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<br /> <br />ARTICLE 10: DEFINITIONS <br />SECTION 10.1: DEFINITIONS <br />For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain terms and words are herein defined and interpreted as follows: <br /> <br />AASHTO <br />American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. <br />Accessory Structure <br />A structure that is located on the same lot as a principal structure and houses an accessory use. <br />Accessory Use <br />An activity that may or may not be listed in the Permitted Use Table, which is conducted in conjunction <br />with a permitted principal use, but constitutes only an incidental or insubstantial part of the total activity <br />that takes place on the lot and is customary and ancillary to the established principal use of property. <br />Accessory uses shall comply with all setback requirements for the district in which the use is located. For <br />example, an in-ground swimming pool is required to meet all applicable setbacks including any required <br />fencing around the physical pool, the concrete walkway around the pool, and any pump or utilities <br />associated with the operation of the facility. <br />Adult Uses <br />An establishment which has a majority of its business which excludes minors by reason of age because <br />of the sexually explicit nature of the material. Such establishments include, but are not limited to, adult <br />bookstores, adult theaters (drive-in, picture and mini-picture), adult cabaret, etc. <br /> <br />Adult Arcade <br />Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or <br />electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other <br />image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one <br />time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing <br />of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. <br /> <br />Adult Bookstore <br />A bookstore: <br />(a) Which receives a majority of its gross income during any calendar month from the sale or <br />rental of publications (including books, magazines, other periodicals, videotapes, compact <br />discs, other photographic, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other imaging medium) which are <br />distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating <br />to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in this article; or <br />(b) Having as a preponderance (either in terms of the weight and importance of the material or in <br />terms of greater volume of materials) of its publications (including books, magazines, other <br />periodicals, videotapes, compact discs, other photographic, electronic, magnetic, digital, or <br />other imaging medium) which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter <br />depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, <br />as defined herein. <br /> <br />Adult Cabaret <br />A nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial establishment that for at least ten percent of its <br />business hours in any day features: <br />(a) Persons who appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity; or <br />(b) Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by <br />specified sexual activities; or <br />29