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ORDINANCE NO. 3590
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STILLWATER CITY CODE CHAPTER 23, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE I, GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 23-7, DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE V, USE CATEGORIES AND LIMITATIONS, DIVISION 1, GENERALLY, SECTION 23-96, DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE VI, LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, DIVISION 3, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION 23-140, RMI (MULTI-FAMILY INTERMEDIATE) DISTRICT, AND SECTION 23-141 RMU (MULTI-FAMILY URBAN) DISTRICT; AND ARTICLE IX, LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, SECTION 23-230, GENERALLY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES TO THE CONTRARY; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
(AMENDMENTS HIGHLIGHTED BY STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINING)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article I, General Provisions, Section 23-7, Definitions, to be amended as follows:
Sec.23-7. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Abut means the boundary of a parcel of land lies in immediate proximity to, or is contiguous with, another parcel, but does not physically touch or adjoin such parcel.
Accessory building or structure means a building or structure customarily incidental and secondary to, and located on the same lot as, the principal building or structure.
Accessory use means a use customarily incidental and secondary to, and located on the same lot as, the principal use of a building, structure, or land.
Adjacent means the boundary of a parcel of land actually touches the boundary of another parcel of land, exclusive of the area of any intervening right-of-way.
Administrative officer means an employee of the city.
Adverse impact means when the action of one property owner creates harm to another property owner by increasing flood peaks, flood stage, flood velocity or by causing erosion and/or sedimentation or other damage.
Airport means the city regional airport.
Alley means a public way which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes, but is not primarily intended for general traffic circulation and may be utilized in residential, commercial and industrial districts.
Ambulatory surgical center or facility means an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures, with continuous physician services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period of not to exceed 23Â hours after surgery (as defined by the ambulatory surgical center regulations, title 310, chapter 615, Oklahoma Administrative Code, state department of human services).
Animal clinic means an establishment organized with a licensed medical staff to care for animals on an outpatient basis and which operations are conducted entirely within an enclosed building.
Annexation means the process of expanding or extending the corporate boundaries of the city.
Appeal means a request for review of a decision, action, or interpretation with respect to ordinances, regulations, or policies as adopted by the city.
Awning means a framed structure, supported from the exterior wall of a building, which can be retracted, folded, collapsed or remains stationary as a part of the building.
Berm means a mound or bank of earth covered with either grass or other plant material designed to provide a screen between incompatible uses and/or decrease noise intrusion.
Block means a continuous group of lots separated by street rights-of-way. Also, a continuous group of lots comprising a portion of a platted subdivision, used for identification purposes.
Board of adjustment means the city board of adjustment.
Buffer means land area used to:
1. Visibly separate one use from another through screening and distance;
2. Shield or block noise, light, glare, or visual or other conditions;
3. Minimize physical passage to nonsimilar areas;
4. Reduce air pollution, dust, dirt and litter.
Buffer strip means the landscaped portion of a lot or parcel of land between the developing/developed area and the property line.
Buildable area means all of that portion of a lot, tract, or parcel of land which remains after the minimum yard, easement, and open space requirements of this chapter have been met.
Building means any structure, having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended for support, enclosure, or shelter of any use or occupancy.
Building code means the various codes of building design, construction, and maintenance as adopted by ordinance.
Building frontage means the side of a building which contains a primary entrance and/or abuts a street, excluding an alley. When the entrance is located at an angle on the corner of the building, one side must be designated as the frontage.
Building line means a line representing the inner edge of any required yard or required setback and the corresponding outer edge of the buildable area beyond which a building shall not extend, except as specifically provided herein.
Building official means the officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and implementation of the applicable building codes of the city.
Building site means land occupied or intended to be occupied by a building, together with all open space required herein, which is located on a lot that has been lawfully created and meets all criteria for its intended use.
Caliper means the diameter of the tree trunk measured at a specified distance above ground.
Canopy means a functional rigid roof-like, multisided, shelter structure which is wholly or partially supported by a building structure and/or columns, braces, or poles extending to the ground.
Canopy tree means a tree that, under normal forest conditions, will compose the top layer of vegetation and generally will reach a mature height of greater than 40 feet.
Car length means, for the purposes of measuring, 19 feet.
Carport means a roofed structure providing space for the parking or storage of motor vehicles that is open on two or more sides.
Cash escrow means funds placed in escrow at a solvent state financial institution, which can be drawn on to complete the improvements for a subdivision of land or a land development project in case of default by the subdivider/developer.
City drainage standards means the stormwater management specifications and standards as adopted by the city council.
City standards means the engineering design criteria, construction standards, and standard details as approved by resolution of the city council.
Commercial minor subdivision means any resubdivision, reorganization, combination or division of nonresidential land.
Common area or facility means a portion of a development, subdivision, lot, or structure used in common by two or more owners or tenants of other portions of such development, subdivision, lot or structure.
Common open space means a common area which is not enclosed in a building.
Comprehensive plan means the city comprehensive community development plan.
Corner lot means a lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets or rights-of-way at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street or right-of-way forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
Corporation commission means the corporation commission of the state.
Cul-de-sac or cul-de-sac street means a minor street having one end open to vehicular traffic and having one end terminated by a turnaround, of which design complies with the standards as adopted or referenced by the city.
Deciduous means a plant with foliage that is shed annually.
Density means the amount or quantity of something per unit measure. The number of units in a given land or building area.
Gross density: A units-per-acre (upa) density measurement that includes in the calculation all land occupied by use, right-of-way or easement, recreational activity, civic activity, building, parking, landscaping, and any other improvement necessary for the development.
Net density: A units-per-acre (upa) density measurement that includes in the calculation only land occupied by the use(s) and the improvements required for the development to occur. Typically 80 percent of the gross acreage remains available for development.
Population density: A persons-per-acre density measurement that calculates the number of persons residing within an area equal to one acre of land.
Detached emergency shelter means an accessory building not attached to or part of another building, and which is designed and intended for temporary human habitation during periods of violent storms or emergency situations.
Detached solar collector means an exterior accessory device not attached to or part of a building, which is specifically designed and intended to provide a net energy gain by transferring, storing or converting solar radiation for the purpose of heating or electricity generation.
Detention means the temporary storage and controlled release of stormwater runoff.
Detention facility means a facility that provides temporary storage of stormwater runoff and controlled release of such runoff.
Developer means any person, firm, or entity engaged in the development of property or planning of property for development.
Development means any manmade change to land including, but not limited to:
1. The addition of impervious surfaces, construction, mining, dredging, filling, excavation or drilling operations;
2. The installation of utility mains, buildings/structures or other improvements on any lot, parcel or tract of land.
Development area means the area of a lot or parcel that is utilized for the purpose of development.
Development code or land development code means this chapter.
Development project or land development project means any proposal for development within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city.
Development services department means a city department charged with the oversight of development.
Disposal well means any well drilled or actually used for injection of saltwater or other substances into the earth at a point other or different than the point of extraction or production thereof from the earth.
District means a zoning district or supplemental district, depending on the context.
District regulations means the provisions of this chapter contained in article VI of this chapter.
Double frontage lot means a lot which runs through a block from street to street and which abuts two or more streets, but not a corner lot.
Drainage facilities means all elements necessary to store, control, and/or convey stormwater runoff. Said drainage facilities shall consist of both public and private storm sewers (closed conduits), channels, watercourses, sedimentation facilities, areas covered by drainage easements for the purpose of providing overland flow, and all appurtenances to the foregoing, including inlets, manholes, junction boxes, headwalls, dissipaters, culverts, detention facilities and the like.
Drainage plan means final construction drawings with sufficient information related to the proposed stormwater facilities for a site to allow determination that the facilities will function as designed in the final drainage study for the proposed site.
Drainage standards means the criteria, standards and specifications for stormwater management, sediment and erosion control, and earth changes adopted by the city. The term "city drainage standards" includes all standards currently contained in the city standards.
Drainage study means an engineering analysis, prepared by a licensed professional engineer, of the hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics of a site or development.
Drilling means digging or boring a hole in the earth for purposes of exploring for, developing or producing oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons. The term "drilling" includes all operations through the completion of a well.
Drilling site means the premises used during the drilling, maintaining, operating, and producing of a well or wells located thereupon.
Dwelling means any building or portion thereof which is used as living quarters for one or more families.
Dwelling unit means one or more rooms in a residential building or residential portion of a building forming a single habitable unit with provisions for cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household.
Earth change means excavating, grading, regarding, landfilling, berming or diking of land within the jurisdictional area of the city.
Easement means a right of use over the property of another. A strip or portion of land wherein the public, the city, a corporation, or other persons, have been granted a right
of use by a property owner for a public or specific purposes, such as, but not limited to, construction, installation and/or maintenance of streets, sidewalks or utilities.
Enclosed parking means off-street vehicle parking spaces located inside a garage or other building or portion thereof having at least 50 percent of the exterior facade on all sides constructed of opaque materials.
Evergreen means a plant with foliage that remains green yearround.
Facility means a structure or equipment built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.
Family child care home.
1. The term "family child care home" means one that is licensed to provide care and supervision for no more than seven children for any portion of a 24-hour period.
2. The term "family child care home" does not include:
a. Informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends and others;
b. Caretakers in the child's own home; and
c. Nursery schools, kindergartens or other facilities of which the purpose is primarily educational, recreational or medical treatment.
Final plat means a map of land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for:
1. Filing of record with necessary affidavits, certifications, dedications and acceptances; and
2. Delineating the layout of such subdivision as required herein.
Flag lot means a lot in the approximate configuration of a flag pole or sign post, with a pole or post functioning primarily as an access way to the main body, or flag, of the lot from the street. All lot size, bulk standards, and lot coverage requirements apply only to the flag portion of the lot.
Fraternity or sorority house means any building occupied and maintained by a social association of college students and containing group living quarters wherein, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods; meals and/or lodging are provided exclusively for members of the organization and their guests.
Front building line means the front setback line or a point at which the lot reaches the required lot width in the case of a flag lot.
Front lot line means the property line separating the front yard of a lot from an abutting street right-of-way. The street, roadway or access easement line shall be considered the front lot line for lots located on private streets.
Front yard means a yard extending across a lot between the side lot lines, and measured as the minimum horizontal distance between a front lot line and the nearest portion of the principal building. Both yards abutting a street shall each be considered a front yard on corner and double frontage lots.
Garage means a roofed building, or other structure, or part thereof, used or intended to provide enclosed parking or storage spaces for vehicles.
Grade means the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior of a building or structure.
Gross floor area means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a common wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading spaces for motor vehicles, or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
Gross leasable area means the total floor area for which tenants pay rent that is designated for the tenants occupancy and exclusive use.
Ground cover means evergreen or deciduous planting less than 24 inches in height, excluding turf grass.
Hardscape means nonliving or hard materials used to augment the beauty and function of a landscaped area. The term "hardscape" may include, but is not limited to brick, stone or rock walls, fountains, ponds, pools, planters or retaining walls.
Height means, except as otherwise noted, the vertical distance from the average elevation of that portion of a lot covered by a building or other structure to the highest point of the building or structure, but not including all or portions of attached nonhabitable structures exempted herein.
Home occupation means an occupation, profession, activity, or use that is an incidental and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit, or accessory structure located on the same lot as the dwelling unit, that does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
Homebuilder means any person who engages in the construction of dwellings.
Hospital means any institution, place, building or agency, public or private whether organized for profit or not, devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care of patients admitted for overnight stay or longer in order to obtain medical care, surgical care, obstetrical care, or nursing care for illness, disease, injury, infirmity, or deformity. All places where pregnant females are admitted and receive care incident to pregnancy or delivery shall be considered to be a hospital within the meaning of this chapter, regardless of the number of patients received or the duration of their stay. The term "hospital" includes, but is not limited to, general medical surgical hospitals, specialized hospitals, critical access and emergency hospitals, and birthing centers (as defined by hospital standards, title 310, Oklahoma Administrative Code, chapter 667, Oklahoma State Department of Human Services).
Improvements means permanent amenities that are required to serve a subdivision of land or a land development project including streets (both public and private), traffic control devices, sidewalks, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, sanitary sewer pretreatment facilities, if required, and storm drainage collection and conveyance systems including stormwater detention or retention ponds. For the purpose of this definition, the term "streets" do not include private parking lots or private drive aisles that are located within or serve private parking lots.
Intensity means the degree of impact associated with one or more uses (e.g., noise, traffic, lighting, size of structures, etc.) such that greater degrees are considered higher intensity.
Interior lot means a lot other than a corner lot.
Irrevocable letter of credit means a commitment from a state or federally chartered financial institution, to provide funding to complete the improvements for a subdivision of land or a land development project in case of default by the subdivider/developer.
Kennel means the use of land or building for the purpose of breeding, boarding or training small animals such as cats and dogs.
Land use means a description of how land is or may be occupied or utilized.
Land use application means a formal request for approval of a land development project.
Landscape plan means the preparation of graphic and written criteria, specifications, and detailed landscape plans to arrange and modify natural features such as plantings, ground and water forms, circulation, walks, irrigation, landscape lighting, erosion control, on-site drainage and other features to comply with the provisions herein.
Landscaping means the use of softscape, such as any living organic plant material, that includes:
1. Trees, shrubs, flowers, ground cover, vegetation, vines or grass;
2. The use of hardscape such as planters, decorative pavings/sidewalks, brick, arbors/trellises, fountains; or
3. The combination of both softscape and hardscape.
Large family child care home means a family child care home licensed to provide care and supervision for eight to 12 children for any portion of a 24-hour period.
Legally nonconforming lot/parcel means a lot or parcel that lawfully existed prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to standards and/or requirements of the district wherein it is located.
Legally nonconforming structure means an existing structure that does not meet the applicable setback, lot coverage, or height requirements of the district wherein it is currently located, but did meet the applicable standards and/or requirements at the time it was constructed.
Legally nonconforming use means a legally existing use of a structure or land that is not permitted in the district in which it is currently located, but was permitted when it was established.
Lot means a parcel of land on a plat that is separately owned and capable of being separately conveyed.
ORDINANCE NO. 3590
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STILLWATER CITY CODE CHAPTER 23, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE I, GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 23-7, DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE V, USE CATEGORIES AND LIMITATIONS, DIVISION 1, GENERALLY, SECTION 23-96, DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE VI, LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, DIVISION 3, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION 23-140, RMI (MULTI-FAMILY INTERMEDIATE) DISTRICT, AND SECTION 23-141 RMU (MULTI-FAMILY URBAN) DISTRICT; AND ARTICLE IX, LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, SECTION 23-230, GENERALLY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES TO THE CONTRARY; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
(AMENDMENTS HIGHLIGHTED BY STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINING)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article I, General Provisions, Section 23-7, Definitions, to be amended as follows:
Sec.23-7. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Abut means the boundary of a parcel of land lies in immediate proximity to, or is contiguous with, another parcel, but does not physically touch or adjoin such parcel.
Accessory building or structure means a building or structure customarily incidental and secondary to, and located on the same lot as, the principal building or structure.
Accessory use means a use customarily incidental and secondary to, and located on the same lot as, the principal use of a building, structure, or land.
Adjacent means the boundary of a parcel of land actually touches the boundary of another parcel of land, exclusive of the area of any intervening right-of-way.
Administrative officer means an employee of the city.
Adverse impact means when the action of one property owner creates harm to another property owner by increasing flood peaks, flood stage, flood velocity or by causing erosion and/or sedimentation or other damage.
Airport means the city regional airport.
Alley means a public way which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes, but is not primarily intended for general traffic circulation and may be utilized in residential, commercial and industrial districts.
Ambulatory surgical center or facility means an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures, with continuous physician services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period of not to exceed 23Â hours after surgery (as defined by the ambulatory surgical center regulations, title 310, chapter 615, Oklahoma Administrative Code, state department of human services).
Animal clinic means an establishment organized with a licensed medical staff to care for animals on an outpatient basis and which operations are conducted entirely within an enclosed building.
Annexation means the process of expanding or extending the corporate boundaries of the city.
Appeal means a request for review of a decision, action, or interpretation with respect to ordinances, regulations, or policies as adopted by the city.
Awning means a framed structure, supported from the exterior wall of a building, which can be retracted, folded, collapsed or remains stationary as a part of the building.
Berm means a mound or bank of earth covered with either grass or other plant material designed to provide a screen between incompatible uses and/or decrease noise intrusion.
Block means a continuous group of lots separated by street rights-of-way. Also, a continuous group of lots comprising a portion of a platted subdivision, used for identification purposes.
Board of adjustment means the city board of adjustment.
Buffer means land area used to:
1. Visibly separate one use from another through screening and distance;
2. Shield or block noise, light, glare, or visual or other conditions;
3. Minimize physical passage to nonsimilar areas;
4. Reduce air pollution, dust, dirt and litter.
Buffer strip means the landscaped portion of a lot or parcel of land between the developing/developed area and the property line.
Buildable area means all of that portion of a lot, tract, or parcel of land which remains after the minimum yard, easement, and open space requirements of this chapter have been met.
Building means any structure, having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended for support, enclosure, or shelter of any use or occupancy.
Building code means the various codes of building design, construction, and maintenance as adopted by ordinance.
Building frontage means the side of a building which contains a primary entrance and/or abuts a street, excluding an alley. When the entrance is located at an angle on the corner of the building, one side must be designated as the frontage.
Building line means a line representing the inner edge of any required yard or required setback and the corresponding outer edge of the buildable area beyond which a building shall not extend, except as specifically provided herein.
Building official means the officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and implementation of the applicable building codes of the city.
Building site means land occupied or intended to be occupied by a building, together with all open space required herein, which is located on a lot that has been lawfully created and meets all criteria for its intended use.
Caliper means the diameter of the tree trunk measured at a specified distance above ground.
Canopy means a functional rigid roof-like, multisided, shelter structure which is wholly or partially supported by a building structure and/or columns, braces, or poles extending to the ground.
Canopy tree means a tree that, under normal forest conditions, will compose the top layer of vegetation and generally will reach a mature height of greater than 40 feet.
Car length means, for the purposes of measuring, 19 feet.
Carport means a roofed structure providing space for the parking or storage of motor vehicles that is open on two or more sides.
Cash escrow means funds placed in escrow at a solvent state financial institution, which can be drawn on to complete the improvements for a subdivision of land or a land development project in case of default by the subdivider/developer.
City drainage standards means the stormwater management specifications and standards as adopted by the city council.
City standards means the engineering design criteria, construction standards, and standard details as approved by resolution of the city council.
Commercial minor subdivision means any resubdivision, reorganization, combination or division of nonresidential land.
Common area or facility means a portion of a development, subdivision, lot, or structure used in common by two or more owners or tenants of other portions of such development, subdivision, lot or structure.
Common open space means a common area which is not enclosed in a building.
Comprehensive plan means the city comprehensive community development plan.
Corner lot means a lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets or rights-of-way at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street or right-of-way forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
Corporation commission means the corporation commission of the state.
Cul-de-sac or cul-de-sac street means a minor street having one end open to vehicular traffic and having one end terminated by a turnaround, of which design complies with the standards as adopted or referenced by the city.
Deciduous means a plant with foliage that is shed annually.
Density means the amount or quantity of something per unit measure. The number of units in a given land or building area.
Gross density: A units-per-acre (upa) density measurement that includes in the calculation all land occupied by use, right-of-way or easement, recreational activity, civic activity, building, parking, landscaping, and any other improvement necessary for the development.
Net density: A units-per-acre (upa) density measurement that includes in the calculation only land occupied by the use(s) and the improvements required for the development to occur. Typically 80 percent of the gross acreage remains available for development.
Population density: A persons-per-acre density measurement that calculates the number of persons residing within an area equal to one acre of land.
Detached emergency shelter means an accessory building not attached to or part of another building, and which is designed and intended for temporary human habitation during periods of violent storms or emergency situations.
Detached solar collector means an exterior accessory device not attached to or part of a building, which is specifically designed and intended to provide a net energy gain by transferring, storing or converting solar radiation for the purpose of heating or electricity generation.
Detention means the temporary storage and controlled release of stormwater runoff.
Detention facility means a facility that provides temporary storage of stormwater runoff and controlled release of such runoff.
Developer means any person, firm, or entity engaged in the development of property or planning of property for development.
Development means any manmade change to land including, but not limited to:
1. The addition of impervious surfaces, construction, mining, dredging, filling, excavation or drilling operations;
2. The installation of utility mains, buildings/structures or other improvements on any lot, parcel or tract of land.
Development area means the area of a lot or parcel that is utilized for the purpose of development.
Development code or land development code means this chapter.
Development project or land development project means any proposal for development within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city.
Development services department means a city department charged with the oversight of development.
Disposal well means any well drilled or actually used for injection of saltwater or other substances into the earth at a point other or different than the point of extraction or production thereof from the earth.
District means a zoning district or supplemental district, depending on the context.
District regulations means the provisions of this chapter contained in article VI of this chapter.
Double frontage lot means a lot which runs through a block from street to street and which abuts two or more streets, but not a corner lot.
Drainage facilities means all elements necessary to store, control, and/or convey stormwater runoff. Said drainage facilities shall consist of both public and private storm sewers (closed conduits), channels, watercourses, sedimentation facilities, areas covered by drainage easements for the purpose of providing overland flow, and all appurtenances to the foregoing, including inlets, manholes, junction boxes, headwalls, dissipaters, culverts, detention facilities and the like.
Drainage plan means final construction drawings with sufficient information related to the proposed stormwater facilities for a site to allow determination that the facilities will function as designed in the final drainage study for the proposed site.
Drainage standards means the criteria, standards and specifications for stormwater management, sediment and erosion control, and earth changes adopted by the city. The term "city drainage standards" includes all standards currently contained in the city standards.
Drainage study means an engineering analysis, prepared by a licensed professional engineer, of the hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics of a site or development.
Drilling means digging or boring a hole in the earth for purposes of exploring for, developing or producing oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons. The term "drilling" includes all operations through the completion of a well.
Drilling site means the premises used during the drilling, maintaining, operating, and producing of a well or wells located thereupon.
Dwelling means any building or portion thereof which is used as living quarters for one or more families.
Dwelling unit means one or more rooms in a residential building or residential portion of a building forming a single habitable unit with provisions for cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household.
Earth change means excavating, grading, regarding, landfilling, berming or diking of land within the jurisdictional area of the city.
Easement means a right of use over the property of another. A strip or portion of land wherein the public, the city, a corporation, or other persons, have been granted a right
of use by a property owner for a public or specific purposes, such as, but not limited to, construction, installation and/or maintenance of streets, sidewalks or utilities.
Enclosed parking means off-street vehicle parking spaces located inside a garage or other building or portion thereof having at least 50 percent of the exterior facade on all sides constructed of opaque materials.
Evergreen means a plant with foliage that remains green yearround.
Facility means a structure or equipment built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.
Family child care home.
1. The term "family child care home" means one that is licensed to provide care and supervision for no more than seven children for any portion of a 24-hour period.
2. The term "family child care home" does not include:
a. Informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends and others;
b. Caretakers in the child's own home; and
c. Nursery schools, kindergartens or other facilities of which the purpose is primarily educational, recreational or medical treatment.
Final plat means a map of land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for:
1. Filing of record with necessary affidavits, certifications, dedications and acceptances; and
2. Delineating the layout of such subdivision as required herein.
Flag lot means a lot in the approximate configuration of a flag pole or sign post, with a pole or post functioning primarily as an access way to the main body, or flag, of the lot from the street. All lot size, bulk standards, and lot coverage requirements apply only to the flag portion of the lot.
Fraternity or sorority house means any building occupied and maintained by a social association of college students and containing group living quarters wherein, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods; meals and/or lodging are provided exclusively for members of the organization and their guests.
Front building line means the front setback line or a point at which the lot reaches the required lot width in the case of a flag lot.
Front lot line means the property line separating the front yard of a lot from an abutting street right-of-way. The street, roadway or access easement line shall be considered the front lot line for lots located on private streets.
Front yard means a yard extending across a lot between the side lot lines, and measured as the minimum horizontal distance between a front lot line and the nearest portion of the principal building. Both yards abutting a street shall each be considered a front yard on corner and double frontage lots.
Garage means a roofed building, or other structure, or part thereof, used or intended to provide enclosed parking or storage spaces for vehicles.
Grade means the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior of a building or structure.
Gross floor area means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a common wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading spaces for motor vehicles, or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
Gross leasable area means the total floor area for which tenants pay rent that is designated for the tenants occupancy and exclusive use.
Ground cover means evergreen or deciduous planting less than 24 inches in height, excluding turf grass.
Hardscape means nonliving or hard materials used to augment the beauty and function of a landscaped area. The term "hardscape" may include, but is not limited to brick, stone or rock walls, fountains, ponds, pools, planters or retaining walls.
Height means, except as otherwise noted, the vertical distance from the average elevation of that portion of a lot covered by a building or other structure to the highest point of the building or structure, but not including all or portions of attached nonhabitable structures exempted herein.
Home occupation means an occupation, profession, activity, or use that is an incidental and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit, or accessory structure located on the same lot as the dwelling unit, that does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
Homebuilder means any person who engages in the construction of dwellings.
Hospital means any institution, place, building or agency, public or private whether organized for profit or not, devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care of patients admitted for overnight stay or longer in order to obtain medical care, surgical care, obstetrical care, or nursing care for illness, disease, injury, infirmity, or deformity. All places where pregnant females are admitted and receive care incident to pregnancy or delivery shall be considered to be a hospital within the meaning of this chapter, regardless of the number of patients received or the duration of their stay. The term "hospital" includes, but is not limited to, general medical surgical hospitals, specialized hospitals, critical access and emergency hospitals, and birthing centers (as defined by hospital standards, title 310, Oklahoma Administrative Code, chapter 667, Oklahoma State Department of Human Services).
Improvements means permanent amenities that are required to serve a subdivision of land or a land development project including streets (both public and private), traffic control devices, sidewalks, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, sanitary sewer pretreatment facilities, if required, and storm drainage collection and conveyance systems including stormwater detention or retention ponds. For the purpose of this definition, the term "streets" do not include private parking lots or private drive aisles that are located within or serve private parking lots.
Intensity means the degree of impact associated with one or more uses (e.g., noise, traffic, lighting, size of structures, etc.) such that greater degrees are considered higher intensity.
Interior lot means a lot other than a corner lot.
Irrevocable letter of credit means a commitment from a state or federally chartered financial institution, to provide funding to complete the improvements for a subdivision of land or a land development project in case of default by the subdivider/developer.
Kennel means the use of land or building for the purpose of breeding, boarding or training small animals such as cats and dogs.
Land use means a description of how land is or may be occupied or utilized.
Land use application means a formal request for approval of a land development project.
Landscape plan means the preparation of graphic and written criteria, specifications, and detailed landscape plans to arrange and modify natural features such as plantings, ground and water forms, circulation, walks, irrigation, landscape lighting, erosion control, on-site drainage and other features to comply with the provisions herein.
Landscaping means the use of softscape, such as any living organic plant material, that includes:
1. Trees, shrubs, flowers, ground cover, vegetation, vines or grass;
2. The use of hardscape such as planters, decorative pavings/sidewalks, brick, arbors/trellises, fountains; or
3. The combination of both softscape and hardscape.
Large family child care home means a family child care home licensed to provide care and supervision for eight to 12 children for any portion of a 24-hour period.
Legally nonconforming lot/parcel means a lot or parcel that lawfully existed prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to standards and/or requirements of the district wherein it is located.
Legally nonconforming structure means an existing structure that does not meet the applicable setback, lot coverage, or height requirements of the district wherein it is currently located, but did meet the applicable standards and/or requirements at the time it was constructed.
Legally nonconforming use means a legally existing use of a structure or land that is not permitted in the district in which it is currently located, but was permitted when it was established.
Lot means a parcel of land on a plat that is separately owned and capable of being separately conveyed.
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