301.  Definitions.  For the purpose of this Chapter, certain words
and phrases are defined as follows:

(1) Accessory Building.  A subordinate building, or a portion of the
main building, which is located on the same lot as the main building
and the purpose of which is clearly incidental to that of the
principal buildinq.  (See Section 703.)

(2) Accessory Use.  A use incidental or subordinate to the prirscipal
use of the same land.

(3) Administrator.  The Grant Town Board.

(4) Agriculture.  See Farm definition and Section 744.

(5) Agricultural Building.  A structure on agricultural land as
defined in "Farm/Rural" of this section, designed, constricted and
used to house farn implements, livestock or agricultural produce or
products used by the owner, lessee or sublessee of the building and
members of their immediate families, their employees and persons
engaged in the pickup or delivery of agricultural produce or products.

(6) Animals, Domestic Pets.  Dogs, cats, birds and similar animals
commonly kept in a residence.  Animals considered wild, exotic or
non-domestic, such as bears, lions, wolves, oscelots and similar
animals shall not be considered domestic pets.

(7) Animals, Domestic Farm.  Cattle, hogs, horses, bees, sheep,
goats, chickens and other animals commonly kept for commercial food
producing purposes.

(8) Animal Unit.  A unit of measure used to compare differences in
the production of animal wastes which has a standard as the amount of
waste produced on a regular basis by a slaughter steer or heifer.

(9) Apartment.  A room or suite of rooms with cooking facilities
designed to be occupied as a residency by a single family.

(10) Area, Net Developable.  Those lands within a development parcel
remaining after the deletion of flood plains, wetlands, slopes
greater than twelve percent (12%) and unbuildable easements or
rights-of-way.

(11) Attorney.  The Community Attorney.

(12) Automobile Service Station - (Gas Station).  A place where any
motor fuel, lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is
offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into
motor vehicles.  This definition includes greasing, oiling or sale of
automobile accessories on the premises.  This definition also
includes minor repairs and replacement of parts and motor services to
passenger automobiles and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1
1/2) tons capacity.  This definition shall not include major repair,
rebuilding or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles or trailers,
collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening or
repair, overhaul, painting or paint job, vehicle steam cleaning or
automatic car or vehicle washing devices.

(13) Automobile Service Uses.  Those uses catering to the traveling
public.  These include auto and truck laundry, drive-in business,
service station, repair garage, public garage, motel, hotel, seasonal
produce sales, motor vehicle sales, trailer sales and rental, boat
sales, rental services and restaurants.

(14) Automobile Repair.  The replacement of any part or repair of any
part which does not require the removal of the engine head or pan,
engine, transmission or differential, incidental body and fender
work, minor painting and upholstering service when said service above
stated is applied to passenger automobiles and trucks not in excess
of seven thousand (7,000) pounds gross vehicle weight.

(15) Auto or Motor Vehicle Reduction Yard.  A lot or yard where one
(1) or more unlicensed motor vehicles, or the remains thereof, are
kept for the purpose of dismantling, wrecking, crushing, repairing,
rebuilding, sale of parts, sale as scrap, storage or abandonment.
(See also Junk Yard.)

(16) Basement.  A portion of a building between floor and ceiling,
located partly above and partly below grade, and having onehalf (1/2)
or less of its floor to ceiling height below the average grade of the
adjoining ground.  Earth sheltered houses that meet all other
requirements of the Building Code shall not be considered basements.

(17) Board of Supervisors.  The governing body of the Town of Grant.

(18) Boarding House.  A building other than a motel or hotel where,
for compensation and by pre-arrangement for definite periods, meals
or lodging are provided for three (3) or more unrelated persons, but
not to exceed eight (8) persons.

(19) Building.  Any structure, either temporary or permanent, having
a roof and used or built for the shelter or enclosure of any person,
animal or property of any kind.  When any portion thereof is
completely separated from every other part thereof by area
separation, each portion of such building shall be deemed as a
separate building.

(20) Building Code.  The Minnesota State Building Code.

(21) Building Height.  The vertical distance between the lowestgrade
level at the building line and the uppermost point on the roof.

(22) Building Official.  The officer or other designated authority,
certified by the State of Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, 16.861,
charged with the administration and enforcement of the State Building
Code, or his duly authorized representative.

(23) Building Setback.  The minimum horizontal distance between the
building and the lot line.

(24) Building Setback Line.  A line within a lot parallel to a public
right-of-way line, a side or rear lot line, a bluffline or a high
water mark or line, behind which buildings or structures must be
placed.

(25) Business.  Any occupation, employment or enterprise wherein
merchandise is exhibited or sold, or where services are offered for
compensation.

(26) Carport.  An automobile shelter having one (1) or more sides
open.

(27) Cellar.  That portion of the building having more than one-half
(1/2) of the clear floor to ceiling height below the average grade of
the adjoining ground.  Underground buildings that meet all other
requirements of the Building Code shall not be considered cellars.

(28) Certificate of Compliance.  See Section 506.

(29) Certificate of Occupancy.  See Section 510.

(30) Channel.  A natural or artificial watercourse with definite bed
and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing
water, including but not limited to streams, rivers, creeks, ditches,
drainageways, canals, conduits, culverts, waterways, gulleys, ravines
or washes, and including any area adjacent thereto which is required
to carry and discharge the regional flood.  (See Chapter 3.)

(31) Channel Flow.  That water which is flowing within the limits of
a channel.

(32) Church.  A building, together with its accessory buildings and
uses, where persons regularly assemble for religious worship and
which building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, is
maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain
public worship.

(33) Cluster Development.  A pattern of subdivision development which
places detached houses, duplexes or townhouse units into compact
groupings while providing a network of commonly owned or dedicated
open space.

(34) Club or Lodge.  A non-profit association of persons who are bona
fide members paying annual dues, use of premises being restricted to
members and their guests.

(35) Commercial.  See Section 604 for permitted uses.

(36) Commercial Food Producing Farm Operations.  See "Farm/Rural" and
Section 744.

(37) Community.  The governmental unit which has adopted this
Ordinance, except where otherwise indicated.

(38) Comprehensive Plan.  The policies, statements, goals and
interrelated plans for private and public land and water use,
transportation and community facilities, including recommendations
for planned execution, documented in texts, ordinance and maps which
constitute the guide for the future development of the community or
any portion of the community.

(39) Condominium.  See "Dwelling - Multiple or Apartment Building".

(40) Conditional Use.  A land use or development as defined by
Ordinance that may not be appropriate generally, but may be allowed
with appropriate restrictions as provided by official controls upon a
finding that (1) certain conditions as detailed in the zoning
ordinance exist, (2) the use or development conforms to the
comprehensive land use plan of the community and (3) is compatible
with the existing neighborhood.

(41) Curb Level.  The grade elevation of the curb in front of the
center of a building.  Where no curb has been established, the
community engineer shall determine a curb level or its equivalent for
the purpose of this Chapter.

(42) Decibel.  The unit of sound measured on the "A" weighing scale
of a sound level meter, set on slow response, the weighing
characteristics of which are specified in the "Standards on Sound
Level Meters of the USA Standards Institute".

(43) Depth of Lot.  The horizontal distance between the frontage
right-of-way line and rear lot line.  On a corner lot, the side with
the largest frontage is its depth, and the side with the lesser
frontage is its width.

(44) Depth of Rear Yard.  The horizontal distance between the rear
building line and the rear lot line.

(45) Dis osal Area, On-Site Sewage Treatment.  See Chapter 4,
Individual Sewage Treatment System Ordinance.

(46) Dredging.  The process by which soils or other surface
materials, normally transported by surface water erosion into a body
of water, are removed for the purpose of deepening the body of water.

(47) Drive-In.  Any use where products and/or services are provided
to the customer under conditions where the customer does not have to
leave the car or where service to the automobile occupants is offered
regardless of whether service is also provided within a building.

(48) Dwelling.  A building or one (1) or more portions thereof
occupied exclusively for human habitation, but not including rooms in
hotels, motels, nursing homes, boarding houses, nor trailers, tents,
cabins, or trailer coaches.  (Also see Dwelling Unit.)

(49) Dwelling - Attached.  A dwelling which is joined to another
dwelling at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or walls.

(50) Dwelling - Detached.  A dwelling which is entirely surrounded by
open space on the same lot.

(51) Dwelling - Duplex or Two Family.  A residential building
containing two. (2) complete dwelling units.

(52) Dwelling - Multiple or Apartment Building.  A residential
building, or portion of a building, containing three (3) or more
dwelling units served by a common entrance.

(53) Dwelling - Single.  A residential building containing one (1)
detached dwelling unit.

(54) Dwelling - Seasonal.  A residential building not capable of
year-round occupancy due to non-winterized construction or inadequate
non-conforming year-round on-site sewage treatment systems.

(55) Dwelling - Townhouse.  A residential building containing two (2)
or more dwelling units with at least one (1) common wall, each unit
so oriented as to have all exits directly to the out-of-doors.

(56) Dwelling Unit.  A residential accommodation including complete
kitchen and bathroom facilities, permanently installed, which is
arranged, designed, used or intended for use exclusively as living
quarters for one (1) family.

(57) Engineer.  The Community Engineer.

(58) Essential Services - Governmental Uses, Buildings and Storage.
Governmental services such as office buildings, garages, temporary
open space, open storage when not the principal use, fire and police
stations, recreational areas, training centers, correctional
facilities or other essential uses proposed by federal, state,
county, local, special districts and school districts, except that
schools shall not be permitted under this provision.

(59) Essential Services - (Public Utility Uses).  Underground or
overhead gas, electrical, distribution systems, collection,
communication, supply or disposal system, including poles, wires,
pipes, conduits, cables, traffic signals, or other similar equipment
and accessories; but not including buildings or transmission services.

(60) Essential Services - (Public Utilit Uses, Transmission Services,
Buildings and Storage).  Transmission service such as electrical
power lines of a voltage of 35 kv or greater, or bulk gas or fuel
being transferred from station to station and not intended for
enroute consumption or other similar equipment and accessories.

(61) Exterior Storage (Includes Open Storage).  The storage of goods,
materials, equipment, manufactured products and similar items not
fully enclosed by a building.

(62) Family.  An individual, or two (2) or more persons each related
by blood, marriage, adoption or foster care arrangement, living
together as a single housekeeping unit, or a group of not more than
four (4) persons not so related, maintaining a common household,
exclusive of servants.

(63) Farm, Rural.  A rural farm is a commercial food producing use on
ten (10) or more contiguous acres and is defined under a portion of
Minnesota Agricultural Property Tax Law (Green Acres Law) Section
273.111 Agricultural Property Tax, Subdivision 6, to wit: Real
Property shall be considered to be in agricultural use provided that
annually it is devoted to the production for sale of livestock, dairy
animals, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, fur bearing
animals, horticultural and nursery stock, fruit of all kinds,
vegetables, forage, grains, bees, apiary products.

(64) (Reserved)

(65) Feedlot.  The place of housing or feeding of livestock or other
animals for food, fur, pleasure or resale purposes in yards, lots,
pens, buildings or other areas not normally used for pasture or crops
and in which substantial amounts of manure or related other wastes
may originate by reason of such feeding of animals.

(66) Fence.  A partition, structure, wall or gate erected as a
dividing marker, visual or physical barrier, or enclosure.

(67) Fill.  Any act by which soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any
similar material is deposited, placed, pushed, or transported and
shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.

(68) Final Plat.  A drawing or map of an approved subdivision,
meeting all requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance, and in such
form as required by the community for purposes of recording.

(69) Floor Area.  The gross area of the main floor of a residential
building measured in square feet and not an attached garage,
breezeway or similar attachment.

(70) Floor Area - Gross.  The sum or the gross area of the various
floors of a building measured in square feet.  The basement floor
area shall not be included unless such area constitutes a story.

(71) Floor Area Ratio.  The numerical value obtained through dividing
the gross floor area of a building or buildings by the net area of
the lot or parcel of land on which such building or buildings are
located.

(72) Floor Plan - General.  A graphic representation of the
anticipated use of the floor area within a building or structure.

(73) Frontage.  That boundary of a lot which abuts a public street or
private road.

(74) Garage - Private.  A detached one-story accessory building, or
portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used
primarily for the storing of passenger vehicles, trailers or farm
trucks.

(75) Garage - Repair.  A building or space for the repair or
maintenance of motor vehicles, but not including factory assembly of
such vehicles, auto wrecking establishments or junk yards.

(76) Garage - Storage.  Any premises, except those described as a
private or public garage used exclusively for the storage of
power-driven vehicles.

(77) Governing Body.  The Board of Supervisors of a Town, City
Council of a City or Board of Commissioners of the County.

(78) Home Occupation.  Any gainful occupation or profession engaged
in by an occupant only of a dwelling unit which is a use that is
clearly incidental to the use of the dwelling unit for residential
purposes, when conducted on the premises.

(79) Hotel.  A building having provision for nine (9) or more guests
in which lodging is provided with or without meals, for compensation,
and which is open to transient or permanent guests or both, and where
no provision is made for cooking in any guest room, and which ingress
and eqress to and from all rooms is made through an inside lobby or
office supervised by a person in charge.

(80) Institutional Housing.  Housing for students, mentally and
physically handicapped and similar housing of a specialized nature.

(81) Junk Yard.  An area where discarded or salvaged materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled
or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals,
paper, rags, rubber products, bottles and used building materials.
Storage of such material in conjunction with a permitted
manufacturing process when within an enclosed area or building shall
not be included.

(82) Kennel, Commercial.  Any place where four (4) or more of any
type of domestic pets, over four (4) months of age, are boarded,
bred, trained or offered for sale.

(83) Kennel, Private.  Any place where four (4) or more of any type
of domestic pets, over four (4) months of age, are owned by any
member or members of the household.

(84) Land Alteration.  The excavation or grading of land involving
movement of earth and materials in excess of fifty (50) cubic yards.

(85) Land Reclamation.  The reclaiming of land by depositing material
so as to elevate the grade.  Depositing a total of more than fifty
(50) cubic yards of material per lot or parcel, either by hauling in
or regrading the area.

(86) Landscaping.  Planting trees, shrubs and turf covers such as
grasses and shrubs.

(87) Loading Space.  A space, accessible from a street, alley or way,
in or outside of a building, for the use of trucks while loading and
unloading merchandise or materials.

(88) Lodging Room.  A room rented as sleeping and living quarters,
but without cooking facilities.  In a suite of rooms without cooking
facilities, each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be
counted as one (1) lodging room.

(89) Lot.  A parcel of land designated by metes and bounds,
registered land survey, plat or other means, and which description is
either recorded in the Office of the Washington County Recorder or
Registrar of Titles or used by the County Treasurer or County
Assessor to separate such parcel from other lands for tax purposes.

(90) Lot Area.  The area of a horizontal plane within the lot lines.

(91) Lot Area, Minimum Per Dwellin Unit.  The minimum number of
square feet or acres of lot area required per dwelling unit.

(92) Lot - Buildable.  A lot which meets or exceeds all requirements
of the community land use and development ordinances without the
necessity of variances.

(93) Lot - Corner.  A lot situated at the junction of and abuttin two
(2) or more intersecting streets; or a lot at the point of a
deflection in alignment of a single street, the interior angle of
which does not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

(94) Lot Depth.  The mean horizontal distance between the front and
rear lines of a lot.

(95) Lot - Interior.  A lot other than a corner lot, including
through lots.

(96) Lot Line.  A lot line is the property line bounding a lot,
except that where any portion of a lot extends into a public
right-of-way or a proposed public right-of-way, the line of such
public right-of-way shall be the lot line.

(97) Lot Line - Front.  That boundary of a lot which abuts a public
street.or a private road.  In the case of a corner lot, it shall be
the shortest dimension of a public street.  If the dimensions of a
corner lot are equal, the front lot line shall be designated by the
owner.  In the case of a corner lot in a non-residential area, the
lot shall be deemed to have frontage on both streets.

(98) Lot Line - Rear.  That boundary of a lot which is opposite to
the front lot line.  If the rear lot line is less than ten (10) feet
in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line
shall be a line ten (10) feet in length within the lot, parallel to,
and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

(99) Lot Line - Side.  Any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot
line or a rear lot line.

(100) Lot - Through.  Any lot other than a corner lot which abuts
more than one (1) street.  On a through lot, all the street lines
shall be considered the front lines for applying this Chapter.

(101) Lot - Through or Double Frontage.  As defined in Chapter 5,
Subdivision Code, and referring to a lake or stream frontage lot
having a public road as one lot line and a water body at the opposite
lot line.

(102) Lot Width.  The horizontal distance between the side lot lines
of a lot measured at the setback line.

(103) Manufactured Home.  A structure transportable in one or more
sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in
width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is
320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chasis and
designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent
foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the
plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained
therein; except that the term includes any structure which meets all
the requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer
voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary and
complies with the standards established under Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 327.31, Subdivision 3.  No manufactured dwelling shall be
moved into the unincorporated areas of Grant Township that does not
meet the Manufactured Home Building Code as defined in Minnesota
Statutes Chapter 327.31, Subdivision 3.

(104) Manufactured Home Lot.  A parcel of land for the placement of a
single manufactured home for the exclusive use of said manufactured
home.

(105) Manufactured Home Park.  Any site or tract of land designed,
maintained or intended for the placement of two (2) or more occupied
manufactured homes.  Manufactured home park shall include any
building, structure, vehicle or enclosure intended for use as part of
the equipment of such manufactured home park.

(106) Manufacturing - General.  All manufacturing, compounding,
processing, packaging, treatment or assembly of goods or materials
which would involve a risk of offensive or dangerous noise, odor or
pollution beyond the lot on which the use is located.  Such uses
include, but are not limited to the following: sawmill; refineries;
commercial feedlots; acid, cement; explosives; flour, feed and grain
milling or storage; meat packing; slaughter houses; coal or tar
asphalt distillation; rendering of fat, grease, lard or tallow;
alcoholic beverages; poisons; exterminating agents; glue; lime;
gypsum; plaster of paris; tanneries; automobile parts; paper and
paper products including storage; electric power generation
facilities; vinegar works; junk yards, auto reduction yards; foundry;
forge, casting of metal products; rock, stone and cement products.

(107) Manufacturing - Limited.  All compounding, processing,
packaging, treatment or assembly of goods and materials, provided
such use will not involve the risk of offensive odors, glare, smoke,
dust, noise, vibrations or other pollution extending beyond the lot
on which the use is located.  Such uses include, but are not limited
to the following: lumber yard, machine shops, products assembly,
sheet metal shops, plastics, electronics, general vehicle repair
(repair garage), body work and painting, contractor shops and storage
yard, food and non-alcoholic beverages, signs and displays, printing,
publishing, fabricated metal parts, appliances, clothing, textiles
and used auto parts.

(108) Manure.  Any solid or liquid containing animal excreta.

(109) Medical Uses.  Those uses concerned with the diagnosis,
treatment and care of human beings.  These include: hospitals, dental
services, medical services or clinics, nursing or convalescent home,
orphan's home, rest home and sanitarium.

(110) Mean Flow Level.  The average flow elevation of a stream or
river computed as the mid-point between extreme low and extreme high
water.

(111) Mining.  The extraction of sand, gravel, rock, soil or other
material from the land and the removal thereof from the site.  For
the purposes of this Ordinance, mining shall not include the removal
of materials associated with the construction of a building, the
removal of excess materials in accordance with approved plats or
utility highway construction, minor agricultural and sod removal.

(112) Modular or Prefabricated Home.  A non-mobile dwelling unit for
year-ro.und occupancy constructed or fabricated at a central factory
and transported to a building site where final installations are made
permanently affixing the dwelling unit to the site.  Said dwelling
unit shall be equivalent to a unit constructed on the site, meeting
all requirements of Minnesota State Law.

(113) Motor Courts, Motor Hotel or Motel.  A building or group of
buildings other than a hotel used primarily as a temporary residence
of a motorist.

(114) Motor Freight Terminal.  A building or area in which freight
brought by motor truck is transferred and/or stored for movement by
motor truck.

(115) Municipality.  A city, village or borough, however organized.

(116) Noise - Ambient.  The all-encompassing noise associated with a
given environment, being either a composite of sounds transmitted by
any means from many sources near and far or a single predominant
source.

(117) (Reserved)

(118) Non-Conforming Use or Lot.  Any legal use or lot already in
existence, recorded or authorized before the adoption of official
controls or amendments thereto that would not have been permitted to
become established under the terms of the official controls as now
written.  (See Section 402.)

(119) Noxious Matter.  Material which is capable of causing injury or
is in any way harmful to living organisms or is capable-of causing
detrimental effect upon the physical or mental health of human beings.

(120) Nursery - Day.  A use where care is provided for three (3) or
more children under kindergarten age for periods of four (4) hours or
more per day for pay.

(121) Nursery - Landscape.  A business growing and selling trees,
flowering and decorative plants, and shrubs which may be conducted
within a building or without.

(122) Nursing Home.  A building with facilities for the care of
children, the aged, infirm or place of rest for those suffering
bodily disorder.

(123) Official Control.  Legislatively defined and enacted policies,
standards, precise detailed maps, and other criteria, all of which
control the physical development of a municipality or a county, or
any part thereof, or any detail thereof, and the means of translating
into ordinances all or any part of the general objectives of the
comprehensive plan.  Such official controls may include, but are not
limited to ordinances establishing zoning, subdivision controls, site
plan regulations, sanitary codes, building codes, housing codes and
official maps.

(124) Official Map.  A map adopted in accordance with the provisions
of Minnesota State Statutes, 462.359.

(125) Office Uses.  Those commercial activities that take place in
office buildings, where goods are not produced, sold or repaired.
Including, but not limited to banks, professional offices,
governmental offices, insurance offices, real estate offices,
telephone exchanges, utility offices, radio broadcasting and similar
uses.

(126) Open Sales Lot.  Lands devoted to the display of goods for
sale, rent, lease or trade where such goods are not enclosed within a
building.

(127) Open Storage.  Storage of any material outside of a building.

(128) Owner.  Includes all persons interested in a property as fee
simple owner, life estate holder, encumbrancer or otherwise.

(129) Parking Space.  A suitably surfaced and permanently maintained
area on privately owned property either within or outside of a
building of sufficient size to store one (1) standard automobile.

(130) Pedestrian Way.  A public or private right-of-way across or
within a block or tract, to be used by pedestrians.

(131) Performance Standards.  The minimum development standards as
adopted by the governing body and on file in the office of the
building official.

(132) Person.  Any person, corporation or association, including
governmental agencies and political entities.

(133) Planning Advisory Commission or Planning Commission.  The duly
appointed planning and zoning advisory commission of the community.

(134) Planning Agency.  A planning commission or department, however
created, or the office of the planning or zoning director or
inspector or the office of any official designated as such planning
or zoning director or inspector, together with any staff members,
employees or consultants of such commission, department, director,
inspector or official, and the board of adjustment and appeals and
its employees or staff.

(135) Principal Structure or Use.  One which determines the
predominant use as contrasted to accessory use or structure.

(136) Protective or Restrictive Covenant.  A contract entered into
between private parties which constitutes a restriction of the use of
a particular parcel of property.

(137) Public Land.  Land owned and/or operated by a governmental
unit, including school districts.

(138) Race Track.  Any area where one (1) or more animals or power
driven vehicles are raced for profit or pleasure.

(139) Recreation Equipment.  Play apparatus such as swing sets and
slides, sandboxes, poles for nets, unoccupied boats and trailers not
exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in length, picnic tables, lawn
chairs, barbecue stands and similar equipment or structures, but not
including tree houses, swimming pools, play houses exceeding
twenty-five (25) square feet in floor area, or sheds utilized for
storage of equipment.

(140) Recreation Vehicle.  Any vehicle or structure designed and used
for temporary, seasonal human living quarters which meets all of the
following qualifications: (a) is not used as the permanent residence
of the owner or occupant; (b) is used for temporary living quarters
by the owner or occupant while engaged in recreation or vacation
activities; (c) is towed or self-propelled on public streets or
highways incidental to such recreation or vacation activities; (d)
examples of such vehicles include van campers, tent camping trailers,
self-contained travel trailers, pick-up campers, camping buses, and
self-contained self-propelled truck chasis mounted vehicles providing
living accommodations.

(141) Recreation Vehicle Parks.  A park, court, campsite, lot, parcel
or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the purpose of
supplying the location or accommodations for any recreation vehicles
as defined herein, and upon which said recreation vehicles are
parked.  The term "Recreation Vehicle Park" shall include all
buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof,
whether a charge is made for the use of the park and its facilities
or not.

(142) Residential District.  See Section 604 for permitted uses.

(143) Research.  Medical, chemical, electrical, metalurgical or other
scientific research and quality control, conducted in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance.

(144) Resort.  Any structure or group of structures containing more
than two (2) dwelling units or separate living quarters designed or
intended to serve as seasonal or temporary dwellings on a rental or
lease basis for profit with the primary purpose of said structure or
structures being recreational in nature.  Uses may include a grocery
for guests only, fish cleaning house, marine service, boat landing
and rental, recreational area and equipment and similar uses normally
associated with a resort operation.

(145) Retail Business Uses.  Stores and shops selling personal
service or goods for final consumption.

(146) Riding Stable - Commercial.  A facility for the purpose of
containing, caring for, riding, driving or training of horses or
other such animals for a fee or stipend.

(147) Riding Stable -Private.  A facility for the purpose of
containing, caring for, riding, driving, or traini.ng of horses or
other such animals and for which a fee or stipend is not charged.

(148) Roadside Sale Stand.  A structure used only for the display and
sale of products with no space for customers within the structure, on
a seasonal basis.

(149) Runway.  A surface of an airport landing strip.

(150) Runway Instrument.  A runway equipped with air navigation
facilities suitable to permit the landing of aircraft by an
instrument approach under restricted visibility conditions.

(151) Screening.  Screening includes earth mounds, berms or ground
forms; fences and walls; landscaping (plant materials) or landscaped
fixtures (such as timbers); used in combination or singularly, so as
to block direct visual access to an object throughout the year.

(152) Setback.  The minimum horizontal distance between a structure
and street right-of-way, lot line or other reference point as
provided by Ordinance.  Distances are to be measured perpendicularly
from the property line to the most outwardly extended portion of the
structure.

(153) Shopping Center.  Any grouping of two (2) or more principal
retail uses whether on a single lot or on abutting lots under
multiple or single ownership.

(154) Sign.  A display, illustration, structure or device which
directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person,
institution, organization or business.  (Also see Section 727.)

(155) Story. That portion of a building included between the surface
of any floor and the surface of the floor next above.  A basement
shall be cotmted as a story and a cellar shall not be counted as a
story.

(156) Street.  A public right-of-way which affords a primary means of
access to abutting property.

(157) Street - Collector.  A street which serves or is designed to
serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major
road.

(158) Street - Intermediate or Minor Arterial.  A street which serves
or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used
primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other
heavy traffic generating areas.

(159) Street - Local.  A street intended to serve primarily as an
access to abutting properties.

(160) Street Pavement.  The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway
used by vehicular traffic.

(161) Street Width.  The width of the right-of-way measured at right
angles to the centerline of the street.

(162) Structural Alteration.  Any change, other than incidental
repairs, which would affect the supporting members of a building,
such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or foundations.

(163) Subdivision.  A described tract of land which is to be or has
been divided into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose of
transfer of ownership, building development, or for tax assessment
purposes.  The term includes resubdivision and where it is
appropriate to the context, relates to either the process of
subdividing, or to the land subdivided, or to the development for
which it is being subdivided.

(164) Substandard Structure.  See Section 402.

(165) Supper Club.  A building with facilities for the preparation
and serving of meals and where meals are regularly served at tables
to the general public.  The building must be of sufficient size and
design to permit the serving of meals to not less than fifty (50)
guests at one time.  Intoxicating liquors may be sold on-sale and
live entertainment and/or dancing shall be permitted.

(166) Tavern or Bar.  A building with facilities for the serving of
3.2 beer, wine, set-ups and short order foods.

(167) Transportation Terminal.  Truck, taxi, air, bus, train and mass
transit terminal and storage area, including motor freight (solid and
liquid) terminal.

(168) Truck Stop.  A motor fliel station devoted principally to the
needs of tractor trailer tmits and trucks, and which may include
eating and/or sleeping facilities.

(169) Use.  See Section 401.03.

(170) Use - Accessory.  A use subordinate to and serving the
nri.ncipal use or structure on the same lot and customarily
incidental to such principal use.

(171) Use - Non-Conforming.  See Section 402.

(172) Use - Substandard.  See Section 402.

(173) Use - Open.  The use of land without a building or including a
building incidental to the open use.

(174) Use - Conditional.  See "Conditional".

(175) Use - Principal.  See "Principal".

(176) Variance.  A modification or variation of the strict provisions
of this Ordinance as applied to a specific piece of property in order
to provide relief for a property owner because of undue hardship or
particular difficulty imposed upon the property by this Ordinance.  A
variance shall normally be limited to height, bulk, density and yard
requirements.  A modification in the allowable uses within a district
shall not be considered a variance.  (See Section 503.01 (2)).

(177) Vehicle Repair.  General repair, rebuilding or reconditioning
of engines, motor vehicles or trailers, including body work,
framework, welding and major painting services.

(178) Veterinary.  Those uses concerned with the diagnosis, treatment
and medical care of animals, including animal or pet hospitals.

(179) Warehousing.  The storage, packing and crating of materials or
equipment within an enclosed building or structure.

(180) Waterfront Uses (Residential).  Boat docks and storage, fish
house, fish cleaning, water recreation equipment and other uses
normally incidental to a lakeshore residence, provided such uses are
for the exclusive use of the occupants and nonpaying guests.

(181) Wholesaling.  The selling of goods, equipment and materials by
bulk to another person who in turn sells the same to customers.

(182) Yard.  The open space on an occupied lot which is not covered
by any structure.

(183) Yard - Front.  A yard extending across the front of the lot
between the inner side yard lines and lying between the front line of
the lot and the nearest building line.

(184) Yard - Rear.  A yard extending across the rear of the lot
between the inner side yard lines and lying between the rear line of
the lot and the nearest building line.

(185) Yard - Required.  A yard area which may not be built on or
covered by structures because of the dimensional setbacks for said
structures within the zoning district.

(186) Yard - Side.  A yard between the side lines of the lot and the
nearest building line.

(187) Zoning District.  An area or areas within the community in
which the regulations and requirements of this Ordinance are uniform.