“Aboveground stormwater facility” means a stormwater facility such as a pond, swale, or rain garden that is not underground.

“Abutting” means a common border with, or being separated from such common border by, an alley, easement, or right-of-way.

“Access” means a means of pedestrian or vehicular ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this chapter.

“Accessible electric vehicle charging space” means a parking stall with electric vehicle charging capability where the battery charging station equipment is located within accessible reach of a barrier-free access aisle, and the electric vehicle.

“Accessory dwelling unit (ADU)” means a detached or attached dwelling unit that is additional and auxiliary to a single-family dwelling, and is on the same tax lot.

“Accessway” means an interconnecting paved right-of-way that provides pedestrian and/or bicycle passage through blocks from street to street.

“Addition” means an extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure.

“Adjacent” means to be near or close to, including abutting and adjoining.

“Administrative mapping category” means a designation for tracking and mapping parcels that have unique circumstances or conditions associated with them, and is not a zoning district. See Sections 10.409 through 10.413.

“Agriculture” means the use of land for farming, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and the necessary accessory uses for preparing and storing agricultural products; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory use shall coincide with normal agricultural activities; and, provided further, that the above uses shall not include the operation of a dairy, hog farm, feed lot or other commercial feeding of animals. Agriculture is classified as either intensive or passive per Section 10.804(1).

“Agricultural building” means a structure associated with agriculture and used in the agricultural operations for the storage, maintenance or repair of machinery and equipment required of the operations; or for the raising and harvesting of crops; or in the feeding, breeding, management or the production of, livestock, poultry, furbearing animals or honeybees; or any other agricultural or horticultural use or animal husbandry; or any combination thereof, including the preparation and storage of products raised on such farm land for human or animal use and disposal by marketing or otherwise, except for the operation of a dairy, hog farm, feed lot, or other commercial feeding of animals.

“Agricultural building” does not include:

“Alter” or “alteration” means any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.

“Animal hospital” means a place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Includes use as a kennel if such use is limited to short-time boarding incidental to the hospital use.

“Appeal” means a means of obtaining review of a decision, determination, order, or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this chapter as expressly authorized by the provision of Article II, Section 10.140.

“Approving Authority” means the designated official or official body charged with the duty of investigating and reporting on the design, improvement and use of proposed developments of real property, the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon and the authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove development permits and land use reviews as per this chapter.

“Area, gross” means the total area of all lots within a project’s boundaries. If the project is adjacent to an existing public street, then the boundaries of the project shall be extended to the center line of the right-of-way, and that area within the right-of-way included in the gross area calculation.

“Area, natural unbuildable” means those natural areas unsuitable for building [i.e., wetlands, slopes over 30 percent, and creeks (from top-of-bank to top-of-bank)]. Does not include man-made non-buildable areas such as setbacks.

“Area, non-development” includes reserve acreage, natural unbuildable areas, and oversize lots allowed in Section 10.702 (3)(a).

“Assessor” means the county assessor of Jackson County.

“Attic” means that part of a building which is immediately below, and wholly or partly within, the roof framing.

“Average daily trips (ADT)” means the total volume passing a point or segment of a street, in both directions, for one day.

“Basement” means any floor level below the first story in a building, except that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a basement unless such floor level qualifies as a first story. See "story, first".

“Bed and breakfast” means a single-family dwelling, or part thereof, other than a motel, hotel or multiple family dwelling, where traveler's accommodations and breakfast are provided for a fee on a daily or weekly room rental basis, not to exceed fourteen (14) consecutive days.

“Bedroom” means a room marketed, designed, or otherwise likely to function primarily for sleeping.

Beekeeping terms.

“Bee” means any stage of the common domestic honey bee, Apis mellifera.

“Beekeeper” means a person who raises honeybees; apiculturist.

“Beekeeping” means the rearing and breeding of honeybees; apiculture.

“Colony” means a hive and related equipment and appurtenances including bees, comb, honey, pollen, and brood.

“Hive” means a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honey bees.

“Swarm” means a group of bees when migrating with a queen to establish a new colony.

“Bicycle facilities” means improvements which provide for the needs of bicyclists including bicycle paths, lanes, routes and bicycle parking facilities.

“Bicycle parking facilities” means space and improvements dedicated exclusively for use of securing bicycles including, but not limited to, marked spaces, structures including lockers, racks and enclosures, and areas providing maneuvering space for access to parking spaces and improvements.

“Boarding” or “lodging house” means a residence containing not more than five guest rooms where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. If a residence is not owner occupied, no more than two guest rooms shall be offered for rent. If a residence is owner occupied, no more than five guest rooms shall be offered for rent. “Rent” shall be defined in accordance with ORS 90.100(33). This definition is meant to be consistent with Oregon Structural Specialty Code Section 310.2.

“Boundary line” means a line bounding all contiguous lands held in common ownership. The term "boundary line" shall be synonymous with property line.

“Brewery” means an establishment in which the primary business function is the production of beer for off-site sale and distribution. The use requires a brewery-public house license issued by the State of Oregon (ORS 471.200).

“Bufferyard” means a unit of land, together with a specified type and amount of planting thereon, and any structures which may be required to mitigate adverse impacts between adjacent land uses.

“Building” means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

“Building, accessory” means a building which: (a) is subordinate to a principal structure or a principal use; (b) is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal structure or use served; (c) is located on the same lot as the principal structure or use served except as otherwise expressly authorized by provisions of this code; and (d) is customarily incidental to the principal structure or use. Any portion of a principal structure devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory structure.

“Building front” means that exterior wall of a building which faces the front lot line of the lot on which it is located.

“Building line” means a line on a lot, generally parallel to a lot line or street right-of-way line, located a sufficient distance therefrom to provide the minimum yards required by this code. The building line delimits the area in which buildings are permitted, subject to all applicable provisions of this code.

“Building, principal” means a building in which is conducted, or in which is intended to be conducted, the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.

“Business complex” means a group of four or more commercial establishments having common parking facilities.

“Candlepower” means the amount of light that will illuminate a surface one (1) foot distant from a light source to an intensity of one (1) footcandle. Maximum (peak) candlepower is the largest amount of candlepower emitted by any lamp, light source, or luminaire.

“Carport” means a permanent roofed structure having no enclosed uses overhead that is a portion of a principal residential building or is an accessory building. A carport is designed to shelter one or more motor vehicles, is open at the vehicular entry, and is entirely open on two or more sides.

“Cellar” means the space wholly or partly below street level, with more than one-half of its height (measured from floor to ceiling) below street level.

“Child day care” means the care, supervision, and guidance, on a regular basis, of a child, unaccompanied by a parent, guardian, or custodian, provided during part of the 24 hours of the day, in a place other than the child’s home, with or without compensation.

“Child day care center” means a child day care facility that is certified to care for 13 or more children; or, if certified to care for fewer than 13 children, is not a child day care home as defined herein. It may include a nursery school, preschool, kindergarten, child play school, before or after school care, or a child development center; but not any facility providing care that is primarily educational, unless provided to a preschool child for more than four hours a day; nor any facility providing supervised training in a specific subject, such as dancing, drama, music or religion; nor an incident of group athletic or social activities sponsored by or under the supervision of an organized club or hobby group; nor any facility operated by a school district, political subdivision of the state, or a governmental agency.

“Child day care home” means a child day care facility located in a building constructed as a single-family dwelling that is certified to care for no more than 16 children at any one given time, and where care is provided by a family day care provider in the provider’s home in the family living quarters. This definition is meant to be consistent with ORS 657A.440.

“Community services facilities” means facilities providing public or private community services, such as meeting halls, telecommuting centers, playgrounds, golf courses, indoor recycling collection facilities, tennis or swimming clubs, adult day care, private or public recreational facilities, or similar uses.

“Comprehensive Plan” means the City of Medford Comprehensive Plan along with all accompanying maps, tables, and plan elements as adopted by the council, and all amendments thereto.

“Concealed Wireless Communications Facility” means a wireless communication facility which is architecturally integrated with existing buildings, structures, and landscaping, including height, color, style, massing, placement, design, and shape, and which incorporates stealth capabilities so that it does not stand out as a wireless communications facility when viewed with the naked eye.

“Condominium” means a type of ownership of units, and common ownership of open space and other facilities, and which is regulated by ORS Chapter 100.

“Condominium unit” means a part of the property condominium consisting of a building or one or more rooms occupying one or more floors of a building or a part or parts thereof, intended for any type of independent ownership, the boundaries of which are described pursuant to ORS 100.105 and with direct exit to a public street or to a common area or areas leading to a public street.

“Congregate living facility” means any institution, residential facility for elderly and disabled persons, or other place which undertakes to provide housing, meals and the availability of other supportive services.

“Construction, new” means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of this ordinance.

“Construction, start of” means the first placement of permanent construction of a structure (other than a mobile home) on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings or any work beyond the state of excavation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms.

“Contiguous”. See "abutting".

“Continuing care retirement community” means a retirement community that furnishes housing and other hospitality services, including nursing, assistance with daily living, or other health-related services, for a period greater than one year, whether provided in the retirement community, or in another setting designated by the residency agreement.

“Cottage cluster development” means a grouping of four or more cottage units with a maximum building footprint of 900 square feet or less per dwelling unit and an overall maximum floor area of 1,200 square feet developed around a common open space area.

“Cottage unit” means a single-family dwelling unit located within a cottage cluster development.

“Court” means a space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three (3) or more sides by walls of a building.

“Coverage” means the portion of a parcel or lot’s land area covered by structures.

Craft alcohol production terms. The following definitions apply to the craft alcohol industry, which includes the uses of brewery–public house, microdistillery and small winery.

“Alcoholic spirits” means an alcoholic beverage, which is produced through the distillation of a mixture, that is produced from alcoholic fermentation. Some common examples include: brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, or whiskey.

“Brewery” or “public house” means an establishment where beer is brewed and served on site. The use requires a brewery–public house license issued by the State of Oregon (ORS 471.200).

“Craft alcohol production” shall include the uses as defined by the definitions: brewery–public house, microdistillery and small winery.

“Microdistillery” means an establishment where the primary business functions are the on–site sales of alcoholic spirits produced on site. The use requires a distillery license issued by the State of Oregon (ORS 471.230).

“Small winery” means a facility that produces wine, with a maximum annual production of 50,000 gallons, including but not limited to areas used for production, shipping and distribution, wholesale and retail sales, tasting, crushing, fermenting, blending, aging, storage, bottling, administrative functions and warehousing. The use requires a winery license issued by the State of Oregon (ORS 471.223).

“Cul-de-sac” means a dead-end street with a circular area, or turning bulb at the end. A cul-de-sac is permitted subject to Section 10.450.

“Daycare, canine” means a facility that looks after other people’s dogs for individual periods for less than 24 hours each. Facility activities may include feeding, cleaning, training, play, and exercise. Activities do not include overnight lodging, animal sales, breeding services, or veterinary care.

“Decibel A scale (dBA)” means the sound pressure level in decibels measured using the A weighting network on a sound level meter.

“Dedication” means the transfer of property interests from private to public ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of fee simple interest or of a less than fee interest, including an easement.

“Design” may include:

“Density, gross” means the quotient of the total number of dwelling units divided by the gross site area. Commonly expressed as dwelling units per acre.

“Detention” means the temporary storage of stormwater runoff from development to reduce the peak flow rate collected.

“Developer” means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, syndicate, local agency, city, county, state or federal government or any district of or division thereof, who or which causes the development of real property and is the owner of record or owner under contract to purchase or lease for purposes of development, the real property to be developed or improved.

“Developer tracts” means units of land that are created by means of a land division that match the phase lines of one or more phases of an associated subdivision with tentative plat approval.

“Development” means the improvement of a parcel of land; including zone change, partitioning or subdividing of any improved or unimproved real property, for any purpose, and by any person, association, or other entity.

“Development permit” means the written acknowledgment by the city that a specific development proposal has complied with all required land use reviews determined necessary for development.

“Distillery” means an establishment in which the primary business function is the production of alcoholic spirits for off-site sale and distribution. The use requires a distillery license issued by the State of Oregon (ORS 471.230).

“Drainage” means the removal of surface water or ground water from land by drains, grading, or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after development and includes the means necessary for the prevention or alleviation of flooding.

“Duplex dwellings” means two attached dwelling units that form one structure, either on an individual tax lot or with each unit on a separate tax lot. A duplex located in the SFR-2, SFR-4, SFR-6 or SFR-10 zone may be detached or attached dwelling units.

“Dwelling” means any building or portion thereof which contains not more than one dwelling unit.

“Dwelling, attached” means a dwelling unit which is one of two (2) or more adjoining dwelling units, each of which is separated from the others by one (1) or more unpierced walls or floor from ground to roof.

“Dwelling, detached” means a single dwelling unit having no roof, wall, or floor in common with any other dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means any building or portion thereof which contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. A dwelling unit may be further described as either attached or detached, and single-family or multiple-family.

“Easement” means authorization by a property owner to another person to use any designated part of his property for a specific use.

“Easement, minimum access”. See Section 10.430A(1), Minimum Access Easement. Also refer to Table IV-1, Medford Street Cross-Sections Dimensions.

“Electric vehicle battery exchange” means a facility allowing electric vehicles to exchange a discharged battery pack for a charged one as an alternative to plugging a vehicle into a charging station.

“Electric vehicle charging facility” means off-street electric vehicle charging units open to public use, with capacity to serve six or more electric vehicles at one time.

“Electric vehicle charging space” means a parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment.

“Electric vehicle” means any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy. “Electric vehicle” (EV) includes:

“Electric vehicle charging station” means a charging unit with one or more ports serving plug-in hybrids or electric vehicles.

“Emergency shelter” means any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide permanent or temporary facilities that are used as a temporary or transitional shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the homeless. See SIC Classification 832.

“Erosion” means the detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, and/or gravity.

“Event of public interest” means a carnival, circus, rodeo, animal show and/or rides, and other occasional amusement, sporting event, or show held in a parking lot, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, or similar permanently established place of assembly.

“Excavate” means to remove from existing grade any sand, rock, gravel, or other like material.

“Exceptions” means permission to depart from the literal requirements of this code granted pursuant to Article II, Section 10.186.

“Exterior storage” means outdoor storage of fuel, raw materials, products, and equipment. In the case of lumberyards, exterior storage includes all impervious materials stored outdoors. In the case of truck terminals, exterior storage includes all trucks, truck beds, and truck trailers stored outdoors.

“Farm” means land used for agriculture, as defined herein.

“Fence” means a vertical structure providing separation between yard spaces.

“Filling” means the depositing of land, whether submerged or not, of sand, gravel, earth, or other materials of any composition.

“Fish-bearing stream” means a stream inhabited at any time of the year by anadromous or game fish species, or fish that are listed as threatened or endangered species under the federal or state Endangered Species Acts.

“Floor area” means the sum of the gross floor area for each of a building's stories measured from the exterior limits of the faces of the structure. The floor area of a building includes basement floor area and includes attic floor area only if the attic floor area meets the Uniform Building Code standards for habitable floor area. It does not include courts, unenclosed porches, and vent shafts.

“Floor area ratio” means an intensity measure expressed as the ratio derived by dividing the total floor area of a building by the lot area.

“Footcandle” means a unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one (1) foot from a uniform point source of one (1) candle.

“Footprint” means the total flat surface area a building covers on land, excluding unenclosed areas and items not considered structures.

“Garage” means a building, or portion thereof, used or intended to be used for the parking and storage of motor vehicles.

“Garage sale” “yard sale” means a retail sale operation of limited duration, conducted on the premises of a dwelling by the residents to dispose of their surplus clothing and household items (See Section 10.832 Garage Sales and Yard Sales).

“Glare” means the brightness of a light source which causes eye discomfort.

“Grade, adjacent ground elevation” means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than 5 feet from the building, between the building and a line 5 feet from the building.

“Gross habitable floor area” means the cumulative floor area of space for living purposes including, working, sleeping, eating, cooking, or recreation, or a combination thereof.

“Ground floor wall area” means the area of the façade between two feet and eight feet above the adjacent exterior grade or public sidewalk, whichever is higher.

“Guest” means any person renting or occupying a room for sleeping purposes.

“Guest house”” means an accessory building designed, constructed and used to provide temporary sleeping accommodations for guests, or for members of the same family as that occupying the main structure. A guest house contains no kitchen or kitchen facilities.

“Guest room”” means any room or rooms used or intended to be used by a guest for sleeping purposes. Every 100 square feet of superficial floor area in a dormitory shall be considered to be a guest room.

“Highway” means a transportation facility intended for interregional vehicular transportation, usually under the state jurisdiction (See Section 10.428, Higher-Order Street Classification System).

“Homeless” means individual(s) or families who are experiencing one or more of the following living conditions:

“Homeless shelter”. See Emergency Shelter or SIC Classification 832.

“Home occupation” means a vocational or commercial use conducted entirely within a building, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and which complies with the provisions of this code.

“Hospital” means an establishment with an organized medical staff, with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds, and with medical services, including physician services and continuous nursing services, to provide diagnosis and medical or surgical treatment primarily for, but not limited to, acutely ill patients and accident victims, or to provide treatment for the mentally ill, or to provide treatment in special inpatient care facilities such as rehabilitation centers, college infirmaries, chiropractic facilities, facilities for the treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse, freestanding hospice facilities, infirmaries for the homeless, or other inpatient care facilities meeting the requirements of ORS 441.065.

“Hotel” means any building containing six (6) or more guest rooms intended or designed to be rented for temporary occupation by guests for the purpose of sleeping. Includes customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, and the use and upkeep of furniture.

“Household” means all persons who occupy an individual dwelling unit as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common entry. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements.

“Impervious surface” means those surface areas, which either prevent or retard saturation of water into the land surface, and/or cause water to run off the land surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that present under conditions pre-existent to development. Common impervious surfaces include but are not limited to rooftops, concrete or asphalt streets, sidewalks, walkways, patio areas, driveways, parking lots or storage areas and graveled, oiled, macadam or other surfaces which similarly impact the natural saturation or runoff patterns which existed prior to development.

“Impervious surface, on lot” means the total amount of impervious surface which is present on a lot.

“Impervious surface ratio” means a measure of the intensity of land use which is determined by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces on a site by the site area.

“Improvement” means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real property including but not limited to buildings or other structures, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

“Improvement, substantial” means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either:

“Institutional uses” means public and quasi-public uses such as government offices, fire stations, convention or community centers, auditoriums, post offices, public and private schools and colleges (not including business or commercial schools), libraries, museums, utilities, park-n-ride lots, churches, religious or charitable institutions, facilities for organizations and clubs, and cemeteries, mausoleums, columbariums, and crematories.

“Junk, salvage or wrecking yard” means a place where waste, discharged or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including auto wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places or yards for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; but not including such places where such uses are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building; and not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase, or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operative condition, or salvaged materials incidental to manufacturing operations.

“Jurisdictional delineation” means a delineation, approved by the Oregon Department of State Lands, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers if required, of the wetland boundary.

“Kennel” means a facility:

“Land Development Committee” means a land use/development review and advisory committee comprised of representatives from all referral agencies as identified in Article II, Section 10.112.

“Land division” means the act of dividing land into two (2) or more parcels or lots when such area exists as a unit, or contiguous units of land held under single ownership.

“Land division, expedited” means a division of land as defined in ORS 197.360.

“Land division, middle housing” means an expedited land division created through a partition or subdivision of a lot or parcel on which the development of middle housing is allowed per ORS 197.758.

“Lawfully established unit of land” means a lot or parcel created pursuant to ORS 92.010 to 92.192 or another unit of land created in compliance with all applicable planning, zoning, and subdivision or partition ordinances and regulations or by deed or land sales contract, if there were no applicable planning, zoning, subdivision, or partition ordinances or regulations. Lawfully established unit of land does not mean a unit of land created solely to establish a separate tax account.

“Legal Description” means the identification of real property by metes and bounds or lot and block description.

“Level of service (LOS)” means a qualitative measure describing operational conditions within a traffic stream; generally described in terms of such factors as speed and travel time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort and convenience, delay, and safety.

“Livestock” means livestock shall mean any of the following animals: horse, cow, sheep, goat, swine, rabbit, donkey, and mule.

“Local agricultural area” means the area within 125 miles of the Medford Urban Grown Boundary.

“Local Wetlands Inventory (LWI)” means a report entitled Local Wetlands Inventory and Oregon Freshwater Assessment Method Analysis, City of Medford, October 1995 and any subsequent revisions.

“Locally significant wetland” means wetland sites that provide functions or exhibit characteristics that are pertinent to community planning decisions made at the local level. Locally significant wetlands are as determined by OAR 141-86-350. The Medford Comprehensive Plan specifies the optional wetlands, if any, determined to be locally significant.

“Long term care facility” means a permanent facility with inpatient beds that provides medical services and/or treatment for two or more unrelated patients; includes skilled nursing facilities, which primarily provide skilled nursing care and related services for patients who require medical or nursing care, or rehabilitation services for injured, disabled or sick persons; and intermediate care facilities, which provide, on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care and treatment that a hospital or skilled nursing facility is designed to provide, but who, because of their mental or physical condition, require care and services above the level of room and board; adult foster care homes with residents over 60 years of age; and residential care facilities (having more than 15 residents).

“Lot” means a unit of land created by the division of real property (Same as Parcel).

“Lot area” means the area contained within the property lines of a lot.

“Lot, corner” means a lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection.

“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines of a lot measured along a line midway between the side property lines.

“Lot, flag” means a lot or parcel that has access to a street, by means of a narrow strip of the same lot (called the “flag pole”). Flag lots are permitted subject to Section 10.450.

“Lot frontage” means the width of the street lot line. When a lot has more than one street lot line, each street lot line shall meet the minimum lot frontage requirements of this code.

“Lot/parcel consolidation”. See “property line adjustment”.

“Lot line”. See “Property line”.

“Lot line, rear” means that lot line which is most nearly parallel to and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of lots with frontage on more than one road or street, the rear lot line shall be opposite the lot line along which the lot takes access to the road or street.

“Lot line, side” means any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

“Lot line, street” means, in the case of a lot abutting a street, the lot line separating such lot from such street.

“Lot, through” means a lot, which has a street, abutting both the front and rear yards.

“Lot width” means the diameter of the largest circle that can be inscribed within the property lines of a lot.

“Luminaire” means a complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts.

“Maintain” means to cause or allow to continue in existence; to preserve and care for a structure, improvement, condition, or area to such an extent that it remains attractive, safe, and installed, [or] constructed, or [as] required.

Manufactured Housing Definitions.

“Manufactured dwelling park” means any place created in 2000 or later where four or more manufactured dwellings are located within 500 feet of one another on a lot, tract or parcel of land under the same ownership, the primary purpose of which is to rent space for a charge for use of facilities. Manufactured Housing on individual parcels, as described in Section 10.900, is not a manufactured dwelling park.

“Marijuana” means the plant Cannabis, family Cannabaceae, or any part or seed of the plant. The term does not include industrial hemp.

“Marijuana item” includes marijuana, cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates, and cannabinoid extracts.

Marijuana-related businesses. The various types of marijuana-related businesses are organized into the following categories:

“Production” means planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting marijuana; or drying marijuana leaves or flowers.

“Processing” means the processing, compounding, or conversion of marijuana into cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates, or cannabinoid extracts.

“Wholesale” means a wholesale operation that purchases marijuana items in this state for resale to a person other than consumer.

“Laboratory” means a state-licensed laboratory that tests marijuana items as required by state law.

“Dispensary” means a medical marijuana dispensary registered under ORS 475.314.

“Retail” means a business that sells marijuana items to a consumer in this state.

“Middle housing” means housing types that include duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, and townhouses as related to OAR 660-046-000 through 660-046-3370 or as amended.

“Ministerial decisions” means decisions by the Planning Director that involve review based on clear and objective standards. Such decisions do not involve public notice or a hearing prior to the decision and, unless otherwise provided, do not allow for local appeal of the decision.

“Mini-warehouse” means a building or group of buildings in a controlled access compound that contains various sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of a customer's goods or wares. No sales, service, or repair activities other than the rental of dead storage units are permitted on the premises.

“Mixed-use building” means a building containing one or more residential dwelling units and a commercial, institutional, or industrial use(s) in the same building. Mixed-use buildings may be vertical (uses above ground floor) or horizontal (single story, mixed-use building). When vertically mixed, the non-residential use must occupy at least 65 percent of the building’s ground floor area. When horizontally mixed, residential uses shall be subordinate to the commercial/industrial uses.

“Mobility target(s)”. See definition “Level of Service (LOS)” and Section 10.462.

“Motel”. See “hotel”.

“Multi-modal” means a transportation system or right-of-way that accommodates more than one mode of transportation such as driving, walking, biking, and transit service rather than predominantly one mode of transportation.

“Multiple-family, multiplex, or apartment dwelling” means attached dwelling units in one or more structures, but having at least five or more dwelling units per structure.

“Neighborhood activity centers” means a use or combination of uses which is a common destination or focal point for community activities, including primary and secondary schools, neighborhood parks and playgrounds and shopping centers.

“Nonconformity”. See "use, nonconforming"; and "structure, nonconforming".

“Non-temporary shelters” means a permanent use within a building or buildings, meant to provide overnight sleeping accommodations and related services for individuals or groups who are homeless.

“Occupational health facility” means a facility for health practitioners providing primarily work-required physicals and therapy for work-related injuries.

“On-site farm product sales” means the on-site promotion, marketing and retail sales of crops, farm products or livestock grown on the farm on which the product sales are taking place, or other farms in the local agricultural area, as defined herein.

“Oregon Freshwater Wetland Assessment Methodology (OFWAM)” means a wetland function and quality assessment methodology developed by the Oregon Department of State Lands.

“Overlay district or zone” means a special zone or designation that is applied ‘over,’ or in addition to a base zone. Overlays impose additional or different land development regulations or procedures to certain parcels or areas of the City. They generally coincide with a special area plan or implement a specific Comprehensive Plan policy. (See Sections 10.345 through 10.407.)

“Owner” means, with respect to real property, the person in whom legal title is vested or the person who is the purchaser under a recorded land sale contract.

“Pad lot development” means a type of land division that creates lots within and/or adjacent to a common area where the lot-lines of pad lots are located near and/or adjacent to common or exterior building walls, shared or private open spaces, patios, porches, yards, eaves and other building projections.

“Pad/pad lot” means an individual unit of land created from a pad lot development, not the parent parcel. Pad lots are not considered condominiums per ORS Chapter 100.

“Parapet” means a low guarding wall that projects above the roof line.

“Parcel” means a unit of land held in common ownership that is created by the partitioning of land. The term parcel is synonymous with lot.

“Parent parcel” means the lot or parcel from which individual condominiums, cottages or pad lots are created, including the common element areas for which the individual condominiums, cottages or pad lots share common space or ownership.

Park Definitions.

“Parking area, public” means an open area, other than a street or other public way, used to park automobiles and available to the public whether for a fee, free, or as an accommodation for clients or customers.

“Parking space” means a permanently surfaced and marked area for the parking of a motor vehicle, excluding the area necessary for access.

“Partition” means the act of dividing an area of land into two or three parcels within a calendar year when such area or tract of land exists as a unit or contiguous units of land under single ownership. Partition does not include divisions of land resulting from lien foreclosures, divisions of land resulting from foreclosure of recorded contracts for the sale of real property, and divisions of land resulting from the creation of cemetery lots; and does not include any adjustment of a lot line by the relocation of a common boundary where an additional parcel is not created and where the existing parcel reduced in size by the adjustment is not reduced below the minimum lot size established by this code for the district within which it is located. Partition does not include the sale of a lot in a recorded subdivision, even though the lot may have been acquired prior to the sale with other contiguous lots or property by a single owner.

“Partition, major” means a partition which includes the creation of a street.

“Partition, minor” means a partition that does not create a street.

“Pass-by trip/traffic” means a trip made as an intermediate stop on the way from an origin to a primary trip destination without route diversion.

“Peak Period” means the traffic volume for a given time period which represents the most critical period of operations and has the highest capacity requirements.

“Pedestrian-friendly, pedestrian scale, pedestrian oriented” means features and elements of a development that encourage walking by making it safe and convenient, which may include pedestrian amenities, such as plazas, outdoor seating, pedestrian-scale lighting and similar features. These features are all generally smaller in scale than those that are primarily intended to accommodate motor vehicle traffic.

“Pedestrian scale lighting” means light standards or placements no greater than 14 feet in height located along pedestrian walkways.

“Pedestrian scale street lighting” means pedestrian scale lighting located adjacent to the pedestrian walkway portion of public or private streets.

“Pedestrian walkways” means improvements which provide for pedestrian traffic including sidewalks and crosswalks, and which may include other improvements such as lighting and benches which make it safe and convenient to walk.

“Pipeline traffic” means the background traffic from approved developments that may not have been built yet but will affect traffic in a specific area. This information is provided by the Public Works Department in the Scoping Letter.

“Planned unit development (PUD)” means a planned unit development (PUD) is any development approved by the City under Sections 10.190 through 10.198 or under earlier PUD ordinances of the City.

“Planning period” means the twenty-year period beginning with the date of adoption of the Transportation System Plan or 15 years from the date of the scoping letter, whichever is greater.

“Planter strip” means a strip of land within the public right-of-way between the curb and edge of sidewalk designated for the purpose of street trees and vegetative landscaping.

“Plat” means a final map or replat containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions and information concerning a land division.

“Portable storage containers” means a portable, weather-resistant receptacle designed for storage or shipment, utilized or intended to be utilized for the storage of household goods, wares, building materials, merchandise, and similar items. “Portable Storage Containers” shall include all shipping containers, cargo containers, tractor trailers (with or without wheels), and other like items not intended to be placed on a permanent foundation.

“Primary building entrance” means a building entrance that remains unlocked during regular business hours (for non-residential buildings), allows pedestrians to both enter and exit the building, is visible from the street sidewalk, complies with maximum setback standards when applicable, and is connected to the sidewalk with a pedestrian walkway that meets City standards.

“Private improvement” means any improvement on private property necessary to bring said property into compliance with an approved plan, including, but not limited to: landscaping, irrigation, parking, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, signage, lighting, concrete curbs, buffer requirements, trash enclosures, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning concealments.

“Project traffic” means project traffic generation for the project using the zone change trip rates. When not a part of a zone change analysis the rates shall be based on the ITE Trip Generation Manual.

“Property line” means the division line between two units of land.

“Property line adjustment” means the relocation or elimination of a common property line between abutting properties that does not create an additional lot or parcel. The merging of tax lots to establish a single tax account does not eliminate property lines.

“Public improvement” means any improvement, facility, or service, together with customary appurtenances thereto, necessary to provide for public needs, including, but not limited to: curbs, gutters, sidewalks and other vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian circulation systems, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water quality, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, public utility services, fire protection, street trees, and parks.

“Public Park” means an area or facility publicly owned which provides recreational opportunities for the general public. This includes future parkland as well as existing trails and paths, community, neighborhood, special use, and linear parks.

“Public plazas” means areas adjoining a sidewalk or walkway that provide places for pedestrians to sit, stand, or rest. Plazas are located at transit stops, building entrances, or intersections, and connect directly to adjacent sidewalks, walkways, transit stops, building entrances, and intersections. They are usually paved with concrete, pavers, bricks, or similar materials, and include seating, pedestrian scale lighting, and similar pedestrian improvements. Low walls or planters and landscaping are provided to create a semi-enclosed space and to buffer and separate the plaza from any adjoining parking lots and vehicle maneuvering areas.

“Push cart” means non-motorized vehicle (human powered) constructed so that it is not capable of being towed directly by a motor vehicle.

“Quadplex” means four attached dwelling units on a lot or parcel. A quadplex located in the SFR-4, SFR-6 or SFR-10 zone may be any configuration of four detached or attached dwelling units.

“Readily visible wireless communications facility” means an object, which stands out of the landscape as a wireless communications facility when viewed with the naked eye.

“Rear loaded” means dwelling units with all vehicular access and off-street parking located in back of the lot or parcel.

“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle with or without motive power, which is designed for human occupancy and to be used temporarily for recreational, seasonal or emergency purposes, and has a gross floor area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-up mode.

“Reservations for right-of-way and utilities” means a recorded document providing for access, roadways, and utilities as part of a developer tract land division.

“Reserve acreage” means units of land created as part of a land division that are intended to be developed at a later time.

“Residential care, training, and treatment” means the following definitions are derived from ORS 443.400 and apply to “residential facilities” and “residential homes,” which are defined below.

“Residential facility” means:

“Residential home” means a licensed residential training or treatment home, or adult foster home licensed under ORS 443.705–825, that provides residential care alone, or in conjunction with treatment or training, or a combination thereof, for five or fewer individuals who need not be related. Staff persons required to meet licensing requirements shall not be counted in the number of facility residents.

“Retention” means the permanent reduction in runoff volume through the use of infiltration, evapotranspiration, or reuse on-site.

“Riparian area” means the area adjacent to a stream consisting of the area of transition from the aquatic ecosystem to a terrestrial ecosystem.

“Riparian corridor” means the area within the boundary established by 10.923 “Riparian Corridors, Location,” including the waterway and the setback area on both sides of the waterway.

“Riparian vegetation” means native ground cover, shrubs, trees, and other vegetation predominately influenced by their association with water.

“Roof-mounted wireless communications facility” means a wireless communication facility placed on a rooftop through gravity mounts or other surface attachments and integrated into the natural rooftop profile of the building.

“Sale” means every disposition or transfer of land in a subdivision or partition or an interest or estate therein.

“Scoping letter” means a letter provided by the Public Works Department that describes the methodology, limits of the transportation impact analysis (TIA), and any approved deviations.

“Sedimentation” means the deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity, or other natural means as a result of erosion.

“Severe event” means an act of nature or unforeseen circumstance that constitutes an uninhabitable living experience for individual or groups, as defined in the City of Medford Temporary Shelter Policy.

“Severe event shelter” means a temporary use within a building, typically not used as a residence, meant to provide relief during a Severe Event to individuals or groups who are homeless or at risk of exposure to a severe event.

“Shared-use path” means a facility designed for travel and recreation by non-motorized users that is improved with a hard surface and separated from motor vehicle traffic.

“Shopping center” means a group of five or more commercial establishments having common parking facilities.

“Sign”. See Article VI-Signage, Section 10.1010 for sign definitions.

“Single-family detached dwelling” means detached dwelling units that do not have roofs, walls, or floors in common with any other dwelling units, and are located on individual tax lots.

“Site plan” means a plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete dimensioning, all of the uses as required in the land use review applications.

“Sleeping unit” means a room, space, or structure intended for occupancy in which people sleep that can also include permanent provisions for living, eating, and either sanitation or kitchen facilities but not both.

“Small food vendor” means any site-built or prefabricated structure that is used for the purpose of preparing, processing or converting food for immediate consumption as a drive-in, drive-through, curb or walk-up service that is a maximum of 128 square feet and is located on one site or tax lot for any period of 24 hours or more.

“Small winery”. See craft alcohol production terms.

“Sound transmission class (STC)” means an integer rating of how well a building partition attenuates airborne sound.

“Stealth capabilities” means the use of techniques to disguise or minimize the visual impact of a Wireless Communication Support Structure or Wireless Communication Systems Antenna, such as located in conjunction with a church steeple, cupola, stadium lighting, made to look like a tree or flag pole, or located within or adjacent to a grove of trees, (provided the Wireless Communication Support Structure is colored to blend with the trees).

“Stormwater” means that portion of precipitation that does not percolate into the ground or evaporate, but flows via overland flow, interflow, pipes and other features of a stormwater drainage system into a defined surface water body, or a constructed storm drain facility.

“Stormwater facility” means constructed or natural features which function together as a system to collect, convey, channel, hold, inhibit, retain, detain, divert, treat or filter stormwater.

“Stormwater quality treatment” means the removal of total suspended solids from stormwater runoff.

“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. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under-floor space is more than 6 feet above grade as defined herein for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than 12 feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered as a story.

“Story, first” means the lowest story in a building which qualifies as a story, as defined herein, except that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a first story, provided such floor level is not more than 4 feet below grade, as defined herein, for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter, or not more than 8 feet below grade, as defined herein, at any point.

“Street” means any right-of-way for motor vehicle travel, including public and private rights-of-way which can include bicycle lanes, sidewalks, or adjacent multi-use paths. Alleys and minimum access easements, as defined herein, are not considered streets.

“Street, improved” means a street having an improved paved section including curb and gutter. Improved streets may be considered legacy streets (see legacy street definition).

“Street, legacy” means a street that is improved, but may be missing bike facilities, right-of-way, sidewalks, planter strips, turn lanes or other facilities identified in the applicable cross-section identified in Article IV, or an unimproved street or alley that is predominantly surrounded by developed properties that constrain the right-of-way.

“Street, private” means a street providing public access to more than one lot. It is a separate tax lot that is owned and maintained by private parties. Private streets are only allowed in Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) (See Section 10.192(2)(f)).

“Street tree” means any tree located within the right-of-way or within 10 feet of the right-of-way if there is no planter strip or tree well, of any street dedicated for public use, including private streets.

“Structural alteration” means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, beams, or girders, or any change in the dimension or configuration of the roof or exterior walls.

“Structure” means a sign, edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner which is intended to support or shelter any use or occupancy.

“Structure, nonconforming” means any building or structure, legally established prior to the effective date of this code or subsequent amendments thereto, which does not fully comply with the standards of this code.

“Subdivision” means the act of subdividing land or an area or tract of land divided into four or more lots when such an area or tract of land exists as a unit, or contiguous units of land under a single ownership at the beginning of the calendar year. "Subdivision" shall also include a unit ownership project, as defined in ORS 91.505; however, any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity or utility shall not be considered a division of land for the purpose of computing the number of lots.

“Temporary food vendor” means any kiosk, shed, shelter, trailer, vehicle, wagon, or other similar device which is used for the purpose of preparing, processing, or converting food for immediate consumption as a drive-in, curb, or walk-up service that remains in or on any one site or lot for less than 24 hours on any calendar day. Temporary shall mean that all equipment must be removed from the site at the end of the vendor’s business day.

“Temporary mobile food vendor” means any truck, trailer, vehicle, or similar device which is used for the purpose of preparing, processing, or converting food for immediate consumption as a drive-in, curb, or walk-up service that remains in or on any one site or lot, or where permitted in the public right-of-way, for a designated and approved period of time.

“Temporary mobile medical services vendor” means any kiosk, shed, shelter, trailer, vehicle, wagon, or other similar movable structure which is used for the purpose of providing medical services to humans and/or animals as a walk-up service that is conducted completely within the structure, and that remains in or on any one site or lot for no more than 48 continuous hours without being removed completely from the site before returning. Temporary shall mean that all equipment must be removed from the site after no more than 48 continuous hours.

“Temporary mobile nonprofit vendor” means any kiosk, shed, shelter, trailer, vehicle, wagon, or other similar movable structure which is used by a registered nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing a walk-up service that is conducted completely within the structure, and that remains in or on any one site or lot for no more than 48 continuous hours without being removed completely from the site before returning. Temporary shall mean that all equipment must be removed from the site after no more than 48 continuous hours.

“Temporary shelter” means a temporary use within a building, typically not used as a residence, meant to provide overnight sleeping accommodations and related services for individuals or groups who are homeless.

“Top-of-bank” means the two-year recurrence interval flood elevation.

“Townhouse/rowhouse dwelling” means a dwelling unit that is part of a row of two or more attached dwelling units, where each unit is located on an individual lot or parcel and shares at least one common wall with an adjacent dwelling unit.

“Traffic count growth rates” means the projected annual growth rates used in a transportation impact analysis to determine transportation impacts. Traffic count growth rates shall be based on at least five years of historic data or the transportation model currently used by the City.

“Traffic impact analysis (TIA)” means a study of the impacts a proposed use or development will have on the surrounding transportation system. See Section 10.460 for criteria and standards.

“Trailer” means non-motorized vehicle intended for and constructed to be towed directly by a motor vehicle.

“Trailer, residential” means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed before January 1, 1962.

“Transit facilities” means improvements and facilities at selected points along transit routes for passenger pickup, drop off and waiting. Facilities and improvements may include pullouts, shelters, benches, directional signs, lighting and other improvements to provide security, protection from the weather and access to nearby services.

“Transit oriented development/design” means a development pattern that mixes residential, retail, office, and commercial uses with a supporting network of roads, bicycle and pedestrian facilities to accommodate transit use and incorporation of pedestrian-friendly design.

“Transit oriented district (TOD)” means the districts, identified in the Transportation System Plan, the Transportation Element of the Medford Comprehensive Plan.

“Transit route” means an existing or planned route for public intra-city or intra-urban transit service in the local or regional transportation plan or the plan of the relevant transit service provider. Does not include temporary routes or routes which are planned to be replaced or relocated in the relevant plans.

“Transit stop, planned” means a location designated for use as a transit stop in a local or regional transportation plan or a plan adopted by the relevant transit service provider.

“Transitional housing” means a programmatic housing development that is run by a qualified organization to transition individuals from homelessness to permanent housing in a time period of 24 months or less. Clients of transitional housing must be homeless and shall agree to adhere to the standards for residency.

“Tree topping or severe pruning” means the severing of the trunk, or the cutting back of the trunk or a limb to a stub larger than three inches in diameter, or the cutting back of the tree’s crown to such a degree as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree.

“Trip” or “trip end” means a single or one-directional vehicle movement with either the origin or destination (exiting or entering) inside the study area.

“Triplex” means three attached dwelling units on a lot or parcel. A triplex in the SFR-4, SFR-6, or SFR-10 zone may be any configuration of three detached or attached dwelling units.

“Urban reserve” means lands outside the urban growth boundary that will provide for future expansion over a long period. See General Land Use Plan map and the Regional Plan Element of the Comprehensive Plan.

“Urbanization plan” means an adopted land use and circulation plan showing compliance with the Regional Plan Element for each established planning unit identified in the Comprehensive Plan. An urbanization plan is a “Special Area Plan” as defined in the General Land Use Plan Element, a “conversion plan” as termed in the Urban Growth Management Agreement, and a neighborhood circulation plan as used in this chapter. Urbanization plans are required prior to or in conjunction with annexation requests for all areas adopted as part of the 2016 Urban Growth Boundary expansion or future Urban Growth Boundary expansions.

“Use” means the purpose or activity for which land or any building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.

“Use, accessory” means an accessory use is one which: (1) is subordinate to and serves a principal structure or a principal use; (2) is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal structure or use served; (3) is located on the same lot as the principal structure or use served except as otherwise expressly authorized by provisions of this code; (4) is customarily incidental to the principal structure or use.

“Use, nonconforming” means an activity, development or condition which was legally established prior to the effective date of this code or subsequent amendments to this code and which would not be permitted by or is not in full compliance with the present regulations of this code, including any lot where area or dimensions are nonconforming.

“Use, principal” means the specific primary purpose for which land is used.

“Use, temporary” means a temporary use is one established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of such time. Such uses do not involve the construction or alteration of any permanent structure.

“Value or valuation” means the estimated cost to replace the structure in kind, based on current replacement costs.

“Variance. See "exceptions".

“Vehicle trip” means a single or one directional vehicle movement with either the origin or destination inside the study area.

“Walls” shall be defined as follows:

“Exterior wall” means any wall or element of a wall, or any member or group of members, which defines the exterior boundaries or courts of a building and which has a slope of 60 degrees or greater with the horizontal plane.

“Parapet wall” means that part of any wall entirely above the roof line.

“Retaining wall” means a wall designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil or other materials.

“Wetland” means an area inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and which, under normal circumstances, does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.

“Wireless communication facility” means an unstaffed facility that transmits and/or receives signals or waves radiated or captured by a Wireless Communication Systems Antenna. The site may include, but is not limited to: Wireless Communication Systems Antennas or other transmission and reception devices; a support structure; equipment building, cabinet or other enclosed structure containing electronic equipment; cables, wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, vaults, parking area, and/or other accessory development. This definition includes roof-mounted appurtenances.

“Wireless communication facility accessory equipment” means all appurtenances defined in wireless communication facilities, with the exception of the support structure and Wireless Communication Systems Antennas.

“Wireless communication facility collocation” means the use of a single wireless communication facility by more than one wireless communications provider.

“Wireless communication provider” means a person or company in the business of designing, installing, marketing and maintaining wireless communication systems and services including cellular telephones, personal communications services (PCS), enhanced/specialized mobile telephones, and commercial paging services, and any other technology which provides similar services.

“Wireless communication support structure” means a structure, tower, pole, or mast erected for the purpose of supporting Wireless Communication Systems Antennas and connecting appurtenances operated by a wireless communication provider. For the purpose of these regulations, such a support structure includes, but is not limited to:

“Wireless communication systems” means the sending and receiving of radio frequency transmissions and the connection or relaying of these signals to land lines and other sending and receiving stations, including, but not limited to cellular telephones, personal communications services (PCS), enhanced/specialized mobile telephones, and commercial paging services, and any other technology which provides similar services.

“Wireless communication systems antenna” means the device used to capture an incoming, or transmit an outgoing radio-frequency signal from wireless communication systems. Wireless Communication Systems Antennas include, but are not limited to, the following types:

“Yard” means an open, unoccupied space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, between a lot line and building line.

“Yard, front” means a yard extending the full width of the front of a lot between the front (street) right-of-way line and the front building line.

“Yard, rear” means a yard extending the full width of the lot in the area between the rear lot line and the rear building line.

“Yard, side” means a yard extending the full length of the lot in the area between a side lot line and a side building line.

“Zero lot-line dwelling units” means detached single-family dwelling units on individual lots, with the dwelling structure having no setback along one or more property lines; sometimes called a patio home.