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1115.11 DEFINITIONS S - T.
<br />SALES LOT means an open area used for the display, sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles, on which no
<br />repair work is performed.
<br />SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE means an institution at the elementary, middle or high school level that
<br />provides educational instruction to students. This definition does not include business schools or colleges.
<br />SCREENING means any constructed wall, fence, building or living plant material used for the purpose of
<br />visually or functionally separating adjacent land uses as required by this ordinance.
<br />SEAT means the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 lineal inches of benches, pews, or
<br />space for loose chairs or similar seating facilities; spacing of rows shall be assumed at 30 inches on center.
<br />SERVICE STATION means a building and land, including pumps, tanks and grease racks, used for the retail
<br />sale of gasoline, lubricants, batteries and tires and possibly including the performance of minor services and
<br />repairs. A service station may include an attached convenience store that sells packaged food, convenience items,
<br />automobile accessories and beverages.
<br />SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY means a building or group of buildings divided into sections for
<br />storage of personal items, either temporarily or long-term, also called "mini -warehouse."
<br />SETBACK means the minimum horizontal distance that any principal or accessory building shall be separated
<br />from a street right-of-way or front, side or rear lot line to meet the minimum requirements of this ordinance.
<br />SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS means an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty shop, adult video
<br />store, adult cabaret, adult bath house, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort service,
<br />massage parlor, sexual encounter center or nude model studio.
<br />ADULT ARCADE means any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or
<br />slug -operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines,
<br />projectors or other image -producing devices are maintained to show images to five (5) or fewer persons
<br />per machine at any one (1) time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by
<br />the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
<br />ADULT BATH HOUSE means a commercial establishment which provides adult patrons with such
<br />facilities as spas, saunas, swimming pools, spa rooms, spa services, showers, lockers, themed rooms and
<br />other opportunities to engage in sexual activities with other patrons. Admittance is typically, but not
<br />always, by membership only.
<br />ADULT BOOKSTORE, NOVELTY STORE AND VIDEO STORE means a commercial
<br />establishment which has as a significant or substantial portion of its stock in trade or derives the majority
<br />of its revenues from or devotes a significant or substantial portion of its interior business or advertising to
<br />the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of any one (1) or more of the following:
<br />a. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, film, videos, slides or other
<br />visual description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
<br />b. Instruments, devices or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual
<br />activities or marketed primarily for stimulation of human genital organs or for sadomasochistic
<br />use or abuse of themselves or others.
<br />c. An establishment may have other principal business purposes that do not involve the offering for sale,
<br />rental or viewing of materials depicting or describing specified sexual activities or specified
<br />anatomical areas, and still be categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video
<br />store. These other business purposes will not serve to exempt such establishments from being
<br />categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store as long as one (1) of its
<br />principal business purposes is offering for sale or rental, for some form of consideration, the
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