Terms & Dictionary

A subordinate use that relates to the same lot as a primary use and is a use other than human occupancy, except as specified in section 3.2(c).

A roofed structure for the shelter, support, enclosure or protection of persons, animals, or property (each part of such a structure that is separated from the rest by unbroken party walls is a separate building for the purpose of these ordinances).

For this ordinance "confined feeding operation" shall have the meaning outlined in Indiana code 13-11-2-40 which now states:

1. Any confined feeding of:
   1. At least three hundred (300) cattle;
   2. At least six hundred (600) swine or sheep; and
   3. At least thirty thousand (30,000) fowl;
2. Any animal feeding operation electing to be subject to IC 13-18-10; or
3. Any animal feeding operation that is causing a violation of:
   1. Water pollution control laws;
   2. Any rules of the water pollution control board; or
   3. IC 13-18-10

To have contact with. Being in actual contact. Touching along a boundary or at a point.

A building or part of a building that is used primarily as a place of abode, but not including a hotel, motel, lodging house, boarding house, or tourist home.

An area used for agriculture operations, including truck gardening, forestry, the operation of a plant or tree nursery, or the production of livestock and poultry.

An occupation that is carried on entirely within a dwelling unit and only by members of the family that occupy the dwelling unit and in connection with which no goods are sold on the premises other than what is produced there, but it does not include a barber shop, a beauty parlor or an animal hospital.

A place, usually outdoors, where waste or discarded used property other than organic matter is accumulated and is or may be salvaged for re-use or resale.

A place primarily for keeping 4 or more dogs, or other small animals that are ordinarily kept as pets and are at least 4 months old.

1. Mining or Quarrying; and
2. Removal of Earthen Materials.

A vehicle or other portable structure more than 49 feet in length that is designed to move on the highway and designed or used as a dwelling.

An area of land on which 2 or more mobile homes are regularly are accommodated with or without change, including any building or other structure, fixture, or equipment that is used or intended to be used in providing that accommodation.

A use that exists at the time a provision of this ordinance is passed but does not comply with it.

Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, avenues, lanes, alleys or other public ways, and parks, squares, plazas, grounds and building frequented by the general public, whether publicly or privately owned, including but not limited to restaurants, shopping centers, fast food outlets, stores, hotels, motels, industrial establishments, office buildings, apartment buildings, housing projects, gas stations, hospitals, clinics, and government buildings.

A visual device or structure used for advertising, display, or publicity purposes.

The authorization of a use that is designed as such by section 3.1 of the ordinances as being permitted in the district concerned if it meets special conditions and, upon applications, is specifically authorized by the board under section 3.3 of the ordinances.

The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or part of a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding transfer of ownership thereof in two(2) or more parcel sites, or lots, any one of which is less than the dimension as set on the table on page 20 of the Ordinance book as amended for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership. The term subdivision shall further mean a second or subsequent sale of a tract, lot or parcel of less than 20 acres in any one period of five (5) years no matter whether said second or subsequent sale was made by the owner at the time of the original sale or by a successor interest, unless such sale constitutes the sale of the entire tract or unit owned by the grantor. The term subdivision shall further mean the second or subsequent sale of a tract, lot or parcel of land where less than 20 acres is retained by the seller within a five (5) year period

A vehicle or other portable structure 49 feet or less in length that is designed to move on the highway and designed or used as a dwelling.

An area of land on which 2 or more travel trailers are regularly accommodated with or without charge, including any building or other structure, fixture, or equipment that is used or intended to be used in connection with providing that accommodation.

A special authorization, granted under section 3.4 of the ordinance, to deviate from what the ordinance otherwise prescribes.

All necessary devices that together convert wind energy into electricity and most of that electricity is delivered to a public utility's transmission lines including but not limited to the blades, rotor, nacelle, generator, WECS tower, electrical components, WECS foundation, transformer, and electrical cabling from the WECS tower, the substation, switching stations, meteorological towers, communications facilities, and other required facilities and equipment, as customarily related to a WECS project.

All necessary devices that together convert wind energy into electricity and most of that electricity is not delivered to a public utility's transmission lines, but rather is consumed privately and wholly within that property described in the application on which the WECS project is to be located, including but not limited to the blades, rotor, nacelle, generator, WECS tower, electrical components, WECS foundation, transformer, and electrical cabling from the WECS tower, the substation, switching stations, meteorological towers, communication facilities, and other required facilities and equipment as customarily related to a WECS project.