Winter Park City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 7
Word Usage
Sec. 7-A-1 Rules of Construction
- The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory.
- The words "should" and "may" are discretionary.
- Considered as minimum requirements;
- Liberally construed in favor of the Town; and
- Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sec. 7-B-1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACS = American Community Survey
ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act
ARC = Architectural Review Committee
AU = Accommodation unit
BFE = Base Flood Elevation
BMP = Best Management Practices
BOA = Board of Adjustment
C-1 = Limited Commercial Zoning District
CDCD = Colorado Department of Community Development
CDOT = Colorado Department of Transportation
CDPHE = Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CWCB = Colorado Water Conservation Board
CFR = Code of Federal Regulations
C.R.S = Colorado Revised Statutes
dBA = A-weighted decibels
D-C = Destination Center Zoning District
DRC = Development Review Committee
DU = Dwelling unit
EMC = Electronic Message Center
FAA = Federal Aviation Administration
FAR = Floor Area Ratio
FCC = Federal Communications Commission
FEMA = Federal Emergency Management Association
FHBM = Flood Hazard Boundary Map
FIRM = Flood Insurance Rate Map
FIS = Flood Insurance Study
ft = Feet
GFA = Gross Floor Area
IBC = International Building Code
IRC = International Residential Code
ITE = Institute of Traffic Engineers
L = Permitted subject to limited use standards
LID = Low Impact Development
LORM-F = Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill
Max = Maximum
MCCC = Manual Changeable Copy Centers
ME = Mountain Estate Zoning District
Min = Minimum
N/A = Not Applicable
NGVD = National Geodetic Vertical Datum
O-S-F = Open Space, Forestry, Agriculture, and Recreational Zoning District
P = Permitted by right
PD = Planned Development
PC = Planning Commission
R-1 = Single-Family Residential Zoning District
R-2 = Multiple-Family Residential Zoning District
R-2-O = Multiple-Family Residential District Within Old Town Zoning District
R-C = Residential-Commercial Service Zoning District
RV = Recreational Vehicle
S = Permitted subject to Special Use
Sec. = Section
SEP = Special Event Permit
SFHA = Special Flood Hazard Area
sf. = Square feet
SUP = Special Use Permit
Subsec. = Subsection
TC = Town Council
Town = Town of Winter Park
UDC = Unified Development Code
USFS = United States Forest Service
USPS = United States Postal Service
WPHA = Winter Park Housing Authority
ZD = Zoning District
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Abandonment
Abandonment means to cease or discontinue a use or activity without the intent to resume, and an overt act or failure to act, but excluding temporary or short-term interruptions of a use, e.g., the change of tenancy or ownership, or activity during periods of remodeling, maintaining, or otherwise improving or rearranging a facility, or during normal periods of vacation or seasonal closure.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) means a residential dwelling unit, but not a mobile home or recreational vehicle, located on the same lot as a single-family dwelling unit, either within the same building as the single-family dwelling unit or in a detached building. The unit has a separate entryway, kitchen, and bathroom facilities.
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Accessory Structure
Accessory Structure means a subordinate building or structure on the same property and not attached to the primary unit. Examples of accessory buildings include storage sheds, gazebos, detached carports, and detached residential garages.
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Accessory Use
Accessory Use means a use incidental to and customarily associated with a specific principal use, located on the same lot or parcel.
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Adjacent
Adjacent means to physically border a lot line. The term does not include properties that are separated by a public right-of-way such as a street.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Adult Daycare means a facility operating less than 24 hours a day caring for individuals who, due to functional impairment, need supervision of or assistance with activities of daily living.
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Adult Entertainment Business means a business which as a part of or in the process of delivering goods and services displays to its patrons specified sexual activities, specified anatomical areas through the use of adult media or male or female models, or offers for sale sexually oriented toys or novelties. The following are examples of adult entertainment business but the list is not to be considered exclusive:
- Adult media store;
- Adult motion picture theater;
- Adult internet store;
- Sex shop;
- Video-viewing booth;
- Lingerie modeling studio or model studio; and
- Escort service bureau.
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Advertising Device
Advertising Device means any balloon, flag, pennant, propeller; any oscillating, rotating, or pulsating light; or other contrivance except a sign, used to attract attention for the purpose of promoting the sale of products.
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Advertising Statuary
Advertising Statuary means any imitation, representation or similitude of a person or thing that is sculptured, molded, modeled in, or cast from any substance, material, or fabric, which is used for commercial purposes.
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Advertising Structure
Advertising Structure means any structure erected for advertising purposes, with or without any advertisement display thereon, situated upon or attached to real property, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting, device or other advertisement may be placed, posted, painted, tacked, nailed or otherwise fastened, affixed, or displayed, provided, however, that said term shall not include buildings.
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Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing means a lot or unit deed restricted with a covenant approved by the Town Council.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Agricultural
Agricultural means a use category containing nonresidential uses primarily related to the raising of animals and crops that do not exceed the threshold for concentrated or intensive animal feeding operations. The use category includes: crop production; nursery (retail); stables; and animal, crop, and farm equipment storage.
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A
Airport or Heliport means an area of land or water or a structural surface which is used for the landing and takeoff of airplanes and / or helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used for fueling, maintenance, repairs, storage, buildings, and other airport or heliport facilities.
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Alley
Alley means a dedicated public right-of-way that affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
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Alteration
Alteration means any act or process that changes one (1) or more of the architectural features of a site or structure, including, but not limited to, the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal of any structure.
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Amphitheater or Outdoor Performance Venue means an open-air facility or building with tiers of seats for spectators used for sports, performances, lectures, or other recreational or cultural events.
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Animal, Crop, and Farm Equipment Storage
Animal, Crop, and Farm Equipment Storage means a structure designed for the indoor storage of animals (not consisting of a feedlot), harvested crops, and farm equipment.
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Animal Production
Animal Production means the day-to-day management, housing, raising, boarding, training, or showing of livestock, dairy, or fowl for commercial purposes. Feedlots and slaughterhouses are specifically excluded from this definition.
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Annexation
Annexation means the process by which land is added to the city by an ordinance or other legal action.
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Apartment
Apartment means a multi-family building containing five (5) or more dwelling units, excluding a townhouse, with each unit having an entrance to a hallway, stairway, or balcony in common with a minimum of one (1) other dwelling unit.
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Applicant
Applicant means any person who applies for approval of an administrative, adjudicative, quasi-judicial, or legislative procedure.
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Application
Application means an application and all accompanying documentation required by this UDC for approval of all applicable administrative, adjudicative, quasi-judicial, and legislative procedures.
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Architectural Features
Architectural Features means the physical elements of a structure or designed landscape which may include the setting, scale, detailing and decorative elements, size and shape of the structure/landscape or components of the structure/landscape (e.g., roofs, cupolas, windows, doors, fireplaces, stairways, retaining walls, benches, lighting, paths, materials, textures, and colors).
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Area
Area means the size of a tract of land, lot, building, development, or sign, usually described in terms of square feet or acres.
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Art Gallery and Studio
Art Gallery and Studio means establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of art books, paintings, sculpture, or other works of art.
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Assisted Living Facility
Assisted Living Facility means any place or facility caring for adult individuals not related within the third degree of relationship to the administrator, operator, or owner by blood or marriage and who, by choice or due to functional impairments, may need personal care and may need supervised nursing care to compensate for activities of daily living limitations and in which the place or facility includes apartments for residents and provides or coordinates a range of services, including personal care or supervised nursing care available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, for the support of resident independence.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Attached (Accessory Building or Structure)
Attached (Accessory Building or Structure) means building or structure that is structurally attached to and is an integrated part of, via exterior materials and architectural design, the principal building with wall-to-wall attachment or any permanent roof attachment such as a breezeway.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Attainable Dwelling Unit
Attainable Dwelling Unit means a primary or accessory dwelling unit for the purpose of providing attainable housing for residents earning a low to moderate annual income.
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Auto Access
Auto Access means paved vehicular access from a public ROW whose width is not to exceed twenty-four feet (24') of paved surface. A Highway 40 access will be allowed only if consistent with the Downtown Plan, as amended, and approved by CDOT.
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Automotive Sales and Services
Automotive Sales and Services means uses that sell, rent, and perform service on automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles, where the inventory is stored for any length of time on-site. The phrase does not include auto body (e.g., collision repair), paint, or upholstery services.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Awning/Canopy
Awning/Canopy means a structure partially attached or entirely supported by a wall and which is covered by canvas, cloth, or other similar material used as a protective cover for a door, entrance, window, walkway, or service area.
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Awning Signs
Awning Signs means a sign that is painted on or otherwise attached to an awning.
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Balcony
Balcony means an unenclosed platform that projects from or recesses into the wall of a building a minimum of two (2) feet, which is surrounded by a parapet or railing on its open side(s), and which is entirely supported by the building and/or columns. When such platform is both roofed and enclosed, it is considered interior space and is not a balcony.
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B
Bank or Credit Union means any class of business that provides financial services and the transmission of funds, such as commercial banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, brokerage offices, insurance companies, and real estate lending institutions.
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Banner
Banner means a professionally produced strip of cloth, plastic, or similar material affixed to a building or railing which is located outdoors and contains language for advertisement, greeting, or similar messaging purposes.
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Bar or Tavern
Bar or Tavern means an establishment serving alcoholic beverages in which the principal business is the sale of such beverages at retail for consumption on the premises and where sandwiches and light snacks may also be available for consumption on the premises.
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Base Flood
Base Flood means the flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
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Basement
Basement means the definition as adopted in the International Building Code and the International Residential Code.
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Bed and Breakfast means a business which provides accommodation to guests for sleeping, eating and bathing in a dwelling unit. The owner, lessee or manager of the bed and breakfast shall reside on the premises. Dwelling units providing this service shall be limited to not more than five (5) sleeping rooms, as defined in the IBC and IRC, of which no more than four (4) may be used for rental purposes.
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Bedroom
Bedroom means any habitable room with no less than seventy square feet (70 sf.) of floor area and no dimension less than seven feet (7') in a dwelling unit other than bathroom(s), kitchen, living, and dining room. Unless specifically designed to exclude its use as a bedroom (e.g., enlarged entry ways without doors, no windows open to the exterior, etc.), any den, study, or other room meeting the above definition of a bedroom shall be considered a bedroom for the purpose of meeting the standards of this UDC.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Billboards
Billboards mean any framework for signs advertising merchandise, services, or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished at a place other than the location of such structure.
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Block Face
Block Face means the section of a block fronting on a street between two (2) intersecting streets or other block boundary.
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Block
Block means a unit of land enclosed by streets or by a combination of streets, railroad ROW, watercourses, or any other barrier to the continuity of development, and which is subdivided into tracts of land.
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Board of Adjustment (BOA) means a quasi-judicial body, appointed by the Town Council, who may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, hear and decide appeals and grant variances, exceptions and limited uses from the terms of this UDC.
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Brewing/Distillery/Winery Production With On-Premise Consumption
Brewing/Distillery/Winery Production With On-Premise Consumption means a facility used for the production and packaging of beers, meads, hard ciders, and/or similar beverages on‐site for distribution, retail, or wholesale as a brewery, distillery, or winery, which may include on-site consumption, subject to state licensing.
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Bufferyard
Bufferyard means a unit of land with required landscape and screening improvements located on the perimeter of a property between land uses to eliminate or minimize conflicts and to provide pleasing and functionally appropriate transitions between them.
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BUG Rating
BUG Rating means a system for rating the backlight, uplight, and glare of lighting fixtures, developed by Illuminating Engineering Society of North America ("IESNA") and detailed in IESNA TM-15-07: Backlight, Uplight, and Glare (BUG) Ratings. BUG ratings for outdoor luminaires are typically available from the manufacturers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Buildable Area
Buildable Area means the area of a lot remaining after all setbacks and easements have been deducted. The buildable area shall be feasible and practical for the intended uses and structures of the zoning district in which the lot is located.
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Building or Development Contractor Storage
Building or Development Contractor Storage means facilities for building, heating, plumbing, or electrical contractors, and related storage facilities. The site may include an unenclosed portion upon which a contractor maintains an area used to store equipment and other materials customarily used in the trade carried on by the contractor. This definition excludes temporary contractor storage associated with the site of an ongoing construction project.
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Building Coverage
Building Coverage means the area of a parcel occupied by principal and accessory structures and impervious surfaces (i.e., driveways and sidewalks). Uncovered/unenclosed patios, decks, and porches and eaves (greater than twenty-four inches (24")) are included in the building coverage calculation.
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Building Face
Building Face means the outer surface of an exterior wall of a building. For example, a building with a rectangular plan has four (4) exterior walls and four (4) building faces.
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Building Height
Building Height means the vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of a flat roof or deck line of a mansard roof or the midpoint of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum shall be selected by the following, whichever yields a greater height of a building:
- The point of the lowest pre-construction elevation on any building face;
- The point of the lowest post-construction elevation of any building face; or
- The elevation of the lowest point of an exposed foundation.
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Building Height, Midpoint
Building Height, Midpoint means the building height measured for a hipped or pitched roof that is halfway between the end of the eave (i.e., the intersection of the fascia board and the top of the roof sheathing) and the top of the roof.
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Building
Building means any covered structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or movable property of any kind, and which is permanently affixed to the land.
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Building Official
Building Official means the Town's Building Official or his or her designee.
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Building Permit
Building Permit means an official document issued by the Town which authorizes the construction or siting of any building.
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Building, Principal
Building, Principal means a building in which the primary use of the lot is conducted. In any residential zoning district, any dwelling unit shall be deemed to be the principal building on the lot on which it is located.
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Bulk Sales
Bulk Sales means large wholesale sales of a product such as mulch, sand, pebbles, or rock where a single buyer or a small select number of buyers typically buy all or almost all of the inventory that a seller can produce.
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Bus Storage
Bus Storage means an area established for short- or long-term storage of operable buses.
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Business
Business means any kind of vocation, occupation, profession, enterprise, or establishment, or any and all other kinds of activity and matter, any of which are conducted for private profit or benefit, either directly or indirectly, on any premises within the Town or anywhere else within its jurisdiction, and shall have a current business license issued by the Town.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Bylaws
Bylaws means bylaws of the unit or homeowners' association (HOA) or corporation.
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Campground with Overnight Accommodations means a tract of land designed for the temporary (usually one (1) night) use by travel trailers, recreation vehicles, or tents. A campground shall supply toilet and bathing facilities for the guests as essential elements.
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Carport
Carport means
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
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Cemetery
Cemetery means any place, including a mausoleum, niche, or crypt, in which there is provided space either below or above the surface of the ground for the interment of the remains of human or pet bodies.
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Certificate of Occupancy (CO) means a certificate setting forth that a structure complies with this UDC and the building code, and that the structure may be used for the purposes stated therein.
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Changeable Copy Sign
Changeable Copy Sign means a sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, or illustrations that can be manually changed or rearranged for the purpose of advertising restaurant menus or specials (i.e., dry erase boards and chalkboards).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Chicken
Chicken means gallus domesticus. This definition does not include other fowl, such as, but not limited to, peacocks, turkeys, or waterfowl.
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Civic and Institutional Uses
Civic and Institutional Uses means use category containing uses that provide services to the general public related to recreation, socialization, worship, health, education, and other uses that the Director interprets to be functionally similar to a use in this use category as outlined in Sec. 2-B-1, Use Tables.
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C
Clinic, Medical Lab, or Urgent Care means a facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an outpatient basis, including diagnostic services, treatment, training, administration, and services to outpatients, employees, or visitors. The term clinic includes immediate care facilities, where urgent care treatment is the dominant form of care provided at the facility, but does not include hospital, freestanding emergency medical care facility, or state-designated trauma center.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Club/Lodge
Club/Lodge means a building in which members of a community or association may gather for social, educational, or cultural activities.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Cluster Development
Cluster Development means a design technique in which lots are grouped together, rather than spread evenly throughout a tract of land (as in standard development), which may be due to site constraints or to integrate greenways and common areas throughout the development. Cluster development allows the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space, and the preservation of natural resources.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
College, University, or Vocational School
College, University, or Vocational School A community college, college, university, vocational, technical or trade school, language school, business school, beauty school, culinary school, training center, and comparable advanced or continuing education facilities.
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Commercial Amusement Use, Indoor
Commercial Amusement Use, Indoor means uses that provide commercial amusement indoors (except sexually-oriented theater / dancing establishments), including, but not limited to:
Bowling alleys;
Dance club / dance hall;
Game arcades (e.g., video games, skeet ball, and comparable amusement machines)
Health and fitness center;
Indoor playgrounds (may include conventional playground equipment;
Indoor skating rinks (ice or roller);
Indoor stadium, movie theater, or live theater;
Inflatables;
Laser tag;
Local area network ("LAN") gaming centers;
Pool / billiard rooms;
Rock climbing walls;
Shooting arcades;
Trampolines; and
Zip lines, and comparable equipment)
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Commercial Amusement Use, Outdoor
Commercial Amusement Use, Outdoor means uses that provide commercial amusement outdoors including, but not limited to:
- Alpine and Nordic ski facilities;
- Ice skating rinks;
- Amphitheaters;
- Zip line courses, rope courses, and rock climbing; and
- Outdoor areas with games (e.g., frisbee golf), food service, and incidental retail uses (e.g., souvenir shops) that are subordinate to the principal outdoor entertainment uses.
The use does not include amusement parks, outdoor recreation or outdoor shooting, archery range, and paintball courses.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Commission
Commission means the Planning Commission (PC).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Common Element, General
Common Element, General means the land or the interest in the land on which a condominium building or buildings are located; the foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports, main walls, roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, entrances, and exits of such building or buildings; the basements, yards, gardens, parking areas, and storage spaces; the premises for the lodging of custodians or persons in charge of the property; installations of central services such as power, light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, refrigeration, central air conditioning, and incinerating; the elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts, and in general all apparatus and installations existing for common use; such community and commercial facilities as may be provided for in the declaration; and all other parts of the property necessary or convenient to its existence, maintenance, and safety, or normally in common use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Common Element, Limited
Common Element, Limited means those common elements of a condominium subdivision designated in the declaration as reserved for use by fewer than all the owners of the individual air space units.
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Common Open Space
Common Open Space means areas of a parcel proposed for development that are used for open space, landscape areas (provided that the area of landscaping is not less than five feet (5') in any dimension), on-site recreation and leisure areas, and naturalized stormwater best management practices (BMPs).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Community Garden
Community Garden means a private or public facility for cultivation of fruit, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one (1) person or family.
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Compensatory Mitigation
Compensatory Mitigation means the restoration, reestablishment, rehabilitation, establishment, creation, enhancement, or preservation of state waters for the purpose of offsetting unavoidable adverse impacts that remain after all appropriate and practicable avoidance and minimization has been achieved.
(Ord. 24-623, 09/08/2024)
Effective on: 9/8/2024
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan means the master plan as adopted by the Town Council, as amended.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Condo-Hotel
Condo-Hotel means a Hotel or Motel, as defined by this UDC, in which ownership of individual units has been condominiumized in accordance with the Colorado Condominium Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-33-101, et seq. Condo-Hotel is considered a commercial use and shall only be occupied by unit owners for a maximum of 90 days in a calendar year.
(Ord. 25-631, 02/18/2025)
Effective on: 2/18/2025
Condominium
Condominium means a system of separate ownership of individual units, of which units own airspace within their unit, with each unit owner entitled to a percentage ownership in the common elements evidenced by the recording of a plat and condominium declaration.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Condominium Plat
Condominium Plat means a recorded plat showing the condominium units and common areas. The plat includes both horizontal and vertical measurements of the units, and includes area calculations for the units.
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Consensual Interest of Record
Consensual Interest of Record means a person or entity that holds a fee or lien interest in the property encompassed by the as-built plat, which was granted or consented to by signature of an owner. The instrument containing the owner's signature is recorded in the land records of the Office of the Grand County Clerk and Recorder. Typical examples of a holder of a consensual interest of record are: the holder of a deed of trust or a mortgage whether created or assumed by the owner; the holder of a deed of trust or a mortgage which the owner took title subject to; or a leaseholder. Typical examples of persons or entities which are not holders of a consensual interest of record are mechanic's lien claimants, the owner of a right-of-way or easement which affects the property; and persons claiming an interest in the property as evidenced by a recorded lis pendens; and persons holding reserved oil, gas or mineral rights in the property.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Construction
Construction means the act of erecting a new principal or accessory structure on a property, or making an addition to an existing structure.
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Construction Trailer
Construction Trailer means a trailer or other moveable structure that is temporarily used for office space, meeting space, or storage of construction tools and materials associated with a specific construction project.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Contiguous
Contiguous means next to, abutting, or touching and having a boundary or portion thereof, which is the same boundary.
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Convenience Signs
Convenience Signs means signs that display public information for the purpose of convenience or safety, on the door and/or windows.
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Convenience Store and Gasoline Station means any retail establishment offering for sale any combination of fuels, automotive products, prepared or prepackaged food products, household items, and other goods commonly associated with this use. In addition to fueling stations designed for any number of automobiles and similar vehicles, convenience stores with fuel pumps may also include fueling stations designed for no more than three (3) tractor trailers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Council
Council means the Town Council (TC) of the Town.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Covenant
Covenant means an agreement or promise to do or not to do a particular thing; to enter into a formal agreement, binding oneself in contract, which is either expressed or implied.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
C
Crop Production means the growing and harvesting of crops, such as grains, vegetables, fruits, trees, flowers, and other ornamental horticulture. Crop production does not include marijuana production.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Customer Access Area
Customer Access Area means the area where customers congregate including seating and standing areas, waiting areas and ordering areas, excluding restrooms and hallways.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
D
Daycare Facility means any establishment that provides, on a regular basis, supervision, protection, and care for individuals away from their primary residences for less than twenty-four (24) hours per day.
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Dedication
Dedication means the commitment of land, or an easement therein, by the owner, for the use of the public, a public agency, or a HOA, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public, the public agency, or the HOA.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Density
Density means the number of dwelling/accommodation units per gross acre of the development.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Developer
Developer means the legal owner or owners of a any land included in a proposed development, or the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or any person having the authority to submit an application for approval of a subdivision under this UDC.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Development Agreement
Development Agreement means an agreement, outside of the Town's typical UDC process, between the Town and a person having a legal or equitable interest in real property for the purpose of establishing conditions under which development may proceed.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Development Improvements Agreement
Development Improvements Agreement means an agreement which specifies the types of improvements that are required by the Town to be completed, paid for, and guaranteed by the property owner/developer.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Development
Development means any constructed change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials. This does not include activities such as the maintenance of existing buildings and structures such as painting, re-roofing, and resurfacing roads.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Development Plan
Development Plan means the provisions for development of a planned development, as required herein, which may include, but need not be limited to, easements, covenants and restrictions relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, density of development, utilities, private and public streets, pedestrian areas and parking facilities, common open space and other public facilities.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Directional Sign
Directional Sign means any sign permanently or temporarily erected by or with approval of the Town or any authorized government agency, designed solely to provide direction or guidance to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Director
Director means the Town's Planning Director or his or her designee.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Display Case
Display Case means any case, cabinet or other device, wall mounted or freestanding, having a window of glass, or other transparent material, or other opening, located on private property within three (3) FT of the entrance.
(Ord. 25-639, 12/02/2025)
Effective on: 12/2/2025
Display Window
Display Window means a window used primarily for the purpose of displaying merchandise, products, or services offered by a business located within the building and window does not offer views into the business' showroom.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Disposal/Recycling Facility
Disposal/Recycling Facility means facilities for the disposal of non-nuclear waste or fill, the composting of organic wastes, the collection, sorting and packaging of consumer recyclable materials such as paper, glass, aluminum, ferrous metal cans, and materials of like substances. The term includes landfill and composting facility.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Disturbed Area
Disturbed Area means that area of land to be disturbed or altered in any manner, whether temporarily or permanently, as a result of the subdivision of land and the construction of buildings and improvements thereon. This includes, but is not limited to, temporary and permanent roads and trails, disturbance or removal of vegetation, excavation, and the storage of fill materials.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dormitory
Dormitory means a residential building comprised of groups of three (3) or more bedrooms with a shared bathroom and a central kitchen, within which up to fifteen percent (15%) of the total bedrooms may have a private bathroom and kitchen, limited to employee housing from October through May of each year for persons employed in Grand County at the time of occupancy in the Dormitory.
(Ord. 22-577, 06/26/2022; Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Double Faced Sign
Double Faced Sign means any sign with two (2) faces that are usually parallel and back to back.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Drainage Area
Drainage Area means that area in which all of the surface runoff resulting from precipitation is concentrated into a particular watercourse.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Drainage Easement
Drainage Easement means a grant to the Town of the right to control the development of a drainage ROW or an area subject to periodic flooding.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Drainage
Drainage means the removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means which include runoff controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction, which are the means for preserving the water supply and the prevention or alleviation of flooding.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Drive-Through Facility
Drive-Through Facility means a facility used to provide service to customers in vehicles who either:
Drive up to a window or station; or
Drive through the building for purchases.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Driveway
Driveway means a vehicular travel-way providing access into a tract of land. See Chapter 4, Driveway Design Standards, in the Standards.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Duplex
Duplex means a single-family attached building which contains two (2) dwelling units on a single platted lot, each of which is totally separated from the other by:
- An unpierced wall extending from ground to roof ("side-by-side" duplex); or
- A ceiling/floor that extends from exterior wall, pierced only by a stairway that is not inside of either dwelling unit ("over-under" duplex).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dwelling
Dwelling means any building or portion thereof which is used as the private residence or sleeping place of one (1) or more persons, but not including mobile homes, hotels, motels, resort cabins, clubs, hospitals, or similar uses.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dwelling Unit
Dwelling Unit means one (1) or more rooms in a dwelling designed for occupancy by one (1) family for living purposes and having not more than one (1) kitchen.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
Dwelling, Single-Family Attached means an attached building consisting of two (2) of more dwelling units, each that occupies a separate platted lot.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Dwelling, Multifamily
Dwelling, Multifamily means a building or portion thereof, including condominiums, designed for or occupied by three (3) or more families living independently of each other, with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Earthen Berm
Earthen Berm means a natural or constructed mound of earth that is equal to or more than thirty inches (30") in vertical height used to shield or buffer properties from adjoining uses, streets, highways, or to control the direction of surface water flows.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Easement
Easement means an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Easement, Conservation
Easement, Conservation means an easement that is intended to protect, preserve, and conserve a natural feature, which shall prohibit the construction of any buildings or structures within the easement and shall prohibit the removal of all vegetation, except that which is necessary for protecting the public health and safety and/or according to an approved management plan, where required.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Easement, Drainage
Easement, Drainage means an easement required for the installation of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, detention or retention basins, and/or required for the preservation or maintenance of a natural water course or other drainage facility.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Easement, Utility
Easement, Utility means an easement within which the common service delivery lines (electric, gas, telephone, water, sanitary sewer, etc.) are located.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Eave
Eave means the edges of the roof that overhang the exterior walls, sometimes with exposed rafters.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Effective Date
Effective Date means the date that this UDC first became effective.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Electronic Message Sign
Electronic Message Sign means any sign displaying a variable message controlled by either a computer or other electronic or digital components.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Engineer
Engineer means any qualified, licensed engineer who specializes in designed and maintaining civil infrastructure, e.g., roads, bridges, sanitary sewer infrastructure, stormwater infrastructure, and water infrastructure.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Entrance
Entrance means a doorway providing direct access into an individual dwelling unit, or a common entryway providing direct or indirect access to multiple dwelling units or nonresidential building through a common area, foyer, lobby, or hallway.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan means a set of plans prepared by or under the direction of a licensed professional engineer indicating the specific measures and sequencing to be used to control sediment and erosion on a development site during and after construction.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Establishment
Establishment means any legal use of land, other than residential, which involves the use of structures, subject to applicable zoning regulations and building codes. By way of example and not limitation, this definition includes businesses, factories, farms, schools, hospitals, hotels, motels, offices, and libraries, but does not include residential dwelling units.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Family
Family means one or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household.
(Ord. 24-622, 09/08/2024)
Effective on: 9/8/2024
Farm Stand
Farm Stand means a stand where agricultural products or commodities raised on the premises are for sale.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Farmers’ Market
Farmers’ Market means a common facility or area where producers or growers gather on a recurring basis, to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and hand-made products directly to consumers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Field Modifications
Field Modifications means minor and routine changes to civil drawings necessitated by conditions in the field.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
FEMA
FEMA means Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency responsible for administering the national flood insurance program.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Fence
Fence means a structure of metal, masonry, brick, wire, wood, or any combination of such materials, that rests on or is fixed in the ground and rises above ground level, and that is used for confinement, screening, landscaping, or partition.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Finished Grade
Finished Grade means the final ground surface elevation after the completion of grading or other site preparation related to a proposed development that conforms to an approved grading permit and/or building permit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
F
Flag means any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar material used for advertising purposes attached to, or appended on or from any structure, staff, pole, line, framing, or vehicle.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) means an official map of the Town, on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delineated the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) means the official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The report contains the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as well as flood profiles for studied flooding sources that can be used to determine base flood elevations for some areas.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
F
Flood or Flooding means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
- The overflow of water from channels and reservoir spillways;
- The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source; or
- Mudslides or mudflows that occur from excess surface water that is combined with mud or other debris that is sufficiently fluid so as to flow over the surface of normally dry land areas (e.g., earth carried by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodplain Administrator
Floodplain Administrator means the official designated to enforce the flood hazard reduction standards of this UDC. The Town has designated the Town Engineer for these duties.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodplain Development Permit
Floodplain Development Permit means a permit required before construction or development begins within any Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). If the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has not defined the SFHA within the Town, the Town shall require permits for all proposed construction or other development in the Town including the placement of manufactured homes, so that it may determine whether such construction or other development is proposed within flood-prone areas. Permits are required to ensure that proposed development projects meet the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the floodplain management regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodplain Management
Floodplain Management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage, including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain management regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodplain
Floodplain means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of flood or flooding).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodproofing
Floodproofing means any combination of structural and/or non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property and to utility structures and their contents.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Floodway (Regulatory Floodway)
Floodway (Regulatory Floodway) means the channel of a watercourse and adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height. The Colorado statewide standard for the designated height to be used for all newly studied reaches is six inches (6"). Letters of Map Revision (LOMR) to existing floodway delineations may continue to use the floodway criteria in place at the time of the existing floodway delineation.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
F
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) means a regulation that controls the size of buildings in certain zoning districts. FAR is the ratio of total building floor area in relation to the area of the lot (see also "gross floor area"). The maximum amount of floor area allowable on a lot is calculated by multiplying the lot area by the allowable FAR. For example, on a ten thousand (10,000) square-foot lot in a zoning district with a maximum FAR of 0.5, the floor area of a building cannot exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Freestanding Sign
Freestanding Sign means any detached sign that shall include any sign supported by one (1) or more uprights, braces, poles, or posts placed upon, in, or supported by the ground and not part of, or attached to, any building. This definition includes monument signs and ground signs.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Frontage
Frontage means the length of a lot line or lines abutting on a street or a right-of-way (ROW).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Full Cutoff Fixture
Full Cutoff Fixture means a luminaire that has no direct uplight (no light emitted above horizontal plane), and that limits one hundred percent (100%) of light output below ninety degrees (90°), and with a maximum of ten percent (10%) of total lumens delivered within the 80° to 90° zone.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Funeral Home
Funeral Home means a building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial, for the display of the deceased and/or for ceremonies or services related thereto, including the storage of caskets, funeral urns, funeral vehicles, and other funeral supplies.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Garage
Garage means an attached or detached accessory building used for the storage of personal property including vehicles (e.g., automobiles, light-duty trucks, trailers, motorcycles, boats, and other recreational vehicles).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
G
Garden Center means a place of business where retail and wholesale products and produce are sold. The items sold may include, but is not limited to plants, nursery products, potting soil, and gardening tools and utensils.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Grade
Grade means the level of the ground.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Greenhouse (Personal)
Greenhouse (Personal) means a temporary or permanent structure typically made of, but not limited to, glass or fiberglass, in which plants are cultivated.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Gross Floor Area (GFA)
Gross Floor Area (GFA) means the sum of the total horizontal areas of every floor of every building on a lot. The measurement of gross floor area shall be computed by applying the following criteria:
- The horizontal square footage is measured from the outside face of all exterior walls.
- Cellars, basements, penthouses, attics, covered or uncovered porches, balconies and decks, enclosed storage or mechanical areas, mezzanines, and similar structures shall be included as GFA wherever a minimum of seven feet (7') are provided between the finished floor and the ceiling.
- No deduction shall apply for horizontal areas void of actual floor space (e.g., elevator shafts and stairwells) or the protected upper floors of open atriums and foyers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Group Home
Group Home means any dwelling unit occupied by not more than ten (10) persons and which dwelling unit is licensed by a regulatory agency of Colorado.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Guarantee
Guarantee means a form of security, including a cash deposit, surety bond, or instrument of credit in an amount to completely construct or install the designed site improvements. All guarantees shall be approved by the Town Council wherever required by this UDC.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Health and Fitness Center
Highest Adjacent Grade
Highest Adjacent Grade means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, immediately next to the proposed walls of the building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Historic Structure
Historic Structure means any structure that is:
- Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
- Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
- Individually listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties; or
- Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either means:
- By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or
- Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Home Occupation
Home Occupation means a business, profession, occupation, or trade conducted within and subordinate to a dwelling unit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Homeowners' Association (HOA)
Homeowners' Association (HOA) means a private association, governed by a set of covenants and restrictions either compliant with the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act or subject to an exemption to the provisions thereof.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Hospital
Hospital means any building or portion thereof licensed as a hospital by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and used for diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and care of human ailments, including the usual and customary accessory uses and ancillary offices of a hospital. The term does not mean alcoholism or drug rehabilitation facilities, nor does it mean medical offices.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Hostel
Hostel means a facility for residence, on a short-term basis, that provides simple dormitory or sleeping rooms and common rooms for cooking, social, recreational, and educational use; that is characterized and approved by the International Hostel Federation or its national or regional affiliates, or a similar organization; and that is supervised by a resident house manager who directs the guests' participation in the domestic duties and activities of the hostel.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
H
Hotel or Motel means a building or group of buildings in which six (6) or more guest rooms are used to provide overnight accommodations for transient guests for compensation and provides amenities and services such as small-scale meeting rooms, business centers (personal computers, fax machines, and printers for guest use), food service for guests, and recreational facilities such as swimming pools and health and fitness centers.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Identification Sign
Identification Sign means any sign which serves to identify only the name, address, and lawful use of the activity to which it relates and which sets forth no other advertisement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Impervious Area or Surface
Impervious Area or Surface means the total number of square feet of hard surface area on a given property that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil matrix, or causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow, than it would enter under natural conditions as undisturbed property. Impervious area or surface includes buildings; parking areas; driveways; streets; sidewalks; areas of concrete, asphalt, gravel, or other compacted aggregate; and areas covered by the outdoor storage of goods or materials which do not absorb water.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Improvement
Improvement means any building, structure, bridge, parking area, fence, gate, wall, landscaping, or other object constituting a physical addition to real property, or any part of such addition, or the process of installing such additions.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Illegal Sign
Illegal Sign means any sign placed without proper approval and/or permits as required by the Town's Code of Ordinances at the time said sign was placed. Illegal Sign shall also mean any nonconforming sign which has exceeded its authorized amortization period.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Illuminated Sign
Illuminated Sign means any sign which an artificial source of light is used in order to make the message readable and shall include directly and indirectly illuminated signs.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Indirectly Illuminated Sign
Indirectly Illuminated Sign means a sign with a light source directed primarily toward said sign and so shielded so that no direct rays from the light source are visible.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Industrial and Storage
Industrial and Storage means a land use category that contains the following uses: Industrial, Heavy; Industrial, Light; Rock Crushing; Building or Development Contractor Storage; Bus Storage; and Mini-Warehouse.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
I
Industrial, Heavy means a use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products or parts, predominantly from extracted raw materials, or a use engaged in storage of, or manufacturing processes using flammable or explosive materials, or storage or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
I
Industrial, Light means a use engaged in the manufacture of finished products or parts predominantly from previously prepared materials, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Informational Sign
Informational Sign means a sign associated with information and directions necessary or convenient for visitors, including signs marking entrances and exits, parking areas, circulation direction, restrooms, and pickup and delivery areas.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Intermittent Stream
Intermittent Stream means a stream that flows a minimum of six (6) months out of a year but does not flow during part or all of the summer and may carry water during or after a rainstorm.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Kennel
Kennel means any building or lot on which five (5) or more domesticated animals more than six (6) months of age are housed, bred, boarded, trained, or sold.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Kitchen
Kitchen means any part of a room or dwelling unit that can be used for the preparation of food that includes one (1) or more of the following: a refrigerator, cooking device, and sink. The following do not constitute a kitchen under this definition: (1) a wet bar; or (2) an ancillary refrigerator that is used solely to store food that is prepared in the kitchen of a dwelling unit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Land Development
Land Development means any human-induced change to improved or unimproved land, including but not limited to construction, installation or expansion of a building or other structure, land division, and site alteration such as that due to dredging, grading, construction of earthen berms, paving, improvements for use as parking or storage, excavation, or clearing.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Land Use
Land Use means the occupation or use of land or water area for human activity or any purpose.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Landowner
Landowner means any person with fee title to a parcel of land.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR)
Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR) means the ratio of pervious landscaped surface to a unit of land area. For the purposes of calculating the landscape surface, the pervious surface may be covered with plants, rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, or another natural material.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Landscaping
Landscaping means a permeable ground area, raised or otherwise, consisting of living and maintained trees, shrubs, ground covers, native grasses, and wildflowers. The term does not include areas of rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, and other non-living materials. See Appendix C, Recommended Plant List, for suggested plants.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Legally Nonconforming
Legally Nonconforming means a use, structure, lot, or sign that was lawfully built or installed under the regulations as they existed at the time of the construction or installation, however because of ordinances adopted by the Town, the use, structure, lot, or sign would not be able to be lawfully built or installed under the current requirements.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Library
Library means a building owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental agency, school, or charitable organization to provide literary, musical, artistic, and reference materials to the public.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Limited Use
Limited Use means a use that is allowed in a zoning district, subject to standards that mitigate its impact on other uses in the district or that prevent a concentration of the use in a particular area.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Live-Work Unit
Live-Work Unit means a dwelling unit, part of which is used as a business establishment if the dwelling unit is used as the principal residence of the business operator. Typically, the business operation is limited to the first story with the residence to occupy the second story and above.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Loading Space
Loading Space means a durably paved space used for loading and unloading from vehicles, except passenger vehicles, in connection with the use of the property on which such space is located.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
L
Local Streets means Local Road System. See 3.3.2, Local Road System, in the Standards.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
L
Long-Term Tenancy means rental for a term of a minimum of six (6) months. This is required for an initial lease. Carryover leases may be month-to-month.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot
Lot means a designated parcel, plot, or area of land established by a subdivision plat to be used, developed or built upon with a building. A lot may not have less than the minimum area and width required by this UDC for the specified zoning district.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Area
Lot Area means the area of a lot excluding any portion of the right-of-way of any public or private street.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Depth
Lot Depth means the distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Line
Lot Line means the property line bounding a lot.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Line, Front
Lot Line, Front means the lot line separating a lot and a public or private street or access easement.
- For an interior lot, the lot line separating the lot from the public or private street or access easement.
- For a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a public or private street or access easement. In instances of equal line dimension, the front lot line shall be determined by the Director, or as may be noted on the final plat.
- For a double frontage lot, the lot lines separating the lot from the public or private street or access easement of the more minor street. In cases where each street has the same classification, the front lot line shall be determined by the Director at the time of application for Site Plan for the lot, or as may be noted on the Final Plat.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Lot Line, Interior Side
Lot Line, Interior Side means the lot line that connects the front lot line to the rear lot line, running generally perpendicular radial to a public or private street or access easement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Line, Rear
Lot Line, Rear shall mean, in the case of:
- A square or rectangular lot, the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line;
- An irregular or triangular-shaped lot, a line at least ten feet (10') long, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Line, Side
Lot Line, Side means any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot Width
Lot Width means the distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at right angles to the lot line establishing the lot depth at the established building setback line. For lots on cul-de-sacs and curved streets, the minimum lot width is measured at the front building setback line along an arc parallel to the right-of-way of the cul-de-sac or curved street.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot, Corner
Lot, Corner means a lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets or access easements at their intersection.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot, Flag
Lot, Flag means a lot that is characterized by a strip of land, not less than thirty feet (30') in width, which provides access to the main portion of the lot referred to as the “flag.” The strip of land shall be referred to as the “pole” of the flag lot. 
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot, Interior
Lot, Interior means a lot whose side lot lines do not abut upon any public or private street or access easement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lot, Through or Double Frontage
Lot, Through or Double Frontage means a lot, other than a corner lot, having frontage on two (2) streets or access easements. To determine the front lot line, see Lot Line, Front.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lowest Floor
Lowest Floor means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area is not considered a building's lowest floor; provided that such an enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirements of Section 60.3 of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Lumen
Lumen means the unit of measurement used to quantify the amount of light produced by a luminaire. This is distinct from “watt,” a measure of power consumption.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Luminaire
Luminaire means a complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts ready to be mounted on a pole or other location.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Major or Minor Collector Streets
Major or Minor Collector Streets means Collector Road System. See 3.3.1, Collector Road System, in the Standards.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Manufactured Home
Manufactured Home means a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, when in traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site is three hundred and twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems. The term does not include a recreational vehicle.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
M
Manufactured Home Park means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land with two (2) or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana
Marijuana means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marijuana concentrate, but excluding industrial hemp, fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination, or the weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other product.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana Related Uses
Marijuana Related Uses means all uses related to the sale, production, testing, and cultivation of marijuana related products and crops. Including but not limited to:
- Marijuana Cultivation Facilities;
- Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facilities;
- Marijuana Products;
- Marijuana Stores; and
- Marijuana Testing Facilities.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana Cultivation Facility
Marijuana Cultivation Facility means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and sell marijuana to marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility
Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare, and package marijuana products; and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to marijuana stores, but not to consumers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana Products
Marijuana Products means products that are comprised of marijuana and other ingredients that are intended for use or consumption, including, without limitation, edible products, ointments, and tinctures.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marijuana Store
Marijuana Store means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities and marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Marquee Sign
Marquee Sign means a sign utilizing changeable or removable letters and numbers secured in a reader board (track) used for advertisement of regularly changing activities on the premises.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Master Association
Master Association means the Winter Park Village Master Association or its appointee.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Mean Sea Level
Mean Sea Level means for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) are referenced.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Medical Office means a use where medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, chiropractic, and other outpatient services are performed.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Menu Board
Menu Board means any display box, freestanding sign, wall sign, or permanent window mounted sign used for the express purpose of displaying menus.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Message Center means a sign that contains a changing message within the copy area that remains on for a specified minimum period of time and blacks out for a specified minimum period of time between messages. Messages contained on the sign do not travel or appear to travel in any direction.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Mini-Warehouse means a building containing small, independent, fully enclosed storage compartments that are leased to persons exclusively for storage of their personal property.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Minor-Operated Business
Minor-Operated Business means a minor-operated business as defined in Section 3-1-3 of the Winter Park Town Code.
(Ord. 23-604, 06/25/2023)
Effective on: 6/25/2023
Mixed-Use
Mixed-Use means a development that consists of two (2) or more different uses including, but not limited to, one (1) or more residential types, office, retail, public, or entertainment.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Mobile Vending
Mobile Vending means mobile vending as defined in Section 3-9-1 of the Winter Park Town Code.
(Ord. 23-604, 06/25/2023)
Effective on: 6/25/2023
Modular Home
Modular Home means a dwelling unit that is transportable in one (1) or more sections, designed to be used as a dwelling unit on a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. Modular homes are subject to the same codes and regulations as site-built dwelling units.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Monument
Monument means permanent concrete or metal markers used to establish all lot lines of the plat of a subdivision, including all lot corners, boundary line corners, and points of change in street or access easement alignment.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Monument Sign
Monument Sign means any freestanding sign that includes an architecturally designed base or column that is constructed of stone, brick or timbers, or other similar material, and is designed to be architecturally compatible with the design of the project.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Multiple-Use Facility
Multiple Use Facility Identification Signs
Multiple Use Facility Identification Signs means any sign identifying a multiple-use facility and the tenants therein.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Multiplex
Multiplex means a multifamily building that is designed to resemble a large single-family detached home, which includes three to four (3-4) individual dwelling units. Units may have either private or shared access and may be arranged in a variety of configurations, including side-to-side or over-under.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Mural
Mural means any painted design which covers all or a major portion of a wall, building façade, or other structure for the purpose of displaying an art piece, and not meant for the purpose of advertising.
(Ord. 25-639, 12/02/2025)
Effective on: 12/2/2025
Museum
Museum means a building serving as a repository for a collection of natural, scientific, historical, or literary curiosities or works of art, and arranged, intended, and designed to be used by members of the public for viewing, with or without an admission charge, and which may include as an accessory use the limited retail sale of goods, services, or products such as prepared food to the public.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Natural Resource
Natural Resource means existing natural elements relating to land, water, air, plant, and animal life, including, but not limited to, soils, geology, topography, surface and subsurface waters, wetlands, vegetation, and animal habitat.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Neon Sign
Neon Sign means a sign in which a colorless, odorless, primarily inert gaseous element known as "neon" is found and produces illumination.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
New Construction
New Construction means for the purpose of determining insurance rates, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of an initial firm or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, "new construction" means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of a floodplain management regulation adopted by a community and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Nonconforming Lot
Nonconforming Lot means a lawfully established lot of record that does not conform to the current dimensional requirements of the zoning district in which it is located.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Nonconforming Sign
Nonconforming Sign means a sign or advertising structure lawfully existing on the effective date of this UDC or any subsequent revision where the sign's height, lighting, color, materials, area, location, or structural support, does not conform to the existing regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Nonconforming Structure
Nonconforming Structure means any building or structure, other than a sign, that was lawfully established but no longer complies with the existing UDC regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Nonconforming Use
Nonconforming Use means a land use that was lawfully established in accordance with the land development regulations in effect at the time of its establishment but that is no longer allowed by the use regulations of the zoning district in which the use is now located.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Noxious Weed
Noxious Weed means the definition defined by C.R.S., 35-5.5-103, Definitions, as amended.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
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Nursery (Retail) means an enterprise that conducts the sale of plants grown off of the premises. The term also includes as an accessory use, the sale of a limited selection of items (e.g., soil, planters, pruners, mulch, lawn or patio furniture, garden accessories, etc., but not power equipment) that are directly related to the care and maintenance of landscapes.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Occupant
Occupant means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of any improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant, with the consent of the owner thereof.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Off-Premises Sign
Off-Premises Sign (see Billboards).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
On-Site Employee Housing
On-Site Employee Housing means a dwelling unit located on a property with a commercial business that is used by one (1) or more of the employees of the business and where the residential use of the building is accessory to the primary use of the building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Open Space
Open Space means all areas of a parcel proposed for development that are open from ground to sky and are used for bufferyards, resource protection, outdoor recreation, and leisure areas with permeable ground surfaces, naturalized stormwater best management practices, and vegetative landscaping, except landscape areas that:
1. Are used to reduce the depth of a parking stall;
2. Are less than five feet (5') in any dimension; and/or
3. Are in a residential subdivision and are allocated to private yards.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor Lighting means all exterior luminaires.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Outdoor Display and Sales
Outdoor Display and Sales means the placement of products or materials (other than vehicles) for sale outside the entrance of a retail or wholesale sales establishment.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreation means uses that provide recreational opportunities outdoors for the public or residents of a subdivision or development, which are generally not commercial in nature (except for golf courses and ski slopes, which may be commercial in nature). The phrase "recreation, outdoor" includes areas for active or passive recreational activities including, but not limited to:
- Jogging, cycling, fitness trails, playing fields, playgrounds, outdoor swimming pools, and tennis courts;
- Golf courses (regardless of ownership or membership);
- Ski slopes;
- Arboretums, wildlife sanctuaries, forests, and other natural areas which may be used for walking or hiking; or
- Other passive recreation-oriented parks, including picnic areas and garden plots.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Outdoor Storage Area
Outdoor Storage Area means an outdoor area in which items that are used for commercial or construction activities (e.g., portable or mechanized equipment, building materials, manufacturing inputs, or merchandise) is stored for a period of forty-eight (48) or more consecutive hours.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Outdoor Swimming Pool means a tank or large artificial basin located outside for swimming.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Outlot
Outlot means a lot remnant or parcel of land within a plat remaining after platting, which is intended for open space use, for which no development is intended other than that which is accessory to the open space use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Overnight Accommodation
Overnight Accommodation means commercial bedroom and bathroom units arranged for short-term stays of less than thirty (30) days for rent that contain a lobby on the premises (Campground with Overnight Accommodations excluded). Examples of this use category include Bed and Breakfast; Hostel; Hotel or Motel and other uses that the Director interprets to meet the characteristics of Overnight Accommodations. Short-Term Rental is excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Owner
Owner means a person, corporation, partnership, or legal entity, which is the legal or equitable owner of land.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parapet
Parapet means a low wall at the top of a building, which is commonly used to hide rooftop equipment.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parcel
Parcel means a contiguous lot or tract of land owned and recorded as the property of the same person or persons, or controlled by a single entity.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Park and Playground means a public or privately-owned area designated for recreational purposes.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Aisle
Parking Aisle means the area of a parking lot or parking structure which provides for vehicular access to off-street parking stalls. The phrase "parking aisle" does not include the word "driveway" or the phrase "access point."
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Area
Parking Area means a parking space and that contiguous driving surface adjacent to each parking space necessary to provide ingress and egress to the parking space.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking, Free-Standing
Parking, Free-Standing means a use type containing facilities that provide parking that is not accessory to a principal use, for which a fee may or may not be charged.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Garage
Parking Garage means a structure with vertically stacked decks or a single elevated deck designed to accommodate the temporary storage of operable vehicles, which may be an independent structure or integrated into a building in part or in whole. This definition does not pertain to Tuck-Under Parking.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Lot
Parking Lot means an at-grade area of land, generally open to the sky, designed to accommodate the temporary storage of operable vehicles, which may be independent of or accessory to a specific use. Parking Lot shall not include driveways for single-family detached and attached land use types, regardless of whether the driveway provides the minimum required parking spaces for the aforementioned dwelling types.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Parking Lot, Off-Site
Parking Lot, Off-Site means an off-street parking area provided on a different parcel than the use it is intended to serve.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Space
Parking Space means the area occupied by a vehicle when not in use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking Space, Tandem
Parking Space, Tandem means two (2) parking spaces that are arranged lengthwise, end-to-nose, where both spaces use the same drive-aisle to access the two spaces. This definition excludes parallel parking.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Parking, Off-Street
Parking, Off-Street means a site or a portion of a site, devoted to the off-street parking of vehicles, including parking spaces, aisles, access drives, and landscaped areas, and providing vehicular access to a street.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Parking, Tuck-Under
Parking, Tuck-Under means a single-level parking lot, at-grade and/or sub-grade, which is partially or wholly located underneath a habitable building and designed to be accessory to a permitted use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Party Wall
Party Wall means a wall starting from the foundation and extending continuously through all stories to or above the roof, which separates one (1) dwelling unit or commercial unit from another and is in joint use by each unit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Passenger Terminal means a facility that boards passengers and at which necessary facilities and equipment are provided. Examples include terminals for bus, taxi, railroad, shuttle van, or other similar vehicular services.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Permanent Sign
Permanent Sign means a sign constructed of durable material and affixed, lettered, attached to, or placed upon a fixed, unmovable, nonportable supporting structure.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Permanent Window Sign
Permanent Window Sign means a sign, banner, poster, or placard upon or within three feet (3') of a window for the purpose of viewing from outside of the premises. This term excludes merchandise displayed and decorative borders.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Personal Services
Personal Services means an establishment providing often recurrent individual services, such as barber shops, beauty salons, spas, coin-operated laundromats, tattoo parlors, cobblers, and tailoring.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Place of Public Assembly means an indoor place where people gather for civic or cultural purposes. The phrase "place of assembly" includes place of worship, meeting hall, lecture hall, or fraternal organization, but does not include indoor recreation or commercial amusement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Planned Development
Planned Development means a land area under unified control designed and planned to be developed in a single operation or by a series of pre-scheduled development phases in accordance with an officially approved Final Development Plan which does not necessarily correspond to the existing, applicable land use regulations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Planning Commission
Planning Commission means the Town of Winter Park Planning Commission (PC).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Plastic Sign
Plastic Sign means any sign, embellishment, or sign area made of plastic, flat sheet, corrugated panels, formed or molded, on one (1) or more faces.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Plat
Plat, Final
Plat, Final means the final plat of all or a phased portion of a subdivision.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Plat, Preliminary
Plat, Preliminary means a preliminary plat indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Park, Playground, or Common Facility
Park, Playground, or Common Facility means any structure, playing field, ball field, tennis court, basketball court, swimming pool, playground, or other property or structure designed for recreational use, operated and maintained by the Town Public Works Department.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Photometric Plan
Photometric Plan means a proposed exterior lighting plan used to verify compliance with the standards for outdoor lighting in this UDC. The plan shall be scalable, indicate the position of light fixtures and light poles, and contain a mathematical grid of the footcandles produced by each fixture.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Plaza
Plaza means an outdoor community amenity that serves a variety of users including building tenants, visitors and members of the public. This space type shall function as pedestrian site arrival points, spaces for public art, and settings for recreation and relaxation. Plazas are intended as a beneficial feature of any lively outdoor streetscape.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Point of Access
Point of Access means a point of ingress and egress to a parcel via a street.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Primary Unit
Primary Unit means the dwelling unit or use to which an accessory dwelling unit or accessory structure may be subordinate to.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Principal Building
Principal Building means the main building on a property in terms of size, area, and function.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Principal Use
Principal Use means the predominant use of a lot or parcel.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
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Private Street or Road means a suitable improved private street as determined by the Town Engineer and approved by the Planning Commission and Town Council, which provides vehicular access to abutting properties without undue hazard to public property or residents and is not owned or maintained by the Town.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
P
Professional Office means a use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting, and similar professions. This term does not include “Medical Office” or "Clinic, Medical Lab, Urgent Care"
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Property Owners’ Association
Property Owners’ Association means a private, nonprofit corporation or association of homeowners of properties in a fixed area, established for owning, operating, and maintaining various common properties and facilities.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Public Service Facility
Public Service Facility means a building or structure owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental agency to provide public safety and emergency protection services to the public.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Public Improvement
Public Improvement means any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, tree, lawn, off-street parking area, lot improvement, 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. All such improvements shall be properly bonded for or secured by a letter of credit or other acceptable legal instruments.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
P
Public or Private School means any public or private facility which conducts regular classes preschool through twelve (12), or any portion thereof, and which meets the minimum educational standards set forth by the State of Colorado. In addition, public or private school shall also include any publicly owned or operated vocational-technical institution.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Real Estate Sales Office, Temporary On-Site
Real Estate Sales Office, Temporary On-Site means an office establishment used for advertising and executing the first-time sale of on-site property interests.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Real Estate Sales Trailer
Real Estate Sales Trailer means the temporary use of a trailer or other moveable structure as an office to sell property interests within a specific subdivision or development.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Recreational Vehicle
Recreational Vehicle means a vehicle which is:
- Built on a single chassis;
- Four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections;
- Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; and
- Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
R
Refuse Container means a collection facility for the storage of garbage, paper, cartons, boxes, metals, glass and similar materials. Dumpsters and trash compactors are examples of refuse containers.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Replat
Replat means a change, redrafting and/or resubmission of a previously approved preliminary and/or final plat. Changes may include lot lines, easements, rights-of-way, design concepts or adherence to changes in local ordinances and/or regulations that may control subdivisions.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
R
Research, Testing Facility, and Development Laboratory means a facility used primarily for applied and developmental research, where product testing is an integral part of the operation and goods or products may be manufactured as necessary for testing, evaluation, and test marketing.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Reservation
Reservation means a legal obligation to keep property free from development for a stated period of time, not involving any transfer of property rights.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Restaurant
Restaurant means an establishment that serves prepared meals to customers for consumption on-site or off-site. Alcoholic beverages may also be served as this term includes bars and taverns.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Resubdivision
Resubdivision means a change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat if such change affects the density, land use or any street layout on such map reserved thereon for public use, or any lot line; or if it significantly changes any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivisions.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Retail Sales
Retail Sales means a business establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods including but not limited to:
- Accessory Store
- Antique store
- Camera, photo supply
- Carpet store
- Furrier shop
- Hobby shop
- Leather goods
- Music store
- Paint/wall paper
- Pawn shop/check cashing service
- Shoe sales/repair
- Sporting goods
- Variety store
- Grocery Store
- Sporting Goods
- Jewelry
- Bookstore
- Drugstore
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Retaining Wall
Retaining Wall means a structure designed to restrain soil to unnatural slopes. They are used to bound soils between two (2) or more different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the topography needs to be shaped severely and engineered to create stability.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Ridgeline
Ridgeline means a location that meets one or more of the following criteria:
A highpoint along a ridge
The top of a hill or topographical prominence
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Right-of-Way
Right-of-Way means a strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, or condemnation, that is intended for use as a public way and represented on a plat, deed, or other conveyance. The right-of-way normally incorporates the roadway, curbs, parking strips, sidewalks, lighting and drainage facilities, other utilities, and may include special features (required by topography) such as grade separation, landscape areas, viaducts, or bridges.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Right-of-Way Width
Right-of-Way Width means the shortest distance between the lot lines abutting both sides of a street right-of-way.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Rock Crushing
Rock Crushing means an industrial land use where rock is crushed on a large scale and where air quality and other environmental quality permits may be required.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof, Flat
Roof, Flat means a roof system with a pitch of less than one foot (1') of vertical rise per twelve feet (12') of horizontal run. Flat roof systems are usually enclosed by parapet walls.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof, Gable
Roof, Gable means a pitched roof system that slopes on two (2) sides, forming a ridge at the top and a gable at each exposed end.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof, Gambrel
Roof, Gambrel means a roof that is a modification of the gable roof in that the planes of the roof are broken into sections. The upper sections slope gradually from the ridge, while the lower sections drop off sharply.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof, Hip
Roof, Hip means a pitched roof system that slopes on all sides, with the two (2) longer sides forming a ridge at the top of the roof.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof, Mansard
Roof, Mansard means a curb roof having the lower slope almost vertical and the upper almost horizontal, with the same profile on all sides of the building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Roof Sign
Roof Sign means any sign erected, constructed, and maintained wholly upon, above, or over the roof or a canopy of any building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sandwich Board Sign
Sandwich Board Sign means a sign with two (2) faces attached at the top and open at the bottom so that the structure forms a wedge and is self-supporting with a maximum height of three feet (3') above the ground or snowpack surface. See definitions of changeable copy sign and two (2) sided sign.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Significant Land Improvements
Significant Land Improvements means both: 1) installation of more than twenty five percent (25%) of the improvements identified in an approved development improvements agreement and 2) the provision of adequate financial surety to guarantee the development improvements agreement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Significant Scenic View
Significant Scenic View means an outstanding view of a hillside, mountain vista and hillsides, or a river valley as seen from a generalized viewing place.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
School District
School District means the East Grand County School District No. 2.
(Ord. 25-640, 01/01/2026)
Effective on: 1/1/2026
School Facility
School Facility means any building, structure or appurtenant facility, whether combined in a single structure or separate structures, that is required in the judgment of the School District Board of Education for the provision of K-12 educational services within the School District, including without limitation any classroom building, administrative office building, transportation center, athletic field and/or structure, stadium, indoor pool, maintenance building, teacherage and other employee housing and/or training facility.
(Ord. 25-640, 01/01/2026)
Effective on: 1/1/2026
School Site
School Site means a tract or parcel of land dedicated by express language in the final plat of a Project for the construction or expansion of School Facilities.
(Ord. 25-640, 01/01/2026)
Effective on: 1/1/2026
S
School, Primary or Secondary means an institution primarily engaged in academic instruction for all or part of grades kindergarten through twelve (12), and recognized or approved by the State.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Screening
Screening means a method of visually shielding or obscuring one (1) abutting or nearby structure or use from another by decorative fencing, densely planted vegetation, earthen mounds or berms, walls or a combination of these.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Seasonal Outdoor Sales
Seasonal Outdoor Sales means the temporary outdoor sale or display of merchandise from private property, or the outdoor display or sale of goods, arts and crafts, plants, or other items such as but not limited to Christmas trees, pumpkins, flowers, and fireworks, on a property where the zoning permits such sales and displays.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Self-Service Storage
Self-Service Storage means commercial facilities providing separate storage areas for personal or business use designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property. ⁋Examples of primary uses in this category include: ⁋Boat or recreational vehicle storage; Mini-warehouse or multistory enclosed storage facility; and other uses that the Director interprets to meet the characteristics of Outdoor Storage Areas.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
S
Senior, Youth, or Community Center means a public building used as a place of meeting, recreation, or social activity and not operated for profit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Setback
Setback means a stated minimum distance from a lot line to a building, structure, or use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
S
Shooting/Archery Range means an area, typically outdoors, that is designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, archery, or any other similar sport shooting.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Short-Term Rental.
Short-Term Rental. See § 3-10 in the Town's Code of Ordinances.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sidewalk
Sidewalk means a paved area, generally parallel to, and usually separated from, the street, and used as a pedestrian walkway.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sight Distance
Sight Distance means the length of street measured along the centerline, which is continuously visible from any point three feet (3') above the centerline.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
S
Sight Distance Triangle is a three-dimensional (3-D) volume located within the area formed by the intersection of two (2) streets, a street and alley, a street and railroad, a street and private drive, an alley and a sidewalk, or a private drive and sidewalk, in which the base of the volume is a triangle, the measured sides of which are the closest right-of-way lines in the case of streets or alleys, the closest edge of the travelway in the case of private drives or sidewalks, or the closest edge of the bed of a railroad; and the third side is a line connecting the end points of the measured sides; and the height of the volume begins two and one-half feet (2'-6") above the base and extends to ten feet (10') above the base.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sign Area
Sign Area means the entire area within a single continuous perimeter composed of squares or rectangles which enclose the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem, or any figure of similar character, together with any frame, background area of sign, structural trim, or other material or color forming an integral part of the display, or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed. The supports or uprights on which any such sign is supported shall not be included in determining the sign area, unless such supports or uprights are designed in such a manner as to form an integral background of the display. In the case of "skeleton letters," or other signs placed on a wall without any border, the area shall be determined by enclosing all of the letters in a common geometrical shape (e.g., square, rectangle, circle).
(Ord. 25-639, 12/02/2025)
Effective on: 12/2/2025
Sign Copy
Sign Copy means any words, symbols, logos, figures, numbers, or symbolic representations incorporated into a sign with the purpose of attracting attention to the subject matter.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sign Height
Sign Height means shall be measured from average ground level at the base of the supporting structure to the top of the sign.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Sign
Sign means any device, fixture, placard, or structure that uses any form, graphic, illumination, symbol, or writing to advertise, announce the purpose of, or identify the purpose of a person or entity, or to communicate information of any kind to the public.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
S
Single-Family Attached Dwelling means two (2) or more single-family dwelling units, each with its own outside entrance and individual lot, which are joined together by a common or party wall which is shared by two (2) or more individual dwelling units along the lot line.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Single-Family Detached Dwelling
Single-Family Detached Dwelling means a single-family dwelling unit that is separated from other buildings by outside walls.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Site
Site means a parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by a minimum of one (1) structure and the accessory structure or uses customarily incidental to it.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Site Built Dwelling
Site Built Dwelling means a structure that is fabricated primarily on the job site, and may only include wall panels and trusses fabricated elsewhere, provided that the wall panels and trusses are available for on-site inspection by the building inspector prior to installation into the structure.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Site Specific Development Plan
Site Specific Development Plan means an approved Major Site Plan, Rezoning to Planned Development, or Final Plat.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Snipe Sign
Snipe Sign means any sign made of any material including paper, cardboard, plastic, wood, or metal, when such sign is tacked, nailed, pasted, taped, or otherwise attached to trees, poles, fences, bridges, or other inappropriate locations, or left lying on the ground, and/or that the advertising matter appearing thereon is not applicable to the premises upon which said sign is located.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Special Event
Special Event means a function whose primary purpose is to promote an exciting, lively, fun and/or prosperous business climate within the Town, including but not limited to outdoor festivals, organized gatherings, music (amplified or otherwise), athletic exhibitions; or any activity substantially increasing or disrupting the normal flow of traffic on any street; or any activity involving the use of public facilities, or any activity involving the use of any Town services that would be unnecessary in the absence of such an event.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Solar Collector
Solar Collector means a group of photovoltaic cells assembled on a panel designed to capture and use electricity. Panels are assembled on-site into solar arrays.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Solid-to-Void Ratio
Solid-to-Void Ratio means a measurement of the amount of solid material in relation to the amount of empty space, usually expressed as a ratio. A solid to void ratio of one to three (1:3) contains one unit of solid material for every three (3) units of opening. (Example: 1 inch of solid fence with 3 inches of spacing.) The solid to void ratio is measured at every section of fence (the area between each vertical post making contact with the ground), and is not merely an average over the length of the fence.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) means the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM). After detailed rate-making has been completed in preparation for publication of the firm, Zone A usually is refined into Zones A, AE, AH, AO, A1-99, VO, V1-30, VE, or V.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Special Use
Special Use means a specific use of land or buildings or both described and permitted herein subject to special provisions and which, because of its unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified as a permitted use.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Stable (Private or Noncommercial)
Stable (Private or Noncommercial) means a building, for the use solely of the property owner, designed and used for the storage of horses and horse-drawn vehicles or both.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Stable (Public or Commercial)
Stable (Public or Commercial) means a building, other than a private stable, designed and used for the storage of horses and horse-drawn vehicles or both.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Story
Story means any level part of a building that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Street
Street means a right-of-way affording primary access to abutting property.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Street, Private
Street, Private means a street that is not dedicated or accepted for public use or maintenance which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to more than one property, business, or dwelling unit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Street, Public
Street, Public means a street right-of-way that is publicly owned by deed, right-of-way dedication, prescription, or any other conveyance that is dedicated and accepted for public use and maintenance, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to more than one property, business, or dwelling unit.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Street Type
Street Type means new public or private roadways shall generally be designated according to the terms defined as follows:
Circle - Driving surface containing a closed loop beginning and ending at intersections with the same surface
Court - Short dead-end driving surface that doesn't provide a throughway
Drive - Driving surface that takes its contours from the natural environment and curves through the built environment
Lane - Short dead-end driving surface
Loop - Driving surface that terminates on the same road at two different points, or a street that terminates onto itself
Place - Short dead-end driving surface or a local thoroughfare in a subdivision less than one thousand feet (1,000') in length
Point - Short dead-end driving surface that ends at a ridgeline or other prominent feature
Road - Major thoroughfare that runs in any direction
Street - Driving surface constructed through a built environment that runs in any direction
Trail - Short driving surface that connects two (2) other larger driving surfaces
Way - Short dead-end driving surface, usually named after the subdivision or condominium project
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Structure
Structure means anything constructed or erected which requires either a permanent location on the ground or attachment to something else having a permanent location on the ground. Structures include fences, signs, kiosks, or similar uses, and may include buildings where the context of the text so suggests.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Subdivider
Subdivider means any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust or any other group or combination acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land so as to constitute a "subdivision" as defined in this UDC, including any agent of the subdivider.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Subdivision
Subdivision means:
- The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more parcels, sites, or lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development. The granting of easements, rights of way, or dedication of land for public use shall not be considered a division of land unless the same is made or granted as a part and parcel of a proposed subdivision.
- The improvement of one (1) or more parcels of land for residential or commercial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening, or extension of any street or streets, the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants, or leaseholders.
- Any parcel of land which is to be used for condominiums, apartments, or any other multifamily dwelling units, unless such land was previously subdivided and the filing accompanying such subdivision complied with Town regulations applicable to a subdivision of substantially the same density.
(Ord. 23-603, 06/11/2023)
Effective on: 6/11/2023
Subdivision, Major
Subdivision, Major means any subdivision containing five (5) or more planned lots or dwelling units that will require construction and/or extension of public or private streets or access easements; or construction and/or extension of public utilities.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Subdivision, Minor
Subdivision, Minor means any subdivision containing not more than four (4) lots or dwelling units fronting on an existing or planned public or private street or access easement.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Substantial Damage
Substantial Damage means damage of any origin sustained by a building or structure, whereby the cost of restoring the building or structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the building or structure before the damage occurred.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Substantial Improvement
Substantial Improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before "start of construction" of the improvement. The value of the structure shall be determined by the local jurisdiction having land use authority in the area of interest. This includes structures which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:
- Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary conditions; or
- Any alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Telecommunication Uses
Telecommunication Uses means facilities that transmits or receives, or both, electromagnetic signals. It includes, but is not limited to: antennae, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic signals; antenna support structures or towers or similar structures supporting said equipment; accessory equipment buildings or containers; access road and parking; and other supporting uses.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Temporary Use
Temporary Use means a use that is established for a fixed time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of such time.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Temporary Use Sign
Temporary Use Sign means a sign or painted information installed or applied on a property in conjunction with a temporary use with the intent of displaying the sign continuously for more than twenty four (24) hours, but which is not a part of a permanent use on the property and is not intended to be displayed for more than six (6) months.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Temporary Window Sign
Temporary Window Sign means a Temporary Use Sign as defined herein (and governed by the time limits listed therefor) and applied upon or within three feet (3') of a window for the purpose of viewing from outside of the premises.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Tower
Tower means a self-supporting lattice, guyed or monopole structure that supports telecommunications facilities for the purpose of providing personal wireless telecommunications services. The term shall not include stealth monopoles, as defined herein, or amateur radio operators' equipment, as licensed by the FCC.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Town Engineer
Town Engineer means the designated Town Engineer for the Town or his or her designee.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Townhouse
Townhouse means a single-family attached dwelling unit, generally having two (2) or more stories, on an individually-platted lot that is attached to a minimum of two (2) other single-family dwelling units by a party wall that does not have penetrations.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Townhouse Group
Townhouse Group means a cluster or grouping of townhouses contiguous to one another.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Townhouse Project Site
Townhouse Project Site means the entire parcel of land for which individual townhouse dwelling units are proposed prior to the creation of any townhouse lots.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Tract
Tract means a portion of a subdivision intended as, but not limited to, a unit for transfer of ownership or for development, typically being substantially larger than a lot and intended for large scale development, future subdivision into smaller lots, in accordance with dedications or notes on the plat.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Trail
Trail means a pedestrian/bicycle way that may be located within, or away from, a public right-of-way, and is an alternative path and usually part of a trail system.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Triplex
Triplex means a multiplex building type on a single platted lot containing three (3) separate dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by:
- An unpierced wall extending from ground to roof ("side-by-side" triplex); or
- A ceiling/floor that extends from exterior wall, pierced only by a stairway that is not inside of either dwelling unit ("over-under" triplex).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Twin Home
Twin Home means a single-family attached building designed as a single structure, containing two (2) separate dwelling units on individually platted lots. Each unit is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from the ground to the roof.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Use
Use means the purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, occupied, or maintained.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Utility
Utility means a use category containing major or minor infrastructure that serves a site, a development, or the Town at-large. Major Utilities include public or private infrastructure serving the general community that may or may not be maintained or regulated by a public or municipal entity and possibly having on-site personnel. Minor Utilities include public or private infrastructure serving a limited area with no on-site personnel.
Utility Major includes: Electrical substation; Electric generation plant; Solar panel array (large scale); Water or wastewater treatment plant; and other uses that the Director interprets to be functionally similar to a use in this Use Category.
- Utility Minor includes: Collocated telecommunication antenna; Public or municipally-owned utilities; Solar panel array (small scale); Stormwater retention or detention facility; Cable and fiber optic communications; Telephone exchange; and other uses that the Director interprets to be functionally similar to a use in this Use Category.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Variance
Variance means a modification from the provisions of this UDC in cases when the enforcement of its provisions would result in unnecessary hardship.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Vegetated Buffer
Vegetated Buffer means a strip of plantings parallel to a watercourse, consisting of riparian and wetland plant species (including grasses, shrubs, and trees), that has a width of a minimum of thirty linear feet (30').
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Vehicle Parts, Sales, Rentals, and Leasing
Vehicle Parts, Sales, Rentals, and Leasing means an establishment engaged in the retail sale, rental, and/or lease of new or used vehicles, in any combination with repair and maintenance services and the sale of replacement parts and accessories.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Vehicle Service
Vehicle Service means the use of any building, land area, premises or portion thereof, where light maintenance activities such as engine tune-ups, lubrication, carburetor cleaning, brake repair, car washing, detailing, polishing, or the like are conducted.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Vehicle Wash
Vehicle Wash means any area or business using self-service, in-bay automatic, or conveyor equipment for cleaning and washing motor or other vehicle types, as a part of another business operation (e.g., as an accessory use to a convenience store and gasoline station).
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Vested Property Right
Vested Property Right means the right to undertake and complete the development and use of property under the express terms and conditions of a site specific development plan.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Veterinary Services, Small Animal
Veterinary Services, Small Animal means any establishment where small animals are cared for by persons who are licensed to perform veterinary care. Extended care to allow five (5) or more small animals to recover and rehabilitate from veterinary services shall not be considered to constitute a kennel.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
View Corridor
View Corridor means a space between a viewing place and a significant scenic view.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Walking Sign
Walking Sign means any sign, including sandwich board type signs, or lettering on a costume, which is carried or worn by any person which is visible from a public right of way, adjacent property, or a public area.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Wall Sign
Wall Sign means any sign attached or erected on the exterior wall of a building with the exposed face of the sign parallel to said wall and supported throughout its length by the wall of the building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Warning Sign
Warning Sign means a sign with no commercial message that displays information pertinent to the safety or legal responsibilities of the public such as signs warning of high voltage, no trespassing, and similar directives.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Waste-Related Service
Waste-Related Service means a Use Category that contains industrial uses involved in the storage or movement of waste for themselves or other firms. Goods are generally delivered to other firms or the final consumer with little on-site sales activity to customers.
Examples of primary uses in this category include:
Disposal / Recycling Facility and other uses that the Director interprets to meet the characteristics of this Use Category.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Watercourse
Watercourse means any body of water, including, but not limited to, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, bodies of water, and intermittent streams, as delineated by the Town or State of Colorado.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Waterway
Waterway means a channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or to the public storm drain.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Water Surface Elevation
Water Surface Elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (or other datum, where specified), of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Wet Bar
Wet Bar means a bar for mixing drinks that may contain a sink with running water, a dishwasher, and a refrigerator but no other facilities that can be used for the preparation of food other than mixing drinks. A sink in a wet bar must be smaller than a sink in the kitchen.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Wetland
Wetland means 1) areas including lakes, rivers, streams, intermittent streams, ponds, sloughs, areas of seasonal standing water, or 2) those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances, do support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, as such areas are specifically delineated as provided for in the 1987 edition of the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. Wetlands generally include fens, swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Manmade lakes or ponds built for the purpose of detaining runoff are not considered wetlands in the context of the UDC. Wetlands do not need to have a connection to waters of the United States, as defined by 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 328 and 329 (as amended) or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR part 230 (as amended) to fall under Town jurisdiction.
(Ord. 24-623, 09/08/2024)
Effective on: 9/8/2024
Wind Energy Conversion System
Wind Energy Conversion System means any device including, but not limited to, wind chargers, windmills, and wind turbines. These convert wind energy into another usable form of energy. Wind energy conversion systems shall include all associated support structures and transmission lines.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Window Sign
Window Sign means any sign attached to a window, or located within a building and within three feet (3') of a window which, in the sole judgment of the Director, is intended to be viewed from the outside of the building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Wireless Telecommunication Facility
Wireless Telecommunication Facility means radio or television broadcasting towers, telecommunications towers, and antenna / satellite dish arrays (free-standing or tower mounted). The phrase does not include residential satellite dishes, TV or HDTV antennae, or amateur radio antennae.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Yard
Yard means the required open area between a building and a lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for such encroachments as are expressly permitted by this UDC.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Yard, Front
Yard, Front means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest line or point of a building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Yard, Rear
Yard, Rear means a yard extending the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest line or point of a building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Yard, Required
Yard, Required means the area between the lot line and the required setback in relation to that lot line. This includes front, side, and rear yards.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Yard, Side
Yard, Side means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest line or point of a building.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Zero Lot-Line
Zero Lot-Line means a dwelling type consisting of a single-family detached house platted on an individual lot with only one (1) side yard. No windows are permitted on the zero lot line wall of the house.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Zoning District
Zoning District means a designation shown on the Official Zoning Map as being a district enumerated in Sec. 2-A-4, Establishment of Zoning Districts, in which a specific set of zoning standards apply.
Effective on: 6/12/2022
Zoning Map
Zoning Map means the map showing the location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this UDC. This map is entitled the "Official Zoning Map of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado".
Effective on: 6/12/2022