§ 3-4. Land use definitions and explanations

The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict, and define the meaning and intent of the uses listed in section 3-1, Permitted use table.

Accessory building. Any building customarily incidental to the principal building, including among other things, a garage for parking of vehicles, storage shed, greenhouse, pool cabana or tool storage shed and similar such structures not used for any commercial purposes.

Portable building. Any accessory building which is smaller than 120 square feet in size. Constructed to be moved on its structure without lifting and minimal damage to the building and anchored to prevent overturning.

Accessory banking. A banking service(s) office, which may or may not include automated teller machines, that does not include drive-through services of any kind.

Accessory use. A use customarily incidental to the main use of the property.

Adult day-care facility. A facility that provides services under an adult day-care program on a daily or regular basis but not overnight to four or more elderly or handicapped persons who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner of the facility.

Agricultural use. The use of a parcel of land, of five acres or more, for farming or ranching and shall include the structures that are normally associated with agricultural uses. However, this use shall not include commercial dairies, commercial dog kennels, commercial hatcheries, and commercial mink, fox, rat, or other fur bearing animal farms, or the farming of swine or exotic animals.

Ambulance service. An establishment which provides ambulatory transport of persons, to or from a medical facility, for a fee.

Amusement center, indoor. A facility providing game equipment for entertainment and amusement as its primary source of income. Games contained in the facility may include coin operated machines utilizing balls, pins, and baskets, video equipment, and pinball. Other equipment may include skill games such as pool, billiards, bowling, shuffle board, darts, and batting cages. Any combination of these games may be used in the facility. Games of wagering and chance, including 8-liners, categorized as gambling are prohibited and not included in this use.

Amusement center, outdoor. An amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open.

Animal grooming. An establishment that offers to the general public the service of animal grooming for domestic pets. No boarding or medical care is provided.

Animal pound, shelter. A facility used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals and that is owned, operated, or maintained by a public body, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals.

Antique shop. An establishment offering for sale articles such as glass, china, furniture, or similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as a result of age, design, or sentiment.

Apartment. A room or suite of rooms arranged, designed, or occupied as a dwelling unit residence by a single-family, individual, or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

Apparel alteration and repair or tailor shop. An establishment offering individual alteration, repair, or creation of clothing apparel to the public.

Appliance repair, household. A shop specializing in repair of household appliances.

Art gallery. An establishment offering works of art for viewing and sale to the general public.

Arts, crafts, and hobby shop. An establishment offering for sale those items commonly associated with hobbies, including display areas for hobbies.

Assembly hall. A building and associated facilities dedicated to social or recreational activities serving the city or a neighborhood.

Assembly plant. A facility for the assembly of equipment including automobiles, trucks, farm machinery, railroad cars, engines, and appliances from components fabricated for the most part in other locations.

Athletic field and play field, commercial. An athletic field or stadium owned and operated privately, including a baseball field, golf course, football field, or stadium which may be lighted for night-time play.

Athletic field and play field, public. An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public, including a baseball field, golf course, football field, or stadium which may be lighted for night-time play.

Auction house. A place where objects of art, furniture, or other goods are offered for sale to persons who bid on the object in competition with each other.

Auditorium. A large building and associated facilities for gathering an audience for speeches and performances.

Auto auction. An enclosure or area, including outside storage, designed for the sale of automobiles at auction or using other sales techniques.

Auto car wash. An area and/or structure with machine or hand operated facilities used principally for the cleaning, washing, polishing, or waxing of motor vehicles.

Auto impound lot/wrecker business. An establishment offering the services of towing, impounding, and temporary storage of vehicles which have either been in an accident or are illegally parked.

Auto paint and body shop. An automotive shop with a primary purpose of repairing and painting the outside surfaces of automobiles, trucks, and vans, and repairing and replacing the upholstery of such vehicles.

Auto parts and accessory sales. An automotive shop with a primary purpose of selling new parts and accessories for automobiles, trucks, and vans.

Auto rental (car and truck). An establishment primarily engaged in the short-term rental or extended term leasing of automobiles and trucks, not including truck tractors or semi-trailers.

Auto repair garage. An enclosed facility designed for the repair and maintenance of automobiles, trucks, and vans with outside storage allowed but no outside repair or maintenance conducted.

Auto sales, new and used. An open area or lot used for the display or sale of automobiles, trucks, and vans, where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the cars to be displayed and sold on the premises, and where there is no dismantling of cars for sale or keeping of used car parts or junk on the premises.

Auto service station. An establishment for the retail sales of petroleum products, automobile accessories, auto tune-up, muffler installation incidental to the primary use, tire installation or repair, oil change or other lubricate services, in which all services provided and all storage, supplies, parts, equipment, and accessories are indoors, with the exception of fuel-dispensing operations.

Auto service station, light maintenance. A premise where gasoline and other petroleum products are sold and / or light maintenance activities such as engine tune-ups, lubrication, minor repairs, and carburetor cleaning are conducted. Service stations shall include automobile inspection services, but shall not include areas where heavy automobile maintenance activities such as engine overhauls, automobile painting, and body fender work are conducted.

Bakery, retail confectionery. A shop offering for sale on premises those baked goods or candies made on premises or off premises. No production for off premise sale is allowed.

Bakery, wholesale candy. A manufacturing facility for either baked goods or candy with the purpose of selling the products at off-site retail locations.

Bank, savings and loan association, financial institution. A building or premise offering banking, savings and loan, and other financial services, not including pawn shops as herein defined.

Barber shop, beauty salon, and other personal shop. An establishment which provides personal services including hair cuts, perms, color treatments, manicures, pedicures, and other personal beauty services.

Bed and breakfast. An owner occupied establishment that is used for transient lodging with no more than seven guestrooms rented for compensation and located in the principal building. The length of stay is limited to not more than 14 consecutive days. Meal service is prepared and served on-site and is limited to breakfast for overnight paying guests, only, at no additional compensation. Cooking and cooking facilities are prohibited in guestrooms.

Boardinghouse. A building other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for five or more persons, not members of the principal family therein, are served for compensation.

Bottling works. A facility for the bottling of products for off-site retail sales.

Building materials manufacturing. A facility for the production of building materials which include fiberglass, wallboard, shingles, etc.

Building material sales. A distribution and sales center for retail and wholesale hardware, plumbing, lumber, and other materials used in the building trade.

Bus, train, and taxi station or terminal. A facility that provides for regularly scheduled transit services, passenger lounges, ticketing, and customer parking.

Cabinet and upholstery shop. A shop for the assembly of cabinetry for domestic use and furniture repairing, refinishing, and upholstery.

Camp ground and related facilities. An area that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients using recreational vehicles, tents, or other temporary dwellings for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes. The use may also include cooking facilities, bathhouses, and recreation areas. This does not include a manufactured housing community.

Caretaker's residence, guard's residence, servant's quarters. A residence located on a premise with a main non-residential or residential use occupied only by an employee of the principal use, and serviced through the same utility meters or connections as the principal use to which it is accessory. Manufactured homes are not permitted for this use.

Cargo container. A standardized, reusable vessel also known as a shipping container and is:

• Originally, specifically or formerly designed for or used in the packing, shipping, movement or transportation of freight, articles, goods or commodities, and/or

• Designed for or capable of being mounted or moved on a rail car, and/or

• Designed for or capable of being mounted on a chassis or bogie for movement by truck trailer or loaded on a ship.

Cargo container includes a trailer or container mounted on wheels designed to be pulled by semi-tractor truck when said trailer is not attached to such truck but is parked, placed or used as storage. Residential storage units know as 'pods' are also included.

Carport. A structure which is unenclosed by any coverings on at least three sides and for the purpose of providing covering for the off-street parking of private vehicles.

Catering service. A facility where food is prepared in large quantities to be transported to, served, and consumed at an off-site location.

Cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium. An area or structure designed to contain the remains of humans or animals for permanent interment.

Clinic. A public or private, profit or non-profit facility for the reception and treatment of outpatient persons physically or mentally ill, injured, handicapped, or otherwise in need of physical or mental diagnosis, treatment, care, or similar service.

Collectibles shop. A retail establishment offering such collectible items as sports trading cards, comic books, and stuffed animals for sale to the general public.

Community center. A building dedicated to social or recreational activities, serving the city or a neighborhood and owned and operated by the city, or by a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the city.

Community home for the disabled. A home that where not more than six persons, regardless of the legal relationship to one another, with disabilities and two supervisors reside and are provided with services consisting of food and shelter, personal guidance, care, habilitation services and supervision, in accordance with Chapter 123 of the Texas Human Resources Code.

Contractor, no outside storage permitted. A business such as an electrician, mechanic, or plumber whose primary use provides a service by installing electrical, mechanical, or plumbing systems; which also may have limited sales of electrical, mechanical, or plumbing supplies or equipment as a secondary use incidental to its primary use. No outside storage permitted.

Contractor, outside storage permitted. A business such as an electrician, mechanic, or plumber whose primary use provides a service by installing electrical, mechanical, or plumbing systems; which also may have limited sales of electrical, mechanical, or plumbing supplies or equipment as a secondary use incidental to its primary use. Outside storage permitted.

Contractors storage or equipment yard. An area located on the same lot or separate lot as a principal use, used for outside storage of construction equipment, including vehicles and construction material.

Convenience store. A small retail establishment, usually located within or associated with another use that offers for sale convenience goods, such as prepackaged food items, tobacco, periodicals, and other household goods.

Convenience store, with or without fuel sales. A premise where gasoline and/or other petroleum products are sold as a principal use, and in connection with the principal use, a convenience store offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, and other goods commonly associated with the same.

Convent, rectory, monastery. The building, buildings, or premises occupied by a religious community or association as a residence and a place of work and worship.

Copy shop. A small commercial printing shop, which sells on-site, most of the items printed, along with associated items.

Cosmetic tattoo establishment. An establishment, meeting the certification required by state law, where trained personnel apply micro-injections of pigment to the dermal layer of skin such that facial cosmetics are applies on a permanent basis. This does not include a tattoo parlor.

Cottage industry. A small, individual owned business or concern that functions without altering the residential character of the neighborhood, and which does not create any negative impacts on the public health, safety, and general welfare of the adjacent property owners.

Country club. An area containing a golf course and a clubhouse and available only to private specific membership. Such a club may contain adjunct facilities such as a private club (only in conformance with these regulations and applicable state statutes), dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts, and similar recreational or service activities.

Dairy processing. A commercial plant for the storage and processing of milk and milk products.

Day-care center. A child-care facility that provides care for more than 12 children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day.

Day-care center, adult. An agency at which six or more disabled or elderly adults not related to the proprietor, are left for care for a part of the 24 hours of the day.

Day-care center, child. An agency at which four or more children, under the age of 16 and not related to the proprietor, are left for care for a part of the 24 hours of the day.

Day-care, in the home. A private residence where care, protection, and supervision are provided on a regular schedule, at least twice a week to no more than four children, excluding children of the adult provider.

Department store. A store offering a variety of comparison and consumptive goods at retail price to the general public.

Dwelling, assisted living facility. A facility intended to provide dwelling units for occupancy by persons requiring the level of care and support defined by the State of Texas as "supervised living".

Dwelling, industrialized housing. A detached residential building that is designed for the use and occupancy of one family, that is constructed in one or more modules or constructed using one or more modular components, built at a location other than the permanent residential site, and that is designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term does not include any residential structure that is in excess of three stories or 49 feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance to the peak of the roof. The term shall not mean nor apply to (1) housing constructed of sectional or panelized systems not utilizing modular components; or (2) any ready-made home which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section, at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.

Dwelling, manufactured housing or mobile home. Shall be defined and differentiated by the following:

HUD-code manufactured home. A structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 chassis 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.

Mobile home. A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, 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 chassis 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.

Dwelling, multifamily. A residential building containing three or more dwelling units, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

Dwelling, single-family attached. An attached residential building, not including a mobile home or HUD Code manufactured home, which contains not more than one dwelling unit per lot of record.

Dwelling, single-family detached. A detached residential building, not including a mobile home or a HUD Code manufactured home, which contains not more than one dwelling unit per lot of record.

Dwelling, guesthouse. A residential dwelling, which may include living, sleeping, bathing, and kitchen facilities but is secondary to the main dwelling structure and is used solely for habitation of guests on a temporary basis and at no compensation.

Dwelling, two-family. A residential building containing two dwelling units.

Electrical generating station. A facility designed to convert electrical current from other energy sources for consumption by dwellings and other structures.

Electrical sub-station. A facility designed to convert electrical current to a different phase or voltage prior to consumption by dwellings and other structures.

Electrical transmission line. A high voltage line used to transmit electrical current to or between electrical substations or long distances and customarily associated with towers.

Electronics manufacturing. A facility for the production of printed circuit boards, microchips, and other electronic parts which may be assembled on site into end products such as computers, televisions, radios, and communication equipment.

Extended-stay hotel/motel. Any building containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes for guests and contain kitchen facilities for food preparation including but not limited to such facilities as refrigerators, stoves, and ovens.

Exterminating service. A business providing extermination services for household pests, including insects and rodents.

Factory outlet, retail or wholesale store. An establishment that offers goods and products to the public that are obtained directly from the manufacturer at prices that reflect savings due to the reduced cost of said direct distribution.

Family home. A home that provides regular care in the caretaker's own residence for not more than six children under 14 years of age, excluding children who are related to the caretaker, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school children, but the total number of children, including children who are related to the caretaker, does not exceed 12 at any given time. The term does not include a home that provides care exclusively for any number of children who are related to the caretaker.

Farm machinery and implement sales and service. An enclosed area designed for sales and repair of farm machinery.

Fitness studio. A place or building where passive or active exercises and related activities are performed for the purpose of physical fitness, improved circulation or flexibility, and/or weight control. The activities shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Fitness studio may include passive exercise equipment (motorized equipment which does not require physical exertion) but exclude equipment or apparatus used for weight control or muscle building, and shall exclude massage in any form.

Funeral home, mortuary. A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for cremation facilities, embalming, and the performance of other services used in preparation of the dead for burial; the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; the storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related supplies; and the storage of funeral vehicles. Where a funeral home is permitted, a funeral chapel shall also be permitted.

Furniture, fixture, and appliance store. A retail establishment offering home furnishings, fixtures, and appliances to the general public.

Garage, private. An enclosed two-car accessory building or portion of a main building on the same lot and used for the storage only of private passenger motor vehicles and recreational vehicles, owned and used by the owners or tenants of the premises.

Garage, public. A building or portion thereof, except as herein defined as a private garage or as a repair garage, used for the storage of motor vehicles, or where any such vehicles are kept for remuneration or hire; in which any sale of gasoline, oil, and accessories is only incidental to the principal use. Facilities for washing may be provided.

Garage, repair. A building or space for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, not including factory assembly of vehicles, auto wrecking establishments, or junkyards.

Garden (patio) homes. A detached single-family unit distinguishable by the location of one exterior wall on a side property line.

Gas regulator station. A station used to regulate the flow or pressure of gas in a pipeline.

Gift shop. A shop offering gifts, souvenirs, and associated products for sale.

Golf course, driving range. An establishment offering areas for driving of golf balls including "pitch and putt" facilities.

Golf course, miniature. An establishment offering facilities for miniature golf.

Golf course, private. Grounds and facilities used in the playing of the game golf, for use by private membership.

Golf course, public. Grounds and facilities used in the playing of the game golf, privately owned but open to the public for a fee and operated as a commercial venture.

Go-cart track and other motor vehicle track or facility. A private, commercial enterprise offering outdoor go-cart tracks to the general public for a fee or charge. A go-cart is a non-licensed motorized low horsepower vehicle powered by either a gas or electrical motor to be used for the purpose of entertainment, generally having the capacity of one driver/operator. Does not include remote control vehicles.

Governmental administration facility. A building or structure owned, operated, or occupied by governmental agency to provide a governmental service to the public.

Greenhouse or plant nursery. An establishment operated for commercial purposes, offering plants grown on premises and off premises and associated products for sale for use in connection with home gardening activities.

Grocery store. A retail store primarily engaged in the retail sales of all sorts of canned goods, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry.

Group day-care home. A child-care facility that provides care for seven to 12 children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day.

Group home for the disabled or disadvantaged. A dwelling shared by four or more disabled persons or elderly, including resident staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long-term, family-like environment in which staff persons provide care, education, and participation in community activities for the residents, with the primary goal of enabling the resident to live as independently as possible in order to reach their maximum potential.

As used herein, the term "disabled" shall mean having (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities so that such person is incapable of living independently; (2) a record of having such an impairment; or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment. However, "disabled" shall not include current illegal use of or addiction to controlled substance, nor shall it include any person whose residency in the home would constitute a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals. The term "group home for the disabled" shall not include alcoholism or drug treatment center, work release facilities for convicts or ex-convicts, or other housing facilities serving as an alternative to incarceration.

Gymnasium. A building or room used for physical education and sports, which may be equipped with gymnastic or other sports-related equipment and that may have seating in which spectators may view sports activities.

Hardware store. An establishment offering hand tools, small building materials, and associated convenience items for sale to the general public.

Health club, recreation facility. An indoor facility including uses such as game courts, exercise equipment, locker rooms, Jacuzzi, and/or sauna and pro shop, gymnasiums, private clubs (athletic, health, or recreational), reducing salons, and weight control establishments.

Heliport. A landing facility for rotary wing aircraft subject to regularly scheduled use and may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft.

Helistop. A landing pad for occasional and infrequent use by rotary wing aircraft with no fueling facilities.

Hobby studio, private. An accessory activity area used by the occupants of the premises purely for personal enjoyment, amusement, recreation, or cultivation of artistic talents.

Home occupation. An occupation customarily conducted for gain or support entirely within a dwelling by a member or members of a family while residing therein, and which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises and does not change the character thereof.

Hospital. An institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary, and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and injured persons, and licensed by state law to provide facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics, and general medical practice including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments, training facilities, central services facilities, and staff offices that are an integral part of the facilities. Hospitals may include supportive retail and personal service uses operated by or under the control of the hospital primarily for the convenience of patients, staff, and visitors.

Hotel, motel. A building or portion thereof in which ten or more guest rooms are provided for occupancy for compensation by transient guests.

Junk. The term "junk" is defined to mean, and shall include, scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead, scrap zinc, and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, used cloth, used rubber, used rope, used tinfoil, used bottles, old cotton or used machinery, used tools, used appliances, used fixtures, used utensils, used boxes or crates, used pipe or pipe fittings, used automobile or airplane tires, and other manufactured goods that are so worn, deteriorated, or obsolete as to make them unusable in their existing condition, subject to being dismantled for junk.

Kennel. A lot or premises on which four or more dogs, cats or other domestic animals at least four months of age are housed or accepted for boarding, trimming, grooming and/or bathing for which remuneration is received.

Kiosk. A freestanding structure upon which temporary information and/or posters, notices, and announcements are posted, or a freestanding building with one or more open sides from which commercial activities are conducted.

Laboratory, medical and/or dental. A facility with materials and scientific and technological equipment designed for scientific experimentation, examination, evaluation, and documentation for medical and other technologies.

Laboratory, research. A facility for scientific laboratory research in technology-intensive fields. Examples include biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, genetics, plastics, polymers, resins, coatings, fibers, fabrics, films, heat transfer, and radiation research facilities.

Laboratory, support. A facility for scientific laboratory analysis of natural resources, medical resources, and manufactured materials. The scientific analysis is generally performed for an outside customer, to support the work of that customer. This category includes environmental laboratories for the analysis of air, water, and soil; medical or veterinary laboratories for the analysis of blood, tissue, or other human medical or animal products. Forensic laboratories for analysis of evidence in support of law enforcement agencies would also be included in this category.

Landscape service. A business principally engaged in the decorative and functional alteration, planting, and maintenance of grounds. Such a business may engage in the installation and construction of underground improvements necessary to support or sustain the landscaped surface of the ground.

Laundry, dry-cleaning full service. A retail establishment providing full service laundry and dry-cleaning services to the general public.

Laundry, dry-cleaning pickup and receiving station. A retail establishment that provides a drop-off and pick-up point for customers to leave wearing apparel or other material in need of laundry and dry- cleaning and pick up of items when laundered and/or dry-cleaned.

Laundry, dry-cleaning self service. A retail establishment providing facilities for customers to launder or dry-clean wearing apparel or other materials.

Library. Buildings and structures open for the general public, for which a fee may or may not be charged for the use of book and other media collections.

Lithography or print shop. A large commercial printing shop with multiple presses and capabilities.

Locksmith shop. A shop that specializes in making, selling, and repairing keys, locks, and associated material.

Lodge, fraternal, sorority, and clubs. An association of persons meeting regularly for their mutual benefit or for the promotion of some common purpose, supported jointly through payment of membership dues, all members having the right to vote on policies and business.

Machine shop. A shop that manufactures metal products through the use of presses, stamps, and dyes.

Machinery sales or repair. A facility for the storage, repair, outside sales, or rental of heavy machinery or equipment.

Manufactured housing park or subdivision. A parcel of land not less than three acres in size developed for rental or sale of lots for the installation for residential uses of HUD Code manufactured housing.

Manufactured or industrialized housing sales or rental. An area devoted to outside sales or rental of HUD-Code manufactured homes or industrialized housing. For off premise residential use only.

Manufacturing facility (light). A facility used for sub-assembly or assembly of sub-assemblies for industrial purposes, and may conduct manufacturing that does not emit noise, odor, dust, or other hazards.

Meat market. A retail facility that offers meat, fish, and poultry products for sale to the public and shall include the sale of meat and meat products to restaurants, hotels, clubs, and other similar establishments when such sale is conducted as part of the retail business on the premises.

Meat product processing. A facility for processing cuts of meat from off-site into finished products.

Medical, dental, and optical retail sales. An establishment offering prescription and over the counter products for sale.

Medical, dental office. Offices for one or more physicians, surgeons, or dentists engaged in treating the sick or injured, but not including rooms for the abiding of patients.

Medical equipment sales, rental, and leasing service. An establishment including offices, stores, and display rooms for the display, sale, rental, and leasing of medical equipment.

Mini-warehouse. A building or group of buildings in a controlled access and fenced compound consisting of varying sized of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled access, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage of business and household goods or contractor supplies.

Motor freight terminal. A facility with the capability of handling a large variety of goods involving various forms of transportation and providing multi-modal shipping capabilities, such as rail to truck and truck to air.

Movie theater, cineplex. Complex structures with multiple movie theaters, each theater capable of providing performances independent of the others in the complex. Structurally, theaters in a cineplex are grouped in a manner that allows them to share box or ticket offices, parking facilities, lobby areas, restrooms, concession stands, signs and marquee displays, and other service and maintenance facilities.

Museum. An institution for the collection, display, and distribution of objects of art or science which is sponsored by or owned and operated by the city, a public or quasi-public agency, and which facility is open to the general public.

Music store. An establishment offering music, musical instruments, and other related items for sale to the general public. Such establishment may offer repair services of musical instruments.

Nursing home. A structure used for or occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from the infirmities of old age, including developments containing convalescent or nursing facilities.

Office, business. An office in which chattels or goods, wares, or merchandise are not commercially displayed, created, sold, or exchanged.

Office machine sales and service. A shop specializing in the sale and repair of office machinery.

Office, professional. A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominantly administrative, professional, or clerical operations. Including but not limited to insurance broker, public stenographers, real estate broker, stock broker, doctor, dentist, and other persons who operate or conduct offices which do not require the stocking of goods for wholesale or retail sales.

Office, real estate development tract or field office. A temporary office for the purpose of selling real estate to the general public located on or adjacent to the real estate being offered for sale.

Office supply store. A store that specializes in office supplies.

Optician shop. A shop that manufactures optical devices, especially eyeglasses.

Park. Public or private land available for recreational, educational, cultural, or aesthetic use.

Parking area. An area for the driving, parking, display, or storage of motor vehicles.

Parking lot, commercial (auto). A structure or lot devoted to the temporary parking of automobiles for a fee.

Parking lot, commercial (truck). A facility for temporary parking of currently commercial licensed trucks in excess of one ton, for a fee.

Patio (garden) home. A detached, single-family unit typically situated on a reduced-size lot that orients outdoor activity within rear or side yard patio areas for better use of the site for outdoor living space.

Pawn shop. A shop specializing in making small loans against personal property or buying used personal goods from individuals.

Pet shop. A shop offering small animals for sale, with associated goods and services.

Pharmaceutical plant. A facility for the production of drugs for medicine.

Pharmaceutical products manufacturing. A facility for the production of drugs for medicine.

Pharmacy. An establishment offering prescription and over the counter pharmaceuticals and other associated products for sale to the public.

Philanthropic and/or charitable use. A nonprofit organization supported mainly by charity and whose principal function is the performance of charitable work.

Photographic equipment sales and service. A shop that specializes in the sale and repair of photographic equipment.

Photographic service. An establishment offering drop-off of film for processing, pickup of developed photographs, and related services.

Plastic products manufacturing. A facility for the production of molded products constructed out of plastic, fiberglass, or other composite material.

Private club. An establishment providing social and dining facilities as well as alcoholic beverage service to an association of persons, and otherwise falling within the definition of and permitted under the provisions of that portion of Title 3, Chapter 32, VTCA, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as hereafter amended and as it pertains to the operation of private clubs.

Public maintenance building, storage yard. A structure or yard that is used for storage of equipment, materials, or other property and that is owned and maintained by a governmental entity.

Public safety facility, police and fire. A facility designed to provide public protection from dangers of fire and crime, including civil defense, operational centers, police and fire stations, and training facilities.

Public utility. A closely regulated enterprise with a franchise for providing to the public a utility service deemed necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare.

Radio, television studio. A facility designed to create and broadcast original source programming, or relay commercial programming from another source, including taped or pre-recorded materials for any part of the radio spectrum for commercial consumption.

Radio transmission or receiving facility. A structure or structures supporting antennas and/or commercial satellite antenna dishes which are transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum including wireless communication facilities, but excluding non-commercial antenna installations for home use of radio or television.

Railroad freight terminal. A facility for the assembly or storage of freight to or from rail cars.

Recreational ranch or farm. An establishment incorporating a variety of rural uses, including sports arenas, rodeo grounds, pavilions, animal stables, and facilities, which may be rented for private parties.

Recreational vehicle rental. An establishment offering recreational vehicles, including watercraft, for rent to the general public. Said facility may display, store, and maintain said vehicles on site solely for the purpose of renting said vehicles. No short or long term habitation of any recreational vehicle, including watercraft, is permitted on the site. In addition, no manufacture or repair, with the exception of light maintenance, occurs on the site.

Recreational vehicle storage (commercial). A facility or location which, upon payment of a fee, provides for the parking and storage of recreational vehicles.

Recycling collection center. A building in which used materials such as newspapers, glassware, and metal cans are separated and processed prior to shipment to others who will use those materials to manufacture new products.

Rehabilitation care facility (psychiatric and mental disorders). A facility which provides residence and/or out-patient care, with supervisory personnel, to persons regardless of legal relationship, who have demonstrated a tendency toward mental illness.

Rehabilitation care facility (substance abuse). A facility which provides residential and/or out-patient care, with supervisory personnel to persons regardless of legal relationship who have demonstrated a tendency toward alcoholism and/or drug abuse.

Rehabilitation care facility (criminal-psychiatric, mental disorders and substance abuse). A facility whose primary purpose is to provide residential and/or out-patient care, with supervisory personnel, to persons regardless of legal relationship, who have been involved in the criminal justice system or related program including parole or probation as authorized by the criminal justice system, and have demonstrated a tendency toward alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, or antisocial or criminal conduct.

Religious institution. Facilities in which persons regularly assemble for religious worship and activities intended primarily for purposes connected with such worship or propagating a particular form of religious belief.

Rental store. An establishment that provides equipment and goods for rent by the general public to be used off site. All storage of rental equipment and goods shall be contained within the limits of the primary structure.

Rental yard, commercial and heavy equipment. An establishment that provides heavy equipment for rent to contractors or the general public to be used off site. The storage of rental equipment or goods may occur either within the limits of the primary structure, or it may be displayed and stored outside of the primary structure. Areas reserved for repairs and maintenance of all equipment or goods must be within the primary structure.

Restaurant. A business establishment whose principal business is the selling of un-packaged food to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, in individual servings, or in non-disposable containers, and where the customer consumes these foods while seated at tables or counters located within the building. Such use includes cafes, lunchrooms, and tea rooms.

Restaurant, drive-in / drive-thru. Any place or premises used for sale, dispensing, or serving of food, refreshments, or beverages in automobiles, including those establishments where customers may serve themselves and may eat or drink the food, refreshments, or beverages on the premises.

Restaurant, refreshment stand (temporary or seasonal). Any place or premises used for sale, dispensing, or serving of food, refreshments, or beverages from a temporary or permanent building on a temporary or seasonal basis.

Rodeo ground/fair ground. An outdoor entertainment area providing an arena for rodeo activities, including grandstands and bleachers for the viewing public, storage pens, and facilities for the caring and presentation of livestock, and open area for exhibits and carnival activities.

Rooming house. A building other than a hotel where lodging for three but not more than 12 persons is provided for definite periods for compensation pursuant to previous arrangement.

Salvage yard. An area for salvage of metals, and/or other fabricated products, which may include a yard or building where automobiles or parts of automobiles or machinery are stored, dismantled and/or offered for sale in the open as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal.

School, business college. A facility that provides a curriculum limited to the teaching of office and business practices and skills.

School, college, or university. An academic institution of higher learning that is accredited or recognized by the State and that offers a program, or series of programs of academic study leading to a recognized degree or advanced degree. Including junior and senior colleges, universities, conservatories and seminaries.

School, commercial instruction. A facility that instructs and trains students in the arts, such as of music, dance, gymnastics, or martial arts, and is primarily operated on a commercial basis.

School, commercial trade. A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a trade such as welding, brick laying, machinery operation, and similar manual trades.

School, home. Educational activities consisting of a defined curriculum with the purpose of satisfying the state educational requirements and said educational activities being conducted in the home of a student living in the home. Said educational activities shall be considered to be a part of the housekeeping activities of a family.

School, home day. Educational activities consisting of a defined curriculum with the purpose of satisfying the state educational requirements and said educational activities being conducted in a home but not necessarily the home of the student living therein. There shall be no more than 6 unrelated students not living in the home in which the educational activities are being conducted. The total number of students living in the home in which the activities are being conducted shall not exceed 12 at any given time.

School, institution, rehabilitation, and training center. A facility that provides rehabilitation and training operated or sponsored by chartered educational, religious, or philanthropic organizations, but excluding uses such as trade schools, which are operated primarily on a commercial basis.

School, primary or secondary. A public facility that provides a curriculum of elementary or secondary academic instruction, including kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools.

School, vocational. A secondary or higher education facility primarily teaching usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade and meeting the state requirements of a vocational facility.

Shoe repair. An establishment offering shoe repair service to the general public.

Sign shop, painted or silk-screened. A retail business offering signs and banners for sale.

Skating rink. An establishment that provides facilities for participant ice or roller-skating.

Stable, commercial. A building designed for the keeping of horses or mules used for pleasure riding or driving, for boarding, or for hire, including a riding track.

Stable, private. A building designed for the keeping of horses or mules owned by the occupants of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire, or sale.

Stockyard. An area designed to receive and transfer large quantities of livestock, containing a number of holding pens, loading and unloading areas, ramps, and other facilities required for the handling of large quantities of livestock.

Stone monument sales. A retail establishment offering for sale stone monuments produced off-premises, excluding cutting of slabs.

Storage and warehousing establishment. A facility that is constructed such that large quantities of products or goods may be stored for extended periods of time. Said facility may be equipped with loading ramps and docks that facilitate the loading and off-loading of semi-trailer vehicles.

Storage yard. Facilities to store any equipment, machinery, building materials, or commodities, including raw, semi-finished, and finished materials outside at ground level.

Studio. A facility for professional work or teaching of any form of commercial or fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance, but not including commercial gymnasium or dance hall.

Swimming pool, water park, commercial. A swimming pool and accessory facilities not part of the municipal or public recreation system, and not a private swim club, but where the facilities are available to the general public for a fee.

Swimming pool, private. A swimming pool and accessory facilities constructed for the exclusive use of the proprietor, when located in other than the minimum front yard.

Tanning studio. Any business that uses artificial lighting systems to produce a tan on an individual's body. This use specifically excludes spas, gymnasiums, athletic clubs, health clubs, and any exercise equipment.

Tattoo parlor/body piercing studio. An establishment whose principle business activity, either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is the practice of one or more of the following: (1) placing of designs, letters, figures, symbols, or other marks upon or under the skin of any person, using ink or other substances that result in the permanent coloration of the skin, by means of the use of needles or other instruments designed to contact or puncture the skin; (2) creation of an opening in the body of a person for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration.

Taxidermist studio. A retail establishment offering for sale to the public the products produced by a taxidermist at a separate location.

Taxidermist shop. An establishment offering the services of taxidermy.

Telecommunications, wireless facility. A facility that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic signals for the purpose of transmitting analog or digital voice or data communications. It includes antennas, microwave dishes, horns and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, telecommunication towers or monopoles, or similar structures supporting said equipment, equipment buildings, shelters or cabinets, and other accessory development. Includes personal wireless services as defined in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, and as subsequently amended, but shall not include the following: federally-licensed amateur radio stations and facilities used exclusively for receive-only antennas.

Telephone exchange, switching, or relay. A facility for the exchange, switching, relaying, or transmission of telephone services, not including public office facilities, storage, or repair facilities.

Textile manufacturing. Includes knitting, weaving, printing, and finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods

Theater, indoor motion picture. An establishment offering motion pictures for viewing by the public.

Tobacco shop. A retail establishment offering for sale to the public tobacco products and accessories.

Utility building and structures. Operations such as power substations, water tanks or reservoirs, water or sewage treatment plants, also including supportive structures such as pump and lift stations.

Veterinary hospital with outside pens. An office and clinic of a doctor of veterinary medicine for small domestic animal practice, including outside treatment pens.

Veterinary hospital without outside pens. An office and clinic of a doctor of veterinary medicine for small domestic animal practice, without outside treatment pens.

Veterinarian office, large animal practice. The offices of a doctor of veterinary medicine with on site treatment of large domestic animals, which may consist of livestock and/or other farm animals and may include outside treatment pens, shelters, or barns.

Veterinarian office, small animal practice. The offices of a doctor of veterinary medicine with on site treatment of small domestic animals, which consist primarily of household pets and animals that are not sheltered in pens or barns (excluding dog runs and pens).

Video/game rental. A commercial establishment that provides as a service a library of video movies and video games which may be rented on a short-term basis and returned for reuse.

Watch and/or jewelry sales and repair. An establishment offering watches and jewelry for sale to the public, and offering repair services for jewelry, watches, and similar items.

Warehousing and freight office and storage. A use engaged in storage, wholesale sales, and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment, but excluding bulk storage of materials that are flammable or explosive or that create hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.

Welding or machine shop. A facility for the machining and welding of metals, not including forging or structural welding.