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upon the ground, wall, or above the roof of a building, and which is used, erected, intendedand/or designed to be used for the public display of posters, painted displays, pictures, or otherpictorial or reading matter for the benefit of a person, organization, business, or cause notresiding or located on the lot or in the building or on a lot adjoining the lot or building where saidappliance, structure, or surface is, or is to be located. An outdoor advertising sign shall include:any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted glass, wood plaster, stone, or other sign of any kind orcharacter whatsoever, placed for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall,bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure, or thing whatsoever. The term placed shall include asused in this definition, erecting, constructing, posting, painting, fixing, tacking, nailing, gluing,sticking, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing, or making visible in any manner whatsoever.OUTDOOR WOOD-BURNING FURNACE: Any equipment, device or apparatus which isinstalled, affixed or situated outdoors for the primary purpose of combustion of fuel to produceheat or energy used as a component of a heating system providing heat to a principal residentialstructure or any other site structure on the residential premises. (Amended eff. 10/28/06, NI #2, 2006)OVERBURDEN: All of the earth and other materials which cover a natural deposit of minerals,coal and peat. Also means such earth and other materials after removal from their natural state inthe process of surface and strip mining.PARKING LOT: An off-street parking area where the principal use of the tract or lot is forvehicular parking.PEAT: Partially carbonized vegetable matter formed by partial decomposition of various plantlife in water in a natural habitat.PERSONAL SERVICES: Any enterprise conducted for gain in which services are offered to thegeneral public, such as shoe repair, watch repair, barber and beauty shops, and similar activities.PRINCIPAL BUILDING: The building on a lot used to accommodate the primary use to whichthe premises are devoted.PUBLIC BUILDINGS: Any structure owned and operated by a governmental agency or publicschool or school which is certified and/or licensed by the State of Ohio for primary or secondaryeducation.PUBLIC UTILITY: Any entity deemed a “public utility” for purpose of Ohio Revised Code,Section 519.211. (Amended eff. 1/7/95, NI #1, 1994)RECYCLING TRANSFER STATION: A facility for the collection and transfer of recyclablematerials such as paper, glass, metals, and plastic. (Amended eff. 1/7/95, NI #1, 1994)RESIDENTIAL FACILITY: A home or facility in which a person with a developmentaldisability resides, except a home subject to Chapter 3721 of the Ohio Revised Code or the homeof a relative or legal guardian in which a person with a developmental disability resides.ROADSIDE STAND (FARM MARKET): A temporary vehicle or temporary stand withoutfoundation used for the sale of agricultural produce where fifty (50) percent or more of the grossincome received from the market is derived from produce raised on farms owned or operated bythe market operator in a normal crop year, in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section519.21, as amended June 29, 1982.SATELLITE DISHES: Any antenna or “earth station” designed, constructed or modified tobring in or receive satellite television signals.16
SIGN: Any structure, whether fixed or portable, or natural object, such as a tree, rock, bush, andthe ground itself, or part thereof, or device attached thereto or painted or represented thereon,which shall be used to attract attention to any object, product, place, activity, person, institution,organization, or business or which shall display or include any letter, word, banner, flag,pennant, insignia, device, or representation used as, or which is in the nature of anannouncement, direction or advertisement. For the purpose of these regulations, the word signdoes not include the flag, pennant, badge, or insignia of any governmental agency or charitable,religious, educational, or similar organization.SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEM: A wind energy conversion system consisting of a windturbine, a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has a rated capacity ofnot more than 100 kW and which is intended to reduce on-site consumption of utility power.(Amended eff. 6/8/08, NI #1, 2008)NACELLE: The enclosure located at the top of a wind turbine tower that houses the gearbox,generator and other equipment.POWER CENTER: Serves as the central connection point for the electrical components in thesystem and provides a number of necessary control functions.ROTOR: The rotating part of a turbine, including the blades.TOWER: The support structure, including guyed, monopole and lattice types, upon which awind turbine or other mechanical device is mounted.TOWER HEIGHT: The height of the tower, measured from the natural grade surrounding thesupport pad to the tip of the blade in a vertical position along the vertical axis of the tower.WIND TURBINE: A device that converts kinetic wind energy into rotational energy that drivesan electrical generator. A wind turbine typically consists of a tower, nacelle body, power centerand a rotor with two or more blades.SPOIL BANK: A deposit of removed overburden.STORY: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface ofthe next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and theceiling next above it.STORY, HALF: A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof deckingand wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level, and in which space not morethan two thirds (2/3) of the floor area is finished off for use.STREET, COLLECTOR: A street providing traffic movement between the major arterials andlocal streets, and direct access to abutting property. This facility provides for the internal trafficmovement within an area of the county.STREET, MAJOR OR ARTERIAL: A general term denoting a highway primarily of throughtraffic usually on a continuous route. This facility provides for through traffic movementbetween areas, across the county, and to and from expressways. An arterial also provides accessto abutting property, but parking and loading may be restricted to improve the capacity ofmoving traffic.STREET, PRIVATE: A thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abuttingproperty, but which has not been dedicated to the public, or subject to public easements thereof.STREET, PUBLIC: A public or private dedicated thoroughfare or thoroughfare subject to publiceasements thereof, and which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.17
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