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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 />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 />Addition <br />In the context of an existing building or structure, the term means an extension or increase in the floor <br />area or height. <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 />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 />Adult Cabaret <br />A nightclub, bar, restaurant, theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishment that for <br />at least ten percent of its business hours in any day features: <br />(a) Persons who expose a Specified Anatomical Area; or <br />(b) Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of Specified Anatomical Areas or <br />by Specified Sexual Activities; or <br />(c) Films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions that are <br />characterized by the depiction or description of Specified Sexual Activities or Specified <br />Anatomical Areas; or <br />170