Chapter 17.08 DEFINITIONS

Chapter 17.08
DEFINITIONS

Sections:

17.08.010 Purpose and applicability.

A. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to define specific and notable terms for this title.

B. Applicability. For the purposes of this title, the following terms, words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this chapter.

C. Interpretation. The community development director shall have the authority to determine the interpretation or usage of words or terms used in this title, subject to appeal as set forth in Table 17.12.030-1, Review Matrix. Any person may request an interpretation of any word or term by submitting a written request to the community development director. (Ord. 24-01 § 1)

17.08.020 Definitions—Generally.

The following define the terms, words, and phrases as they apply to this title. For the purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.

“Abut” means to physically touch or border upon; or to share a common property line.

“Access” means a way or means of approach to provide legal and physical entrance to a lot.

“Accessory dwelling unit” means a residential dwelling unit smaller and clearly subordinate to a primary dwelling unit(s) located on the same lot, which is attached or detached.

“Accessory use, building, or structure” means a use or structure incidental and subordinate to the primary use of the property and located on the same lot as the primary use or uses. An accessory use can be one listed as permitted, conditional or accessory in the zoning district in which it is located.

“Adult entertainment use” means any business that meets the definition of “business that offers adult entertainment” as specified in AS 23.10.350(f).

“Agricultural activity” means farming, including plowing, tillage, cropping, installation of best management practices, seeding, cultivating, or harvesting for the production of food and fiber products (except commercial logging and timber harvesting).

“Alteration” means any change, addition or modification in the construction, location, occupancy or use classification.

“Animal boarding, kennels, and shelters” means any premises where domestic animals, such as dogs and cats, are boarded, trained, or bred.

“Animal hospital and veterinary practices” means a place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short-term boarding and shall be only incidental to such hospital use.

“Animal husbandry” means the use of land for dairying, animal raising, and pasturage and the necessary accessory uses; provided, however, that such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal animal husbandry activities.

“Aquaculture and mariculture operation” means any establishment or facilities where aquatic plants and animals are cultivated.

“Assembly hall” means a building or portion of a building in which facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, or social purposes.

“Assisted living home” means a residential facility that serves three or more adults or that receives state or federal payment for services regardless of the number of adults served as defined by AS 47.32.900(2)(A).

“Aviation instruction facility” means any pilot school, flight training center, air carrier flight training facility, or flight instruction facility.

“Building” means any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.

“Building area” means the total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the primary building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of external steps.

“Building code” means the International Building Code as adopted by the city in Titles 8, 13, and 15 of this code, including local amendments, applicable to the city. Referred to in this title as Valdez building code.

“Building facade” means any exterior wall plane and associated windows, openings, and architectural elements that extends from the ground to the top of each wall of a structure but not including roof.

“Building height” means the vertical distance measured from the average ground level prior to construction to the highest point of building.

“Building material supply establishment” means a lot, building, and/or structure used for the wholesale or retail sales of building or construction supplies and accessories, including outdoor storage of building materials.

“Child care facility” means a facility providing day care to children required to be licensed under AS 47.32.

“Clinic” means an establishment where patients are admitted for examination and treatment by one or more physicians, dentists, psychologists, or social workers and where patients are not usually lodged overnight.

“Commercial and retail sales” means a commercial enterprise that provides goods and/or services directly to the consumer, where such goods are available for immediate purchase and removal from the premises by the purchaser.

“Common open space” means land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development and may include such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate.

“Community building” means a building or structure owned and operated by an agency or political subdivision of the United States, state of Alaska, city of Valdez, or a tribal organization providing service to the public.

“Comprehensive plan” means an officially adopted document including text, charts, graphics or maps, or any combination, designed to portray general long-range proposals for the arrangement of land uses and development of an economic base and human resources and which is intended to guide government policy towards achieving orderly and coordinated development of the entire community.

“Conditional use” means a provision which allows for flexibility within this chapter by permitting certain specified uses in zoning districts where such uses are generally considered appropriate, but only after additional conditions and safeguards are applied to ensure their compatibility with permitted primary uses. Conditional uses are subject to a permit process, pursuant to Section 17.12.090.

Connex. See “Intermodal shipping container.”

“Construction yard” means any area used on a temporary basis for the storage or processing of materials and supplies used in the construction of a project for a limited period of time. Includes construction offices necessary for work on the associated project.

“Contiguous” means next to, abutting, or touching and having a boundary, or portion thereof, which is common, coterminous or coextensive.

“Corral” means any type of enclosure for confining livestock.

“Correctional facility” means any place designated by law for the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law, or under lawful arrest, including state prisons, and contract jails, and other facilities operated by the department of corrections or local governmental units primarily for the purposes of punishment, correction, or rehabilitation following conviction of a criminal offense, not including short-term holding facilities associated with police departments or stations.

“Cultural institution” means a library, museum, or similar public or quasi-public use displaying, preserving, and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interest in one or more of the arts or sciences.

“Density” means the number of inhabitants, or dwellings, per unit of geographical region; may refer to population or housing density.

“Drinking establishment” means a building or place of business involving the retail sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink. May include beverage dispensaries, eating establishments, clubs, breweries, brewpubs, wineries, or distilleries. Drinking establishments shall be licensed by the state of Alaska under AS Title 4, Chapter 11, as a retailer of alcoholic beverages.

“Dwelling—Attached duplex (up to two units per building)” means a dwelling that is attached to one other dwelling unit of equal size (excluding accessory dwelling units) located on a single lot.

“Dwelling—Attached townhouses” means a dwelling that is attached to another dwelling in a side-by-side fashion, with each dwelling on a separate lot.

“Dwelling—Detached” means a dwelling that is not attached to any other dwelling, excluding accessory dwelling units.

“Dwelling—Manufactured home” means a detached dwelling designed for long-term human habitation and having complete living facilities; constructed and fabricated into a complete unit in a factory and capable of being transported to a location of use on its own chassis and wheels; identified by a model number and serial number by its manufacturer, meeting the manufacturer’s association codes and designed primarily for placement on an impermanent foundation. Manufactured homes meeting this definition are constructed on or after June 15, 1976.

“Dwelling—Mobile home” means a detached dwelling designed for long-term human habitation and having complete living facilities; constructed and fabricated into a complete unit in a factory and capable of being transported to a location of use on its own chassis and wheels; identified by a model number and serial number by its manufacturer. Mobile homes meeting this definition are constructed prior to June 15, 1976.

“Dwelling—Multi-unit (more than four units per building)” means a building or portion thereof containing more than four dwelling units per building and located on a single lot.

“Dwelling—Multi-unit (up to four units per building)” means a building or portion thereof containing three or four dwelling units per building and located on a single lot.

“Dwelling unit” means a building, or portion of a building, that has independent living facilities including provisions for sleeping, cooking and sanitation, and is designed for residential use. Buildings with more than one set of cooking facilities are considered to contain multiple dwelling units unless the additional cooking facilities are clearly accessory, such as an outdoor grill.

“Easement” means an interest in land owned by another that entitles the easement holder to a specified limited use or enjoyment.

“Eating establishment” means a place, building or structure where the preparation or serving of food for sale or consumption is conducted.

“Educational institution” means any public or private property or building or part thereof which is designed, constructed or used for educational purposes or instruction in any branch of knowledge.

“Educational institution—Vocational” means an educational institution where students learn the specific skills required for a job in the trades. Examples may include educational institutions that teach: auto repair, welding, carpentry, or cosmetology.

“Entitlement” means any permit or approval granted under this title, including but not limited to zoning map amendments, conditional use permits, land use permits, and variances.

“Existing building” means a building erected prior to the adoption of this code for which a legal building permit has been issued.

“Fence” means a barrier which is constructed of wood, metal, plastics, masonry materials or a combination thereof.

“Fence height” shall be measured as the vertical distance from the ground elevation or finished grade of the property on which the fence is erected to the highest point of the fence. To allow for variation in topography on a parcel, the height of a fence may vary up to six inches. Where there is a difference in the ground elevation or finished grade between two adjoining parcels of less than two feet, the height of any fence constructed along the common property line shall be determined by using the finished grade of the highest contiguous parcel. When there is a difference in the ground level between two adjacent parcels of two feet or more, the height of a fence or wall shall be determined by the community development director or designee. The director shall consider the physical and visual height impact on abutting properties.

“Floor area” means the total horizontal area of each floor of a building within the surrounding outer walls but excluding vent shafts and courts.

“Food production and processing, large scale” means establishments that prepare, process, can, or package food products including meat processing facilities.

“Food production and processing, small scale” means establishments that prepare, process, can, or package food products. Examples of activities include bakeries, dairies, and candy-making.

“Frozen food storage” means refrigerated lockers provided for the storage of frozen food, either private or rented, for a fee.

“Fuel and gas stations” means facility used partly or entirely for storing or dispensing flammable liquids, combustible liquids, liquified flammable gas, or flammable gas into the fuel tanks of automobiles. Includes the storage of fuel, above ground or underground, to serve the gas station. Includes car wash as a primary or accessory use.

“Fuel pier” means a pier used as an off-load and on-load point for deliveries of fuel oil and petroleum products to and from water-based vessels.

“Fuel storage, large scale” means the storage of flammable or combustible liquids or gases in above-ground containers serving industrial uses, either for on-site uses or distribution.

“Fuel storage, medium scale” means the storage of flammable or combustible liquids or gases in above- or below-ground containers serving gas stations and small boat harbors.

“Fuel storage, small scale” means the storage of flammable or combustible liquids or gases in above- or below-ground containers in conjunction with an approved residential or commercial use for use on site.

“Garage” means a building or portion thereof in which motor vehicles are stored.

“Grade or ground level” means the average level of the finished ground at the center of all exterior walls of a building.

“Hazardous substance production and storage” means a facility for hazardous substance storage or production, not including the temporary storage and retail sale of consumer products containing hazardous substances.

“Helipad” means a facility without the logistical support provided by a heliport where helicopters take off and land. Helipads do not include facilities for maintenance, repair, or storage of helicopters.

“Home occupation” means an accessory occupational use which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and does not change the character thereof.

“Hospital” means an institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions, and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities or training facilities.

“Hotel, motel, inn, or lodge” means any building or group of buildings in which there are multiple guest rooms, used, designed or intended for use for the purpose of offering public lodging on a day-to-day basis. Does not include short-term rentals or rental cabins, as defined by this title.

“Industrial, heavy” means activity including heavy manufacturing, shipping terminals, material extraction (not including timber harvesting), and other processes or operations which involve one or more of the following: large numbers of workers, heavy truck traffic, significant environmental effects or large-volume public water and sewer service.

“Industrial, light” means light industrial manufacturing, processing, warehousing, storage, wholesale and distribution operations, and similar processes and operations.

“Intermodal shipping container” means a pre-fabricated, standardized, reusable, metal container designed and intended for transporting cargo on ocean-going ships, trains, or tractor trailers, also commonly called connex units or cargo containers.

“Kennel” means any enclosure, building, shelter, area or establishment used for the purpose of breeding, buying, selling, keeping or boarding six or more dogs over the age of four months either for profit, pleasure, or as pets.

“Livestock” means generally accepted outdoor farm animals (i.e., cows, goats, horses, pigs, etc.) not to include barnyard fowl, cats, dogs, and other house pets. Livestock under six months of age are considered to be in the weaning process and are not included in the total number of countable livestock on a property.

“Livestock, large” means livestock whose typical weight for that breed is greater than or equal to two hundred fifty pounds.

“Livestock, small” means livestock whose typical weight for that breed is less than two hundred fifty pounds.

“Lot” means a parcel or tract of land shown as an individual unit on the most recent plat of record.

“Lot—Corner lot” means a lot situated at the junction of, and bordering on, two intersecting rights-of-way.

“Lot—Depth of lot” means a mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of its side lot line.

“Lot—Front lot line” means the lot line adjacent to a public street. In the case of a corner lot, the front line shall be the shorter of the street lot lines. In the case of a triangular lot located on a curved street, the front lot line shall be the chord line of the curve measured from the points where property intersects the right-of-way.

“Lot—Interior lot” means a lot located within a group of lots other than on intersecting streets.

“Lot—Lot lines” means the property lines bounding a single parcel of property.

“Lot—Lot width” means the mean horizontal distance separating side lot lines of an individual lot.

“Lot—Rear lot line” means the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in the case of a triangular, irregular or other odd-shaped lot, the line not less than ten feet in length, within the lot, and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

“Lot line—Side lot line” means any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

“Major street” means a roadway which serves as the primary artery of through traffic movement.

“Manufactured home park” means any area, lot, or portion of a lot where space for two or more manufactured or mobile homes are leased, rented or held out for rent for occupancy, having separate attachments for utilities; this does not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied manufactured or mobile homes are parked for inspection and sale.

“Manufacturing and processing” means the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products, the blending of materials, such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins, or liquors, and other processes or operations which involve one or more of the following: large numbers of workers, heavy truck traffic, significant environmental effects or large-volume public water and sewer service. May also include warehousing, storage and distribution of said products.

“Manufacturing and processing, artisan” means an establishment where preparation of individually crafted artwork, jewelry, furniture, sculpture, pottery, leathercraft, hand-woven articles, and related items is done; as well as the incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products.

“Manufacturing and processing, light” means manufacturing and processing that does not include a large number of workers, heavy truck traffic, significant environmental effects or large-volume public water and sewer service.

“Marijuana cultivation facility” has the meaning given in AS 17.38.900(8) and is subject to the privileges and prohibitions set out in 3 AAC 306.405.

“Marijuana product manufacturing facility” has the meaning given in AS 17.38.900 and is subject to the privileges set out in 3 AAC 306.305 and prohibitions set out in 3 AAC 306.310.

“Marijuana retail store” has the meaning given in AS 17.38.900 and is subject to the privileges set out in 3 AAC 306.305 and prohibitions set out in 3 AAC 306.310. “Marijuana retail store” and “retail marijuana store” have the same meaning as used herein.

“Marijuana testing facility” has the meaning given in AS 17.38.900 and is subject to the privileges and prohibitions set out in 3 AAC 306.610.

“Master plan” means a plan for a subdivision or similar improvement that includes development aspects, including, but not limited to, zoning, lot size, utilities, recreational/public facilities, biological issues, snow removal, geological hazards, drainage, access, streets, public areas, rights-of-way, easements, and future expansion options.

“Material resource extraction” means commercial or industrial operations involving removal of topsoil, fill, sand, gravel, rock, or any operations having similar characteristics.

“Mining operation” has the meaning given in 15 AAC 65.990.

“Minor street” means that which is used primarily for access to the abutting properties.

Motel. See “Hotel, motel, lodge, inn.”

“Nonconformity” means any lot, structure, use of land, use of a structure or characteristics of such use which does not conform to the terms of this title or future amendments, but which was lawful when established.

“Nursery” means any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or for transplanting.

“Office” means a room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, studio, service industry, or government.

“Off-street parking space” means a space located off any street, alley or other right-of-way which is adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening the doors and adequate maneuvering room on a parking lot with access to a public right-of-way or alley.

“Open space” means any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space.

“Park” means a tract of land, designated and used by the public for active and/or passive recreation.

“Passive” means existing, conducting or experiencing without active or concerted effort; receiving an action without responding or initiating a return action.

“Permitted use” means any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

“Personal communication antenna” means any structure or device used for the purpose of collecting or radiating electromagnetic waves, including but not limited to directional antennas, such as panels, microwave dishes, and satellite dishes, and omnidirectional antennas, such as whip antennas, which are located on the exterior of, or outside of, any building, or structure; other than commercial wireless communication towers.

“Personal services” means services generally related to personal needs, such as barbershops, beauty shops, massage facilities, chiropractic clinics, garment repair/tailoring, laundry cleaning, shoe repair, and other similar establishments.

“Planned unit development” means a group or combination of uses developed as a functional unit, the plan of which may not conform to the regulations established in any one or more zoning districts with respect to lot size, mixture of uses, dimensional standards, or required open space.

“Port and harbor facilities” means those facilities generally associated with a port or harbor such as docks, piers, floats, harbormaster offices, and any associated accessory uses and maintenance facilities, to include fuel docks for the purpose of fueling vessels for their own operation.

“Primary use” means the primary or predominant use or uses of any lot or tract.

“Property line” means a demarcation limit of a lot dividing it from other lots or parcels of land.

“Quasi-public” means in a manner or degree of being public, having some, but not all, of the particular attributes of being public.

“Recreation, indoor, commercial/private” means a private/commercially owned and operated recreational land use conducted entirely within a building that includes activities for play, amusement, or relaxation.

“Recreation, indoor, public” means a public recreational land use conducted entirely within a building that includes activities for play, amusement, or relaxation.

“Recreation, outdoor, commercial/private” means a private/commercially owned and operated recreational land use that primarily takes place outdoors that includes activities for play, amusement, or relaxation and which may include related buildings or structures.

“Recreation, outdoor, public” means a public recreational land use that primarily takes place outdoors that includes activities for play, amusement, or relaxation and which may include related buildings or structures.

“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or other temporary occupancy use, which either has its own motive power, or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Examples include travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, motor home, and other similar vehicles.

“Recreational vehicle park or campground” means a lot or portion of a lot where two or more recreational vehicles or tents are parked, camped, leased or rented for temporary occupancy for recreation or vacation purposes. A recreational vehicle park or campground may be improved or unimproved providing remote, rural or nonrural settings that may or may not include improvements and amenities such as water, showers, electricity, a dump station, cable television, internet service or similar services.

“Recreational vehicle park or campground site” means a plot of ground within a recreational vehicle park or campground intended for the accommodation of a recreational vehicle, a tent, or other individual camping unit on a temporary basis.

“Religious institution” means a place of gathering for the purpose of religious worship or related activities, including the permanent place of residence of a pastor, minister or equivalent religious leader.

“Rental cabins” means detached cabins for temporary lodging that are available for rent on a nightly basis as part of a group of three or more cabins for rent. Rental cabins are considered a primary use only. Detached accessory dwelling units utilized as short-term rentals are excluded from rental cabins.

“Residential” means activity involving the occupation of a building for living, cooking, sleeping, and recreation.

“Right-of-way” means a strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer and other similar uses.

“Scrap yard” means any lot or portion of a lot used for the storage, salvage, keeping or abandonment of junk or waste material including worn out, wrecked, scrapped, partially or fully dismantled discarded tangible materials, combination of materials, or items, such as automobiles, machinery, metal, rags, rubber, paper, plastics, chemicals and building materials which cannot, without further reconditioning, be used for their original purpose.

“Self-storage” means a building or group of buildings in a controlled-access and secured site that contains individual compartmentalized and controlled-access storage spaces which are leased or rented for storage purposes on an individual basis.

“Setback” means that line that is the required minimum distance from the street right-of-way or any other lot line that establishes the area within which a structure must be erected or placed.

“Shelter (e.g., homeless, victims, emergency)” means a facility providing temporary protective sanctuary for victims of crime, abuse, or other events that necessitate temporary shelter, including emergency housing during crisis intervention for individuals.

“Shooting range” means a facility or area used for controlled, live discharge at a target by firearm instruments, including, but not limited to, archery items, rifles, pistols, air guns and shotguns.

“Short-term rental” means a transient lodging establishment, located within a residential structure, engaged in providing temporary accommodations for the general public. Stay duration is less than thirty days. These may include, but are not limited to: entire dwellings, rooms within a dwelling, attached and detached accessory dwelling units, and bed and breakfast establishments. Short-term rentals do not include worker housing as defined in this title, which is strictly for transient workers.

“Short-term rental, owner occupied” means a short-term rental where the owner is the primary resident and their residence is located on the same property as the short-term rental. On such properties, the short-term rental may be located within/attached to the primary residence or within an accessory dwelling unit associated with the primary residence.

“Sign” means any device, flat, light, figure, picture, letter, message, symbol, plaque or poster visible outside the lot on which it is located and which is designed to inform or attract the attention of the public, excluding murals or architectural designs which do not advertise a business, product or service.

“Small wind or solar energy system” means any mechanism or device designed for the purpose of converting wind or solar energy into electrical or mechanical power.

“Solid waste disposal” means an area used for the disposal or storage of solid waste material, including garbage, sewage, trash, rubble, construction debris, and all other kinds of organic or inorganic refuse by abandonment, discarding, dumping, reduction, burial, incineration, or any other similar means.

“Solid waste processing facility” means a facility where solid waste that is derived primarily from off site is to be processed. Activities may include management, collection, transportation, staging, composting, curing, storage, marketing, or use of the waste.

“State highway” means all public vehicular ways designated as state highways in accordance with AS Title 19.

“Story” means that portion of a building between any floor and the next floor above; except, that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building between the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above it. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar or unused floor space is more than six feet above grade for more than fifty percent of the total perimeter or is more than twelve feet above grade at any point, such basement, cellar or unused floor space shall be considered a story.

“Street” means a permanently designed major, collector, or minor way, open to public use, which affords the primary means of access to abutting property, such as an avenue, place, drive, boulevard, highway and any other similar public thoroughfare.

“Street, collector” means a street designed and intended to carry traffic from residential street systems to arterial street systems or state highways.

“Structure” means anything which is constructed or erected, and which is located on or under the ground, or attached to something fixed to the ground.

“Subdivision” means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale, development or lease.

“Tent” means a portable, collapsible, enclosed shelter made of canvas or nylon, or comparable material, which has been specifically designed and manufactured for temporary use.

“Timber harvesting” means the commercial cutting of timber.

“Trail” means a marked, worn or beaten path, through woods or wilderness.

“Trailer” means a utility structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle and used for short-term human occupancy, carrying materials, goods or objects, or as a temporary office.

“Use” means the purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.

Use, Accessory. See “Accessory use.”

Use, Conditional. See “Conditional use.”

Use, Primary. See “Primary use.”

“Utility, Class I” means utility installations including substations and indoor processing that do not create noise, odor, or vibration impacts that negatively affect surrounding properties.

“Utility, Class II” means power generation facilities and facilities that include outdoor processing that may generate noise, odor, or vibration impacts on surrounding properties.

“Utility installation” means an installation owned by any agency which, under public franchise or ownership, or under certificate of convenience and necessity, provides the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, water, sewage collection and treatment, or other similar service.

“Variance” grants an exception to a standard of a zoning district but not to the use restriction of that zoning district, and then only when the criteria for variance approval within this title are met.

“Vehicle sales (motor vehicles)” means the use of any building, land area or other premises for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans, trailers, or recreation vehicles and including any warranty repair work and other minor repair service conducted as an accessory use.

“Vehicle service (automobiles, boats and marine equipment)” means general repair, rebuilding, or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles, boats, marine equipment, or trailers, including bodywork, framework, welding, and major painting service.

“Warehouse” means a building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials.

“Wireless communication towers (commercial)” means a tower, pole, or similar structure that supports a telecommunications antenna operated for commercial purpose above ground in a fixed location, freestanding, guyed, or on a building or other structure.

“Worker housing” means accommodation that is used solely for the purpose of providing cooking, sanitary, and sleeping facilities to house transient workers associated with a particular business, institution or industry. Housing types may include, but are not limited to, bunkhouses, boarding houses, dormitories, attached dwelling units, mobile and manufactured homes.

“Yard, front” means a yard extending the full width of the lot across the front of a lot adjoining a public street and measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line, extending to the edge of the nearest structure on the lot.

“Yard, rear” means a yard extending the full width of the lot across the rear of the lot and measured horizontally at right angles to the rear lot line, extending to the edge of the nearest structure on the lot.

“Yard, side” means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and measured horizontally at right angles to the side lot line. In the case of a corner lot or side yard abutting a public street, the side yard shall be measured horizontally at right angles to the side lot line extending to the edge of the nearest structure on the lot. (Ord. 24-01 § 1)