“Animal day care” means short-term daytime (not overnight) care for dogs, cats and other small animals.

“Auto fuel sales” means a business selling gasoline, diesel and other fuel products such as propane. This includes convenience stores selling food and related items.

“Automobile and truck service, heavy” means a business where vehicle repair and maintenance of heavy trucks over eighteen thousand pounds and other large equipment is performed.

“Automobile and truck service, light” means a business where vehicle repair and maintenance, cleaning and alterations are performed. Cleaning includes automatic and self-service washing, vacuuming and detailing.

“Automobile dismantling/recycling” means the disassembly of vehicles, together with sorting, cleaning and storage of spare parts and recyclable materials, such as scrap metals.

“Automobile drive-through facility” means all equipment and improvements used to allow customers to be served from within their vehicles. This includes order placing stations, speakers, service windows, signs, driveways and holding lanes.

“Automobile, light truck or RV sales or rental” means a business where new or used cars, light trucks and recreational vehicles are displayed for sale, rent or lease, typically outdoors on a paved parking lot. This use may include a showroom and/or service facility.

“Body repair and painting” means a business that includes repair of damaged vehicles and painting or repainting.

“Casino, mini” means a business which provides gambling and gaming as a primary source of its revenue, which may include food and beverage sales for consumption on the premises as a secondary part of its business activity.

“Clinic” means a building or portion of a building designed and used for the medical, dental or surgical diagnosis or treatment of patients under the care of doctors.

“Commercial parking” means a parking lot or parking garage that is designed, used or intended to be used for the parking of motor vehicles outside the street right-of-way. Commercial parking areas are used, rented or leased to the general public, customers or residents of development, or are provided as public parking for persons commuting to another location, such as a park-and-ride lot. This use does not include parking lots or garages which are constructed as required for, or accessory to, another permitted use.

“Convention center” means a large civic building or group of buildings designed for conventions, industrial shows, and the like, having large exhibit areas and often including conference rooms, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and other facilities.

“Day care center, commercial” means a day care facility for more than twelve children or adults.

“Entertainment and recreation, enclosed” means an entertainment or recreation facility under private ownership and operated by a for-profit or nonprofit organization, and providing one or more of the following types of entertainment activities: cinemas, billiard parlors, nightclubs, coin-operated arcades, bowling alleys, ice skating and roller skating; one or more of the following types of recreation facilities: fitness center, indoor gymnasium, spa or health club, including tennis, handball, golf, squash, volleyball, racquetball, badminton, skate park and swimming. The use does not include adult use business, adult retail or adult entertainment as defined in this title.

“Entertainment and recreation, not enclosed” means an entertainment or recreation facility under private ownership and operated by a for-profit or nonprofit organization and providing one or more of the following types of entertainment activities: ice skating; skate park and swimming; or commercial outdoor recreation, including golf courses, archery range, or similar use.

“Equipment sales and rental” means service industry providing machinery, equipment and tools of all kinds and sizes (from earthmoving to powered access, from power generation to hand-held tools, etc.) for a limited period of time to final users, mainly to construction contractors but also to industry and individual consumers.

“Food or beverage establishment” means restaurants, cafes, and similar types of land uses that prepare and serve edible goods for consumption by the customer including beverage service.

“Heavy truck and equipment sales” means a business where new or used trucks over eighteen thousand pounds are displayed for sale, typically outdoors on a paved parking lot. This use may include a showroom and/or service facility.

“Hotel” or “motel” means a transient accommodation offering three or more lodging units to guests for periods of less than thirty days, and may also provide incidental services such as restaurants, meeting rooms or recreational facilities.

“Impound, storage, tow yard” means a lot used for the temporary storage of vehicles which have been towed by a towing company or for impounded vehicles, but which does not include permanent vehicle storage or dismantling of vehicles.

“Kennel, commercial” means an establishment that houses, cares for, breeds, or raises dogs, cats or other small domestic animals for profit.

“Microbrewery, microdistillery, or microwinery” means a small-scale business located in a building where the primary use is for restaurant, retail, or tasting room, and which specializes in producing limited quantities of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverage.

“Office” means a building or portion thereof which is used for general business, and nonprofit administrative purposes not involving manufacturing, sale of inventory or provision of services involving manual skills or mechanical processes. Not included in the category of office are those businesses and occupations defined by this title as clinics, government administrative offices or uses such as private clubs.

“Retail sales and service” means a business providing products for retail sale or service to the general public or to group members, excluding marijuana retail.

“Social services” means a use operated by a public agency, nonprofit, or other organizations of a charitable nature generally providing a service to people of the community. Staff may be located primarily on site or may be based off site and provide regular hours or visits on site. Generally, they provide the service on the site or have employees at the site on a regular basis. The service is ongoing, not just for special events. Examples include services for behavioral health, counseling, therapy, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and prepared meal distribution. This definition does not include schools, hospitals, clinics, day cares, food banks, or residential uses.

“Storage, commercial” means a building or buildings containing separate storage spaces of a limited size leased or rented on an individual basis, which do not include warehouses or loading docks. Where allowed, commercial storage may also include separate storage space located outside of buildings, or under a roof only, such as boat or RV storage, and is of a limited size leased or rented on an individual basis.

“Veterinary clinic” means a facility rendering surgical and medical treatment to animals, which may include overnight accommodations for purposes of recovery. For the purpose of these regulations, small animals shall be deemed to be ordinary household pets, excluding horses, donkeys, or other such animals not normally housed or cared for entirely within the confines of a residence. (Ord. 3896-22 § 10, 2022; Ord. 3895-22 §§ 8 – 10, 2022; Ord. 3774-20 § 5(D) (Exh. 3), 2020.)