Updated Working DRAFT UDO_Adopted Version_July 2024

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined 11.4.3. Illuminated Signs

U SE The purpose for which land or a building or structure is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which either land or a building or structure is or may be occupied or maintained. U TILITY F ACILITY , M AJOR A structure or facility that is a relatively major component of an infrastructure system providing community- or region-wide utility services. Examples of major utility facilities include potable water treatment plants, water towers, wastewater treatment plants, solid waste facilities, gas compressor stations, major overhead high-voltage electrical power transmission lines, and electrical substations. This use does not include central utility plants or telecommunications facilities or towers. U TILITY F ACILITY , M INOR A structure or facility that by itself is a relatively minor component of an infrastructure system providing community- or region-wide utility services and that needs to be in or near the neighborhood or use type where the service is provided. Examples of minor utility facilities include water and sewage pipes and pump stations, stormwater pipes and retention/detention facilities, telephone lines and local exchanges, electric lines and transformers, gas transmission pipes and valves, utility huts, and CATV lines. This use does not include central utility plants. U TILITY H UT A structure containing fiber-optic or other similar equipment that links to a regional network. This is not a type of Telecommunication Facility Use.

U NIVERSITY See College or University.

V ALET P ARKING Parking of vehicles by an attendant provided by the establishment for which the parking is provided.

V ARIANCE A grant of hardship relief from the requirements of this Ordinance. See Section 2.5.16.

V EHICLE D ISPLAY A REA An area of a development site where motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, trailers, boats, or other vehicles are displayed for sale or lease. V EHICLE F LEET S TORAGE Storage of fleet vehicles used regularly in business operation and not available for sale, or long-term storage of operating vehicles. Typical uses include rental car fleet storage, taxi fleet storage, medium sized delivery trucks, small construction-related equipment such as skid steer loaders with the associated trailer. This does not include storage of tractor-trailer trucks associated with freight movement and storage, which is part of a motor freight terminal. V EHICLE P ARKING S PACE , O FF -S TREET A space that is designated for the parking or temporary storage of one motor vehicle located outside of a dedicated street right-of-way, vehicular travel way, or parking aisle.

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Unified Development Ordinance