CONNECTICUT MODEL ZONING CODE PROJECT - Land Use Law

A street graphic painted on or attached to a wall of a structure and in the same plane as the wall. (Bridgeton, MO)Sign, wall:Any painted sign or poster on any surface or place that may be affixed to the front, rear or side wall of any buildingor structure, or any sign painted directly on any such wall. (Tolland, CT)A sign which is affixed to the exterior walls of any building and projecting not more than 18 inches from thebuilding wall or parts thereof. Wall signs shall also include permanent signs erected inside window display areas ofa building and theater marquee signs that regularly change to announce movies or events. (Westport, CT)Sign, window graphic:A street graphic applied, painted or affixed to or in the window of a building. A window graphic may be temporaryor permanent. (Bridgeton, MO)Single-Use Development:A use of land, buildings or structures comprised of only permitted commercial uses or only permitted residentialuses, but not both, on a lot. (Westport, CT)Skid Trails:Access roads that are intersected with multiple watercrossings. http://tinyurl.com/yadgt2dSlash:Any residual woody material left on the site after a harvest operation and usually includes tree stems, branches andfoliage. (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection)Small Commercial Centers:Commercial zoning/development immediately adjacent and parallel to a collector or arterial street that is generallyless than 250 feet in depth. (Jefferson County, CO – A Planners Dictionary See strip development)Small Stock:Limited to sheep, goats and poultry, small livestock which requires less land for keeping than large animals.(Tolland, CT)Snow Storage:An area used for or intended for the storage of snow or other frozen precipitation. Storage areas shall not incorporateany other areas of the project development such as parking areas, landscaping, and yard areas, unless specificallyauthorized by this Regulation. (Lake Elsinore, CA – A Planners Dictionary See storage)Social Club/Organization:See Membership Clubs.Soil:Any unconsolidated mineral or organic material of whatever origin. (Tolland, CT)Soil Contamination:Any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance that enters then hydrological cycle through humanaction and may cause a deleterious effect on the natural or processed, unconsolidated, mineral, and organic materialon the immediate surface of the earth that was or is suitable to serve as a natural medium for the growth of landplants. (Sioux Falls, SD; Redmond, WA – A Planners Dictionary See soil; contaminant)Special Flood Hazard Area:Land within the flood plain zone of the municipality subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in anygiven year as shown on the flood rate map. (Westport, CT)Special Permit:49