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Section 2.01 Pertaining to Grammatical Usage
Section 2.02 Definitions Included in the Interest of Brevity in the Text
Section 2.03 Definitions Pertaining to Access
Section 2.04 Definitions Pertaining to a Building
Section 2.05 Definitions Pertaining to a Lot
Section 2.06 Definitions Pertaining to Land Use
Section 2.07 Definitions Pertaining to the Measurement of Land Use Areas, and the Required Open Space
Section 2.08 Definitions Pertaining to Building Use
Section 2.09 Definitions Pertaining to Building Measurement
Section 2.10 Definitions Pertaining to Solar Devices: Solar Collector
Section 2.11 Definitions Pertaining to Uses or Situations Which Are to be Given Special Preference
Section 2.12 Definitions Pertaining to Mobile Homes and Travel Trailers
Section 2.13 Definitions Pertaining to Flood Zones
Section 2.14 Definitions Pertaining to Towers
Section 2.01 Definitions Pertaining to Grammatical Usage
The following words when used in this code shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:
(a) Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(b) The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
(c) The word "person" includes a firm, partnership or corporation as well as an individual.
(d) The term "shall" is always mandatory.
(e) The term "Board of Appeals" or "Board of Zoning Appeals" shall mean the same as the term "Board of Appeals" referred to in Sections 13-7-205, 13-7-206, and 13-7-207 of Tennessee Code Annotated.
(f) Terms not herein defined shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them.
Section 2.02 Definitions Included in the Interest of Brevity in the Text
(a) The terms "City Council" or "Oak Ridge City Council" shall mean the same as the terms "Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee."
(b) The phrase "Oak Ridge" means the geographical area of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(c) The term "Zoning Compliance Permit" shall mean the same as the term "Building Permit" as referred to in Section 13‑7‑206 of Tennessee Code Annotated.
(d) The term "City Manager or the City Manager’s authorized representative" shall mean the same as the term "Building Commissioner" as referred to in Section 13‑7‑206 of Tennessee Code Annotated.
(e) The abbreviation “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System. This is a system of classification of economic activities developed jointly by Canada, Mexico and the United States.
(Ord. No. 19-99 Revised Effective 8/26/99)
Section 2.03 Definitions Pertaining to Access
The following terms shall have the meaning herein ascribed thereto:
(a) Street:
A public thoroughfare with right-of-way which affords the principal means of vehicular access to abutting property.
(b) Alley:
A public or legally established private thoroughfare, other than a street, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property. Such abutting property must have a street as public access.
(c) Marginal Access Road:
A public or legally established private thoroughfare bordering a public arterial or secondary road right-of-way at the outside edge and providing direct access to property abutting such right-of-way, but connected at limited points with the main travel lanes. Such marginal access roads may be public (within the dedicated right-of-way), private (adjacent to, but outside the dedicated public right-of-way), or both (partially on and partially off the public right-of-way).
(Ord. No. 31-86 Revised Effective 1/1/87)
(d) Radius Return:
The curved portion of an access way connecting the edge of pavement of the abutting street and the edge of the access way to the lot being served.
(Ord. No. 13-88 Revised Effective 4/21/88)
Section 2.04 Definitions Pertaining to a Building
The following terms shall have the meaning herein ascribed thereto:
(a) Structure:
Any constructed or erected material or combination of materials the use of which requires a location in, under, or on the ground, including but not limited to buildings, stadiums, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, fences and signs.
(b) Buildings:
Any structure having a roof including but not limited to tents, awnings, carports, and such devices as mobile homes which have a primary function other than being a means of conveyance.
(c) Appurtenance:
The visible, functional, or ornamental objects accessory to and part of a building.
(d) Fences:
A tangible barrier constructed of any allowable material erected for the purpose of providing a boundary or as a means of protection, or to prevent uncontrolled access, or for decorative purposes (such as an ornamental gate or ornamental gates), or to screen from viewers in or on adjoining properties and streets, materials stored and operations conducted behind it.
(e) Footprint:
The horizontal area as seen in a plan, measured from the outside of all exterior walls and supporting columns. It includes residences, garages, covered carports, and accessory structures, but not trellises, patios, and decks.
(f) Swimming Pool:
Any portable pool or permanent structure containing a body of water eighteen (18) inches or more in depth and intended for recreational purposes, including but not limited to a wading pool. Swimming pool is not intended for the purposes of this ordinance to include an ornamental reflecting pool or fishpond or other type of water feature located and designed so as not to create a hazard and not to be used for swimming or wading.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
Section 2.05 Definitions Pertaining to a Lot
The following words shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:
(a) Lot:
A platted lot of a recorded subdivision, or leased or rented parcel of land including, in addition to the land required to meet the regulations of this code, all of the land area shown in a request for a Zoning Compliance Permit, occupied or intended to be occupied by a principal and accessory building use.
(b) Lot, Corner:
A lot where the corner interior angle at the intersection of the two streets is less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot for the purpose of this code, if tangents to the curve at the two points where the lot lines meet the curve form an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
(c) Lot, Interior:
Any lot other than a corner lot.
Section 2.06 Definitions Pertaining to Land Use
(For dimensions and arrangement of individual parking spaces, aisles, and bays using various angles of parking, see Section 11.03 (f) (5)).
(a) Buffer Strip:
A strip of land between the off-street parking lot and the lot lines. The strip shall consist of plantings and/or physical features used to screen or partially screen direct views, to reduce glare and noise, and to provide greater privacy for nearby land uses.
(b) Parking Lot:
An off-street facility including parking spaces along with adequate provision for drives and aisles needed for vehicle maneuvering and entry/exit to a public road.
(c) Existing Significant Vegetation:
One or more mature trees on a parcel, having a caliper (trunk diameter 3½ feet above grade) of six (6) inches or more, in a condition of good health.
(Ord. No. 20-90 Revised Effective 8/30/90)
(d) Private Stable:
The keeping of equines, including having a detached accessory building for the keeping of said equines, owned by the owner of the premises for private use and not for commercial use, remuneration, hire or sale.
(Ord. No. 12-01 Revised Effective 12/20/01)
(e) Kennel
Any lot or premises on which three (3) or more dogs, cats, or other domestic animals are kept either permanently or temporarily for purpose of care, breeding or training for commercial purposes.
(Ord. No. 18-04 Revised Effective10/14/04)
Section 2.07 Definitions Pertaining to the Measurement of Land Use Areas, and the Required Open Space
(a) Lot Line:
A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(b) Lot Line, Front:
In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from a street right-of-way. In the case of a corner lot, the line separating said lot from that street which is designated as the front street.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(c) Lot Line, Rear:
The lot line that is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. The rear lot line of an irregular, triangular, or gore lot shall, for the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance, be a line entirely within the lot at least ten (10) feet long and parallel to and most distant from the front lot line. (Rear Corner: The rear corner shall be the lot corner farthest from the point of intersection of the two front lot lines.)
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(d) Lot Line, Side:
Any boundary of a lot that is not neither a front lot line nor a rear lot line.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(e) Lot Line, Street:
A lot line that is a boundary between a lot and a street right-of-way.
(f) Lot Width:
The length of a straight line drawn between the points where the front setback cuts the side lot lines.
(g) Required Setback:
A distance required to obtain the minimum front, side, and rear open space provisions of this code.
(h) Open Space, Required:
The open space established between lot lines and required set-back, open, unoccupied, and unobstructed by any building from the ground to the sky, except as otherwise provided in this code.
(i) Open Space, Front:
The required open space extending the full width of the lot and of a depth equal to the required setback measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line.
(j) Open Space, Rear:
The required open space extending the full width of the lot and of a depth equal to the required setback measured horizontally at right angles to the rear lot line.
(k) Open Space, Side:
The required open space extending from the front open space to the rear open space and of a width equal to the side required setback measured horizontally at right angles to the side lot line.
(l) Usable Open Space:
Usable, unobstructed open space, sloping not more than 10 percent, and not designed for vehicle use, which may include balconies and other accessible building surfaces.
Section 2.08 Definitions Pertaining to Building Use
(a) Apartment:
In a multiple family dwelling, any given dwelling unit which may or may not include cooking facilities.
(b) Building, Accessory:
A subordinate structure detached from but located on the same lot as a principal building. The use of an accessory structure shall be incidental and accessory to the use of the principal building. Accessory structures shall include, but not be limited to, garages, sheds, decks, and fences.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(c) Building, Principal:
A building or, where the context so indicates, a group of buildings in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
(d) Building, Unenclosed:
A building having no enclosure either by screening or otherwise, other than its roof and such necessary supporting structure as will present the minimum obstruction to light, air and view. The term shall include carports, porches, patios and similar structures, whether attached or detached, as meet the definition.
(e) Carport
An unenclosed, roofed structure used to store motor vehicles, either attached to a principal building or detached as an accessory building.
(Ord. No. 21-91 Revised Effective 9/05/91)
(f) Condominium:
Separately owned multiple residences constructed as an integral unit. Ownership involves a service contract for maintenance by a legal entity in the interest of the common good. Such property will usually involve some land and/or facilities which are jointly held by the owners of the several residences.
(g) Dormitory:
A building containing sleeping rooms for either transient or permanent occupancy.
(Ord. No. 6-89 Revised Effective 4/20/89)
(h) Dwelling, Multiple-family
A building containing more than one dwelling unit, arranged either side by side and/or one above the other.
(i) Dwelling, One-Family:
A detached building containing only one dwelling unit.
(j) Dwelling, Two-Family, Three-Family and Four-Family:
A building containing only two, three or four dwelling units.
(k) Dwelling Unit:
One or more rooms designed as a unit for occupancy by only one family for cooking, living, and sleeping purposes.
(l) Family:
An individual, or two or more persons related by blood or marriage, or a group of not more than five (5) persons who need not be related by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
(m) Filling Station:
Buildings or premises or portions thereof arranged or designed to be used for the retail sale of oil, gasoline or other fuel for the propulsion or lubrication of motor vehicles and which may include facilities for changing of tires, tube repairing, polishing, greasing, washing, or servicing such motor vehicles; but excluding body repair, bumping or painting.
(n) Garage, Community:
An enclosed accessory building, used for storage purposes of more than four (4) motor vehicles, but not exceeding two times the number of families occupying the dwelling units to which such garage is accessory, and not exceeding storage of more than one commercial vehicle of less than one and one-half ton capacity per family, and containing no public shop or services.
(Ord. No. 6-89 Revised Effective 4/20/89)
(o) Garage, General:
Any garage other than a private garage or community garage which is used for the storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting, or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 29-85 Revised Effective 12/12/85)
(p) Garage, Private:
An enclosed accessory building or part of a main building used for storage purposes of not more than four motor vehicles, not more than one of which may be a commercial motor vehicle and which vehicle is less than one and one-half ton capacity, and no public shop or services.
(q) Group Care Facility:
A building to house up to 15 persons where lodging and care are provided in a manner which preserves and promotes the general welfare of the neighborhood and the community. This shall include the provision of one or more meals daily or access to kitchen facilities and shall include a resident manager responsible for management of the house. Permanent group care facilities shall house physically and/or mentally handicapped individuals who are not a danger to themselves or to others, who are psychiatrically stable, and whose residence there is approved by a physician. Transient group care facilities would treat patients with acute conditions, or any other conditions that do not satisfy the permanent care definition, and whose residence there is approved by a physician.
(Ord. No. 6-84 Revised Effective 4/5/84)
(r) Home Occupation:
Any business, profession, occupation, service, enterprise or trade conducted for gain entirely within the principal building of a residence.
(Ord. No. 3-00 Revised Effective 1/28/2000)
(s) Hotel:
A building containing apartments, of which at least eighty (80) percent shall be composed of bedroom, bathroom and closet space; the apartment units, with the exception of the units occupied by the management staff, being used primarily for the accommodation of transients.
(t) Motel:
A series of attached, semi-attached, or detached apartments containing bedroom, bathroom and closet space, with each apartment having individual entrance leading directly from the outside of the building. The apartment units with the exception of the unit occupied by the management staff being used primarily for the accommodation of transients.
(u) Roadside Stand:
A structure limited to the display and sales of produce or handicrafts grown or made on the premises.
(v) Shopping Center:
A group of two or more architecturally unified commercial establishments built on a single site with off-street parking and which is planned, developed, owned and managed as an operating unit.
(Ord. No. 36-87 Revised Effective 10/29/87)
(w) Townhouse:
A townhouse is a single-family dwelling unit attached by fire- resistant common walls to other similar units, each unit having an open space for light, air, and access in the front and rear. There shall be not more than twelve (12) such units connected together. Ownership involves a mandatory service contract for maintenance by a legal entity in the interest of the common good of the several owners. Such property may involve land and/or facilities which are jointly held by the several owners.
(Ord. No. 6-89 Revised Effective 4/20/89)
(x) Day Care Facilities:
Day care facility includes the three types of day care facilities licensed by the state of Tennessee, defined as follows:
(i) Family Day Care Home
An occupied residence operated by a person for the purpose of receiving therein a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of seven (7) children under seventeen (17) years of age, who are not related to such person and whose parent(s) or guardian(s) are not residents in the same house, for less than twenty-four (24) hours per day for care, without transfer of legal custody.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->(ii) <!--[endif]-->Group Day Care Home
Any facility operated by a person, social agency, corporation or institution, or any other group which receives a minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of twelve (12) children (and up to three (3) additional school age children who will only be present before and after school, on school holidays, on school snow days, and during school summer vacation) for less than twenty-four (24) hours per day for care outside their own home, without transfer of legal custody. Before a group day care home opens, fire safety and environmental inspectors must approve the facility.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->(iii) <!--[endif]-->Day/Child Care Center
A facility licensed by the state of Tennessee as a childcare center for the care of thirteen (13) or more children, but not located in a dwelling unit. This shall include the wide variety of arrangements made by parents (or guardians) for the care outside of their home of children under seventeen (17) years of age, for less than twenty-four (24) hour periods without transfer of custody.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(y) Fence, Decorative:
A designed open or solid fence or wall intended to decorate, accent, or a frame a feature of the landscape such as the driveway, walkway, or planting bed. In addition, it shall meet all of the following criteria: (i) it contributes to the identification and beauty of the principal use; (ii) it is not erected to satisfy any other provision of this code; (iii) it does not act as a retaining structure; and (iv) it is made of material that typically is not found in security structures, such as chain link.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(z) Private Education Institution or Private School:
An establishment offering instruction, not affiliated with the public schools or the State of Tennessee, with an approved curriculum or program of formal training for thirteen (13) or more children aged 5 years or older, or adults, with one or more trained instructors or teachers, but not located in a dwelling unit.
(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)
(aa) Use, Accessory:
A use of land or buildings which is allowed by this code as incidental and subordinate to a principal or specially permitted use on the same lot, and meeting all relevant provisions as to setbacks, extent, height, signs, off-street parking, and other provisions of this code.
(Ord No. 23-92 Revised Effective 10/15/92)
(bb) Assisted-Care Living Facility:
A residential facility, licensed by the state, primarily for the continuing care of the elderly, providing semi-independent living in various dwelling units, with or without kitchen facilities. Such a facility may include other services provided for the personal and therapeutic care of the residents subject to the limitations set forth in TCA 68-11-201. (Other names for this facility may be retirement center, congregate living, etc., but excludes group care facility.)
(Ord No. 16-98 Revised Effective 5/28/98)
(cc) Convalescent Home:
A use, licensed by the state, providing bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring skilled nursing care and regular medical attention but excluding a facility providing surgical or emergency medical services and excluding a facility providing care for alcoholism, drug addiction, communicable disease or psychiatric care. A nursing home as defined in TCA 68-11-201 would be included in this definition.
(Ord No. 16-98 Revised Effective 5/28/98)
(dd) Light Manufacturing:
Small-scale manufacturing, assembly, storage, warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution which is low intensity in its external effects and does not involve processing raw materials. It is capable of operation in such a manner as to substantially control the external effects of the manufacturing process. A light manufacturing process will have minimal external effects and will have negligible adverse effects on surrounding properties.
(Ord. No. 2-99 Revised Effective 3/11/99)
(ee) Heavy Manufacturing:
Large-scale processing, fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, storage, warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution which can be high intensity in its external effects and may involve processing of raw materials. The manufacturing process may produce moderate to heavy external effects and may have some adverse effects on surrounding properties.
(Ord. No. 2-99 Revised Effective 3/11/99)
(ff) Attic:
Uninhabitable space immediately below the roof.
(Ord. No. 3-99 Revised Effective 3/11/99)
(gg) Basement:
A story that may have part but not more than one-half of its average height above grade.
(Ord. No. 3-99 Revised Effective 3/11/99)
(hh) Night Club:
An establishment dispensing alcoholic beverages and/or beer, or allowing it to be consumed on the premises and usually serving some food, and in which music, dancing, or entertainment is conducted. (Restaurants, including clubs used by nonprofit organizations, lodges used by nonprofit organizations, theaters, health and athletic facilities are excluded from this definition.)
(Ord. No. 6-99 Revised Effective 5/13/99)
(ii) Dance Club:
For the purpose of this ordinance, those establishments in which music, dancing or entertainment is conducted and no alcoholic beverage or beer is dispensed or consumed.
(Ord. No. 6-99 Revised Effective 5/13/99)
(jj) Tavern:
An establishment dispensing alcoholic beverages and/or beer or allowing it to be consumed on the premises that does not fall into the definition of night club, dance club or club (private). (Restaurants, including clubs used by nonprofit organizations, lodges used by nonprofit organizations, theaters, health and athletic facilities are excluded from this definition.)
(Ord. No. 6-99 Revised Effective 5/13/99)
(kk) Clubs (private):
An association of persons for some common object with membership having voting rights in the transaction of the business of the association and usually paying dues and meeting periodically.
(Ord. No. 6-99 Revised Effective 5/13/99)
(ll) Common Open Space:
A parcel or parcels of land and/or an area of water within a development that are held in some form of common ownership and designated, designed and intended for benefit, use or enjoyment of the occupants of said development. “Common Open Space” may contain such complementary structures and improvements as necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of the occupants of such development.
(Ord. No. 1-02 Revised Effective 1/17/02)
(mm) Cultural and Environmental Open Space:
A parcel or parcels of land and/or an area of water within a planned unit development that is held in some form of common ownership and restricted to use only as: (1) vegetative buffers, or other forms of environmental protection including floodplains, steep slopes or other environmentally sensitive lands; or (2) a site of historic or prehistoric human activity such as, but not restricted to, mounds, forts, earthworks, burial grounds, structures, villages, mines, caves and all locations which are listed on the National Register of Historic places.
(Ord. No. 1-02 Revised Effective 1/17/02)
(nn) Improved Recreational Open Space:
A parcel or parcels of land and/or an area of water within a planned unit development that is designated, designed and intended for benefit, active or passive recreational use or enjoyment of the occupants of said development.
(Ord. No. 1-02 Revised Effective 1/17/02)
(oo) Street Vending:
Street vending includes but is not limited to the following: selling, offering for sale, or soliciting orders for goods or services whether by foot or by other means of transportation.
(Ord. No.11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
(pp) Portable Storage Container:
Any metal box-like storage unit as typified by shipping containers designed to be transported on a flatbed truck or trailer and delivered to a site ready for use. This definition shall not include manufactured homes as defined elsewhere herein or factory manufactured modular units which comply with the Standard Building Code.
(Ord. No. 11-05 Revised Effective 12/01/05)
Section 2.09 Definitions Pertaining to Building Measurements
(a) Building Height:
The vertical distance measured from the bottom of the floor joists or floor slab of the first story to the highest point of the point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the average height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
(b) Story:
That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of any floor above; or any portion of a building between the top-most floor and the roof having a usable floor area equal to at least fifty percent of the usable floor area of the floor immediately below it. A top floor area under a sloping roof with less floor area is a half story. The first story shall be considered the lowest story of which the ceiling is more than four (4) feet above the average contact ground level at the exterior front wall of the building.
(Ord. No. 20-93 Revised Effective 8/19/93)
(c) Usable Floor Area, Residential:
The total usable floor area for residential uses shall be the sum of the areas of all stories usable for human habitation, measured to the exterior face of exterior walls but excluding the floor area of spaces such as basements, garages, accessory buildings, attics, breezeways, and unenclosed porches.
(Ord. No. 13-93 Revised Effective 7/1/93)
(d) Usable Floor Area, Nonresidential:
The measurement of usable floor area for nonresidential uses shall be to the exterior face of exterior walls on the first story and any other story connected by a fixed stairway or elevator, which may be made fit for human habitation; the measurement shall include the floor area of all accessory buildings measured similarly, but exclude the floor area required for heating and other mechanical equipment, unenclosed porches, light shafts, public corridors and public toilets, display windows, maintenance and display storage rooms and dressing rooms.
Section 2.10 Definition Pertaining to Solar Devices: Solar Collector
A solar collector is any device which is designed to extract energy from the sun for purposes of heating, cooling, electrical energy generation, or driving either directly or indirectly any mechanical device.
Section 2.11 Definitions Pertaining to Uses or Situations Which Are to be Given Special Preference
(a) Public Utility:
Any person, firm, corporation, municipal department or board duly authorized to furnish and furnishing under state or municipal regulations, to the public, electricity, gas, steam, communication, telegraph, transportation, or water; but this definition shall not include persons, firms or corporations, which, by reasons incidental to the intended uses of any generation device, sells or causes energy to be transferred to any grid of a public utility as herein defined.
(b) Essential Service:
The phrase "essential service" means the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by a public utility of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collections, communication, supply or disposal systems, poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories (other than buildings, electric substations and towers) in connection therewith reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities for the public health, safety, or general welfare.
(c) Lot of Record:
A parcel of land, the deed to which is on record with County Register of Deeds, and which exists as described.
(d) Non-Conformance
Uses that do not conform in various degrees to the provisions of this Code. (See Article X, Nonconforming Uses.)
Section 2.12 Definitions Pertaining to Mobile Homes and Travel Trailers
(a) Mobile Home:
An industrialized building unit constructed on one or more chassis for towing to the point of use and designed to be used without a permanent foundation for continuous use as a dwelling on a year-round basis.
(b) Mobile Home Space:
An area within a mobile home development which is improved to provide adequate support for the placement of one mobile home, including its enclosed extensions or structural additions, and its accessory uses.
(c) Mobile Home Park:
A residential development intended to accommodate mobile homes as defined herein but which may also include various facilities for the service of the residents of the development, as set forth in this section, but does not include travel trailers.
(d) Travel Trailer:
A vehicular accommodation not more than eight feet in width operating under its own power or towed by an automobile designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, vacation, or recreational purposes.
(e) Travel Trailer Park
A lot or parcel intended for temporary occupancy by travel trailers which are designed for travel, recreation, and vacation use.
(Ord. No. 6-89 Revised Effective 4/20/89)
Section 2.13 Deleted
(Ord. No. 18-06 Revised Effective 11/30/06)
Section 2.14 Definitions Pertaining to Towers
(a) Alternative Tower Structures:
Shall mean man-made structures such as clock towers, bell towers, church steeples, water towers, light poles, man-made trees, existing conforming towers, warehouses, factories, commercial buildings, multi-family buildings fifty (50) feet or more in height and publicly-used structures, such as police and fire stations, libraries, community centers, civic centers, utility structures, elevated roadways, bridges, flag poles, schools, hospitals, and other structures which can, from the standpoint of structural integrity and engineering safety, be used for the mounting of antennae or serving a similar function as a tower, as defined herein below.
(Ord. No. 2-00 Revised Effective 1/13/2000)
(b) Antenna:
An apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, television or other communications through the sending or receiving of signals, including but not limited to panel antenna, parabolic, or dish antenna. This definition shall not apply to a ground- or building-mounted antenna if the height, including any post or supporting structure and antenna, does not exceed thirty-five (35) feet for a ground-mounted antenna, the applicable height restriction for the zone, or twenty feet above a building whichever is less.
(c) FAA:
Federal Aviation Administration
(d) FCC:
Federal Communications Commission
(e) Height:
Shall mean the vertical distance of any towers measured from the natural ground level at the base of the tower to the highest point of such tower.
(f) Lattice Communication Tower:
A self-supporting structure having open-framed supports on three (3) or four (4) sides and constructed without guy wires and/or ground anchors.
(g) Monopole Communication Tower:
A communication facility, which consists of a monopolar structure, erected on the ground without guy wires and/or ground anchors to support communication antennas and connecting appurtenances.
(h) Tower:
Shall mean any vertical structure which is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennae, including self-supporting lattice towers, or monopole towers. This general term includes radio, television, microwave, common carrier, PCS, analog, digital, cellular telephone, alternative tower structures, paging, and the like.
(Ord. No. 2-00 Revised Effective 1/13/2000)
Last Updated May 4, 2007
