§ 9-1901 GENERAL DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Ordinance certain words used herein in common and specifically are defined as follows:
a. (1) ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. The term defining a vehicle that is unlicensed, in a state of disrepair, and incapable of being moved under its own power. (2) ACCENT COLOR . The term defining colors which are used for emphasis in a color scheme. These colors can be bold or vivid and are used sparingly to emphasize, contrast, or create rhythm. (3) ACCESS MANAGEMENT . The term defining the process of providing and managing access to land and/or development while preserving the regional flow of traffic in terms of safety, capacity, and speed, and restrictions on the type, number, and location of access to thoroughfares and use of physical controls such as signals, channelization and other means to management access points on a public thoroughfare. (4) ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT . An apartment sharing ownership and utility connections with the principal building of a single-family residential dwelling. An accessory dwelling unit may be located within an accessory structure, functionally separate from the principal building, or integrated as part of the principal building. This term shall also include secondary apartment, mother-in-law suite, granny flat, and accessory apartment.
(5) ACCESSORY BUILDING, SALE. The term defining the display and sale of accessory buildings as a primary or ancillary use.
(6) ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. The term defining a structure which is on the same parcel of property as a principal structure and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure and subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal structure. For purposes of the Land Development Ordinance, an accessory structure shall be classified as an accessory use unless specific provisions are made otherwise. (7) ACCESSORY STRUCTURE/APPURTENANT STRUCTURE (Flood Damage Prevention) . A structure located on the same parcel of property as the principal structure and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure. Garages, carports and storage sheds are common urban accessory structures. Pole barns, hay sheds and the like qualify as accessory structures on farms, and may or may not be located on the same parcel as the farm dwelling or shop building.
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