ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
In the
following definitions, the word shall is always mandatory and not merely a
directive. The word may is permissive.
200 Accessory Use(s) (of
Building)
A use
customarily incidental hereto and subordinate to the principal use or building
and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.
201 Administrative Official
"Administrative
Official" means any department, employee, or advisory, elected or
appointed body which is authorized to administer any provision of the zoning
regulations, subdivision regulations, and if delegated, any provision of any
housing or building regulations or any other land use control regulations.
202 Adult
Entertainment Establishment
As
defined in the City of
202A Agricultural
A regulated regional development
designed exclusively for the purpose of buying, selling and showing
agricultural products, livestock and related farm supplies and equipment. Agricultural Marketing Centers provide a
common commercial area for promoting the products produced through the sciences
of aquaculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, forestry, dairy,
livestock, poultry, bees, and any and all other forms of farm products
cultivated, grown or produced by the agrarian community. Centers may include
banks, restaurants, gift shops, equine and other livestock pavilions and show
rings, veterinarian clinics and farm equipment sales. Other established components include commonly
recognized commercial vendors whose commodities are traded through facilities
known as farmer’s markets; feed, seed and fertilizer sales; and livestock sales
facilities-- all of which are conducted, operated or managed for profit or non
profit as public markets for agricultural producers, market agencies and
buyers. (Amended April 2007)
203 Agricultural Uses
The
growing and harvesting of crops including grass, legume, hay, grain, fruit and
truck or vegetable crops, floriculture, horticulture, growing of mushrooms,
nursery and forest planting stock, orcharding, forestry and the operation of
greenhouses; the keeping, raising and feeding of livestock and poultry, swine,
sheep, beef and dairy cattle, pony and horse productions; fur, game, fish and
wildlife farm operation; farm buildings used for growing, harvesting and
preparing crop products for market; roadside stands and signs pertaining to the
sale or use of the premises or products produced thereon; farm buildings for
storing and protecting farm machinery and equipment from the elements, for
housing livestock and poultry and preparing livestock and poultry products for
market; farm dwellings including mobile homes occupied by farm owners, employees on the farm and members of the
immediate family of the farm owner.
Provided, however, that such dwellings for the farm owners, employees
and members of the immediate family of the farm owner do not exceed a density of one dwelling for
each five (5) acres, and shall comply with Section 711.2 of this Ordinance as
it relates to employees of the farm on which the mobile home is located, and
further it is provided that such dwellings can be subdivided from the farm if
it is to be continuously occupied by an immediate family member. It shall be comprised of a lot no smaller
than one (1) acre in size, with access to an existing public road through an
existing private driveway, to be shared with the original residence, through a
platted and recorded access easement of fifteen (15) feet; or, the in-family
lot can be comprised of a lot no smaller than five (5) acres in size with
frontage on an existing public road or if the nearest property line of any lot
is within 400 feet of the centerline of an existing public road; with a limit
of no more than two (2) in-family lots fronting on an existing public road and
sharing a common entrance; and meets all health and sanitation regulations in
effect and contained herein, and provided further that the number of lots be
limited to one lot in Woodford County per each immediate family member’s
lifetime and that such family member shall hold title to the tract so conveyed
for at least five (5) years, and if said conveyance is made to a minor, the
five (5) year restriction for holding title begins when the minor turns
eighteen (18), and should the family
members within five (5) years re-convey the tract to anyone other than to the
person or persons from whom it was received, then such deed of re-conveyance
shall be void, and provided further, that all such deeds from a farm owner to a
family member shall contain a restrictive covenant stating clearly the five (5)
year restriction for holding title and stating that any conveyance prior to
said five (5) year restriction shall be void, and any deed from a farm owner to
a family member pursuant to this section that fails to contain said restrictive
covenant shall be void ad initio.
Provided further, that in the case of a judicial sale the restriction on
re-conveyance shall not apply. On farms
where in-family conveyances are permitted all lots shall be counted against the
sliding scale of “Lots to be Sold” as defined in Section 703.11(A). In no case shall any farm of 100 acres or
more be permitted to have more than fifteen (15) lots. (Amended May 2004)
Mobile homes in Agricultural Districts: It is further provided that mobile homes may be the principal residential
structures on farms at least five acres in size. Any additional mobile homes that are used on the farm shall contain a minimum density of one unit for each ten (10) acres except when such is subdivided from the farm and is placed on a lot no less than five (5) acres in size and shall comply with Section 711.2 of this Ordinance as it relates to employees of the farm on which the mobile home is located. Mobile homes shall be provided the same yard requirements as for other types of dwelling units in the A-1 District. Mobile homes must obtain a conditional use permit in order to be placed on any existing lot less than five acres in size. In considering a conditional use permit the Board shall determine whether or not the mobile home will have a deleterious effect upon surrounding properties and that there is no objection from fifty percent (50%) of abutting property owners and provided that the mobile home is placed on a solid foundation and is underpinned.
204 Alley
Any
public or private way set aside for public travel, less than twenty five (25)
feet in width.
205
A medical facility that provides for the examination, care,
and treatment of animals that does not include boarding of animals except for
those requiring emergency or medical treatment, which may include the storage
of medicinal supplies when accessory to the primary use. (Amended December 2005)
206 Assisted Living
Facility
A
building, establishment, complex, or distinct part thereof which: (a) accepts
primarily aged persons for domiciliary care, not nursing or medical care; and
(b) provides on site to its residents private lockable residential spaces; (c)
provides on site to its residents in addition to the residential unit, meal
service in a community dining facility and non-medical personal care services
appropriate to the resident’s respective needs, (d) other than supervision of
self administered medication, medical services are not provided. The facility may provide space for an
unrelated Home Health Service or a Medical Doctor’s Office for ease of access
to those services by the residents, (e) provides linkages with hospital, community
services and makes transportation available, (f) provides timely assistance to
residents for response to urgent or emergency needs. (Amended November 1998)
207 Athletic Club Facility
An establishment which provides
for indoor and/or outdoor commercial or non-commercial services and facilities
which purport to improve the user’s physical condition or appearance through
participation in sports activities, fitness training, exercise, or body
building. The establishment may offer
access to the following: gymnasiums,
swimming pools, tracks, ball courts, weight lifting equipment, exercise
equipment or facilities, saunas, steam baths or whirlpools. (Amended December 2005)
208 Automobile and Truck
Repair, Major
Rebuilding
or reconditioning of engines or transmissions, vehicles or trailers; repair and
collision service, such as body, frame, or fender straightening; painting;
upholstering; auto glass work and the like.
209 Automobile and Truck
Repair, Minor
Minor
repairs including auto inspection lanes, engine tune-ups; adjusting lights and
brakes; but not including any operation specified under "Automobile and
Truck Repair, Major.".
210 Automobile Service
Station (Filling Station)
A
building or structure used for minor automobile and truck repair, the retail
sale and dispensing of fuel, lubricants, tires, batteries, accessories and
supplies, including installation and minor services customarily incidental
thereto; facilities for washing and for chassis and gear lubrication are
permitted if enclosed in a building.
211 Automobile Salvage Yard
(Includes Junk Yards and Auto Wrecking Yards)
Any
place where three or more motor vehicles not in running condition, or other
parts thereof, are stored in the open and are not being restored to operation;
or any land, building or structure used for the wrecking or storing of such
automobiles or the parts thereof.
212 Bed and Breakfast/Inn
Establishment
An
establishment in a dwelling or structure located on land which is occupied and
operated by the owner, lessee or owner’s agent, that supplies temporary
accommodations to overnight guests for a fee.
(Amended December 2006)
213 Billiards
& Pool Halls
Any establishment which has, as part of its operation three,
(3) or more pool or billiard tables on the premises. (Amended December 2005)
214 Board
The
Board of Adjustment for
215 Boarding or Lodging
House
A building
other than a hotel which maintains a guest register and provides sleeping rooms
and meals or cooking facilities for overnight guests, primarily not transients,
for compensation for three (3), but not more than twenty (20) persons. A boarding or lodging house is distinguished
from any other type of facility or use in that it is designed to be occupied
and used for long term residents who are registered guests for a minimum of
three (3) consecutive days and provides no services for non-overnight registered
guests. Such a facility must provide
off-street parking for all guests. Where kitchen facilities are included in a
sleeping room, such room shall be deemed a dwelling unit.
216 Building
Any
structure constructed or used for a residence, business, industry or other
public or private purpose, or accessory thereto.
217 Building Code
State
mandated regulations that govern building, design, construction and
maintenance. (
218 Building Lines
Lines
and/or utility easements and rights-of-way beyond which no building or part
thereof shall project, except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance.
219 Building Line - Width
The
distance between the side lot lines measured along the front building line of
the lot as determined by the prescribed front yard requirement of the zone in
which the lot is located or as designated by the final record plat, whichever
is greater.
220 Building, Principal
A
building, including covered porches, carports, and attached garages in which is
conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any residential district any dwelling
shall be deemed to be the principal building on the lot on which the same is
situated. The connection of two buildings by means of an open porch, breezeway,
passageway, carport or other such open structure, with or without a roof, shall
not be deemed to make them one building.
221
An educational institution primarily owned and operated by
an individual, partnership, or corporation offering training in business,
trade, technical or related areas through residence, extension, or
correspondence, for which tuition is charged.
Such training shall not include any courses or instruction in which the
field or occupation would not be a permitted use within the zoning category in
which the institution is located. (Amended December 2005)
221A
An educational institution primarily owned and operated by
an individual, partnership, or corporation offering training in business,
trade, technical or related areas through residence, extension, or
correspondence, for which tuition is charged. (Amended January 2006)
222 Camping Trailer
A
vehicle intended for seasonal recreational use but not for year round living
accommodations. For purpose of this
regulation, no trailer of any kind over twenty-two (22) feet in length shall be
considered a camping trailer.
223 Camp or Campgrounds
Tracts
of land of a design or character suitable for and used for seasonal,
recreational, and other similar living purposes. The tracts may have located on them a
structure of a seasonable, temporary or movable nature, such as a cabin,
hunting shelter, or tent. Any permanent
structures, such as cabins, must comply with the appropriate requirements for
dwellings in that district.
224 Certificate of
Occupancy
A
certificate issued by the Building Inspector and Zoning Administrator, after
construction has taken place, which certifies that the building meets minimum
standards for human occupancy
225
Any facility which provides full or part-time care to at least four (4) children, other than family child care, day or night, to children who are not the children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or children in legal custody of the operator, as regulated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The term shall not include child care facilities operated by religious organizations while religious services are being conducted, or kindergarten or nursery schools which have as their primary function educational instruction. (Amended December 2005)
226 Child Care, Family
An incidental and subordinate use within a dwelling and not
an accessory structure, where full or part-time care is provided by a resident
of the dwelling, for a fee, to children, as regulated by the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. (Amended December 2005)
227 Churches
A
facility used primarily for religious worship services of an assembly nature
that may secondarily provide social or community services such as counseling,
child care, senior services, and educational programs. For the purposes of this ordinance,
synagogues, temples, and other places of religious assembly for worship,
regardless of the terminology used by a specific faith or denomination, are
considered churches pursuant to this definition. (Amended November 2003)
228 Clinic, Medical
A building
or part thereof designed and used for the diagnosis and treatment of human
patients that does not including overnight care facilities. (Amended December 2005)
229 Club, Private
Buildings
and facilities the purpose of which is to render a social, educational, or
recreational service to members and their guests and not primarily to render a
service customarily carried on as a business or to render a profit. Private clubs shall include country clubs.
230 Commercial Composting
The aerobic or anaerobic decomposition of solid, organic
materials to produce a stabilized, humus-like material that can be recycled to
the land as a soil conditioner and low grade fertilizer and primarily for use
or distribution off the production site.
(Amended December 2005)
231 Commercial Greenhouses
Establishments
primarily engaged in propagating and growing plants in containers, in soil or
in other growing medium for the purpose of being sold and transplanted. This definition shall include sale of the
following items: Plants grown on the
premises or tended in a controlled environment of the greenhouse or plant
nursery; sale of fungicides, insecticides, chemicals, peat moss, humus,
mulches, and fertilizer, all to be used in the soil or upon the live plant to
preserve the life and health of the plants sold; landscape counseling, site
planning contracting services when not the primary activity and
when using plants grown or tended on the premises of the greenhouse or plant
nursery. Note: This definition only applies to land use as
provided for in the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations and is not
intended to affect the status of any business with regard to any federal or
state tax laws or similar statues.
232 Commercial Resort
A
resort furnishing lodging, meals, and such recreational facilities as swimming,
boating, shuffleboard, horseback riding, and golf. The recreational facilities shall be
incidental to the furnishing of lodging and meals.
233 Commission
Versailles-Midway-Woodford
County Planning Commission established pursuant to Chapter 100 of the Kentucky
Revised Statues.
234 Community Center
Buildings
and facilities for a social, educational, or recreational purpose, operated by
a non-profit organization, which are generally open to the public and which do
not render a service customarily carried on as a business.
235 Comprehensive Plan
The
adopted plan for
236 Conditional Uses
A use
which is essential or would promote the public health, safety, or welfare in
one or more zones, but which would impair the integrity and character of the
zone in which it is located, or in adjoining zones, unless restrictions on
location, size, extent, and character of performance area imposed in addition
to those imposed in the zoning regulation.
237 Conditional Use Permit
Legal
authorization to undertake a conditional use, issued by the administrative
official pursuant to authorization by the Board of Adjustment, consisting of
two (2) parts:
A. A
statement of the factual determination by the Board of Adjustment which
justifies the issuance of the permit and
B. A
statement of the specific conditions which must be met in order for the use to
be permitted.
238 Density
Number
of dwelling units per acre.
239 Dormitory
A
building containing sleeping rooms operated by a school for academic
instruction, or by a business college, technical or trade school, for which
admission to residency is limited exclusively to students of such an
institution, school or college. Where
kitchen facilities or provisions for such are provided, such rooms shall be
deemed dwelling units.
240 Dump
A lot
or tract of land or part thereof used for the disposal by abandonment, dumping,
burial, burning, or other means of trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery,
vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind except garbage.
241 Dwelling
A
permanent building used primarily for human habitation but not including mobile
homes or facilities for the housing of transient residents, occupied
exclusively for residential purposes..
A. Dwelling,
Single Family - A permanent building, separate and free
standing, in itself providing living accommodations for one family.
B. Dwelling,
Two Family - A permanent building
designed exclusively for occupancy by two families, commonly known as a duplex.
C. Dwelling,
Multiple Family - A permanent building
or portion thereof providing separate living accommodations for three or more
families.
242 Dwelling Unit
A
single unit, consisting of one room or rooms connected together, providing
complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including
permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, kitchen facilities and
sanitation.
243 Family
A group
of one or more persons occupying a premise and living as a single housekeeping
unit, whether or not related to each other by birth, adoption or marriage, but
no unrelated group shall consist of more than five persons, as distinguished
from a group occupying a boarding or lodging house or hotel.
244 Family Member
(Immediate)
One or
more persons related to each other by birth, adoption or marriage. For purposes of in-family conveyances this
would be parent-to-child, child-to-parent, spouse to spouse, sibling to
sibling, grandparent to grandchild and grandchild to grandparent. Unrelated individuals jointly owning property
are not eligible to utilize the in-family conveyance ordinance. Amended May
2004
245 Filling Station ( See
"Auto Service Stations")
246 Floodplain
Any
land area susceptible to be inundated by water from the base flood. The term refers to that area designated as
subject to flooding from the base flood (100 year flood) on the "Flood
Boundary and Floodway Map" prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, a copy of which is on file in the planning department.
247 Floodway
The channel
of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be
reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing
the water surface more than one foot.
The term refers to that area
designated
as floodway on the "Flood Boundary and Floodway Map" prepared by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a copy of which is on file in
the planning department.
248 Floor Area
The
total area of a building measured by taking the outside dimensions of the
building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage; without deduction for hallways, stairs,
closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features; but, including finished
attics, and finished basements.
249 Floor Area Ratio
Floor
area of buildings on a lot divided by ground area of the lot on which it is
located.
250 Garden
Centers (office & sales yard)
Establishments used primarily for the sale of live plants,
including greenhouses and plant nurseries. When accessory to the sale of
plants, the sale of the following items shall be allowed: Cut plants, cut
trees, and wreaths, bulbs and seeds which may have been transported to the
premises for the purpose of resale; ground covers; fungicides, chemicals, peat
moss, humus, mulches and fertilizers; lawn statuary, furniture, bird baths,
bird feeders, birdhouses and pottery; pots and containers for plants;
artificial flowers; home lawn and garden equipment including manual and
automatic grass cutting devices, grass seeding devices, mulchers, thatchers,
tillers, but not including farm tractors and machinery; garden landscape
devices including railroad ties, stepping stones, fencing, edging, trellises,
plastic and burlap; hand tools such as sprayers, shovels, dusters, rakes, hoes,
and watering devices; firewood; landscape planning and contracting services
incidental to the garden center to include contractual services for lawn and
garden sprigging, maintenance, fertilizing, spraying and mowing. (Amended December 2005)
251 Garage, Private
An
accessory building (including a carport)
housing not more than four (4) motor driven vehicles. The building owner may lease vehicle space
but shall not provide repairing or servicing of motor vehicles for financial
gain.
252 Garage, Public
Any
building or premises, except those used as a private or storage garage, used
for equipping, repairing, hiring, selling or storing motor driven vehicles.
253 Garbage
Any
odorous, putrescible or combustible waste materials.
254 Greenhouses,
Commercial (See "Commercial
Greenhouses")
255 Group or Row House
A group
or row of not more than eight (8) semi-detached single-family dwellings not
more than two (2) rooms deep with access to a street as herein defined.
256 Hazardous
Materials
Any chemical, biological or radiological compound, gas, oil,
gasoline, lubricant or other petroleum products, substances, solution or
mixture which because of its quality, quantity, concentration, physical or
infectious characteristics, or any combination thereof, when released into the
environment, presents or may present harmful or potentially harmful effects to
human health or welfare or the environment.
(Amended December 2005)
257 Height, Building
The
vertical distance from the grade to the top of the highest roof beam of a flat
roof, or to the mean level of the highest gable or slope of a hip roof. When a building faces on more than one
street, the height shall be measured from the average of the grades at the
center of each street front.
258 Heliport
A facility used exclusively for helicopter operations
including landing, takeoff, loading, discharging, fueling, maintenance, and/or
transient storage of helicopters. (Amended December 2005)
259 Helistop
A facility used exclusively for helicopter landing,
take-off, loading, discharging, and/or transient storage of helicopters but not
including facilities for maintenance, fueling or long-term storage of
helicopters. (Amended December 2005)
259A Home Improvement Store
A facility of more than 50,000
square feet gross floor area engaged in the retail sale of various basic
hardware lines such as tools, builders hardware and materials, paint and glass,
house wares and household appliances, home decorating fixtures and accessories,
lawn and nursery materials and supplies and other items generally used in the
maintenance, repair or construction of buildings or other structures and
property. (Amended May 2008)
260 Home Occupation
A gainful occupation or
profession carried on in a residence such as the studio of an artist or sculptor,
dressmaking and tailoring, upholstery, handicrafts, tutoring, individual
musical instruction (provided no instrument is amplified) and professional
services, provided
such home occupation is performed under the following conditions:
(1) The
use is clearly incidental and secondary to use for dwelling purposes and
occupies no more than twenty-five percent (25%) or three hundred (300) square
feet of the total floor area of the dwelling, whichever is less.
(2) The
use is conducted entirely within a dwelling and not in any accessory building.
(3) The
use is carried on only by residents of the dwelling.
(4) No
mechanical equipment is installed or used except as is normally used for
domestic or professional purposes.
(5) No
stock and trade are kept or commodities sold except such as are produced by the
residents on the premises.
(6) The
use does not require external alteration of the dwelling.
(7) The
use does not adversely affect the uses permitted in the immediate neighborhood
by excessive traffic generation or noise.
(8) No
outside signage of any kind shall be displayed on the property which identifies
the home occupation.
(9) No
additional blacktop, concrete or gravel parking shall be permitted beyond that
normally provided in comparable neighborhood homes. (Amended December 2005)
261 Home Office
An office for record keeping and administration of work. Such office shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The office shall be clearly
incidental and secondary to the use for dwelling purposes with no more than twenty-five percent (25%) nor more than
five hundred (500) square feet in any case of the dwelling devoted to the
office use.
(2) The
office shall be located in the dwelling unit and not in any accessory building.
(3) The
office shall be operated by and shall employ only residents of the dwelling
unit.
(4) No sale
of merchandise shall be conducted on the property.
(5) No commodities or merchandise shall be stored on the property and no storage, as defined herein shall be
permitted.
(6) No signs
of any kind shall be displayed on the property which identifies the home office
use.
(7) No visits
to the home office by customers, clients, patrons and the general public are
allowable.
(8) The residence shall maintain its
residential character and shall not be altered or remodeled so as to change the
residential appearance of the building. (Amended December 2005)
262 Hotel (See Motel)
263 Junk Yards
A lot,
land, building, or structure, or part thereof used primarily for the
collecting, storage, and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal, or
discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, and salvaging
of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and for the sale of parts
there from.
264 KRS 100
Kentucky
Revised Statutes that enable cities and counties to enact local planning and
land use regulations and specify how planning and zoning shall be administered.
265 Kennel
Any
place where house pets are kept for purposes other than those customary and
incidental to a household.
266 Kitchen Facilities
Equipment
arranged in a room or some other space in a structure which facilitates the
preparation of food including, but not limited to, a combination of two or more
of the following--a range, microwave oven, dishwasher, kitchen sink, or
refrigerator.
267 Lodging House (See
Boarding House)
268
A
piece, parcel, tract or plot of land occupied or to be occupied by one
principal building and its’ accessory buildings and including the open spaces
required under this regulation.
269
Any
lot, the deed of which is on record at the office of the
270 Lot Area, Gross
The
total area circumscribed by the boundaries of a lot, except when the boundary
of the lot extends into a public street right-of-way, then the street
right-of-way shall be used in computing the lot area.
271
The
computed portion of ground area occupied by the outside walls of buildings and
structures as defined by gross floor areas within a lot.
272 Mail Order
Business
A business engaged in the sale of
manufactured products, goods, merchandise and finished products primarily
through means of mail or telephone orders, including the administrative offices
of such business. (Amended December
2005)
273
A dock providing secure moorings for boats that may include
accessory retail facilities for boat owners, crews and their guests. (Amended December 2005)
274 Mobile Home
A
structure transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent
chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when
connected to the required utilities. The
term also includes park trailers, travel trailers, and similar transportable structures
placed on a site for 180 consecutive days or longer and intended to improve
property.
275
An area
developed as herein specified with accommodations for not less than ten (10)
mobile homes.
276 Mobile Home Subdivision
A residential
subdivision designed exclusively for and occupied only by mobile homes and
similar units designed for transportation in which the homes and the land are
owned by the occupants.
277 Motel or Hotel
A
building or group of buildings containing individual sleeping or living units
(suites) designed for the temporary occupancy of transient guests and including
hotels, motor lodges, motor hotels, or auto courts, but not including boarding
or lodging houses. (Must provide
off-street parking as specified by this Ordinance)
278 Motor Home
A self
propelled vehicle with a dwelling constructed as an integral part of the
vehicle. (See more under Recreational
Vehicle)
279 Nonconforming Lot
A lot
of record existing at the effective date of the zoning ordinance (and not
created for the purposes of evading the restrictions of this chapter) that does
not meet the minimum area requirement of the district in which the lot is
located.
280 Non-conforming Use or
Structure
An
activity or a building, sign, structure, or a portion thereof which lawfully
existed before the adoption of the zoning ordinance, but which does not conform
to all of the regulations contained in the zoning ordinance which pertain to
the zone in which it is located.
281 Nursing Home or Rest
Home
A home
for the aged, chronically ill or incurable persons in which three (3) or more
persons not of the immediate family are received, kept, or provided with food
and shelter and care for compensation, but not including hospitals, clinics, or
similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnoses, treatment, or care of
the sick or injured.
282 Open Space
Outdoor
area of a lot or tract which is designated and used for outdoor living,
recreation, pedestrian access or planting.
Off-street parking and loading areas, driveways, and required front and
side street side yard areas do not qualify as useable open space.
283 Permits
A. Building Permit
- A permit issued by the Building
Inspector and Zoning Administrator authorizing the construction or alteration
of a specific building on a specific lot, submitted and approved per the
Kentucky Building Code (KBC) as adopted by jurisdiction.
B. Temporary
Occupancy Permit - A temporary certificate issued by the Building Inspector for
a building or structure, or part thereof, before the entire work covered by the
permit has been completed, provided that such portion or portions will be
occupied safely prior to full completion of the building or structure without
endangering life or public welfare.
C. Wrecking Permit
(Demolition Permit) - A permit issued by the Building Inspector before a
building or structure or major part thereof is razed.
D. Grading Permit -
A permit issued by the Zoning Administrator before any stripping, cutting,
filling, stockpiling of earth or land.
E. Sign Permit - A
permit issued by the Zoning Administrator before any sign is erected, moved,
added to, or structurally altered.
F. Zoning Permit -
A permit issued by the Zoning Administrator that authorizes the recipient to
make use of property in accordance with the requirements of this zoning
ordinance.
284 Personal
Services or Personal Service Establishments
Commercial business providing services to individuals such
as beauty and barber shops, shoe repair, dressing making and tailoring. (Amended
December 2005)
285 Planned Unit
Development (PUD)
A complex of structures and uses planned as an integral
unit of development rather than as single structures on single lots, and
overall density of the zoning district is met.
286 Plant
Nursery
An establishment engaged in the outdoor cultivation of only
trees and shrubs for transplanting. A
greenhouse may be an accessory structure when used to propagate and prepare the
trees or plants for planting on the premises. (Amended December 2005)
287 Principal
Permitted Use
A use which is permitted outright in a district for which a
zoning certificate may be issued by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with
the provisions of the Ordinance.
288 Principal
Structure
A building in which is conducted a principal or conditional
use. In any residential zone, any
structure containing a dwelling unit shall be deemed a principal structure on
the lot on which the same is located.
Where a non-conforming use is the primary use on the property, the
building in which it is located shall be deemed a principal structure.
289 Principal
Use of Structure
The primary use of the land or the main structure on a lot
which determines the primary activity that takes place on the land or in the
structure.
290 Recreational
Vehicle
A vehicle which is: (a) built on a single chassis; (b) 400
square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (c)
designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable to a light duty truck; and
(d) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.
291 Rehabilitation
Home
A building or group of buildings
providing a supervised residence for persons recovering from the effects of
drug or alcohol abuse, psychiatric disorders, or as a condition of their parole
or probation. Such homes may provide
counseling in educational, vocational, or other areas by a paid or volunteer
staff and generally have twenty-four (24) hour-a-day supervision.
292 Restaurant
An eating establishment where food is served and/or
consumed primarily within the building and where consumption of food in motor
vehicles on the premises is not encouraged.
Note: A restaurant may only
include drive-through facilities (where food is served to patrons while in
their motor vehicle through a window or other facilities and consumption on the
premises in motor vehicles is not encouraged) as permitted and regulated in the
zone in which the restaurant is located.
293 Restaurant,
Drive-In
An eating establishment where food is served by employees
or by self-service outside the building and consumed on the premises
principally in a motor vehicle.
294 Rural
Residential District
The Rural Residential District is a zoning district
classification applicable to residential subdivisions of property located
outside existing urban service boundaries of
295 Schools
for Academic Instruction
All schools offering primarily classroom instruction with
participation of teachers and students, limited to elementary, junior and
middle high schools, high schools, junior colleges, colleges, theological
seminaries, bible colleges, and universities; but not including business
colleges, technical or trade schools.
(Amended December 2005)
296 Sign
Shall mean and include