§ 3303.19. Letter S.
"Salvage" means any personal property which is bought, bartered, acquired, possessed, collected, accumulated, dismantled, processed, sorted or stored for reuse or resale such as: any type of used building material, such as, but not limited to, lumber, brick, concrete and masonry, steel beams, girders and columns, trusses, plumbing pipe and fixtures, and any other material formerly used for the construction of a structure, used or salvaged motor vehicles which are primarily used for parts, used steel drums and used containers, used fats, oils and greases, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.
"Salvage dealer" means any person who buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores or sells any article defined as junk or salvage.
"Salvage yard" means any place where a person who is a junk dealer or salvage dealer buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores, accumulates, sells or otherwise transfers junk or salvaged material.
"School" means an educational facility for children whose attendance is required by the laws of the state.
"Sculpture" means a three-dimensional construction or form, generally executed for the purposes of decoration or artistic expression; and displayed in any place accessible to the public.
Self-Contained Graphic. See "Graphic."
Self-Propelled Sign. See "Sign."
"Self storage" means use of a site for individual property storage. Self-storage establishments provide secure indoor or outdoor space where clients can store and retrieve their goods.
"Service station" means a filling station with accessory retail store, car wash, trailer rental, vehicle rental, or automotive repair shop.
"Setback line" means the building line.
"Shall" means mandatory and not only directory.
"Shared living facility" means a dwelling unit cooperatively used by six or more individuals, unrelated to each other by blood or marriage, as a single housekeeping unit wherein each of the common areas of the unit such as, but not limited to, the kitchen, living room and dining room, is available to each such individual who participates in the costs and maintenance of the unit.
The term "shared living facility" expressly excludes use as a boarding home, child day care center, clinic, convalescent home, dormitory, hospital, institution, nursery school, nursing home, rooming house, school, or other similar use. For the purpose of licensing and regulating such use, however, the term "shared living facility" is included within the term "rooming house" as defined in C.C. 4501.32 and as used in Title 45, C.C.
The term shall include each "residential care facility" composed of six or more individuals.
"Shopping center" means a structure or building of at least 150,000 square feet of gross floor area (GFA), with common or shared parking facilities, used for retail, office, theater, and eating or drinking establishments. Out parcels shall not be included for GFA and parking requirement calculations.
"Show window display" means a display of goods or advertising materials in a show window as defined in Article 100 of the National Electrical Code, most recent version.
Side Wall Sign. See "Sign."
"Sign" means a name, identification, description, display or illustration which is affixed to or painted upon or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or piece of land or affixed to the glass on the outside or inside of a window or door, or inside a building within three feet of a window or door so as to be readable from outside the building, and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, business, or the like.
The term "sign" includes any associated sign face, sign structure, pole cover, embellishment, decorative element and source of illumination; but excludes architectural decoration, mural, sculpture, show window display, outline lighting and projector graphic.
"Abandoned sign" means a sign which no longer identifies or advertises the service, product, or activity with which the sign was most recently associated and/or for which the owner cannot be found.
"Double-faced sign" means a sign with two sign faces arranged back-to-back parallel to each other and separated by no more than two feet, or arranged back-to-back with the faces separated by an angle of no more than 60 degrees. Where directed to a public street, the sign faces of a double-faced sign shall be perpendicular to that street
"Ground sign" means a freestanding detached sign whose support structure is imbedded in the ground.
"Illegal sign" means a sign which does not meet the requirements of the Graphics Code and which is not a nonconforming sign.
"Illuminated sign" means a sign with an artificial light source incorporated internally or externally for the purpose of illuminating the sign.
"Monument sign" means a ground sign, usually low in profile, with a monolithic, base.
"Multi-faced sign" means a sign with more than two sign faces arranged so that some or all of the faces are not parallel to each other, and/or directed to different streets or vantage points.
"Neon sign" means a sign formed in whole or part with neon.
"Nonilluminated sign" means a sign without lighting of any kind as part of the sign installation or structure.
"Off-premises sign" means a sign used to advertise, promote, or provide direction to any person, activity, establishment, product or service available, produced or manufactured at a location other than on the property on which the sign is located; including any display surface, supporting structure, lighting, maintenance walkway and embellishment. The term includes "billboard" as defined in C.C. 3303.02.
"On-premises sign" means a sign which pertains to the use of the premises on which it is located.
"Permanent sign" means a legal sign which is not restricted as to the duration of time it may be displayed.
"Portable sign" means a sign designed or constructed in such a manner that it can be moved or relocated without involving any structural or support changes. The term does not include a self-propelled or trailer sign.
"Private sign" means any sign other than a public sign.
"Projecting sign" means a sign that is attached to the facade of a building or to an awning or canopy attached to a building facade; which projects outward from the facade more than 24 inches and which is installed with the sign faces between 45 degrees and 90 degrees relative to said facade or to the street to which the sign is directed.
"Public sign" means a sign required by law or governmental regulations, including but not limited to legal notices and traffic controls or similar regulatory devices.
"Roof sign" means a sign erected upon the roof of a building, any portion of which is above the roof line of the building.
"Self-propelled sign" means an off-premises sign that is mounted on or attached to a self-propelled vehicle.
"Side wall sign" means an on-premises wall sign attached to or displayed on a building facade which is most nearly perpendicular to a public street bordering the subject site.
"Single-faced sign" means a sign with one facing only.
"Temporary sign" means a rigid sign having a specific limitation as to the length of time it may be displayed.
"Trailer sign" means a sign mounted on a trailer chassis with or without wheels and used as an on-premises or off-premises sign.
"Wall sign" means a sign that is mounted on or attached to a building facade or other structure which supports a roof, including any sign which is part of or attached to an awning or canopy; that does not project outward more than 24 inches from the surface to which it is attached; and that is less than 45 degrees from parallel to the plane of the facade to which it is attached.
"Window sign" means a sign applied to a window or door and readable from the outside. (See also "Exterior graphic" and "Interior graphic.")
"Sign copy" means any combination of letters, numerals, words, symbols, pictures, emblems or other characters that constitute a message in either permanent or removable form.
"Sign face" means the surface or plane on which the copy and other individual graphic elements constituting a sign are displayed.
"Sign height" means the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign, excluding embellishments, to the grade of the adjacent street or the surface grade beneath the sign, whichever is less. (Compare with "Clearance.")
"Sign setback line" means the boundary of an area adjacent to a public right-of-way or other lot line and within which no part of a sign shall be located. "Required sign setback" means the minimum allowable separation between a sign and a property line or right-of-way line.
"Sign structure" means the portion of a sign which supports, has supported or is capable of supporting a sign face and/or copy.
Single-faced sign. See "Sign."
"Single-family dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one dwelling unit. The term shall not include a manufactured home or a mobile home. This definition includes a single unit dwelling.
"Single unit dwelling" means a residential building, other than a manufactured or mobile home, consisting of one dwelling unit.
"Skilled nursing care" means procedures that require technical skills and knowledge beyond those the untrained person possesses and that are commonly employed in providing for the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the ill or otherwise incapacitated, including, without limitation, procedures such as:
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Irrigations, catheterization, application of dressings, and supervision of special diets;
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Objective observation of changes in the patient's condition as a means of analyzing and determining the nursing care required and the need for further medical diagnosis and treatment;
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Special procedures contributing to rehabilitation;
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Administration of medication by any method ordered by a physician such as hypodermically, rectally, or orally;
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Carrying out other treatments prescribed by the physician that involve a similar level of complexity and skill administration.
"Slaughterhouse" means a use of a building arranged or devoted to the killing of animals other than poultry or game.
Special Event and Approved Special Event.
"Special event" means a preplanned major activity sponsored by an organization, proposed to be held on public property or private property and open to the public, for the purpose(s) of entertainment, celebration, amusement, cultural recognition, arts and crafts displays and/or sales, amateur sports demonstration or competition, or similar activities.
"Approved special event" means a special event for which all permits, licenses or other approvals required by the city, or other governmental body have been obtained.
"Specified anatomical area" means the following:
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A human anus, buttocks, genitals, or pubic region with less than a complete and opaque covering,
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A human female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, but not including a portion of the cleavage of the female breast exhibited by a bathing suit, blouse, dress, leotard, shirt, or other wearing apparel, provided that neither the areola nor nipples are exposed,
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Human male genitals in a discernibly tumid state, even with a complete and opaque covering, or
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A covering or device that when worn, simulates human female genitals, human female areola or nipples, or human male genitals in a discernibly tumid state.
"Specified sexual activities" means the following:
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Actual or simulated sex acts including masturbation, oral copulation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy;
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Fondling or other erotic touching of a human anus, buttocks, genitals, pubic region, or female breast, whether self-directed or as part of direct contact between two or more persons;
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Human genitals in a state of sexual arousal, stimulation, or tumescence; or
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Excretory functions as part of or in connection with an activity listed in numbers 1 through 3 of this definition.
"Stockyard" means an area enclosed by fence or other structural means for the keeping of livestock.
Story and Half Story.
"Story" means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. When the ceiling of the lower story of a building can be used for any purpose except service equipment pertaining to the building such lower and or attic story shall be a story for the purpose of this Zoning Code. The first floor level shall mean the floor level at or nearest the grade level at the principal entrance.
"Half story" means a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of at least two of the exterior walls being not more than three feet above the floor of such story.
"Storage yard" means an open place where materials other than junk or salvage are stored.
"Street" means any public thoroughfare or public park not less than 35 feet in width which has been dedicated or deeded to the city for public uses.
"Street line" means the lot line bordering a street, park or other public way other than an alley.
"String of lights" means four or more electric lamps, bulbs, or other light emitting sources arranged with or without individual lampholders supported and powered by electrical conductors which may be exposed to view, including light sources connected in-line to form outline lighting.
"String of pennants" means a display consisting of four or more pennants attached to the same flag pole or to a string, rope, wire or the like.
"Structure" means a combination of materials, including a building, to form a construction that is safe and stable including, but not limited to, stadium, gospel or circus tent, reviewing stand, platforms, staging, observation tower, shed, coal bin, or fence in excess of six feet in height. The term "structure" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or parts thereof."
"Studio" means the working room of an artist, painter, sculptor, or by extension, one engaged in any more or less artistic employment such as photography or design.
"Supermarket" means a store which is primarily for the retail sale of food and which has a gross floor area, including all types of storage rooms, restrooms, and other incidental rooms or areas, of 10,000 square feet or more.
"Swimming pool, private" means any in-ground, on-ground, or above-ground permanently affixed pool filled or capable of being filled with water to a depth greater than 30 inches at any point therein and maintained solely for use by a property owner and guests as an accessory use and structure to a residence.
"Swimming pool, portable" means any non-permanent on-ground or above-ground swimming or wading pool filled or capable of being filled with a water depth of no more than 30 inches at any point therein. A portable swimming pool is considered a structure under this Code.
(Ord. 2837-96 § 2 (part); Ord. 1425-01 § 3 (part); Ord. 546-03 § 3 (part): Ord. 0764-2005 § 1 (part); Ord. 0854-2008 § 4; Ord. 1987-2008 Attach. 1 (part); Ord. No. 1537-2009, § 6, 5-3-2010; Ord. No. 1200-2017 , § 9, 6-12-2017)