAICS: 221310)

Welding Shops: Establishments primarily engaged in welding on site.

Wholesale Distribution: Establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. (NAICS: 42)

Wood Product Manufacturing: Establishments that manufacture wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes), and prefabricated wood buildings. (NAICS: 321)

Zoos and Botanical Gardens: Establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of live plant and animal life displays. (NAICS: 71213)