Chapter 12-2. Definitions 12-2-101 Purpose 12-2-102 Accessory Building 12-2-103 Accessory Use 12-2-104 Agricultural or Agriculture 12-2-105 Agricultural Industry 12-2-106 Adult Establishment 12-2-107 Alley 12-2-108 Apartment 12-2-108.5 Apiaries 12-2-109 Area 12-2-110 Automotive Repair, Major 12-2-111 Automotive Repair, Minor 12-2-112 Basement 12-2-113 Block 12-2-114 Block, Decorative 12-2-115 Boarding and Rooming House 12-2-116 Building 12-2-117 Building Attached 12-2-118 Building Height 12-2-119 Building Lot 12-2-120 Building Line 12-2-121 Building, Main 12-2-122 Carport 12-2-123 Center Line of Street 12-2-124 Clear Vision Area 12-2-125 Commercial Outdoor Recreation 12-2-126 Commercial School 12-2-127 Commercial Services 12-2-128 Conditional Use 12-2-129 Condominium 12-2-130 Court 12-2-131 Day Care, Family 12-2-132 Day Care, Group 12-2-133 Density, Gross and Net 12-2-134 Driveway, Private 12-2-135 Dwelling 12-2-136 Dwelling, Single-Family 12-2-137 Dwelling, Two-Family 12-2-138 Dwelling, Multiple Family 12-2-139 Dwelling Unit 12-2-140 Educational Institutions 12-2-141 Elderly Persons 12-2-142 Family 12-2-143 Fast Food or Drive-In Restaurant
12-2-144 Flag Lot 12-2-145 Floor Area 12-2-146 Garage, Private 12-2-147 Garage, Public 12-2-148 General Retail Sales 12-2-149 Grade 12-2-150 Grazing and Pasturing 12-2-151 Guest 12-2-152 Handicapped Person 12-2-153 Handicraft Production 12-2-154 Health Care Facilities 12-2-155 Historic Buildings 12-2-156 Home Occupation 12-2-157 Horticulture 12-2-158 Hotel 12-2-159 Household Pets 12-2-159a HUD Code 12-2-159b Installation Standards 12-2-160 Junk Yard 12-2-161 Kennel 12-2-162 Kitchen 12-2-163 Landscaping 12-2-164 Landscaping Set Back 12-2-165 Liquor Store 12-2-166 Lot 12-2-167 Lot Area 12-2-168 Lot, Corner 12-2-169 Lot Coverage 12-2-170 Lot Depth 12-2-171 Lot, Flag 12-2-172 Lot Frontage 12-2-173 Lot, Interior 12-2-174 Lot Line, Front 12-2-175 Lot Line, Rear 12-2-176 Lot Line, Side 12-2-177 Lot Width 12-2-178 Manufactured Home 12-2-179 Repeal Ordinance 406 12-2-180 Mobile Home 12-2-181 Modular Home or Building 12-2-182 Motel 12-2-183 Natural Waterways 12-2-184 Nonconforming Building or Structure 12-2-185 Nonconforming Use 12-2-186 Office, Business 12-2-187 Office, Professional
12-2-188 Parking Lot 12-2-189 Parking Space 12-2-190 Parcel 12-2-191 Pawnshop 12-2-192 Permitted Use 12-2-193 Person 12-2-194 Planned Dwelling Group 12-2-195 Planned Unit Development 12-2-196 Planning and Zoning Commission 12-2-197 Principal Building 12-2-198 Private Club 12-2-199 Private Road or Lane 12-2-200 Public 12-2-201 Public Institution 12-2-202 Quasi-Public Institution 12-2-203 Residential Facility for Handicapped Persons 12-2-204 Residential Facility for Elderly Persons 12-2-205 Restaurant 12-2-206 Second Hand Dealer 12-2-207 Self Service Storage Facilities 12-2-208 Senior Citizen Center 12-2-209 Sign 12-2-210 Specified Anatomical Areas 12-2-211 Specified Sexual Activities 12-2-212 Square Footage of Dwellings 12-2-213 Stable, Private 12-2-214 Stable, Public 12-2-215 Story 12-2-216 Story, Half 12-2-217 Story, Multiple 12-2-218 Story, Two 12-2-219 Street 12-2-220 Structural Alterations 12-2-221 Structure 12-2-222 Subdivision 12-2-223 Travel Trailers 12-2-224 Twin House 12-2-224.5 Urban Chickens 12-2-225 Use 12-2-226 Use, Accessory 12-2-227 Use, Conditional 12-2-228 Veterinary Hospital 12-2-229 Yard 12-2-230 Yard, Front 12-2-231 Yard, Rear 12-2-232 Yard, Side
12-2-233 Zone 12-2-101 Purpose For the purpose of this Title, certain words and terms are defined as follows: (A) Words used in the present tense include the future. (B) Words in the singular number include the plural and the plural will include the singular. (C) Words which are not included herein, but are defined in the Uniform Building Code, shall have the meaning as defined within said Uniform Building Code. (D) The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. (E) Chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of any chapter or section herein. 12-2-102 Accessory Building A subordinate building, customarily incidental to and located upon the same lot occupied by the main building. On any lot upon which is located a dwelling any building which is incidental to the conducting of an agricultural use shall be deemed to be an accessory building. 12-2-103 Accessory Use The term "accessory use" shall mean a use which is incidental to and subordinate to the prescribed permitted use within any respective zoning provisions. 12-2-104 Agricultural or Agriculture The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture and gardening, but not including the keeping or raising of domestic animals and fowl, except household pets, and not including any agricultural industry or business, such as fruit packing plants, fur farms, animal hospitals or similar uses. 12-2-105 Agricultural Industry An industry established for the purpose of refining, processing, packaging, milling, or otherwise preparing for market, agricultural products, including animal products. Such industry includes grain storage, fruit and vegetable storage and packing, slaughtering and dressing of farm animals, and production of dairy products.
12-2-106 Adult Establishment An adult establishment is defined as either: (A) (B) Bookstores, magazine shops, newstands, arcades, and other commercial establishments having as a substantial or significant portion of their stock in trade, books, magazines, and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "Specified Sexual Activities" or "Specified Anatomical Areas" (as defined herein) or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material, or: Motion picture theaters, arcades and other commercial establishments used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "Specified Sexual Activities" or "Specified Anatomical Areas" (as defined herein) for observation by patrons therein, or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the showing of such material. 12-2-107 Alley The term "alley" shall mean a public thoroughfare for the use of pedestrians and vehicles which affords, or is designated or intended to afford, a secondary means of access to abutting properties. 12-2-108 Apartment A rented room, or a suite of two or more rented rooms designated, or intended for, or occupied by, one family for living and sleeping purposes. 12-2-108.5 Apiaries The term apiaries shall mean a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, such as stands, sheds, hives or bee houses. 12-2-109 Area The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross section within given boundaries. 12-2-110 Automotive Repair, Major An establishment primarily engaged in the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, trailers, and similar large mechanical equipment, including paint, body and fender and major engine and engine part overhaul, provided it is conducted within a completely enclosed building. 12-2-111 Automotive Repair, Minor
An establishment primarily engaged in the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, trailers, and similar large mechanical equipment, including brake, muffler, upholstery work, tire repair and change, lubrication, tune-ups and transmission work provided it is conducted within a completely enclosed building. 12-2-112 Basement A story partly underground. A basement shall be counted as a story for height measurement where more than one-half of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground or where more than three-fourths of any wall is above the level of the adjoining ground. 12-2-113 Block All property fronting upon one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between the street and the railroad right-of-way, water way, terminus of a dead end street, City boundary, public park or other natural boundary. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block face of the side of the street which it intercepts. 12-2-114 Block, Decorative A concrete architectural unit that is slump, scored, fluted, waffle, ribbed, or split-faced. 12-2-115 Boarding and Rooming House The term "boarding and rooming house" shall mean a building or portion thereof which is used to accommodate, for compensation, three or more boarders or roomers who do not directly utilize kitchen facilities, not including members of the occupant's immediate family who might be occupying said building. The word "compensation", in relation to boarding or rooming house, shall include compensation in money, services, or other things of value. For purposes of this Title, where the number of roomers or boarders are two persons or less, such boarders shall be considered as part of a family. 12-2-116 Building A permanently located structure for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any person, animal, article or chattel. When any portion thereof is completely separate from every other portion thereof by a division wall or fire wall, without openings, each such portion shall be a separate building. The term "building" shall not include any form of vehicle, even though immobilized except mobile homes as detailed in Section 12-2-178. Where this Chapter requires, or where special authority granted pursuant to this Chapter requires, that a use shall be entirely enclosed within a building, this definition shall be qualified by adding "and enclosed on all sides." 12-2-117 Building Attached
A building or buildings connected by any two of the following: A common wall, a continuous wall, a continuous foundation, or a continuous roof line. Walls or fences, patios, porches, terraces or other roofed accessory uses open on at least two sides shall not constitute an attached building. 12-2-118 Building Height Building height is the vertical distance from the average finish grade surface to the highest point of any building, roof, or coping. 12-2-119 Building Lot A parcel of land which is of such dimensions as to comply with the minimum requirements of this Ordinance for area and width and depth where applicable in the zone in which it is located. Frontage used to meet these requirements shall not include any part of a temporary end or dead end of a street. (A) (B) (C) A parcel of real property shown as a delineated parcel of land with a number or similar designation on the final plat of a subdivision recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Davis County. A parcel of land, the dimension or boundaries of which are defined by a record or survey map recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Davis County in accordance with the law regulating the division of said land. A parcel of real property not delineated as in (a) or (b) above and containing not less than the prescribed minimum area required in the zone in which it is located and which abuts at least one public street which is adequate for access purposes, and is held under one or common ownership. Except for PUDs and condominiums, specifically authorized by this Ordinance, not more than one dwelling structure shall occupy any one lot. 12-2-120 Building Line The term "building line" shall mean a line parallel to the front lot line and at a distance therefrom equal to the required depth of the front yard and extending across the whole width of the lot. 12-2-121 Building, Main The principal building on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. Where a permissible use involves more than one structure designed or used for the primary purpose, as in the case of apartment groups, each such permitted building on one lot as defined by this Title shall be construed as constituting a main building.
12-2-122 Carport The term "carport" shall mean a covered automobile parking space with at least two (2) sides open. A carport shall be subject to all of the regulations described in this Title for a private garage. 12-2-123 Center Line of Street The line designated as "center line" in any street in the City by the records of the City Engineer. If such records do not clearly indicate a center line, then the center line shall be designated by the City Engineer. 12-2-124 Clear Vision Area The area on a corner lot within a triangular area formed by the street property lines and the line connecting them at points 30 feet from the intersection of the street lines. 12-2-125 Commercial Outdoor Recreation Privately owned recreation facilities, open to the public for a fee, or to persons holding membership, which are conducted primarily outdoors, except for restrooms, dressing rooms, or animal shelters, i.e., gun club, ice skating, golf, riding academy. 12-2-126 Commercial School An establishment for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial, or fine arts skills. This includes, but is not limited to, schools that are owned privately and do not offer a complete educational curriculum. 12-2-127 Commercial Services An establishment, normally associated with retail sales activities, which provides a service for payment of money or other valuable consideration, e.g., banking, barber-beauty, dry cleaner, laundromat, appliance or shoe repair, tool rental, or similar services. 12-2-128 Conditional Use A use which would become harmonious or compatible through the application and maintenance of qualifying circumstances, as provided in Chapter 21, of this Title, and for which a conditional use permit is required. 12-2-129 Condominium The ownership of a single unit in a multi-unit project or structure together with an undivided interest in common areas and facilities of the property.
12-2-130 Court An unoccupied space on the lot other than a required yard, designed to be completely or partially surrounded by a building or group of buildings. 12-2-131 Day Care, Family The keeping for care and/or instruction, whether or not for compensation, of 3 to 6 children other than members of the family residing in the premises. 12-2-132 Day Care, Group An establishment for the care and/or instruction, whether or not for compensation, of 7 or more children. This definition includes child nursery and pre-school facilities. 12-2-133 Density, Gross and Net The term "gross density" shall be used to describe an estimate of the number of dwelling units per acre within an area in which public streets and nonresidential uses may be included in the total acreage. Net density shall describe the number of dwelling units per acre of land that are devoted exclusively to residential use. 12-2-134 Driveway, Private A privately owned roadway providing vehicle access to a residential, commercial, or industrial property, the use of which is limited to persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel on which it is located. 12-2-135 Dwelling A building or portion thereof designed or used for residential occupancy, including onefamily, two-family, multifamily, and apartment structures; but shall not include boarding and rooming, tents, trailers, mobile homes, hotels, motels, motor courts, motor lodges, cottage camps, or similar structures designed or used primarily for transient residential uses. 12-2-136 Dwelling, Single-Family A detached building arranged, designed, or used for or intended to be occupied by not more than one (1) family and which complies with the Supplementary Regulations set forth in Chapter 21. 12-2-137 Dwelling, Two-Family A dwelling designed for occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other, and containing two (2) dwelling units.
12-2-138 Dwelling, Multiple Family A dwelling designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other, and containing three (3) or more dwelling units. 12-2-139 Dwelling Unit The term "dwelling unit" shall mean one or more rooms in a dwelling designed for occupancy by one family for living or sleeping purposes, and having one kitchen or set of cooking facilities. 12-2-140 Educational Institutions Public schools which are supported wholly or in part by public funds and giving instruction as provided by the Utah State Board of Education. Private schools which are supported wholly or in part by private funds and giving instruction as provided by the State Board of Education. 12-2-141 Elderly Persons "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years of age or older, who desires or needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living independently. 12-2-142 Family An individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or a group of not more than four (4) persons (excluding servants) who are not related, living in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit and using common cooking facilities. 12-2-143 Fast Food or Drive-In Restaurant An establishment providing ready-to-eat food for money, and distinguished from a traditional restaurant in that food service is provided from a counter or window for consumption either on or off the premises. Services may also be provided to customers in automobiles. This also includes specialty food stores, such as an ice cream parlor or a delicatessen having counter or window service. 12-2-144 Flag Lot The same as "Lot, Flag." 12-2-145 Floor Area The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a building excluding a cellar and basement floor areas as defined by the Uniform Building Code, and not including the area of carports, porches, attached garages, breeze-ways and patios.
12-2-146 Garage, Private An accessory building designed or used for the storage of automobiles and other property owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory, and not to be associated with any commercial business, trade or enterprise. 12-2-147 Garage, Public A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage, designed or used for servicing, repairing, equipping, hiring, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles. 12-2-148 General Retail Sales Stores or shops intended for retail sales of goods or merchandise, but not including liquor, motor vehicles, campers, trailers, farm equipment, lumber or heavy machinery. This definition shall include department and discount stores. 12-2-149 Grade The average level of the ground (finished surface) adjacent to the exterior walls of a building. 12-2-150 Grazing and Pasturing The keeping and raising of animals and/or fowl for domestic or commercial use, except fur farms, dairy farms, livestock and feed yards and pig farms. 12-2-151 Guest Any person or persons staying temporarily within a dwelling unit without payment, compensation, or remuneration to the owner, tenants, or full time inhabitants of said dwelling unit. 12-2-152 Handicapped Person A person who has severe, chronic disability attributable to a mental or physical impairment or to a combination of mental or physical impairments, which is likely to continue indefinitely, and which results in a substantial functional limitation in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, or economic self-sufficiency; and who requires a combination or sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services that are individually planned and coordinated to allow the person to function in, and contribute to, a residential neighborhood.
12-2-153 Handicraft Production The production or assembly by hand of objects of art or clothing, e.g., pottery, jewelry, sculpture, or leather goods, primarily for sale on the premises. 12-2-154 Health Care Facilities A publicly or privately operated establishment intended for use in treating human illness or infirmity, in treating dental patients, in counseling and/or therapy relating to the patient's psychological condition, in providing information about or assistance in family planning or birth control, and in the care of any other human ailments or in the maintenance of human health. 12-2-155 Historic Buildings Any building listed in the National Register of Historic Places, or on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites. 12-2-156 Home Occupation Any income-producing use conducted within a dwelling unit and carried on only by persons residing in the dwelling unit, and which use is clearly incidental, secondary, and compatible to the residential use of the building. In general, a home occupation is an accessory use so located and conducted that the average neighbor, under normal conditions, would not be significantly affected by its existence and conforms to the conditions set forth in Chapter 27 of this Title. 12-2-157 Horticulture The science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, or ornamental plants. 12-2-158 Hotel A building designed or used as the temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged, with or without meals for compensation, and in which there are more than ten (10) sleeping rooms in which no provision is made for cooking. 12-2-159 Household Pets The term "household pets" shall mean animals or fowl ordinarily permitted in the house and/or kept for company or pleasure, such as dogs or cats, but not including a sufficient number of dogs to constitute a need for a special animal permit as required in any animal control ordinance of the City. "Household pets" shall not include ducks, geese, other domestic farm-variety animals, or animals which are capable of inflicting harm or discomfort or endangering the health, safety, or welfare of any person or property. While not household pets, urban chickens
may be kept in designated zones as a conditional use, subject to the requirements set forth in Chapter 21 of this Title. The number of household pets shall be limited to that allowed by the provisions of each respective zone as set forth in this Title. 12-2-159a HUD Code The Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act. 12-2-159b Installation Standards The standards adopted and published by the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS) for the installation of manufactured homes, titled the Standard fro Manufactured Home Installations, or such equivalent standard as adopted and amended by the state of Utah pursuant to Utah Code Ann. 58-56-3, as amended. 12-2-160 Junk Yard The use of any lot, portion of lot or tract of land for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonments of automobiles, or other vehicles, or machinery or parts thereof; provided, however, that this definition shall not be deemed to include such uses which are clearly accessory and incidental to any agricultural use permitted in the zoning district. 12-2-161 Kennel Any lot or premises on which three or more dogs, at least four months old, are kept. 12-2-162 Kitchen Any room and/or other place used, intended, or designed to be used for cooking or for the preparation of food. 12-2-163 Landscaping "Landscaping" is defined as any combination of living plants, such as trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers or grass; natural features such as rock, stone, bark chips or shavings; and structural features, including but not limited to, fountains, reflecting pools, outdoor art work, screen walls, fences, or benches.
12-2-164 Landscaping Set Back "Landscaped Setback" is defined as a minimum required landscaping space on a private property which is adjacent to a property line common to a street right-of-way or another property. Driveways and sidewalks to afford limited access may be allowed to interrupt this required space. 12-2-165 Liquor Store Any outlet authorized by the Utah Liquor Control Commission to sell original package liquor or wine for consumption off the premises. 12-2-166 Lot The term "Lot" shall mean any of the following, with respect to the particular factual situation at hand: (A) (B) (C) A parcel of real property shown as a delineated parcel of land with a number or similar designation on the final plat of a subdivision recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Davis County. A parcel of land, the dimension or boundaries of which are defined by a record or survey map recorded in the office of the County recorder of Davis County in accordance with the law regulating the division of said land. A parcel of real property not delineated as in (a) or (b) above and containing not less than the prescribed minimum area required in the zone in which it is located and which abuts at least one public street or easement which is adequate for access purposes, and is held under one or common ownership. Except for PUDs and condominiums, specifically authorized by this Ordinance, not more than one dwelling structure shall occupy any one lot. 12-2-167 Lot Area The total area measured on a horizontal plane and included within the lot lines of the lot or parcel of land. 12-2-168 Lot, Corner The term "corner lot" shall mean a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets, which street shall have angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135). 12-2-169 Lot Coverage
The total horizontal area of a lot, parcel or building site covered by any building or occupied by a structure which extends above the surface of the ground, and including any covered automobile parking spaces. Covered patios, covered walkways, and covered recreation areas shall not be considered as lot coverage provided that said areas are not more than fifty percent (50%) enclosed. 12-2-170 Lot Depth The horizontal length of a straight line connecting the bisecting points of the front and the rear lot lines. 12-2-171 Lot, Flag An L-shaped lot which conforms with the requirements and provisions of Section 12-21-114 of this ordinance. 12-2-172 Lot Frontage The distance a lot extends along a street as measured at a point 30' back from the street line. 12-2-173 Lot, Interior "Interior Lot" shall mean a lot other than a corner lot or reversed corner lot. 12-2-174 Lot Line, Front A line separating an interior lot from a street. In the case of a corner lot, the side bordering on the street which has the smallest dimension shall be the front lot line, unless otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Department. 12-2-175 Lot Line, Rear The recorded lot line or lines most distant from and generally parallel to the front lot line, except that in the case of an interior triangular or gore shaped lot, it shall mean a straight line ten (10) feet in length which: (A) (B) Is parallel to the front lot line or its chord. Intersects the two other lot lines at points most distant from the front lot line. 12-2-176 Lot Line, Side "Side Lot Line" shall mean any lot boundary line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
12-2-177 Lot Width The distance across a lot or parcel of property measured at the front setback line. 12-2-178 Manufactured Home A transportable factory built single-family dwelling constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the Federal Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (HUD Code) and further defined by the State of Utah Code Ann. 58-56-3, as amended. 12-2-179 Repeal Ordinance NO. 406 12-2-97 12-2-180 Mobile Home A transportable factory built housing unit built prior to June 15, 1976, in accordance with State mobile home regulations which existed prior to the Federal Manufactured Housing and Safety Standards Act (HUD Code) and further defined by the State Of Utah at Utah Code Ann. 58-56-3, as amended. 12-2-181 Modular Home or Building A structure built from sections which are manufactured in accordance with the Uniform Building Code Standards adopted by the City pursuant to Utah Code Ann. 58-56-4 and transported to a building site, the purpose of which is for human habitation, occupancy, or use. 12-2-182 Motel Any building or group of buildings containing sleeping rooms designed for temporary use by automobile tourists or transients, with garages attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit. 12-2-183 Natural Waterways Those areas, varying in width along streams, creeks, springs, gullies, or washes which are natural drainage channels as determined by the City Engineer, and in which areas no buildings shall be constructed. 12-2-184 Nonconforming Building or Structure A building or structure or portion thereof, lawfully existing at the time this Ordinance becomes effective, which does not conform to all the height, area, and yard regulations herein prescribed in the zone district in which it is located.
12-2-185 Nonconforming Use A use which lawfully existed on the land at the time this Title or a similar ordinance became effective, and which does not conform with the current use regulations of the zone in which it is located. 12-2-186 Office, Business A place intended for the conduct of a business enterprise but in which no goods or merchandise are stored or sold. 12-2-187 Office, Professional A place intended for the conduct of a recognized learned profession, e.g., physician, dentist, chiropractor, lawyer, engineer, architect, accountant. 12-2-188 Parking Lot An open area, other than a street, used for parking of more than four (4) automobiles and available for public use, whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation to clients or customers. 12-2-189 Parking Space A permanently surfaced area of not less than nine by twenty (9X20) feet, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, ramps, or columns, to be used exclusively as temporary storage space for one motor vehicle. 12-2-190 Parcel The same as a "lot". 12-2-191 Pawnshop Any business that loans money against security in the form of a pledge or deposit of personal property or deals in the purchase, exchange or possession of tangible personal property, or which loans or advances money by taking chattel mortgage as security of such personal property and who sells unredeemed pledges, possibly together with new or unpledged merchandise. 12-2-192 Permitted Use A use of land for which no conditional use permit is required.
12-2-193 Person The term "person" shall refer to an individual, an association, a firm, a partnership, a corporation, a joint venture or any similar legal entity. 12-2-194 Planned Dwelling Group A group of residential buildings which contain not more than a total of 14 family dwelling units. 12-2-195 Planned Unit Development An integrated design for development of residential, commercial, or industrial uses, or combination of such uses, in which one or more of the regulations, other than use regulations, of the Zone in which the development is to be situated, is waived or varied to allow flexibility and initiative in site design and building design and location in accordance with an approved plan and the general requirements specified in this Title. A planned unit development may be: (1) the development of compatible land uses arranged in such a way as to provide desirable living environments that may include private and common open spaces for recreation, circulation and/or aesthetic uses; (2) the conservation or development of desirable amenities not otherwise possible under the otherwise applicable development standards; and (3) the creation of areas for multiple use that are of benefit to the neighborhood. 12-2-196 Planning and Zoning Commission The term "Planning and Zoning Commission" shall mean the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Woods Cross as duly appointed under the law. 12-2-197 Principal Building The same as "Building, Main". 12-2-198 Private Club A social club, recreational, athletic or group incorporated under the provisions of the Utah Nonprofit Corporation and Cooperation Association Act, which maintains or intends to maintain premises upon which liquor is to be stored, consumed or sold. 12-2-199 Private Road or Lane A roadway located on private property which serves two or more properties.
12-2-200 Public The term "public" shall mean that which is under the ownership or control of the United States Government, the State of Utah or any subdivision thereof, Davis County, or the City of Woods Cross (or any department or agency thereof). 12-2-201 Public Institution A use operated exclusively by a public body or quasi-public body for the purpose of serving the public health, safety, or general welfare, and including uses such as public schools, parks, playgrounds and other recreation facilities or administrative and service facilities, or public utilities. 12-2-202 Quasi-Public Institution A use operated by a private non-profit, educational, religious, recreational, charitable or philanthropic institution, such use having the purpose primarily of serving the general public, such as churches, private schools and universities and similar uses. 12-2-203 Residential Facility for Handicapped Persons A single-family or multiple-family dwelling unit consistent with existing zoning of the desired location, that is occupied on a 24-hour per day basis by eight or fewer handicapped persons in a family-type arrangement under the supervision of a house family or manager, and that conforms to all applicable standards and requirements of the Utah Department of Social Services, and is operated by, or under contract with, that Department. 12-2-204 Residential Facility for Elderly Persons "Residential Facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family dwelling unit, consistent with existing zoning of the desired location, occupied on a 24-hour per day basis by eight or fewer elderly persons in a family-type arrangement, that conforms with applicable standards of the State Department of Social Services, and is licensed by that Department. "Residential facility for the elderly" does not include a health facility as defined by state law. 12-2-205 Restaurant An establishment in which a variety of food is prepared and cooked and completed meals are served to the public for consumption on the premises primarily in indoor dining accommodations. 12-2-206 Second Hand Dealer Any business where a person keeps a store, office or place of business for the purchase, barter or exchange, or sale of any second-hand merchandise of value or who is engaged in
the business of dealing in second-hand goods. A second-hand dealer shall not include any person who deals in the purchase, barter, exchange or sale of used motor vehicles or trailers, but shall include any person who buys or sells five (5) or more firearms per year whether new or used. 12-2-207 Self Service Storage Facilities A facility consisting of a building or group of buildings in a controlled access compound that contains vrying sizes of individual compartmentalized, and controlled access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of customer's goods and wares. 12-2-208 Senior Citizen Center A building with centralized facilities for dining, recreation, cleaning, laundry and transportation for persons residing therein. Individual dwelling units may or may not have such facilities separately. 12-2-209 Sign Any device providing identification, advertising, or directional information for a specific business, service, product, person, organization, place, or building. Included in this definition are graphic devices such as logos, attention-attracting media such as banners or logo sculpture, and obtrusive, colored fascia or architectural elements. 12-2-210 Specified Anatomical Areas Specific anatomical areas means: (A) (B) less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered. 12-2-211 Specified Sexual Activities Specified sexual activities means: (A) (B) (C) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region or female breast.
12-2-212 Square Footage of Dwellings The required square footage of a dwelling shall be that part of a dwelling that is complete above the finished grade. 12-2-213 Stable, Private A detached accessory building for the keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises for their own use and recreation. 12-2-214 Stable, Public A stable other than a private stable. 12-2-215 Story That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the ceiling next above. 12-2-216 Story, Half A story with at least two of its opposite sides situated in a sloping roof, the floor area of which does not exceed two-thirds of the floor immediately below it. 12-2-217 Story, Multiple A residential building with a main floor completely above grade and two or more upper stories. 12-2-218 Story, Two A residential building with a main floor completely above grade level and one upper story. 12-2-219 Street A thoroughfare or right of way which has been dedicated, conveyed, or abandoned to the public and accepted by proper public authority; or a thorough fare, not less than twenty-five feet wide, which has been made public by continued use, has been duly accepted as a public street by the City, and which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. 12-2-220 Structural Alterations Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
12-2-221 Structure The word "structure" shall mean anything constructed or erected which is either located on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground. 12-2-222 Subdivision The division of a tract, lot, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development, provided that this definition shall not include a bona fide division of agricultural land into units of five or more acres for agricultural purposes. 12-2-223 Travel Trailers A vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, which is designed or used for human habitation, and for travel or recreational purposes, which does not at any time exceed eight (8) feet in width and forty (40) feet in length and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeur's license or both, without violating any statutes relating to vehicles. 12-2-224 Twin House Two dwelling units along a common lot line under separate ownership with not more than one common wall. 12-2-224.5 Urban Chickens Chickens kept for non-commercial food production or for recreational purposes. This definition does not include roosters. Urban chickens may be kept in designated zones as a conditional use as set forth in Chapter 21 of this Title. 12-2-225 Use The purpose for which premises or a building therein is designed, arranged or intended, or the manner in which it is occupied or maintained, or an activity carried out on real property on a continuous or repetitive basis. 12-2-226 Use, Accessory (See the definition for "Accessory Use") 12-2-227 Use, Conditional A use or occupancy of a building, or use of land, permitted only when authorized upon issuance of a conditional Use Permit and subject to the limitations and conditions specified therein as provided in Chapter 21 of this Ordinance, which is intended to allow compatible
integration of uses which may be suitable only in certain locations within a particular zone, or only upon certain conditions and/or design criteria being achieved. 12-2-228 Veterinary Hospital An establishment for the care and treatment of animals including household pets, livestock, and commercial poultry, with all facilities within a completely enclosed building, except for exercising runs and the parking of automobiles. 12-2-229 Yard The word "yard" shall mean a space on a lot or parcel other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upwards by buildings, except as otherwise provided in this Title. 12-2-230 Yard, Front An area extending across the full width of a lot or parcel, having at no point a depth of less than the minimum required horizontal distance between the front lot line, or its tangent, and the closest permissible location of the main building. Said distance shall be measured by a line at right angles to the front lot line, or its tangent. 12-2-231 Yard, Rear "Rear Yard" shall mean a space extending across the full width of a lot or parcel, having at no point a depth of less than the minimum required horizontal distance as measured from the part of the main building nearest the rear lot line towards the rear lot line, and such measurement shall be along a line representing the shortest distance between said part of the main building and rear lot line. The required rear yard shall be that portion of the rear yard contiguous to the rear lot line having at no point a depth less than that required for the rear yard. The area to the rear of the rear lot line of an interior triangular or gore-shaped lot shall be considered a part of the required rear yard. 12-2-232 Yard, Side A space on the same lot with a building between the side line of the building and the side lot line and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. The "width" of the side yard shall be the minimum distance between the side lot line and the side line of the building. 12-2-233 Zone An area of the incorporated territory of the City of Woods Cross, exclusive of streets, alleys, and other public ways, to which the requirements of this Title apply governing the regulations and restriction of the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings or structures, or the use of land.